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POLAND Following the opening of the first Komputronik Megastore in Warsaw, the electronic goods chain is planning to open a similar outlet in Poznań.

Retail & leisure

Work begins on Galardia in Starachowice

POLAND Construction work on the Galardia shopping centre in Starachowice, a project by NBGI Private Equity and Balmain Asset Management, has now started.

Adgar buys Ochota Office Park

POLAND Adgar Group has acquired the Ochota Office Park complex on Al. Jerozolimskie in Warsaw.

Atenor sells Moravian property to Oska

CZECH REPUBLIC Belgian development group Atenor has sold a logistics and production facility in Prostějov, Moravia.

Skanska gets Riverview underway

CZECH REPUBLIC Skanska Property Czech Republic has started the construction phase for its Riverview office development in Smíchov, Prague 5.

Metronom swings between owners

Architecture and urban planning

CZECH REPUBLIC Trigema is reported to have bought the Metronom West residential project in Nové Butovice (Prague 13) from Passerinvest for an undisclosed sum.

Rubbish design one of the best

POLAND Polish architecture student Hugon Kowalski has been chosen as one of the ten winners of the international Archiprix International/Hunter Douglas Awards 2013.

Robyg extends Young City

POLAND The groundbreaking plaque has been laid for the construction of the second stage of the Young City residential project in the Chrzanów estate in Warsaw’s Bemowo district.

Celio enters Poland

POLAND French clothing chain Celio is to open its first Polish store. It will be located in the Sadyba Best Mall shopping centre in Warsaw, owned by Ségécé Polska.

Retail & leisure

Work begins on Galeria Sudecka

POLAND Echo Investment has started the construction of Galeria Sudecka in Jelenia Góra.

Offices to be built at Warszawa Gdańska?

POLAND Polish State Railways (PKP) is looking for a private investor to develop the area neighbouring the Warszawa Gdańska train station in Warsaw.

Robyg issues bonds worth PLN 40 mln

POLAND Development company Robyg has completed a private issue of ‘I’ series bonds worth PLN 40 mln.

Shopping centre to be built in Radomsko

POLAND Construction work on the Era Park Handlowy shopping centre in Radomsko has begun

Czerwona Torebka swallows Małpka Express

POLAND The developer of the Czerwona Torebka network of shopping arcades has taken over the company that operates the Małpka Express store chain.

Retail & leisure

Intersport enters Galeria Bronowice

POLAND In Q4 this year Intersport is to open a new sports store in Kraków in the Galeria Bronowice shopping centre.

POLAND The Łużycka Plus office building on ul. Łużycka in Gdynia has been topped out. The event was attended by representatives of Allcon Budownictwo (the general contractor) and Allcon Investment (the developer).

Victoria to receive facelift

POLAND The Sofitel Warsaw Victoria hotel in the centre of the city is to be modernised by the summer of 2014.

Louvre expansion continues

POLAND/CEE REGION Louvre Hôtels Group is to expand its chain in Poland by 30 pct with the opening of a Campanile and two Golden Tulip hotels before August.

Investment volume increases by a third

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

CEE REGION The overall investment volume in the region this year reached EUR 3.7 bln by the end of May 2013, according to the latest CEE Property Investment MarketView report by CBRE.

Focşani Retail Park not yet bankrupt