News
Investment & finance
Brno says no – to Amazon
CZECH REPUBLIC Members of Brno city council have voted to reject contracts necessary for the construction of a distribution hub for online retailer Amazon on the outskirts of the city.
Office & mixed-use development
Pramerica brings Atrium 1 up to 97 pct
POLAND Life insurance company Pramerica Życie TUiR has leased 2,300 sqm in Atrium 1 in central Warsaw, bringing the total occupancy level in the office building up to 97 pct.
Warehouse & industrial
Plastics Group leases 2,000 sqm in Wrocław Business Park
POLAND Plastics Group, a regional distributor of plastic and aluminum products, has leased 1,980 sqm of warehousing and 120 sqm of office space in Wrocław Business Park.
Investment & finance
UGL accused of cooking books by former DTZ head
WORLD Australian construction group UGL has been accused of false accounting and racial discrimination in an unfair dismissal lawsuit brought by the former global CEO of DTZ, its property services wing.
Hotels
Raiffeisen Evolution buys all of Augustine
CZECH REPUBLIC Raiffeisen Evolution has acquired 100 pct of the five-star plus Augustine hotel in Prague’s Malá Strana castle district for an undisclosed sum.
Property and Facility Management
Real estate in a more mobile world
POLAND Mobile communication, Wi-Fi-based sales support services, IT systems in property management and social media – these were all listed by those attending the ‘Real Estate in the Era of New Media and Technologies’ conference as the main factors making an increasing impact on the real estate sector.
Successful Q4 for LPP
CEE REGION The fourth quarter of last year turned out to be a successful one for the LPP clothing store group, the owner of the Reserved, House, Cropp, Mohito and Sinsay chains.
Human resources
Lech Witecki dismissed by GDDKiA
POLAND Following a motion by Deputy Prime Minister Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has dismissed Lech Witecki, the current acting director of the General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA).
Investment & finance
PKP plans to develop plot near Gdynia station
POLAND The Polish State Railways (PKP) is looking for a joint investor to develop an area close to Gdynia’s main railway station.
Construction
Permit for three more Olivia buildings in Gdańsk
POLAND Three more Olivia Business Centre office buildings in Gdańsk have been granted building permits.
Investment & finance
Milanówek wants to sell Turczynek
POLAND Turczynek, a 10 ha plot including two historic villas of the Toeplitz family in Milanówek, has been put up for sale.
Retail & leisure
Fabryka Wołomin acquires new tenant
POLAND Electronics retailer Avans has leased 900 sqm in the Fabryka Wołomin shopping centre which is being built in Wołomin.
General Motors extends Tychy factory
POLAND General Motors is to extend its diesel engine factory in Tychy in an investment of EUR 250 mln.
Retail & leisure
Many brands, one restaurant in Poznań City Center
POLAND A 500 sqm Pasta restaurant, which will be the first restaurant in Poland to combine catering brands from all over the world, is to be opened in the Poznań City Center shopping mall in March.
Kancelaria Brochocki negotiates 16,000 sqm
POLAND The Kancelaria Brochocki law office has helped negotiate the lease of over 16,000 sqm of office space in Warsaw and Wrocław over the last few weeks.
Retail & leisure
Cineworld/Cinema City merger meets with Polish approval
EUROPE The proposed merger of Cinema City and Cineworld has been approved by the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).
Retail & leisure
Praktiker Ukraine sold
UKRAINE German DIY retail chain Praktiker International has sold its subsidiary Praktiker Ukraine to a private investor represented by Kreston Guarantee Group Ukraine.
Time to invest in Polish property
POLAND The economic stability, the size of the local market, the availability of qualified workers and the broad range of investment possibilities – these are only a few of the advantages of the Polish market that make the country one of the best places to invest in real estate, according to the ‘Investing in Poland’ report published by BNP Paribas Real Estate and the Polish Agency for Foreign Investment (PAIiIZ).
Sephora goes online
POLAND The Sephora perfumeries chain has opened an online store.
Russians to make drugs in Technopark Łódź
POLAND Russian-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer Firn EU has bought a 1.37 ha plot within the Technopark Łódź technology park, where the company is to build a antiviral medicines production plant.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
Budimex has begun reconstructing a more than 2-kilometre section of the I/43 road near Černá Hora in the Czech Republic. The CZK 250.2 mln contract (E ...
Budimex to complete Bydgoszcz hospital expansion
Berger Bau to modernise Wrocław police headquarters
Coronavirus
Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Employers in no rush to return to workplaces
Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19
Corporate social responsibility
Not only for horses
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus
Data centres
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
E-commerce
This is the end
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
Wildberries now growing in Ukraine
Wildberries growing in April
ESG
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Signum Work Station, an office building on Domaniewska Street in Warsaw, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Buildi ...
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Eurobuild FM
The power of community
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
EurobuildCEE
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
Eye to eye
Eye to eye… with Władysław Grochowski
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
Eye to eye… with Paweł Sapek
Eye to eye with… Daniel Bienias
For Ukraine
Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Build Europe supports refugees and appeals to European Commission
Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees
Green projects
EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki
Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania
Hotels
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
Vilea Property Boutique has become the exclusive Christie’s International Real Estate partner in Poland. The partnership brings the Polish firm into t ...
PGIM sells data centre development
Mint rezidenční fond buys 306 apartments in Prague
Land acquisitions
Panattoni enlarges its Swedish portfolio
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
CTP purchases land in Kragujevac
CTP secures major brownfield site
Material partner
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Excellent Fern at Off Piotrkowska
Office & mixed-use development
Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices
The façade is now fully closed at Skanska’s H₂Offices Phase 2 in Budapest, while roof waterproofing is also complete. The building is now weather-tigh ...
Łódź City Council to move to University Business Park
Unimot renews lease in DL Jagiellońska 1
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
Mill-Yon launches sales at Osiedle Brzechwy in Pruszków
Mill-Yon has launched sales at Osiedle Brzechwy in Pruszków. The development will comprise five four-storey buildings with 289 apartments ranging from ...
OKAM brings SiDLY telecare to PRESTIA senior residences
Dantex plans Nurt residential project in Wilanów
Retail & leisure
Xtreme Fitness Gyms to open at Gemini Park Tarnów
Gemini Park Tarnów is adding a new fitness and leisure concept. Xtreme Fitness Gyms, Poland’s largest fitness club network, will join the centre’s ten ...
Castorama Studio Projektowe opens in Galeria Świdnicka
Retail parks strengthen their position in Poland
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Phoenix Pharma stays with Segro
Phoenix Pharma Polska has renewed its lease at Segro Logistics Park Warsaw, Pruszków, where it occupies 8,635 sqm of warehouse space and around 700 sq ...
