News
Property and Facility Management
C&W to manage five Tristan centres
POLAND Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed property manager of the five Polish shopping centres bought last year by EPISO 3, a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners.
Warehouse & industrial
Distribution Park Annopol set for expansion
POLAND Hines is to extend a warehouse in the Distribution Park Annopol complex in Warsaw for the DPD Polska logistic company.
Retail & leisure
Hebe to open in Fabryka Wołomin
POLAND The Hebe chain of drugstores will open a 500 sqm outlet in the Fabryka Wołomin shopping centre, which is under construction in Wołomin.
Hotels
Ibis Styles to be built in Grudziądz
The Ibis Styles hotel is to be developed on ul. Piłsudskiego and should open in Q4 2015. It will offer 80 rooms, a restaurant and some conference rooms. The Ibis hotel brand currently operates in 22 countries with 233 hotels.
PKP looks for partner for Wrocław project
POLAND Polish State Railways (PKP) is looking for a partner to redevelop the Wrocław Świebodzki railway station including the neighbouring 28 ha site.
Retail & leisure
Budimex to build Vis à Vis in Łódź
POLAND Construction work on the Vis à Vis strip mall in Łódź is soon to begin.
Retail & leisure
H&M to enter Ukraine this year
UKRAINE The first two H&M stores in the country are to be opened in the second half of the year. Both locations are in Kyiv: one in the Respublika shopping centre and the other on Khreshchatyk street close to the Zara store in the city centre.
Kołobrzeg sells land
POLAND The town of Kołobrzeg has announced that it will begin the sale of land on ul. Mazowiecka on March 28th as well as a residential estate on ul. Unii Lubelskiej and ul. Okopowa on April 4th.
Retail & leisure
Working out in Magnolia
POLAND Pure Jatomi Fitness is to open a fitness centre in Magnolia Park in Wrocław.
Successful last quarter of the year for Fabryka Formy
POLAND The Fabryka Formy chain of fitness clubs generated net sales revenue in Q4 2013 almost 77 pct higher than the same period in 2012.
Record 2013 industrial demand – even without the ‘Amazon effect’
POLAND The decision by Amazon to build three massive distribution hubs in Poland “has significantly accelerated warehouse space demand” in the country, according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle.
CPI now the top Czech retailer player
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech investor CPI Group is now the single largest owner of retail space in the country, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield that points to Czech retail returning to local ownership.
Office & mixed-use development
Schneider Electric in Skanska Green Court Bucharest
ROMANIA French electrical concern Schneider Electric is the first tenant of Skanska Green Court Bucharest complex with an office lease of 3,100 sqm.
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.
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 build archive for Adam Mickiewicz University
Budimex has signed a contract with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań to design and build a new university archive. The contract is worth more than ...
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
Budimex to complete Bydgoszcz hospital expansion
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
BRE launches BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V7
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has launched the seventh version of its BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out Commercial standard (BREEAM RFO V7) ...
Ocean Winds starts BC-Wind service base in Władysławowo
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
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
WDP expands with EUR 19 mln Krefeld acquisition
WDP has acquired a logistics property in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, for approximately EUR 19 mln, expanding its German platform through a select ...
Panattoni sells 150,000 sqm logistics park near Poznań
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
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
Prime space comes harder to find
Price is no longer the only issue in Warsaw office negotiations. Finding the right space is becoming a challenge in its own right, with vacancy in the ...
BNP Paribas expands in Avatar
Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices
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
Archicom signs PLN 87 mln contract for Poznań housing project
Archicom has signed an agreement with Unibep for the construction of the first two buildings at its Kolektyw residential project in Poznań. The contra ...
Rutkowski Group buys site for 39 apartments in Warsaw
Warsaw residential yields reach up to 6 pct
Retail & leisure
Two-thirds of CEE retail stock is over 15 years old
Around 20 mln sqm of modern retail stock across Central and Eastern Europe is more than 15 years old, pointing to a growing cycle of refurbishment, re ...
DJI to open first store in Kraków
Castorama Studio Projektowe opens in Galeria Świdnicka
Technology
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Logicor is set to complete the rollout of smart metering across all 18 of its logistics parks in Poland by the end of 2026, giving tenants real-time v ...
Singu takes over QRmaint
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Warehouse & industrial
Hippocampus signs for 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen
CTP has signed a lease with third-party logistics (3PL) provider Hippocampus GmbH for around 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen in Germany. The deal covers ...
