News
JR Invest to buy Katowice mixed-use centre
POLAND JR Invest is to buy a class ‘A’ office, retail and services centre in Katowice. The seller of the property is Maksimum.
Decathlon XS moves into another Carrefour centre
POLAND Koodza, the owner of the Decathlon XS sports goods chain, is to open a store in Galeria Śląska in Rybnik, which is owned by Carrefour Polska.
Retail & leisure
Gagarinsky mall forced to give away its name
RUSSIA A Russian intellectual property court has ruled to annul the registration of the brand ‘Gagarinsky shopping and entertainment centre’, after accepting the arguments of the eldest daughter of the famous cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin that this use of his name is illegal.
Residential
AFI starts 9,000-apartment project near Moscow
RUSSIA AFI Development has started the construction of the Odinburg residential project in the town ofOdintsovo, app.30 km southwest from Moscow.
Retail & leisure
AFI mall opens in Ploiești
ROMANIA Following 16 months of construction, the AFI Palace Ploiești shopping centre has been officially opened.
Investment & finance
Mebe secures USD 60 mln credit line
RUSSIA Mebe Development has obtained a USD 60 mln credit line form Sberbank Rossii. The seven-year loan is to be used for refinancing debt held with CJSC Credit Europe Bank and for financing the completion of the Mebe One Khimki Plaza business centre in the Moscow region.
Investment & finance
Blackstone completes Multi acquisition
EUROPE US private equity group Blackstone Group has completed the acquisition of Dutch-based developer Multi Corporation.
Investment & finance
ECE loses CZK 1.8 bln case against Czech state
CZECH REPUBLIC German developer ECE has lost a CZK 1.8 bln (app. EUR 70 mln) compensation case against the Czech government over the aborted Galerie Liberec development at the International Court of Arbitration in Paris.
Prologis raises EUR 450 mln for PEPF II
EUROPE Prologis has announced that its Prologis European Properties Fund II (PEPF II) has received new capital commitments of EUR 450 mln after opening to new investors for the first time.
Multikino sale goes through
POLAND Luxembourg-registered International Trading and Investments (ITI Group) has announced that it has completed the sale of the Multikino chain of cinemas to British group Vue-Entertainment.
P3 completes DHL hub at Bratislava Airport
SLOVAKIA PointPark Properties (P3) has completed and handed over a tailor-made distribution facility developed at Bratislava Airport for postal and logistics company DHL Express.
Jysk enters Galeria Rumia
POLAND Jysk has signed a five-year lease for space in Galeria Rumia.
Third star for DeSilva hotel
POLAND The Warsaw hotel of the DeSilva chain in the city’s Wilanów district has gained its third star by the Masovian provincial government.
Polimex pulls out of PLN 96 mln contract
POLAND Polimex-Mostostal has withdrawn from a contract signed in February 2012 with the Lublin provincial government.
PBO Anioła to build Netto store
POLAND Protea Development, a subsidiary of PBO Anioła, is to build a turn-key retail and administration building for Netto.
Office & mixed-use development
4,000 sqm sold in Nagatino i-Land
RUSSIA Two companies have recently bought office space in the Nagatino i-Land business park in Moscow. Transport company RailTransHolding has bought 2,454 sqm on the 11th and the 12th floors of the Newton business centre (total area 36,064 sqm), while Navigator, specialising in lighting products, acquired a 1,597 sqm office on the 13th floor of the Lobachevskiy business centre (33,381 sqm).
Central European investment surges
CE REGION Investment activity in the core Central European markets of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania accelerated significantly in Q3 with around EUR 1.5 bln invested, compared with EUR 630 mln in the previous quarter, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield.
Investment volumes heading for a record year
RUSSIA If all the transactions in progress are closed this year, 2013 will be record for investment in Russian retail real estate, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield.
Retail & leisure
Kardan in talks to sell GTC stake
CEE REGION Kardan, which owns a 27.75 pct share holding in CEE developer Globe Trade Centre (through its wholly-owned subsidiary GTC Real Estate Holding), has announced that it is the process of selling its stake to a strategic investor.
Office & mixed-use development
Moscow office market under-saturated
RUSSIA Moscow has ten times less office space per capita than Zurich or Geneva and five times less than Paris or London, according to the latest research by Jones Lang LaSalle.
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 wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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 benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
Green energy procured for Bartók Ház
The Polish branch of the Westbridge Group, has advised TriGranit on the procurement of renewable power for the Bartók Ház in Budapest. The mandate cov ...
Punkt goes Platinum
Outstanding for Prologis
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 lakeside cycling: 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
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
Star Capital Finance (SCF) has been in the news again recently with the EUR 110 mln acquisition in a joint venture of a portfolio of six Polish retail ...
The Bridge to future expansion – Kestutis Sasnauskas of Eastnine
A most understanding partner – Philipp Schomberg of Kingstone RE
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
Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg
Marvipol has launched sales for suites in its latest hospitality project, Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg. The five-star complex, comprising 227 suites, rangin ...
Pbb refinances Radisson Blu Bucharest
Griffin and Primestar join forces
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
Grudziądz railway station under renovation
Budimex has begun a full-scale refurbishment and modernisation of Grudziądz railway station on behalf of Polish State Railways (PKP). Delivered under ...
Two fire stations for CPK airport
Strabag to build for Wrocław Airport
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
MNK Partners enters Poland with Lubin acquisition
French fund manager MNK Partners has entered the Polish market with the EUR 2.8 mln acquisition of a 4,000 sqm warehouse and office complex in Lubin.
Invesco sells Riverview to Amundi
Goodbye Tesco?
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
Final Centrepoint building completed
GTC has received an occupancy permit for Centerpoint 3, the latest building within the Centerpoint complex in Budapest’s Váci Corridor.
Mogo goes for more in Business Garden Bucharest
Voxel leases office space at DL Piano in Katowice
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
Dyfrakcja almost ready
The Dyfrakcja estate, under development by Duda Development, is entering its final construction stage.
Atal launches Unii Lubelskiej
Senate votes to standardise house price reporting
Retail & leisure
Retail park in Mierzyn nearing completion
Construction of a modern retail park on ul. Spółdzielców in Mierzyn, just outside Szczecin, is entering its final phase. The project, developed by RWS ...
Two tenants in Galeria Mosty
Nhood to provide specialty leasing for Focus centres
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
How Industry 5.0 is changing the logistics industry
Warehouses are no longer simply the operational backbone of supply chains. Increasingly, they are where the principles of Industry 5.0 are being put i ...
