News
Metrostav buys Alpine Bau tunnel firm
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech construction company Metrostav has acquired Austrian firm Beton und Monierbau Tunnelling (BeMo Tunnelling) for an undisclosed price.
Good H1 for luxury hotels
RUSSIA In the first half of the year, Moscow’s luxury hotels were the only segment of the city’s hotel market to perform better than in H1 2012, according to figures from Jones Lang LaSalle.
Retail & leisure
Poznań City Center to open on October 25th
POLAND TriGranit Development Corporation and Europa Capital LLP, together with the Polish State Railways (PKP) have announced that the opening of the shopping centre section of the Poznań City Center development will take place on October 25th.
Retail & leisure
Avans in Sukcesja
POLAND Electronic goods chain Avans has signed a lease for space in the Sukcesja shopping and entertainment centre, which is being developed in Łódź.
Alterco to build Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki apartments
POLAND Projekt Hutnicza, a subsidiary of Alterco, has bought a property in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki from AplusA.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni builds 50,000 sqm warehouse for Castorama
POLAND Panattoni Europe has begun construction work on a 50,000 sqm central warehouse for DIY chain Castorama Polska in Stryków near Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
C&A to stay in Galeria Wisła
POLAND C&A has prolonged its lease in Galeria Wisła in Płock for another five years. The two-storey store covers over 2,000 sqm and has been operating in the shopping centre since 2008, i.e. since the opening of the centre.
Skanska to redevelop Śrem–Rawicz road
POLAND Skanska has been commissioned by the Wielkopolski Provincial Road Authority in Poznań to redevelop 43 km of provincial road no. 434 between Śrem and Rawicz.
Mrówka opens store in Galeria NDM
POLAND A PSB Mrówka home improvement store has opened in the extended Galeria NDM in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki.
Office & mixed-use development
Eximbank replaces ING in Kiseleff Palace
ROMANIA Eximbank has relocated its headquarters in Bucharest from Națiunile Unite boulevard to Kiseleff road with a 3,800 sqm lease in Kiseleff Palace.
Vilnius IKEA ready for August opening
LITHUANIA The first IKEA store in the Baltic states is to open on August 14th in Vilnius, local media reports.
Retail & leisure
SEB finances Ülemiste Center with EUR 84.5 mln loan
ESTONIA The Ülemiste Center mall in Tallinn has been granted a five-year loan facility worth EUR 84.5 mln.
Stronger office marker in Iași
ROMANIA At the end of June 2013, modern office stock in Iași stood at round 142,200 sqm according to a report just published by Jones Lang LaSalle.
Retail & leisure
Construction work on Gryf mall to start soon
POLAND The Gryf shopping centre, which is to be built at the junction of ul. Pomorska and al. Jana Pawła II in Starogard Gdański, has been granted a final building permit.
Retail & leisure
Helly Hansen to debut in Poland
POLAND Norwegian outdoor fashion retailer Helly Hansen is about to enter the Polish market.
Unibep to build Lublin swimming complex
POLAND Unibep is to construct an indoor swimming pool complex in Lublin.
Retail & leisure
Praktika Development to buy USD 450-500 mln mall
RUSSIA Praktika Development [Практика девелопмент] is negotiating the acquisition of the unfinished River Mall inMoscow, according to Kommersant.
Office & mixed-use development
DFDS to come to Poznań
POLAND Logistics provider DFDS has signed a five-year lease for 1,600 sqm of office space in the Globis Poznań building
Investment & finance
Marr Capital to sell 13.8 ha plot
ROMANIA Marr Capital has put up for sale a 13.8 ha plot for an asking price of EUR 4.45 mln in Corbeanca near Bucharest.
Canon shoots into Marina Office Center
CZECH REPUBLIC Japanese electronics goods producer Canon and its Dutch subsidiary Océ have decide to consolidate their Prague headquarters in a new location in the Marina Office Center.
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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
Will Poland dominate the AI market?
How will AI change the real estate business? Where are the best data centre sites in Poland? Will Europe be able to feed data centres the energy they ...
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Exclusive
Leading the renaissance of local investors
One of the more interesting Polish property investors to emerge on the local scene in recent years is Syrena Real Estate. This year, it added the Rena ...
The man from NASA
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
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
Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście
Green House Development has launched pre-sales for Building C, the final phase of its Wave Świnoujście Thermal & SPA development. The building will fe ...
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
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
Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln
Romania’s commercial real estate investment market recorded EUR 679.9 mln in transactions involving office buildings, retail properties, logistics ass ...
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
DWS to acquire Peakside Capital Advisors
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
Central Poland’s warehouse market grows beyond Łódź
Central Poland has nearly 5.2 mln sqm of warehouse space, with a further 160,000 sqm under construction, according to Newmark Polska. While Łódź remai ...
Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków
Bucharest office demand picks up as companies rethink their workplace needs
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
Warsaw’s Kamionek district attracts new residential investment
Kamionek, in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district, is transforming from an industrial area into a modern urban neighbourhood. Infrastructure upgrades, cul ...
YIT Czechia to build 73 apartments in Prague’s Kamýk district
Górskiego rated Very Good
Retail & leisure
LPP Group to bring four fashion brands to RIVUS
LPP Group will open stores for Reserved, Mohito, House and Cropp at RIVUS, the mixed-use development taking shape in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The four br ...
Aurum Optics opens its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura
Xtreme Fitness Gyms Opens First Club in the Czech Republic
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
Prime Label’s IPPU Packaging leases 3,000 sqm at Industra Park Iași
IPPU Packaging, part of the European Prime Label Group, has relocated its operations to approximately 3,000 sqm of industrial space at Industra Park I ...
