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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
Dance centre opens in Warsaw
The Dance and Performing Arts Pavilion has opened in Warsaw's Powiśle district.
Public consultations held for Park Wilanów
Need for clarity introducing reforms
Construction
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
Dekpol Budownictwo is eentering Romania. In December 2025, the company signed an agreement with a developer to carry out design work for the first sta ...
Construction industry waiting to boom
Warsaw returns another building to its prime
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
GTC signs power purchase agreement
GTC has signed a three-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ekovoltis, due to which all of the company's office buildings and shopping centres in ...
ESG to evolve with the regulations
Light On takes Platinum
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
Register now for bieg na szczyt
On March 28th, the fourteenth Bieg na Szczyt is to be held at the Rondo 1 office building in Warsaw. Tower runners will have 38 floors to conquer, whi ...
MIPIM finalists announced
Merry Christmas to one and all
Exclusive
BIM now mainstream
The year 2025 clearly demonstrated that BIM methodology and technology have already entered companies on a large scale. Aleksandra Zielazna-Pawlukiewi ...
What is driving the spate of lease renewals
More than just opening doors
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
Swissôtel opens in The Czech Republic
The Swissôtel chain has announced the opening of its first hotel in the Czech Republic in the spa town of Mariánské Lázně.
AC Hotels to open in Port Praski
New look for Novotel Praha Wenceslas Square
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
Połaniec 2 substation under construction
A new 110/15 kV substation and power lines are under construction in Połaniec. The contractor for the project is Natipol Energy, part of the Olikol G ...
Budimex builds more roads
AI fundamental to future water management
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Taifun to become university building
Indotek Group has sold the Taifun office building in Warsaw to Lazarski University. The building will house teaching facilities for the country's firs ...
Alior to sell office property
CA Immo sells Millennium 1
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
Running out of space
At the end of Q4 2025, the total stock of modern office space in Poland's eight main regional markets reached 6.72 mln sqm, according to the latest da ...
high demand across the regions
Wrocław sees record year
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
Oleśnica railway station restored
The reconstruction of the historic Oleśnica railway station, dating back to 1868, is nearing completion. A dedicated passenger area has been created, ...
Warsaw Uni building underway
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Residential
Roma given the go-ahead
The Roma Tower apartment building project has received a final building permit. The 170m building is to be built in the centre of Warsaw. Preparations ...
Work begins on Liberty Tower
New life for Moniuszki 8
Retail & leisure
Another retail park from PKB Inwest Budowa
PKB Inwest Budowa has obtained a final construction permit for a retail park on ul. Chrzanowskiego in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
iLunch comes to Poland
Worldbox opens in Legnica
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
Iglotex comes to P3 Błonie
P3 Logistic Parks has signed a lease agreement with Iglotex, one of Poland’s leading producers and distributors of frozen food. The company has leased ...
