News
Investment & finance
Abramovich buys White Gardens
RUSSIA Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's investment company Millhouse has acquired the White Gardens class ‘A’ office centre in Moscow.
Retail & leisure
DreamWorks theme parks to cost USD 3 bln
RUSSIA The total investment costs for the development of three DreamWorks indoor theme parks that are to be developed by Regions Group of Companies in Moscow, St Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg, are to reach USD 3 bln.
Investment & finance
Feniks in IVG’s hands
POLAND IVG Warschau Fonds, an investment fund managed by IVG Institutional Funds, has bought the Feniks office building on ul. Żelazna in Warsaw for app. EUR 39 mln.
Investment & finance
First Property Group buys stake in Blue Tower Plaza
POLAND UK investor First Property Group has bought a 19.7 pct stake in Blue Tower Plaza (also known as the Blue Skyscraper) on pl. Bankowy in Warsaw, for EUR 5.23 mln.
Retail & leisure
LPP plans intensive development in 2014
POLAND In 2014 the retail area of the stores owned by the LPP group (Reserved, Cropp, House, Mohito and Sinsay) is to increase by 25–30 pct, the company states in its financial report for Q3 2013.
Residential
Vantage estate in Nowe Żerniki
POLAND Vantage Development is to build the Wuwa2 estate in Nowe Żerniki in Wrocław.
Retail & leisure
Carry in new Galeria Pomorska section
POLAND The Carry clothing store in Galeria Pomorska in Bydgoszcz is to be moved to a new section of the centre.
Construction
Olivia Four topped off
POLAND Olivia Four, the fourth building of the Olivia Business Centre complex in Gdańsk, has been topped off.
Atrium sees income growth
POLAND At the end of Q3 the market value of the income portfolio of Atrium Real Estate in Poland (which constitutes 50.3 pct of the income property portfolio of the company) came to EUR 1.2 bln.
Saturated Krasnodar and Samara
RUSSIA Krasnodar and Samara lead the way among the largest cities in Russia with the greatest saturation of modern retail space, according to the Cushman& Wakefield’s ‘Retail Space Across Russia 2013–2014’ report.
Warehouse & industrial
Tomra signs 14,000 sqm Prologis lease
SLOVAKIA Sensor-based technologies company Tomra has signed a 15-year lease for a 13,900 sqm built-to-suit facility in Prologis Park Bratislava.
Investment & finance
PPF takes over O2 Arena
CZECH REPULIC PPF has become the majority owner of the O2 Arena in Prague after acquiring KKCG’s 50 pct stake in Lindus Services Limited.
Residential
Arco Vara to build Manastirski Livadi complex
BULGARIA Arco Manastirski, the Bulgarian subsidiary of Estonian real estate group Arco Vara, has contracted Komfort to construct 132 apartments and 86 underground parking spaces (blocks ‘A’ and ‘B’) in the Manastirski Livadi residential complex.
Investment & finance
Plaza Centers to default on bond repayments
CEE REGION Israeli-owned CEE shopping centre developer Plaza Centers has announced that it will be unable to make an app. EUR 15 mln payment due to Polish bondholders on November 18th 2013 and an app. EUR 17 mln payment due to Israeli bondholders on December 31st 2013.
Retail & leisure
Kyiv to see record retail space delivery in 2014
UKRAINE In 2014 Kyiv’s retail real estate is to witness a record-breaking new supply of 470,000 sqm due to the completion of several large complexes, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.
Office & mixed-use development
Cisco leases half of Enterprise Park phase II
POLAND Cisco Poland has leased 7,000 sqm of office space in Enterprise Park in Kraków’s Podgórze district.
Construction
Work begins on DomExpo centre
POLAND Construction work on an exhibition centre for the construction and interior design sectors has started at the junction of Trasa Toruńska and ul. Modlińska in Warsaw.
Warehouse & industrial
Karlovarská BP fully leased
CZECH REPUBLIC The Karlovarská Business Park in Prague 6 is now fully-leased after two contracts were signed.
Best Q3 since crisis
EUROPE The value of investment transactions on the commercial property market in Q3 2013 increased by 17.7 pct compared to the same period last year, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield.
Unibep contracted by Dom Development
POLAND Unibep has been chosen to be the general contractor by Dom Development for the first stage of the Apartamenty Saska nad Jeziorem estate in Warsaw.
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
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
A significant stage in the assembly of the new main building of the Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station has been completed.
Poland heading for a two-tier market
Poland underestimates Building site crime
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
Poland to be the new data hub
During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak ...
Data centres to transform Polish economy
Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment
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
Punkt goes Platinum
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
Outstanding for Prologis
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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
Three days of cycling the lakes: EQT on the Move
More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The even ...
Let's play volleyball again
August 7th – mark the date
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Budimex builds in Slovakia
Budimex has handed over the motorway junction of the D1 and D4 roads in Slovakia, 90 days ahead of the deadline specified by the consgtruction contrac ...
Green light for Port of Poland
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Mood improves over office sector
European lenders are optimistic about H2 2026, despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, while sentiment around the office sector has significantly im ...
Patron and Trei sell six retail parks
YIT partners again with One Family Office
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
Brenntag in Brama Miasta B
German chemical raw materials distributor Brenntag has opened its EMEA shared services centre in Brama Miasta B in Łódź, which is owned by Skanska Co ...
WITA welcomes OPmobility
Rents rising with limited supply
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
A new look for central Warsaw
Residential
Warsaw fourth most unaffordable European city
Warsaw ranks as the fourth least affordable capital for a single person, with essential monthly expenses, including housing, food, transport, personal ...
StudentSpace to build second centre in Warsaw
Poland unprepared for ageing population
Retail & leisure
New Yorker arrives in Jędrzejów
Fashion brand. New Yorker is to open a 1,300 sqm store in Galeria Sekunda in Jędzrejów, about 35 km south of Kielce in southern Poland.
Looking good and feeling good in Norblin Factory
Wroclavia becomes Westfield
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
Work to start on MLP Rzeszów
MLP Group has started construction work on MLP Rzeszów, a new logistics park in southeastern Poland. The project is being developed on a speculative b ...
