News
Abra focuses on franchising
POLAND Furniture store chain Abra is to open around 10 to 12 new franchise outlets in 2013. By the end of 2013 the chain could number 90 units.
Metro Properties to manage Tulipan and Kometa
POLAND Metro Properties has taken over the management of the Tulipan shopping centre in Łódź and the Kometa centre in Toruń, both of which belong to the portfolio of the POERF fund managed by Pradera Europe.
Instal Kraków starts building in Kraków
POLAND Instal Kraków has chosen Krakbau to construct an apartment building on ul. Przewóz in Kraków in a contract worth almost PLN 16 mln net. Eventually 106 apartments are planned, with spaces for 57 vehicles in an underground car park.
Little new warehouse space and no vacancies
RUSSIA New completions of warehouse space in Q4 in the Moscow region reached 124,000 sqm – a 40 pct y-o-y decrease on the previous year, while vacancy rates have subsequently fallen to 0.65 pct, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.
O1 to sell Olimpia?
RUSSIA O1 Properties is considering the sale of the Olimpia Park office complex to its largest tenant, IT company Kaspersky Labs, according to ‘Vedomosti’.
City Center Sofia changes cinemas
BULGARIA The City Center Sofia shopping centre is to change its cinema operator. In June Cine Grand will reopen the recently refurbished 3,800 sqm multiplex, which will have six screens and 1,200 seats.
Mega Image opens in Bucharest
ROMANIA Mega Image, which is owned by the Delhaize group, has today (January 31st) opened its largest grocery store in Romania, in Bucharest, with 1,600 sqm of retail space.
Quiet quarter for Bratislava offices
SLOVAKIA No new office buildings were completed in Bratislava in Q4 2012, but there was nevertheless a slight increase in vacancy, according to the Bratislava Research Forum.
New urban plan for Bucharest
ROMANIA A consortium led by the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism in partnership with Spanish architectural studio Arnaiz Consultores has won the competition to redesign the urban plan for Bucharest.
Orco’s Bubny project moves step closer
CZECH REPUBLIC Prague’s city assembly has granted the city of Prague the authority to restart the procedure for changing the masterplan to allow the large-scale Bubny redevelopment project to go ahead.
Tamex to carry out PLN 5 mln renovation
POLAND Tamex Obiekty Sportowe has been commissioned by Małgorzata Sandecka – GTS to renovate a tenement building on ul. Krasiczyńska in Warsaw in a contract worth PLN 5.3 mln.
Kaufland buys from P.A. Nova
POLAND Gliwice-based P.A. Nova has sold retail complex to Kaufland Polska Markety for over PLN 23 mln.
Strong results for Ghelamco
POLAND In 2012 Ghelamco Poland leased a record 75,000 sqm, the highest ever amount in the 22-year history of the company.
Launch of Angel Wawel
POLAND Angel Wawel, part of the Angel Poland Group, is soon to launch the construction stage of its Angel Wawel residential project in Kraków, which is to include 235 apartments as well as some retail space on the ground floor of the building.
FairPlay turns loss to profit
BULGARIA FairPlay Properties made an unconsolidated profit in 2012 of BGN 1.68 mln (app. EUR 859,000.) after making a loss in 2011 of BGN 2.02 mln.
H&M sees strong sales and expands in Eastern Europe
WORLD Fashion retailer H&M Group has announced its results for 2012. The group saw sales increase by 10 pct to around SEK 120.8 bln (app. EUR 14 bln), while gross profit came in at SEK 71.8 bln corresponding to a gross margin of 59.5 pct.
Schneider in Park Rozwoju
POLAND Electrical engineering company Schneider Electric Polska has leased 7,000 sqm in Park Rozwoju, which is currently being developed by Echo Investment on ul. Konstruktorska in Warsaw.
Mine becomes cultural centre
POLAND The Stara Kopalnia coal mine complex in Wałbrzych is to be converted into one of the biggest centres of science and the arts in Eastern Europe.
Seven new stores in Galeria Solna
POLAND 4F, Prosport, Reporter, Quiosque, Coccodrillo, Centrum Zoologiczne Lemur and Galeria Kwiatów are to all open stores in the Galeria Solna shopping centre in Inowrocław.
Record results for Home Broker
POLAND Despite the crisis on the residential market, real estate agency Home Broker has considerably improved its sales results. In 2012 Home Broker negotiated the sales of 10,564 apartments, 19 pct more than in 2011.
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
Polish housing market slows as projects put on hold
Poland’s residential construction market is slowing, with 936 projects put on hold over the past year. Yet investors continue to prepare new projects, ...
Planning Code Set to Change Real Estate Market
Tunnel boring soon to begin
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
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
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 June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
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
Green Development launches Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa
Green House Development is launching pre-sales of suites at Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa, the third development under the Wave brand on the Polish coast, ...
Mercure opens in Oradea
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
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
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
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
Henley sells Poznań shopping centre Galeria Pestka
Henley has completed the sale of Galeria Pestka, a 41,658 sqm shopping centre in Poznań, Poland, to OPAL CENTRES, part of DromeStar Group. During Henl ...
Retail takes a third of Q2 investment
Lett takes Gdańsk PRS portfolio to 646 units
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
Hyundai Motor Poland expands in Wołoska 24
Hyundai Motor Poland has renewed its lease at Wołoska 24 in Warsaw and expanded its office space by around 30 pct. The company will now occupy nearly ...
Wrocław office market sees weaker tenant activity in H1 2026
Drutex to invest PLN 30 mln in headquarters expansion
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
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Construction has begun on a new emergency care unit at Thomayer University Hospital in Prague, officially launched by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and ...
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Porr focusing on healthcare
Residential
Warsaw developers increase supply as sales stall
Warsaw developers significantly increased the number of new apartments for sale in the second quarter of 2026, but sales fell. They brought 4,753 home ...
Flora Development receives occupancy permit for Esy Floresy
SGI completes penultimate stage of Łopuszańska 47
Retail & leisure
Luxury Brands Take a Closer Look at Warsaw
Global luxury brands are expanding more cautiously, choosing markets and locations more carefully rather than rapidly adding stores, according to Coll ...
Primark opens first store in northern Poland
Peek & Cloppenburg to open 3,600 sqm store in Rivus
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
two leases in Logicor Łódź III
Logicor Łódź III is now fully leased after Transfer Multisort Elektronik (TME) and an aluminium processing company have both signed new agreements.
