News
Euro 2012 boosts hotel market
POLAND The UEFA Euro 2012 football championships generated over 175,000 room nights in the Polish host cities, according to Colliers International.
Manufacturing plant for Siniat
ROMANIA Building materials producer Siniat Romania is to build a factory in Turceni (Gorj County).
Many leases for AEW
HUNGARY AEW Europe leased more than 8,600 sqm office space in three Budapest properties over 2012.
Strong performance from Atrium
CEE REGION Shopping centre developer and operator Atrium European Real Estate has announced a 24.7 pct growth in net cash generated from operating activities to EUR 126.5 mln in 2012.
Supply outstripping demand
BULGARIA No major changes are predicted on the Bulgarian real estate market for 2013, according to Colliers International.
Profits up for Savills
WORLD Real estate consultancy Savills saw revenues rise by 12 pct over 2012.
Profi garners six stores in Cluj-Napoca
ROMANIA Competition authorities have given the green light to the takeover by Profi of six grocery stores in Cluj-Napoca.
Robyg’s revenue grows 151 pct
POLAND Robyg recorded revenue of PLN 402 mln in 2012.
Global investment up
WORLD In 2012 the value of global property investments increased by 6 pct to USD 929 bln (EUR 714 bln), according to the ‘International Investment Atlas’ by Cushman & Wakefield.
Cinema City satisfied with 2012 earnings
CEE REGION Cinema City has announced a consolidated revenue of PLN 280.7 mln for 2012.
Atrium Copernicus extension half-leased
POLAND Around 10,000 sqm of the extended part of the Atrium Copernicus shopping centre in Toruń has been leased.
UOKiK scrutinises Real and Auchan deal
POLAND The European Commission has handed over the responsibility for approving the takeover of Real by Auchan to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).
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.
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.
