News
Pipeline retail space up by 50 pct
EUROPE Around 11.9 mln sqm of shopping centre space is currently under construction in Europe, representing a 50 pct increase y-o-y (7.2 mln sqm in 2012), according to CBRE.
Misplaced construction contract still ‘classified’
ROMANIA The Romanian government has failed to declassify a contract it signed with American constructor Bechtel for work on the A3 motorway (otherwise known as the Transylvanian highway) , because it is unable to locate the original document.
Investment & finance
NEPI buys into Mega Mall
ROMANIA New Europe Property Investments has signed a framework agreement to acquire a 70 pct stake in the Mega Mall project in Bucharest from Real4You.
Jupiter sells Kraków plot for over PLN 45 mln
POLAND Gremi Development-Rybitwy, a company owned by NFI Jupiter, has sold a plot located in Kraków’s Podgórze district to Impo.
Retail & leisure
Intersport stays in Płock until 2018
POLAND Intersport has prolonged its lease in Galeria Wisła in Płock. The sports store is now to stay in the centre, where it has been leasing 672 sqm since 2009, until 2018.
Construction
Warsaw ring road section opens
POLAND A 6 km section of Warsaw’s southern ring road has been opened. The section of the expressway connects the Konotopa interchange with al. Krakowska on the city boundary.
Redan to restructure debt
POLAND Retail group Redan has reached an agreement on the principles for repaying its loans and bonds.
DAAS tries to force Polimex-Mostostal bankruptcy
POLAND Bielsko-Biała based DAAS has filed for the liquidation of Polimex-Mostostal bankruptcy filing at the City of Warsaw district court.
Warehouse & industrial
Bulgarian logistics and industrial supply slows to a trickle
BULGARIA In the first half of 2013, new logistics and industrial space supply in Sofia increased by 26,600 sqm, according to Logistics & Industrial Real Estate Market Overview by Colliers.
GE expands in Hungary
HUNGARY GE is to extend its oil and gas facility in Fót just north of Budapest with an office building and a 6,000 sqm production hall.
Retail & leisure
Work starts on 100,000 sqm shopping centre
UKRAINE Budhouse Group has started preparatory work on the Nikolsky shopping centre in Kharkiv.
Retail stock increasing – slowly
ROMANIA Modern retail stock in the first quarter of the year remained stable at 2.7 mln sqm, 30 pct of which is located in Bucharest – according to CBRE’s Retail MarketView Report.
Retail & leisure
Nine shopping centres to open in Moscow
RUSSIA Nine new modern shopping centres totalling 190,000 sqm (gla) are to be opened in Moscowby the end of the year, according to the latest retail report for the city by CBRE.
Retail & leisure
Peppercorn Properties to build Wałbrzych Park
POLAND Peppercorn Wałbrzych, a subsidiary of Peppercorn Properties, has obtained a final building permit for a convenience park project in Wałbrzych’s Piaskowa Góra district.
Investment & finance
Vítek “buys Orco Endurance funds”
CZECH REPUBLIC Radovan Vítek, the billionaire owner of CPI Group, is believed to have bought two of Orco Property Group’s real-estate funds.
LenSpetsSMU earns ratings boost
RUSSIA Standard & Poor has upgraded the long term credit rating of Russian developer LenSpetsSMU, a subsidiary of Etalon Group, from ‘B’ to ‘B+’ with a stable outlook.
Office & mixed-use development
Pandora leases more in Okęcie Business Park
POLAND Pandora Jewelry CEE has renewed and extended its lease agreement and will now occupy 1,100 sqm of office space for five years in the Zephirus building in Okęcie Business Park in Warsaw.
Forty coming to Moscow retail market
RUSSIA Around 40 international brands have announced plans to enter the Moscow retail market in 2013/2014, according to the latest MarketView report by CBRE.
Residential
Passive estate to be built in Żabia Wola
POLAND Taurus Development Holding 2, an SPV company owned by UK developer Taurus Development, has acquired financing for a project to build the Willa Arcadia passive house estate.
Polimex sells Zakład Zabezpieczeń Antykorozyjnych
POLAND Polimex-Mostostal has concluded a contract to sell the Zakład Zabezpieczeń Antykorozyjnych [Corrosion Protection Factory] in Dębica to Weldom.
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
Poland underestimates Building site crime
According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figur ...
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
Construction industry waiting to boom
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
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
Outstanding for Prologis
Prologis has been awarded a BREEAM International New Construction certificate with a rating of Outstanding for its new warehouse development in Ujazd ...
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park
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
This sporting real estate life
On Friday, May 29th, the biggest sports day in the real estate calendar took place: the annual Eurobuild CEE Golf, Tennis and Running Tournaments orga ...
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Happy Easter!
Events
August 7th – mark the date
Once again, for the 15th time, the real estate sector is to come together for a worthy cause in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation ...
Investment given the green light
SIMA grows internationally
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
Green light for Port of Poland
The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of P ...
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
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
Panattoni secures financing for Park Poznań West Gate I
Panattoni has secured EUR 31 mln in financing for Panattoni Park Poznań West Gate I, with the loan provided by Bank Millennium.
Hillwood sells S8 Warsaw South logistics centre
Strong investment figures for Poland
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
Four signings for B4B
Revetas Capital has announced the signing of four leases for space in the Bonarka for Business centre in Kraków. The total area of the leases comes to ...
Skyliner II topped
Sirowa enters Koneser
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
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
Polish State Railways (PKP) is to modernise the station in Gronów Elbląski. The design is ready, and the company has now announced a tender to select ...
A new look for central Warsaw
Oleśnica railway station restored
Residential
Moja Oszmiańska arises in Warsaw
The Moja Oszmiańska residential project is being jointly developed by Grupo Lar Polska and Hanner in Warsaw's Targówek district. The investors have no ...
Ageing population requires fewer barriers
Villa Zlotno under construction in Łódź
Retail & leisure
Biedronka opens as first store in Redkom park
A Biedronka grocery store has opened on ul. Władysława Andersa in Białystok, as the first tenant of a retail park that is still under construction at ...
Shopping centres must adapt to mixed generations
Lidl to open in Sigma Retail Park
Technology
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Velis has a new name
Warehouse & industrial
Zátiší barracks becomes CTPark Plzeň Kasárny
CTP has completed the first phase of the transformation of the former Zátiší barracks in Plzeň into a modern mixed-use business park.
