News
Falling occupancy for St Petersburg luxury hotels
RUSSIA An 8 pct y-o-y decrease in occupancy for luxury hotels in St Petersburg was recorded H1, according to the latest data from Jones Lang LaSalle’ Hotels & Hospitality Group.
Green light for Aquincum Center
HUNGARY ECE Projektmanagement has been granted an exemption to the Hungarian government’s construction ban for its Aquincum Center project.
Two with 20,700 sqm in Q2
SLOVAKIA In Q2 two office buildings with a combined area of 20,700 sqm were delivered to theBratislava office market, according to a report by the Bratislava Research Forum.
Renova to buy MLP
RUSSIA Renova Group, owned by Ukrainian-born Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, is planning to become the sole owner of large logistic developer Mezhdunarodnoye Logisticheskoye Partnerstvo (MLP) [Международное логистическое партнерство], according to ‘Kommersant’.
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.
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
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
Mirbud has signed a contract with Warsaw University of Technology to build a sports and events hall next to the Syrenka Stadium in Warsaw. The design- ...
Budimex to build archive for Adam Mickiewicz University
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
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
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
PAD RES Group has secured PLN 192.5 mln in long-term financing from UniCredit to fund the construction and operation of three photovoltaic farms in Po ...
BRE launches BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V7
Ocean Winds starts BC-Wind service base in Władysławowo
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 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
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
Uniqa launches EUR 600 mln fund
UNIQA Real Estate is launching a EUR 600 mln office real estate fund for third-party investors, targeting Core and Core Plus properties in Austria, Po ...
Skanska to sell second stage of H2Offices in Budapest to ERSTE fund
AYA Properties Fund and Curtis Group acquire Chmielna 13A
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
Mieszko takes 700 sqm at Jerozolimskie Business Park
NASA Capital has signed a long-term lease with Mieszko, a Polish confectionery manufacturer. The company will take around 700 sqm at Jerozolimskie Bus ...
Retrofitting costs come into focus
Hotspot launches premium office concept in Bucharest
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
Monting Development starts construction of CU-Cynamonowa Ursynów in Warsaw
Monting Development has secured the final building permit for CU-Cynamonowa Ursynów, a residential project in Warsaw’s Ursynów district. Construction ...
Nova Wola Park receives occupancy permit
Sandberg Capital enters Prague residential market
Retail & leisure
ShockPrice to open in M Park
M Park Konstantynów Łódzki has filled its core tenant line-up. ShockPrice, part of MODIVO PLATFORM, will open its first store in the Łódź area at the ...
Gránit expands Zone Retail Park in Budakeszi
Primark to open first store in Podlaskie
Technology
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Logicor is set to complete the rollout of smart metering across all 18 of its logistics parks in Poland by the end of 2026, giving tenants real-time v ...
Singu takes over QRmaint
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Warehouse & industrial
Segro completes new building in Ożarów Mazowiecki
Segro has completed building L at Segro Park Warsaw, Ożarów 2. The 15,600 sqm warehouse and production building is fully leased. Construction is also ...
