News
Office & mixed-use development
Romania Extensions rather than new leases
In Bucharest the interest of office tenants was much higher for contract extensions than for new spaces in Q3 2023. The companies traded a total area of 158,900 sqm, of which 104,000 sqm were extensions and 51,900 sqm leases of new spaces, according to the analysis made by Fortim Trusted Advisors, member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland 7R launches a project in Tczew
7R started the construction of 7R Park Tczew III. The first tenant is a logistics operator ESA logistika Polska, which will occupy more than 31,000 sqm.
Hotels
Poland Hilton to open Canopy in Warsaw
Canopy by Hilton Warsaw, the first lifestyle hotel of the Hilton chain in Poland, is to open in 2025 in the centre of the city.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland MLP Pruszków II secures clothes tenant
A clothing distributor has leased 8,700 sqm at the MLP Pruszków II logistics park. The new project is scheduled to be delivered in August 2024.
Human resources
Poland New head of retail at Cushman & Wakefield
Michał Masztakowski has taken up the position of the head of the retail agency in Poland at Cushman & Wakefield. He will be responsible for preparing and implementing the department's business strategy, expanding the firm's client portfolio and leading a team advising tenants and investors.
Eurobuild Awards
Poland The long list is ready!
The list of nominees for the Eurobuild Awards 2023 can now be revealed! Also, the jury that will choose the finalists has already been put together – this year it comprises 184 top market experts.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland Spiżarnia grows at 7R Park Lublin
7R has signed another lease agreement with Spiżarnia. The distributor of Polish food to EU countries will expand its leased space at 7R Park Lublin by another 3,700 sqm.
Residential
Europe Insufficient availability for student dormitories
According to JLL research, the current unmet demand for student beds in dormitories reaches 4.7 mln in the largest European cities. Poland, with 1.2 mln students, ranks sixth in Europe in terms of the potential market for student accommodation operators, not far behind Spain and Italy.
Eurobuild FM
Poland Krzysztof Misiak on the preliminary results of the elections
We invite you to listen to our hot podcast! Krzysztof Misiak, head of the Polish branch of Cushman & Wakefield, comments on the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections and wonders how they may affect the Polish investment market.
Eurobuild FM
Poland Martin Pauli on real estate's green revolution
Tune in to the latest episode of Eurobuild FM! Today's conversation is a must-listen for everyone interested in the real estate sector's impact on the natural environment!
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Cellnex connects with Silesia Star
The Polish subsidiary of Spanish telecoms giant Cellnex Poland has leased almost 1,100 sqm on the sixth floor of the Silesia Star office complex in Katowice.
Hotels
HUNGARY Tribe arises at Budapest Airport
Local developer Wing in cooperation with Budapest Ferenc Liszt Airport has begun the construction of the Tribe hotel at the airport.
Office & mixed-use development
CZECH REPUBLIC VGD rides into Rohan
Auditing and financial services specialist VGD Group has become the first tenant of the Rohan City development in Prague. The company will be taking up 2,400 sqm of office space for 200 employees in the A1 building of the complex.
Retail & leisure
ROMANIA Wittchen opens 1st Romanian store
Polish fashion brand Wittchen has opened its first Romanian store in the ParkLake shopping centre in Bucharest.
Investment & finance
Romania Real estate benefiting from foreign capital inflow
The real estate and construction sector attracted app. EUR 1.2 bln of foreign direct investments in 2022, as the share of this economic activity in the overall FDI stock stood at 17.2 pct at the end of 2022, according to the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Savills to stay in Q22
Savills has decided to renew its lease and stay on in Q22 in the centre of Warsaw, its head office in Poland. The company is also planning to redesign some of the occupied space.
Warehouse & industrial
Niemcy Garbe will build in Kupferzell
Garbe Industrial Real Estate has acquired a 54,000-sqm plot of land in the German Hohenlohe district. The Hamburg-based project developer intends to build a commercial property on the site.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland WiredScore Platinum rating for K2
Vastint Poland has obtained WiredScore Platinum for K2 office building in Gdynia. K2 is the first in the TriCity and the 61st building certified under this system in Poland.
Office & mixed-use development
Germany Sonar is perfect 4flow
Sonar Real Estate has successfully agreed the extension of an existing lease, on around 4,500 square metres of office space in Berlin, to 4flow. Sonar is the asset manager of the property, which is part of the portfolio of an Austrian family office.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland Panattoni active in the capital
Panattoni is launching its second development in Targówek district this year. The company will deliver a project worth EUR 8.5 mln and 17,600 sqm to the Warsaw market.
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
Planning reform redraws the land market
Poland’s planning reform is changing the way land is valued, according to Walter Herz. Plots covered by a local zoning plan (MPZP), a legally binding ...
Nusco secures EUR 21.4 mln financing from Exim Banca Românească
CEECAT Capital raises EUR 135m at first close of third fund
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
Flint Group extends Łódź 1 lease
Flint Group Packaging Solutions has renewed its lease at the Łódź 1 office building at al. Piłsudskiego 22. The company will remain at its current hea ...
Colliers to lease UREM Poland portfolio
ADC stays on in Francuska
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
Apartments remain a top investment
Poles continue to see apartments as one of the most attractive ways of investing their money, according to Otodom’s ‘Property Market Sentiment Monitor ...
MTX plans Katowice tower
RealCo sells out Wrocław project
Retail & leisure
Retailers rethink the role of technology
Consumers are increasingly tired of technology overload and excessive personalisation, while physical stores can benefit from offering something the d ...
Retail parks become local hubs
M Core acquires Galeria Chełm
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 ...
