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POLAND Media Saturn Holding Polska has signed a contract with Atrium Felicity, an SPV company established by Atrium European Real Estate, to open an app. 3,500 sqm store in the Atrium Felicity shopping centre.

Inpro posts Q3 results

POLAND In Q3 Inpro Capital Group signed 122 preliminary sales contracts for apartments, 17 pct more than in the same period of 2011.

Bankruptcy too close for Confort

ROMANIA Construction company Confort, which is part of the Izometal Confort group, has filed for bankruptcy.

B23T to design Korona

ROMANIA B23T is to draw up the design for the Korona shopping centre in Braşov. The completion of the design work is planned for Q2 2013.

Polish pride for Neinver

POLAND Neinver has revealed that sales in its Polish outlet centres increased by 27 pct y-o-y in H1, the highest growth in any country it operates in.

GTC becomes sole owner of Galeria Wilanów

POLAND Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has purchased the remaining 50 pct stake in the Galeria Wilanów shopping centre project in Warsaw from Polnord.

Atrium 1 cornerstone laid

POLAND The cornerstone ceremony has today taken place for Skanska’s Atrium 1 office building on al. Jana Pawła II in central Warsaw.

ECE to build Bydgoszcz mall

POLAND ECE Projektmanagement has announced plans to develop the Galeria Kujawska shopping centre in Bydgoszcz.

Three stores enter Gemini Park Tarnów

POLAND Three new brands are to enter the Gemini Park Tarnów shopping centre, which is owned by Gemini Holdings.

Henpol to construct warehouse for Dawtona

POLAND Henpol is to build a warehouse for Dawtona, a company that processes fruit and vegetables.

EU to screen road constructors

POLAND The General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) claims that Irish company SRB has tried to persuade it to break the law.

Bankruptcy petition against Polimex “thrown out”

POLAND Eurometal has had its application for the bankruptcy of Polimex-Mostostal thrown out by a Szczecin court, according to the latter company.

Wysowa health-resort almost privatised

POLAND Negotiations, which began in May, between the Polish state and investors wishing to purchase an 87.4 pct stake in the Uzdrowisko Wysowa health resort in Wysowa-Zdrój, are now nearing completion.

Galeria Królewska to be built in Sandomierz

POLAND Construction work on the Galeria Królewska shopping centre in Sandomierz is to start in H1 2013.

Embassy goes under the hammer

POLAND The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania has put its former embassy building on al. Szucha in Warsaw up for sale.

Minimalist fire station in Lesznowola

POLAND Warsaw architectural studio 81.WAW.Pl, in cooperation with Aries Consulting Bogdan Pękacki, has designed the concept for the Voluntary Fire Service building in Zamienie in the Lesznowola administrative district.

Poland to lose star status

CEE REGION Russia and Poland will continue to cope with the economic and financial crisis better than many other countries in the CEE, CE and SEE regions, according to the ‘Eastern European Outlook’ analysis published by Nordic financial services group SEB.

Investment continues for Czechs and Poles

POLAND Preliminary figures for Q3 from Jones Lang LaSalle show EUR 450 mln was transacted in property deals in the three active CEE countries (excluding Russia) over the quarter: Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania.

AIP opens in Heritage Gates

POLAND Academic Incubators of Entrepreneurship (AIP) has leased 670 sqm in the Heritage Gates building in Wrocław. This is to be the business growth accelerator’s fifth branch of AIP Business Link and is to open in late 2012 or early 2013.

Hines buys Prologis Park Sosnowiec