News
CBRE takes over Itella portfolio
EUROPE CBRE has been awarded the management contract for a portfolio of around 80 properties in nine European countries.
Sjaelso sells land in Warsaw
POLAND Danish developer Sjaelso has sold two Warsaw sites, on which it previously planned to develop the Postępu 22 and Tower Terraces office projects , for EUR 18 mln.
MLP Group leases space to Piotr i Paweł
POLAND The Piotr i Paweł supermarket chain has leased 8,000 sqm of warehouse space in MLP Poznań.
Mall opens in Podkowa Leśna
POLAND Galeria Podkowa on ul. Gołębia in Podkowa Leśna opened on May 25th. The 11,000 sqm centre is owned by the super market chain MarcPol.
Sukcesja with a supermarket
POLAND Supermarket chain Piotr i Paweł will open a store in the Sukcesja shopping centre which is being developed in Łódź by Fabryka Biznesu.
Immofinanz takes lead in the region
CEE REGION The return on the East European properties owned by Immofinanz came to 10.2 pct in 2012.
Work on Kiev-Arena have begun
UKRAINE Construction work on the USD 120 mln Kiev-Arena multifunctional sports complex has begun in Kyiv.
Redknee leases space in Wrocławski Park Biznesu
POLAND Redknee, a global provider of communication software products, has leased almost 3,300 sqm of office space in Wrocławski Park Biznesu 1.
Ethos to invest in Bucharest
ROMANIA Ethos House is to invest EUR 7 mln in the development of an office building on Strada Gheorghe Ţiţeica in Bucharest’s Floreasca district.
Investment volumes fall
BALTIC STATES Total investment volume reached EUR 480 mln in 2012, according to Colliers International, around a quarter less than in the EUR 643 mln in 2011.
Silesia City Center sold for EUR 412 mln
POLAND Austrian real estate company Immofinanz Group has sold Silesia City Centre for EUR 412 mln to a consortium led by Allianz.
Alpine Bau still quarrelling with GDDKiA
POLAND Alpine Bau, the contractor of a bridge in Mszana along the A1 motorway has refused to reconsider its decision to terminate its contract with the General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA).
Foreign tenants like Warsaw
POLAND Nineteen foreign retail chains debuted on the Polish market last year, according to the ‘Global Aspects of Retail Space Market’ report published by CBRE.
Budimex Nieruchomości builds in Mokotów
POLAND Budimex Nieruchomości has started construction work on the Wiślany Mokotów estate, which is being built on ul. Bluszczańska in Warsaw.
2013 likely to remain difficult for property owners
EUROPE Aggregate take-up on the office market fell sharply in Q1 to the lowest quarterly level since 2009 and 2013 is likely to remain a difficult year, according to the EMEA Office Market View report by CBRE.
Fewer big deals
POLAND The investment volume in the first quarter of this year came to EUR 600 mln, app. 18 pct less y-o-y, but investors were more active in terms of the total number of transactions, according to the Market in Minutes.
Chinese to build city near Minsk
BELARUS Chinese investors are planning to invest USD 5 bln to build a new city near Minsk.
Meridian to make EUR 200 mln offering
POLAND Dutch real estate investment trust (REIT) Meridian Properties plans to debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with a public offering of EUR 200 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Racławicka Point fully-leased
POLAND Capital Park has fully-leased the office space in its Racławicka Point building in Warsaw.
Marines march into Blue City
POLAND Original Marines is to open its first Polish store after signing a lease agreement for space in the Blue City shopping centre in Warsaw.
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
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
Public-sector construction has become one of the fastest-growing areas of Dekpol Budownictwo’s business. Over the past two years, the company has sign ...
Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
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
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
Expo Real kicks off on Monday in Munich, and Eurobuild CEE is the media sponsor for one of the top discussions on the first day: ‘High Speed Connectiv ...
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
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
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
Lisala, owned by Hungarian property group WING and Griffin Capital Partners, plans to acquire the remaining 37.63 pct of Polish developer Echo Investm ...
DWS to acquire Peakside Capital Advisors
LemonTree sells second stage of Booster Zabrze
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
Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków
Knight Frank has been appointed exclusive leasing agent for VINCI Office Center at 100 Opolska Street in Kraków. The building, owned by Sharow Capital ...
Bucharest office demand picks up as companies rethink their workplace needs
eService leases 7,500 sqm in Drucianka Campus
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
Yareal starts construction of apartment building in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district
Yareal has started construction of an apartment building at ul. Mickiewicza 63 in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district. The intimate development will comprise 6 ...
Murapol Rivo in Bydgoszcz receives occupancy permit
Agrobex completes first stage of Unii Lubelskiej 4
Retail & leisure
BIG Poland to open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22
BIG Poland will open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22. The 13,500 sqm GLA project was developed in cooperation with BOIG The Blue Ocean Investment ...
Alior Bank opens in Manufaktura in Łódź
Fun Park to open in Ferio Legnica
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
Zalando rolls out AI-powered returns
Sereact, Zalando and CEVA Logistics have introduced AI-powered robots to process returns at logistics centres in Świebodzin, Poland, and Greven, Germa ...
