News
SIA Merks to build concert hall for EUR 28.3 mln
LATVIA Merko subsidiary SIA Merks is to build the Lielais Dzintars (Giant Amber) mixed-use centre in Liepāja.
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.
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
Polish construction sector faces growing labour shortage
Poland’s construction sector is facing increasing labour shortages, with the industry short of around 150,000 workers. Turnover among engineers has re ...
Carbon Counts in Construction
Polish construction sector under pressure
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
EPP has already met the emissions reduction targets it set for 2030 under the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which helps companies set emiss ...
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
The Grand Pardubice 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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Bob W has signed a long-term deal to operate a new aparthotel at Krulli Kvartal, part of the 10.2 ha regeneration of the historic Krulli industrial qu ...
Prague moves into top 10 for hotel investment
Mövenpick opens first Croatian hotel on Adriatic coast
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Real estate remains a key source of bank credit risk
Commercial real estate remains a significant source of credit risk for German banks, with the sector expected to maintain an elevated non-performing l ...
Uniqa opens EUR 3 bln real estate platform to outside investors
Planning reform redraws the land market
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
CEE office markets tighten as vacancy falls
JLL and iO Partners say Central and Eastern Europe’s office market is tightening, with net take-up across six regional capitals reaching 565,000 sqm i ...
Pazim modernises courtyard at its Szczecin complex
Skanska builds Nowy Format
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
ATAL launches sales of 72 apartments in second phase of Gdansk project
ATAL has launched sales of 72 apartments in the second phase of its ATAL Jasieny project in Gdansk. Located on Stężycka Street, the development compri ...
Apartments remain a top investment
MTX plans Katowice tower
Retail & leisure
Retailers rethink the role of technology
Consumers are increasingly tired of technology overload and excessive personalisation, while physical stores can benefit from offering something the d ...
Retail parks become local hubs
M Core acquires Galeria Chełm
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
Warehouse vacancy falls to three-year low
The vacancy rate in Poland’s warehouse market fell to 6.6 pct at the end of June, its lowest level in three years. At the same time, gross take-up ros ...
