News
Investment & finance
CEE 2024 will be better than expected
Moody’s Investors Service in its latest report has maintained a stable outlook for CEE sovereigns' creditworthiness in 2024. This is driven by a robust macroeconomic outlook, limited economic scarring from Europe's energy crisis and the roughly unchanged fiscal strength of the region.
Eurobuild FM
Poland The special edition – summaries and forecasts (ep. 5)
The special edition of Eurobuild FM hosts Magdalena Kowalewska, COO of LCP and member of the management board of the M Core group companies. Find a while and listen to the hot comments on the retail and warehouse industries!
ESG
Hungary Another BREEAM for Panattoni
Panattoni City Dock Törökbálint, has been awarded the BREEAM Excellent certification, which signifies that the complex meets the highest standards in energy efficiency, water management, sustainable construction, health and wellbeing and innovation in design.
Human resources
Poland Savills has new CEO
Kamil Kowa has become the new CEO of Savills in Poland. He is a member of the management board of the company, and for the past nine years has held the position of head of Corporate Finance and Valuation at Savills.
Construction
Poland There's hope in the modules
According to the report released by research firm Spectis, “Modular construction market in Poland 2024-2029”, top 100 manufacturers of prefabricated buildings made of wood, steel, concrete, or LECA generated revenue of nearly PLN 10 bln in 2022, with 47 pct of the figure contributed by sales in the modular building segment.
Investment & finance
Poland Suntago changes hands
Centerbridge Partners is going to take control of Global Parks Poland, the owner of Suntago – the largest water entertainment park in Europe, located in Wręcza near Warsaw. The U.S. company has filed an application to the OCCP in this regard.
Eurobuild FM
Poland The special edition – summaries and forecasts (ep. 4)
Today, the guest of the special edition of Eurobuild FM is an expert in private debt financing - Jakub Pacholec, member of the management board of Mount TFI, sharing his unique knowledge especially with the readers of "Eurobuild"!
Eurobuild Awards
Poland Let's live this again!
Eurobuild Awards 2023 is behind us, but if you haven't yet gotten your hands on the special "Eurobuild" supplement prepared for the Gala evening, you can conveniently view it online today and... beautiful memories will come back!
Residential
Czech Republic Penta sells a property in Prague
At the end of the year Penta Real Estate completed the sale of residential project in Dykova Street in Prague 2 - Vinohrady. The value of the project is in the order of CKR hundreds of millions of and the buyer is Fidurock.
Retail & leisure
Czech Republic Record number of new brands
39 new brands entered the Czech retail market last year, a record number achieved in the past ten years, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s monitoring. Some of the most notable brands include Victoria's Secret, Popeyes, Signorvino, Rossopomodoro and Zadig & Voltaire.
Property and Facility Management
Serbia CBRE to manage Stop Shops in Serbia
CPI Property Group has appointed CBRE as manager of its Serbian Stop Shop retail park portfolio. It comprises 14 retail parks in 14 cities and more than 120,000 sqm of leasable area.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Vena in Warsaw
PHN is starting construction of the Vena office building in Warsaw's Wola district. Development will take two years and the estimated cost of the investment is around PLN 200 mln.
Eurobuild FM
Poland The special edition – summaries and forecasts (ep. 3)
After the Christmas break, we are back with a special edition of Eurobuild FM! We asked the best market experts to summarize the past year and to give some forecasts for 2024 - in the first episode in the New Year, Rüdiger Dany, CEO at NEPI Rockcastle, shared his opinion especially with the readers of "Eurobuild".
Investment & finance
Europe Another hundreds of millions on retail
Mitiska REIM has announced the sale of five Belgian and five Portuguese retail parks to First Retail Partners, a newly established fund backed by Partners Group. The new fund has a gross asset value of around EUR 280 million and will be managed by Mitiska REIM and backed by Partners Group.
Investment & finance
Czech Republic Olympia changes hands
Immofinanz took over two properties from its majority shareholder, CPI Property Group – the Olympia Plzen shopping center and the adjacent retail park, the total value of both properties is EUR 165.5 million.
Events
Merry Christmas!
Investment & finance
Romania Drim joins Żabka Group
Żabka Group concluded the acquisition of a majority stake, forming a partnership with one of the leading FMCG distribution players in Romania – Drim Daniel Distributie. The transaction is subject to the customary regulatory approvals.
Land acquisitions
Austria Laufen Austria got a new owner
Laufen Austria site in Wilhelmsburg has been sold to a private investor. The zone combines two sites with a total area of approx. 75,000 sqm and a building stock of around 58,500 sqm.
Investment & finance
Poland 25 million for Panattoni
Panattoni has been awarded financing to develop Panattoni Park Łódź West II – one of the biggest industrial projects in the western part of Łódź. A loan of EUR 25 mln has been granted by mBank.
Warehouse & industrial
Slovakia CTP expands in Košice
CTP has announced the 30,000 sqm expansion of CTPark Košice in Slovakia following two pre-lets. The expanded area will be a class-A industrial park boasting facilities tailored for logistics, distribution and light industry.
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 construction sector faces growing labour shortage
Poland’s construction sector is facing increasing labour shortages, with the industry short of around 150,000 workers. Turnover among engineers has re ...
Carbon Counts in Construction
Polish construction sector under pressure
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
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
EPP has already met the emissions reduction targets it set for 2030 under the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which helps companies set emiss ...
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
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
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Bob W has signed a long-term deal to operate a new aparthotel at Krulli Kvartal, part of the 10.2 ha regeneration of the historic Krulli industrial qu ...
Prague moves into top 10 for hotel investment
Mövenpick opens first Croatian hotel on Adriatic coast
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
Nusco secures EUR 21.4 mln financing from Exim Banca Românească
Romanian developer Nusco has signed a EUR 21.4 mln financing agreement with Exim Banca Românească.
CEECAT Capital raises EUR 135m at first close of third fund
Poland attracts EUR 3.06 bln in commercial real estate investment in H1
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
Port Polska to reshape Łódź
Port Polska and the expansion of high-speed rail could reshape Łódź’s office market over the longer term, bringing the city closer to Warsaw economica ...
Takeda moves Warsaw office to Studio A
The Shire extends lease at Korona in Kraków
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
RealCo sells out Wrocław project
RealCo has sold all 133 apartments at its Apartamenty przy Parku Szczytnickim project in Wrocław. The apartments are spread across 10 buildings. The d ...
Apartment sales launched for Sosnowa Vita
Matexi sells 75 pct of Sady Żoliborz apartments
Retail & leisure
Pasaż Łańcucki 90 pct commercialised
Refield is developing Pasaż Łańcucki, an 11,200 sqm retail park in Łańcut, southeastern Poland. The project is being developed on a 3.5 ha site locate ...
Medicine Opens Expanded Store in Galeria Pomorska
CeX opens store in Wola Park
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
Warehouse vacancy falls to three-year low
The vacancy rate in Poland’s warehouse market fell to 6.6 pct at the end of June, its lowest level in three years. At the same time, gross take-up ros ...
