News
FRI buys stake in retail park portfolio
ROMANIA First Retail International (FRI), which is managed by Mitiska Ventures, has bought a 50 pct stake in the InterCora retail park portfolio from Alpha Property Development.
Rzeszów hotel upgraded
POLAND The Best Western Hotel Ferdynand in Rzeszów is to be run under a new brand.
NDI to build Olsztyn sports complex
POLAND Sopot-based company NDI has won the tender to construct a sports centre on Lake Ukiel (also known as Lake Krzywe) in Olsztyn.
Two new Home & You outlets
POLAND Interior design store Home & You has announced two new openings. The company has leased 310 sqm in Galeria Solna in Inowrocław as well as 250 sqm in the Nowy Rynek shopping centre in Jelenia Góra.
Carry comes to Galeria Sfera
POLAND Fashion retailer Carry has leased a 600 sqm store in the Galeria Sfera shopping centre in Bielsko-Biała.
Two buildings topped out in Dębowe Tarasy estate
POLAND The third stage of the Dębowe Tarasy estate in Katowice has reached the shell stage and two buildings with 317 apartments have been topped out.
March opening for Veneda
POLAND The Galeria Veneda shopping centre in Łomża is to open on March 7th. The centre is to have a total area of 40,000 sqm with a leasable area of 16,000 sqm and 80 stores.
VTB lends RUB 2.7 bln to MR Group
RUSSIA VTB Bank has provided a RUB 2.7 bln (app. EUR 66.3 mln) three-year credit line for Business Park Savelovsky, a subsidiary of MR Group, to finance the first phase of Savelovsky City, a class ‘B’ mixed-use complex in Moscow.
EBRD finances Belgrade retail park
SERBIA The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to provide EUR 13.5 mln in financing for a 15,309 sqm retail park in Belgrade.
Buda Castle Hill to be renovated
HUNGARY The southern part of the Buda Castle Hill in Budapest is to be renovated, with work to begin this month (February), according to local media reports.
Atal begins work on Wrocław apartments
POLAND Atal has started the construction phase for the Dyrekcyjna 33 Apartamenty residential project in Wrocław.
Rebranding for Cieszyn Orbis hotel
POLAND Hotel Orbis Halny Cieszyn is currently being rebranded. Since February it has been welcoming guests as Mercure Cieszyn, while modernisation work on the lobby and the rooms is now taking place in line with the requirements of the Mercure brand.
Horyniec health resort talks continue
POLAND After extending exclusive negotiations with potential investors for the Horyniec health resort in Horyniec-Zdrój – Specjalistyczny Gabinet Reumatologiczny Lekarz Medycyny Beata Bogusz-Dukacz and Przedsiębiorstwo Handlowo-Usługowe Dukat Witold Dukacz – the Polish government has now opened talks with another party, Eskulap G. Czarnecki of Rachanie.
Budimex and Eurovia win Rzeszów ring road contracts
POLAND The Rzeszów section of the A4 motorway is to be finished by Budimex.
BPT fund buys Sky
LATVIA In a sale and lease-back transaction, the BPT Baltic Opportunity fund has acquired its second asset, the Sky shopping centre in Riga’s Mežciems district.
Three Kraków leases signed
ROMANIA Jones Lang LaSalle has been chosen to be the property management of the Carrefour Militari shopping gallery in Bucharest 6.
Takko plans further expansion
EUROPE German value fashion retailer Takko Fashion plans to open 50 new stores across Europe from between February and the end of April 2013.
Czech retail the most saturated – CBRE
CZECH REPUBLIC At the end of 2012, 2.9 mln sqm of modern shopping centre space was located in the Czech Republic, 877,800 sqm of which was in Prague, according to the latest report from CBRE.
Park Inn by Radisson to open in Kyiv
UKRAINE The Rezidor Hotel Group has announced that it is to open the Park Inn by Radisson Troyitska in central Kyiv.
DB Schenker begins new complex
CZECH REPUBLIC DB Schenker Logistics has just started the construction of a new logistics complex in Rudná u Prahy, close to the Czech capital.
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
Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln
Romania’s commercial real estate investment market recorded EUR 679.9 mln in transactions involving office buildings, retail properties, logistics ass ...
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
DWS to acquire Peakside Capital Advisors
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
Xtreme Fitness Gyms Opens First Club in the Czech Republic
Polish fitness chain Xtreme Fitness Gyms is expanding internationally. On 15 October, the brand will open its first club outside Poland in Opava, Czec ...
Bricomarché opens new store in Włoszczowa
BIG Poland to open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22
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 ...
