News
Residential
Atal enjoys sales growth
POLAND Atal sold almost 500 apartments in H1 2013 – a 171 pct rise on the same period last year. Most of the transactions were concluded in Kraków, where 79 contracts were signed, while 73 apartments were sold in Łódź.
Retail & leisure
Sports style comes to Toruń
POLAND Decathlon is to open a 2,000 sqm sports store in the Atrium Copernicus shopping centre in Toruń.
New road tenders announced
POLAND The General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) has announced five tenders for the construction of nearly 70 km of expressways.
Polnord sues Warsaw
POLAND Polnord has instituted legal proceedings against the City of Warsaw and the provincial governor of the Masovian province.
Hotels
Palace Hotel in new hands
CZECH REPUBLIC Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs has sold the five-star Palace Hotel in Prague to a Czech investor.
Investment & finance
Apollo Business Centre IV sold to Generali
SLOVAKIA HB Reavis Group has sold the Apollo Business Center IV in Bratislava to Czech insurance company Česká pojišťovna, part of European insurance conglomerate Generali Group.
Office & mixed-use development
Ambassador welcomes Ipsos
POLAND Market research firm Ipsos has leased 2,600 sqm of office space in the Ambassador office building in Warsaw.
Raiffeisen refinance for CTP
CZECH REPUBLIC Industrial developer CTP has received a refinancing loan of EUR 32.75 mln from Raiffeisenbank for part of its portfolio.
Russia leads CEE online market
CEE REGION Russia is the most developed online retail market in Central and Eastern Europe, according to the ‘Global Perspective on Retail’ report by Cushman & Wakefield.
EUR 61 mln residential quarter in Minsk
BELARUS Magister [Магистр], a new residential quarter in Minsk’s Pyershamayski Rayon district, is to be built in an investment of BYR 695 bln (EUR 61 mln).
Cocor reschedules debts
ROMANIA The Cocor shopping centre in Bucharest has escaped foreclosure with the acceptance of a debt restructuring plan with its creditor, BCR bank.
Three sisters changes hands
ESTONIA The Three Sisters Hotel in Tallinn's Old Town has been taken over by Petramark.
EUR 970 invested in Poland in H1
POLAND Investment transactions in Poland reached EUR 970 mln in the first half of the year, according to Jones LaSalle.
New Kraków office supply set to double
POLAND The new supply of office space in Kraków this year is expected to amount to 32,300 sqm and will double in 2014 to 66,200 sqm, according to research by Jones Lang LaSalle.
Retail & leisure
Rose Park in Donetsk to open in March
UKRAINE The Rose Park shopping centre extension in Donetsk is to open on March 1st, 2014.
Selgros opens in Rostov
RUSSIA Fegro/Selgros has opened a 10,000 sqm (8,000 sqm of retail space) store in Rostov-on-Don in a EUR 20 mln investment.
Retail & leisure
Fashion House opens in Moscow
RUSSIA The 20,000 sqm first phase of the Fashion House Moscow Outlet centre has been opened. The outlet, which is located in Moscow’s Solnechnogorsky district, has been under development for four years due to long formal procedures.
Globalworth Real Estate enters Romania
ROMANIA Globalworth Real Estate Investments, a company incorporated in Guernsey on February 14th, is to issue bonds on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
Property swap for BCR
ROMANIA The city of Bucharest is to hand over land on Calea Victoriei to BCR bank in exchange for an historic listed building on Lipscani street, where the city will set up an art gallery.
Construction
Strabag starts work on Trasa Łazienkowska
POLAND Strabag has begun work on the reconstruction of the flyovers along Trasa Łazienkowska 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
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
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 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
Pbb refinances Radisson Blu Bucharest
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (Pbb) has provided EUR 123 mln in investment financing to funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management and Revetas Capital for ...
Griffin and Primestar join forces
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
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
Mogo goes for more in Business Garden Bucharest
Mogo România, part of Latvian fintech company Eleving Group, has relocated from Timpuri Noi Square to Business Garden Bucharest (both developed and ow ...
Voxel leases office space at DL Piano in Katowice
Warsaw office market picks up pace as vacancy falls to 8.5 pct.
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
Atal launches Unii Lubelskiej
Atal has put 319 apartments on the market as part of its latest development in Poznań – Atal Unii Lubelskiej. The project is being built on ul. Heleny ...
Senate votes to standardise house price reporting
Develia to build Skorosze Vita
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
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
Milkrite InterPuls expands in Segro Centre Wrocław, Avicenny
Milkrite InterPuls has signed a pre-let agreement to expand its operations at Segro Centre Wrocław, Avicenny by more than 3,700 sqm.
