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Poland leads in investment
CEE REGION Investment activity in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania increased significantly in Q4 2012 to EUR1,826 mln, almost matching 2007 levels, and ahead of the EUR 536 mln invested in Q3 2012, according to figures from Cushman and Wakefield.
Best European property returns in Poland
WORLD Globally, total returns on property shares and other assets came to 29.8 pct in local currencies and 26.6 pct when measured in euros, according to figures from the Global Property Research In Europe the same figure came to 29.5 pct measured in euros.
ECM assets sold
CZECH REPUBLIC ECM has sold its shares in Epoque-Lancaster and Epoque Hotel, two SPV companies that were established to develop skyscrapers in Pankrác plateau. Raiffeisenbank, which was financing the project, has been repaid.
Astrium hotel to open by year end
RUSSIA A five-star luxury hotel is to open in Shelkovo near Moscow at the end of 2013. The Astrium is owned by Shelkowskij Holding, while Vienna International Hotelmanagement is to manage the facility.
Parking systems in Gemini Parks
POLAND Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała and Gemini Park Tarnów – two shopping centres owned by Gemini Holdings, have installed electronic parking systems.
CH Rywal to be extended by 12,000 sqm
POLAND BPF Inwestor, which has announced the construction of two shopping centres in Cieszyn and Kwidzyń, is also to extend its mall in Biała Podlaska – Centrum Handlowe Rywal.
Plac Unii to be opened in autumn 2013
POLAND The Plac Unii office and retail project in Warsaw, which is being developed by Liebrecht & Wood and BBI Development, has been topped out.
New tenants for Wilanów Office Park
POLAND Hill+Knowlton Strategies and Young & Rubicam have both signed leases with Polnord for office space in Wilanów Office Park.
GTC fills University Business Park
POLAND Globe Trade Centre has leased 3,200 sq m of office space in the University Business Park in Łódź.
Colliers to manage two Warsaw properties
POLAND Colliers International has been appointed property manager of the Warsaw Financial Centre (WFC) in the centre of Warsaw as well as of Platinium Business Park complex in Warsaw’s Mokotów district.
Nike to open in Factory Warsaw Annopol
POLAND Nike is to open a 770 sqm shoe store in Factory Warsaw Annopol in Warsaw’s Białołęka district.
Mall project and supermarket go under the hammer in forced sale
On January 10th liquidators RVA Insolvency Specialists is to auction off a shopping centre that is under construction as well as a supermarket. Both properties are in Focşani and owned by bankrupt investor Omnium Invest.
Shopping centre and hotel under construction in Minsk
BELARUS Galleria Concept has begun construction work on a shopping centre in Minsk in an investment of USD 120 mln.
Real estate agents punished by UOKiK
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has fined the Metrohouse & Partnerzy and Bracia Strzelczyk real estate agencies a combined total of nearly PLN 90,000.
Redan pays off its debts
POLAND In accordance with the debt restructuring agreement agreed with its creditors, Redan has issued 57,422 three-month D-series bonds with a value of just over PLN 5.74 mln to bondholders in exchange for their A-series bonds worth over PLN 5.5 mln.
Outer space contract for Skanska
POLAND The Institute of Aviation has commissioned Skanska to construct the Centre of Innovative Aviation and Outer Space Technologies (Centrum Innowacyjnych Technologii Lotniczych i Kosmicznych) in a contract worth PLN 35 mln net.
PBF Inwestor wants more
POLAND Biuro Prawno-Finansowe Inwestor, the owner of four shopping centres (Galeria Kociewska in Tczew, Galeria Kamienna in Starachowice, Centrum Handlowe Rywal in Biała Podlaska and Centrum Handlowe in Skarżysko Kamienna), is planning to build two more shopping centres.
Euromark faces liquidation
POLAND A court of Warsaw has granted the petition of Bank Millennium for the bankruptcy and liquidation of Euromark Polska and has appointed administrators.
S19 to be finished by Eurovia Polska
POLAND Eurovia Polska is to complete a 4.4 km section of the Rzeszów ring road, which forms part of the S19 expressway from Rzeszów West to Śliwcza.
Wikana apartment sales hold steady
POLAND Wikana sold 326 apartments in 2012, similar to the number it sold in 2011 (335 units).
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Public consultations held for Park Wilanów
The Nhood Services Poland team has completed another round of public consultations for its mixed-use Wilanów Park development. Residents voiced their ...
Need for clarity introducing reforms
Competition to modernise former Soviet block announced
Construction
Construction industry waiting to boom
According to the report 'Polish Construction Companies 2025' prepared by Deloitte, the construction industry continues to play a major role in Poland’ ...
Warsaw returns another building to its prime
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
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
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
Light On takes Platinum
The LightOn office project, under construction on ul. Prosta in Warsaw, has been awarded WiredScore Platinum certification. The building received 98 p ...
Budapest One ranked Outstanding
Prologis contracts Engie Zielona Energia as electricity provider
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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 December issue of Eurobuild hits the shelves!
The December 2025 edition of EurobuildCEE magazine has now been published! And, as usual, it's filled with some fabulous interviews, market analysis, ...
The latest issue of Eurobuild hits the shelves!
The October issue is now out!
Events
Merry Christmas to one and all
May Christmas be a time of peace, reflection, and regeneration after an intense year so full of challenges. May the New Year bring bright prospects, s ...
Jazz for the New Year
The ageing population discussed at the Accessibility Forum
Exclusive
More than just opening doors
In our latest exclusive interview, Eurobuild speaks to Maciej Grabowski, the founder of Blue Bolt, which provides a mobile access platform for buildin ...
More than machines
The voice of the younger generation
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
AC Hotels to open in Port Praski
The façade of the Minter townhouse, in the Port Praski development in Warsaw, has been unveiled, restoring its Art Nouveau style.
New look for Novotel Praha Wenceslas Square
Tourism set to boom around the Med
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Toruń Miasto station restored
The Polish State Railways (PKP) has completed a comprehensive renovation of Toruń Miasto station at a cost of over PLN 25.5 mln gross.
Pleszew station renovated
Baltic Towers sets up in Gdańsk
Interior design
Plan B completes fit out for the Association of Polish Cities
Plan B Group has just completed the fit-out for the new 500 sqm headquarters of the Association of Polish Cities (Związek Miast Polskich) in the Globi ...
Plan B completes Tetos fit-out
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
Investment & finance
Cornerston buys Senator
Cornerstone Investment Management, in partnership with Fidera, has purchased the Senator office building from Union Investment Real Estate.
Ferio Wawer sold
Newgate Investment purchases Warsaw retail park
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
Construction at the edge of the world
The implementation team for the next stage of the construction of the new main building of the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station has reached K ...
BNM Landlord Representation – the numbers tell the story
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
Office & mixed-use development
Tenants stay in O3
Five companies have extended leases for space within the O3 Business Campus complex in Kraków. The contracts cover a total of over 7,600 sqm.
Alior moves offices in Warsaw and Kraków
Tenants prepared to stay longer
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
The growing pains of PRS
The Polish institutional rental sector is one of the fastest-growing segments of the housing market, according to the latest report from Savills and C ...
Warsaw's Wola now the most exclusive district
Syrena Invest acquires more land for residential project
Retail & leisure
Gorąco Polecam opens in Lubin
The Gorąco Polecam bakery has opened in a new building with a 160 sqm patio within the BIG Lubin retail park.
Trei opens in Grudziądz
Worldbox enters FunShop Park Vaslui
Technology
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Polish technology company Rentujemy, which is involved in short-term rental management, is launching a co-hosting service. With this solution, the com ...
Velis has a new name
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni to build near Kraków
Panattoni has purchased 9 ha in Zakrzów and is to build Panattoni Park Kraków East VI, which will comprise two buildings. The 11,000 sqm centre will i ...
