News
Office market demand rises
POLAND Demand on Warsaw’s office market grew by 12 pct in the first half of 2013 compared to the same period of the previous year, according to figures from CBRE.
Prima Poland moves to Marynarska
POLAND Coffee producer Prima Poland has leased app. 900 sqm of office space for its new Polish head office in Marynarska Business Park in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Fred and Ginger for sale
CZECH REPUBLIC The Dancing Building (Tančící dům) in Prague 2 – also known as “Fred and Ginger – is being put up for sale, according to the E15 website.
Investment & finance
Blackstone to sell Hilton Worldwide in IPO
WORLD Blackstone Group is to sell Hilton Worldwide, a source close to the deal has confirmed. and has hired four banks (Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley) to act as underwriters in the flotation of Hilton Worldwide.
Office & mixed-use development
Infosys wants more again
POLAND Infosys BPO has leased an additional office area of 2,200 sqm in two parts (‘A1’ and ‘A2’) of the Infosys Green Horizon complex in Łódź.
Twenty-one at S7 tender
POLAND A total of 21 companies have applied to be admitted to the next stage of the tender for the construction of a 9 km section of the S7 expressway in Warmia-Masuria.
Retail & leisure
Cinema City in Lublin IKEA project
POLAND Cinema City has signed an agreement with Inter IKEA Centre Group to lease an area of app. 2,500 sqm in a retail centre being developed by the Swedish company in Lublin.
Retail & leisure
Five shoe shops in five centres
POLAND CCC footwear stores are to be opened in five Rank Progress shopping centres that are currently under construction or planned.
Investment & finance
MirLand secures USD 95 mln financing
RUSSIA Mirland together with its wholly-owned subsidiary Investicionno-Ipotechnaya Kompaniya (IIK) have signed a non-revolving USD 95 mln refinancing loan agreement with SberBank of Russia.
Ghelamco in the frame for Dworzec Zachodni site purchase
POLAND Four tenderers, including Ghelamco GP1 BETA S.K.A., have submitted preliminary offers to buy Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Samochodowej Polonus, which owns the area of the Dworzec Zachodni station in Warsaw.
Galeria Solna almost fully leased
POLAND Galeria Solna, which was opened in Inowrocław in May, is now 98 pct leased.
Residential
Sales start for next stage of Park Ostrobramska
POLAND Skanska Residential Development Poland is now marketing the apartments in the second stage of the Park Ostrobramska estate in Warsaw.
Kino 5D in Atrium Copernicus
POLAND A Kino 5D cinema is to open in the Atrium Copernicus shopping centre in Toruń.
Mirbud contracts Technobud for Gliwice arena
POLAND Mirbud has sub-contracted Technobud Nowy Sącz to install the reinforced monolithic concrete structure of the main hall of the Podium sports arena in Gliwice.
Retail & leisure
C&A to stay in Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała for another more years
POLAND Clothing chain C&A is to stay in Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała for at least another five years. The store covers an area exceeding 1,250 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Topping out at Karuzela
POLAND Four months after first hole was dug the at the construction site, Galeria Karuzela in Wodzisław Śląski was topped out on July 27th.
Investment & finance
Former Radisson hotel put up for sale
RUSSIA The building of the Tanais hotel in Rostov-on-Don, which formerly housed the Radisson SAS Hotel Don, is to be sold at auction.
NEPI to buy 42,000 sqm shopping centre
ROMANIA New Europe Property Investments has announced in its half yearly results that it is to buy a 42,000 sqm shopping centre in Deva. The acquisition includes app. 2.9 ha of additional land intended for extensions. The main tenants include Metro Cash & Carry, a Real Hypermarket, Praktiker, DM, Domo, Jysk and Takko. The transaction is subject to approval by the Romanian Competition Council.
Investment & finance
Danilovsky Fort for sale
RUSSIA Hals Development, a subsidiary of VTB Bank, intends to sell the Danilovsky Fort business centre in Moscow.
Kyiv hotel market declines
UKRAINE Kyiv’s hotel market in H1 2013 saw occupancy drop to 48.3 pct from 53.5 pct last year, according to the latest research by Jones Lang LaSalle’ Hotels & Hospitality Group.
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
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
Public-sector construction has become one of the fastest-growing areas of Dekpol Budownictwo’s business. Over the past two years, the company has sign ...
Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
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
Data centres could supply more heat to Polish cities
Poland’s growing data centre market could create a significant new source of waste heat for heating networks. According to analysis by the Polish Data ...
AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
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
A green office is more than a certificate
More than 97 pct of newly developed office space in Poland is environmentally certified. Certification has therefore become standard, while the buildi ...
Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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 October and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!
In this issue, hot off the press in time for Expo Real in Munich, the cover story is an interview with Ugo Giordano and Katarzyna Rzetecka, who are le ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
This sporting real estate life
Events
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
Expo Real kicks off on Monday in Munich, and Eurobuild CEE is the media sponsor for one of the top discussions on the first day: ‘High Speed Connectiv ...
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
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
LemonTree sells second stage of Booster Zabrze
LemonTree has sold the second stage of Booster Zabrze to Vestas Investment Management Europe, which acquired the first stage in February. The transact ...
DL Invest Group secures EUR 95 mln from UniCredit
Warsaw office property sold to owner-occupier
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
Bucharest office demand picks up as companies rethink their workplace needs
New office leasing demand reached more than 93,000 sqm in the first nine months of 2026, up 6 pct year-on-year, while 72 pct of transactions involved ...
eService leases 7,500 sqm in Drucianka Campus
Defence24 leases 1,150 sqm at Warsaw Corporate Center
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
Yareal starts construction of apartment building in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district
Yareal has started construction of an apartment building at ul. Mickiewicza 63 in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district. The intimate development will comprise 6 ...
Murapol Rivo in Bydgoszcz receives occupancy permit
Agrobex completes first stage of Unii Lubelskiej 4
Retail & leisure
BIG Poland to open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22
BIG Poland will open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22. The 13,500 sqm GLA project was developed in cooperation with BOIG The Blue Ocean Investment ...
Alior Bank opens in Manufaktura in Łódź
Fun Park to open in Ferio Legnica
Technology
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Skanska has implemented a digital access control system at Studio A, an office building in Warsaw. The solution uses the company’s proprietary StudioA ...
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Singu takes over QRmaint
Warehouse & industrial
Peakside completes construction of Hall D at City Point Targówek
Peakside Capital Advisors has completed construction of Hall D at the City Point Targówek complex in Warsaw and secured an occupancy permit. The build ...
