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
Strabag to Build 170-Metre Roma Tower in Warsaw
Strabag, together with TKT Engineering, has been appointed general contractor for Roma Tower, a 170-metre residential skyscraper planned for central W ...
PORR wins PLN 539 mln contract for US air force base in Wrocław
BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences
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
Warsaw and Kraków strengthen their AI credentials
Warsaw is strengthening its position on Europe’s artificial intelligence map, while Kraków stands out for its technology sector growth potential. Acco ...
EMEA data centre capacity exceeds 12.1 GW as energy constraints slow growth
Power, Power, Power
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
NEPI Rockcastle expands solar capacity
NEPI Rockcastle has opened its second large-scale photovoltaic park in Romania, bringing its in-house renewable energy capacity to the equivalent of 3 ...
Nowe Bielawy retail parks renew BREEAM Excellent ratings
Greenfield Băneasa Earns BREEAM Excellent Certification
Eurobuild Awards
Candidate and jury registration are still open for the Eurobuild Awards!
The deadlines for nominating candidates and registering for the jury for the 16th Eurobuild Awards have been extended! Both the candidate and jury reg ...
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
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 32nd Annual Polish Commercial Real Estate Conference is now on the horizon!
On November 19th, 2026, Eurobuild Conferences will welcome investors, developers, financial institutions, corporate executives and real estate profess ...
Statement by the CEO of Eurobuildcee sp. z o.o.
The October and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Warsaw Spire commemorates Polish soldiers’ capture of Predappio
On 28th October, the Warsaw Spire skyscraper in Warsaw displayed the inscription “PREDAPPIO 28 X 1944, LA POLONIA NON È LIQUIDATA” (“Poland has not be ...
Panattoni celebrates 40 years of the company’s history
Will Poland dominate the AI market?
Exclusive
Uniqa opens up
Recently UNIQA Real Estate Management announced that it was opening up its portfolio to third-party investors and then, soon afterwards, announced tha ...
Leading the renaissance of local investors
The man from NASA
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
Mercure Gdynia Centrum earns four-star rating
Mercure Gdynia Centrum has officially been awarded a four-star rating following an application by the hotel’s owner, Essendi. The decision marks the c ...
Wave Hotels launches in Poland
Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście
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
REICO Long Lease acquires 62,500 sqm logistics facility from Prologis
REICO Long Lease has acquired a 62,500 sqm logistics facility in Ujazd, in Poland’s Opole region, from Prologis. The property is fully leased to Schae ...
Poland’s investment market rebounds
DL Invest Group secures up to EUR 54 mln from BNP Paribas for logistics development
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
GEO plans mixed-use development on former railway land
GEO Group, through its subsidiary Ceglana, is preparing a mixed-use development on nearly 20 hectares of former railway land in Poznań. The project wi ...
Regional office demand could reach 700,000 sqm in 2026
Warsaw office demand rises as availability tightens
Property and Facility Management
CBRE takes over 11 Dekada retail properties
CBRE has been appointed to manage and lease a portfolio of 11 Dekada retail properties owned by Hungary’s Appeninn Group. The portfolio comprises near ...
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
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
Skanska launches second phase of Habitat residential project in Prague
Skanska Residential has started construction of the second phase of its Habitat residential development in Prague’s Malešice district. The project wil ...
Restored Pafawag boiler house completes Wrocław residential development
PSN launches sales of 32 apartments in Prague’s Nusle district
Retail & leisure
Xtreme Fitness expands in Galeria Mosty
Xtreme Fitness Gyms is expanding its club at Galeria Mosty in Płock by adding a new fitness studio. The expansion will increase the club’s training ca ...
BIG Poland expands to 15 retail parks with Konstantynów opening
PKB Inwest Budowa secures permit for park in Skarżysko-Kamienna
Technology
Drone Deliveries could reach shoppers in 15 minutes
Drone deliveries of groceries, restaurant meals and over-the-counter medicines within 15 minutes could become part of everyday life in the Czech Repub ...
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Warehouse & industrial
DACHSER and GFL lease 9,400 sqm at Jet Industrial Park Gdańsk
Jet Investment has signed two lease agreements at its Jet Industrial Park Gdańsk development, with logistics operators DACHSER and GFL taking a combin ...
