News
Moscow short of industrial space
RUSSIA Growing demand for industrial space in Moscow has caused the vacancy rate to drop to as little as 0.57 pct in existing projects, according to research by Jones Lang LaSalle.
Warehouse & industrial
Esky.ru leases 7,477 sqm in Gruenestadt
RUSSIA Children’s goods internet retailer Esky.ru has signed a five-year lease of 7,477 sqm in Gruenestadt warehouse complex app. 40 km northwest of Moscow.
Goodman for Inter Cars in Sosnowiec
POLAND Goodman is to develop a 28,844 sqm warehouse near Sosnowiec for logistics company ILS, a subsidiary of automotive spare parts distributor Inter Cars.
Investment & finance
Starwood buys The Park
CZECH REPUBLIC An affiliate of Starwood Capital Group has acquired The Park office campus in Prague in what is reported to be the largest office transaction in the history of the Czech Republic.
Hotels
First DoubleTree by Hilton in Poland opens
POLAND A four-star DoubleTree by Hilton hotel has opened in Łódź.
Wola Park acquisition application submitted
POLAND Inter IKEA Centre Polska has applied to the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) for approval to buy the Wola Park shopping centre on ul. Górczewska in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Silesia City Center sale approved
POLAND A consortium led by Allianz Finance has received consent from the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to buy Silesia City Centre in Katowice.
New property purchaser for Rossmann
POLAND A.S. Watson, Rossmann Beteiligungs, Maruszak and Grabara are to establish a new company: RW Project Polska.
Metrostav to redevelop Warsaw roads
POLAND The General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) has signed a contract with Czech construction company Metrostav concerning the redevelopment of the S8 road (Trasa Armii Krajowej) including the Grota-Roweckiego bridge in Warsaw.
Wikana restructures debt
POLAND Wikana has raised PLN 28.1 mln from the issue series ‘A’ and ‘B’ bonds.
Construction
New chemistry department for Jagiellonian
POLAND A consortium consisting of Budimex and Mostostal Kraków is to construct the chemistry department building of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Retail & leisure
More tenants in Łacina
POLAND New tenants have signed leases for space in the Łacina shopping centre project in Poznań.
Office & mixed-use development
Atrium 1 reaches full height
POLAND The Atrium 1 office building in Warsaw, which is being developed by Skanska, has reached its full height and is moving towards completion later this year.
Colgate to invest EUR 24 mln in factory expansion
POLAND American company Colgate-Palmolive has started work on the expansion of its plant in Świdnica. Investments costs are expected to reach at least PLN 102.5 mln (EUR 24 mln) by the end of 2015.
Office & mixed-use development
PSN to develop USD 70 mln Moscow project
RUSSIA PSN Group is planning to complete the development of the Aerodom Business Centre on Leningradskiy Prospekt in northern Moscow in the first quarter of 2014.
Hotels
Olympic Entertainment plans Tallinn Hilton
ESTONIA Olympic Entertainment Group is to develop a 202-room Hilton hotel on the site of the current Reval Park Hotel & Casino in Tallinn in an investment of around EUR 36 mln.
Warsaw office stock now over 4 mln sqm
POLAND The total stock of modern office space in Warsaw now exceeds 4 mln sqm, according to data for H1 2013 published by the Warsaw Research Forum.
Quiet Q2 on industrial market
BULGARIA Modern industrial and logistics stock increased by 28,300 sqm in Sofia region to 764,000 sqm in Q2, representing a 3.85 pct growth on the previous quarter – according to the latest Bulgarian Industrial Market report by Forton.
Investment & finance
Hines with 50 pct stake in Metropolis
RUSSIA Hines CalPERS Russia Long Term Hold Fund (HCRLTH) has revealed that the stake it recently bought in the Metropolis shopping centre in Moscow from the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) fund amounted to 50 pct.
Investment market up by 60 pct
CEE REGION The overall CEE investment volume in the first half of the year amounted to EUR 4.5 bln, 60 pct higher than in H1 2012 – according to the latest CEE Property Investment Market View report by CBRE.
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
BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences
BERGER Bau Polska will modernise the Kredka and Ołówek student residences owned by the University of Wrocław under a contract worth PLN 41.44 mln gros ...
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko
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
Poland’s Retail Park Market Drives Growth in Portfolio Transactions
Poland’s increasingly mature retail park market is creating opportunities for portfolio transactions, allowing investors to expand their presence more ...
Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
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
Syrena Real Estate to modernise Warsaw office building
Syrena Real Estate will refurbish its building at 18 Piękna Street in Warsaw and rebrand it as Elma. The project will modernise the offices, nearly do ...
Central Poland’s warehouse market grows beyond Łódź
Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków
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
Poland’s housing market stabilises
Residential developers sold 12,500 homes across Poland’s seven largest housing markets in the third quarter of 2026, up 5.7 pct from the previous quar ...
Archicom launches sales for fifth phase of Modern Mokotów in Warsaw
Warsaw’s Kamionek district attracts new residential investment
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 ...
