News

Office & mixed-use development

New HQ for Bank Pocztowy

POLAND Bank Pocztowy has leased 3,000 sqm of space in the Corner House project on ul. Puławska in Warsaw.

Office & mixed-use development

PSN sells space in Aerodom

RUSSIA Developer PSN Group has sold over 1,000 sqm of office space on the ninth floor of Aerodom Business Centre on Leningradskiy Prospekt in northern Moscow to an undisclosed buyer.

Green projects

Malta House receives ‘Platinum’

POLAND Malta House is the first office building in Poznań and the Wielkopolska region to be LEED certified with a grade of ‘Platinum’.

Architecture and urban planning

Design of new Rotunda revealed

POLAND The GowinSiuta architectural studio, owned by Bartłomiej Gowin and Krzysztof Siuta, has won the ‘Changing the Face 2013’ architectural competition for the renovation of the Rotunda building on Rondo Dmowskiego in central Warsaw, which is occupied a branch of PKO BP bank.

Residential

More apartments to be built in Wrocław by LC Corp

POLAND LC Corp has started work on its sixth project in Wrocław – the Stabłowicka 77 estate.

HB Reavis raises funds for new projects

EUROPE HB Reavis has made its debut on the BondSpot market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange by issuing bonds worth PLN 111 mln (EUR 26.5 mln).

Retail & leisure

Two more Almas for Warsaw

POLAND Two Alma stores are to be opened in Warsaw. Alma Market has signed a lease agreement with Ghelamco Poland for space in the Plac Vogla shopping centre, which has just received a building permit.

Globus to open EUR 266 mln centre in Pushkino

RUSSIA Hiperglobus, the Russian representation of German supermarket chain Globus, is planning the development of a 210,000 sqm mixed-use centre in Pushkino (a city of 100,000 inhabitants) in the Moscow Region.

Retail & leisure

Aura opens in Yaroslavl

RUSSIA The 122,000 sqm Aura shopping centre has opened in Yaroslavl (250 km north of Moscow).

Medulin hotel to reopen after renovation

CROATIA Following a EUR 17 mln renovation, the Belvedere Medulin will be rebranded to Park Plaza Belvedere Medulin.

Skanska walks away from Estonia

ESTONIA Construction company Skanska is pulling out of the Estonian market.

Wine auction donation

Investment & finance

Pbb finances half of H&M centre acquisition

POLAND Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a EUR 32.5 mln medium-term loan to CPA®:17-Global, a publicly held REIT of W. P. Carey, to partially refinance its purchase of a distribution centre in Gądki outside Poznań in July.

Property and Facility Management

Jones Lang LaSalle to manage Forum Gliwice

POLAND Jones Lang LaSalle has been appointed by German investment fund Deka Immobilien to be the property manager of the Forum Gliwice shopping centre in Gliwice.

Office & mixed-use development

Skanska comes to develop Silesia Business Park

POLAND Skanska Property Poland is to develop Silesia Business Park on ul. Chorzowska in Katowice.

Lifts in special zone

POLAND Lubelska Wytwórnia Dźwigów Osobowych Lift-Service has won a tender to start up business operations in the Euro-Park Mielec Special Economic Zone Lublin Sub-Zone.

Północ Nieruchomości to takeover Aramus

POLAND Północ Nieruchomości has signed a letter of intent with Aramus Investments, which is active in the commercial property industry, to merge.

Construction

Henpol parts with Wikana

POLAND Wikana subsidiary Wikana Invest has terminated its contract with Henpol, which was to build Wikana Business Park.

Hotels

B&B Wrocław Centrum opens

POLAND The B&B Wrocław Centrum hotel has opened on ul. ks. Piotra Skargi in Wrocław.

Residential

Budimex Nieruchomości builds Pod Słońcem II

POLAND Budimex Nieruchomości has started the construction of the second stage of the Pod Słońcem estate, which is being developed on ul. Batalionów Chłopskich in Warsaw’s Bemowo district.