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Investment & finance
Poland Retail parks bring profits
According to Walter Herz, investments in the real estate market are coming through regardless of the difficulties in the economy, but housing construction has temporarily slowed down. Warehouses have slowed down, while retail parks are still gaining momentum.
Hotels
Serbia Radisson RED to arrive in Belgrade
Radisson Hotel Group has announced the debut of its Radisson RED brand in Serbia with the signing of Radisson RED Belgrade, set to open later this year. Located just minutes from the capital’s historic centre, the hotel is the first Radisson RED branded facility to be operated by PPHE Hotel Group’s Croatian subsidiary Arena Hospitality Group.
Office & mixed-use development
CEE GTC's portfolio with major changes in 2022
GTC reported rental income of EUR 167 mln in 2022, compared to EUR 172 mln in 2021. The decrease was due, among other things, to the sale of the group's Serbian portfolio and lower occupancy levels in Polish and Romanian office buildings.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland One More Level on the top floor
One More Level, a Kraków-based studio that produces and releases games for consoles and computers, will this summer open its headquarters on the top floor of Building D in Quattro Business Park in the city.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Norblin with no barriers
The Norblin Factory mulfunctional complex in Warsaw's Wola district has received Barrier-Free Building (‘Obiekt Bez Barier’) certificates from Fundacja Integracja. Both the new and historic buildings of the complex owned by the Capital Park Group have been certified for architectural accessibility and adaptation to the needs of various users, including people with disabilities, the elderly, those with temporary disabilities, and parents with children.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland No new Warsaw offices in Q1 – Newmark
According to the ‘Office Occupier – Warsaw Office Market’ report by Newmark Polska, the first three months of 2023 saw no new office completions in Warsaw, while occupier activity weakened and the capital’s vacancy rate remained flat compared to the previous quarter. Developers are, however, commencing or planning new office projects in the city.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland Bosch pumps it up in Lower Silesia
Bosch will build a heat pump factory in Dobromierz near Wałbrzych in Lower Silesia in an investment of app. PLN 1.2 bln.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Onwelo comfortable in Łódź
In June, Polish IT company Onwelo is to move into 1,200 sqm in the Brama Miasta office building, which has been developed by Skanska in Łódź.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Café, jazz and dragon in the office
Panattoni has leased almost 600 sqm in the W3 building on ul. Wadowicka in Kraków, where a team of 20 people that serves the Podkarpackie region is to work. The office space has been finished based on a unique design by Panattoni drawn up in collaboration with Massive Design.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Legal eagles fly into Renoma
Olesiński and Wspólnicy, a consulting company, has chosen office space in the redeveloped Renoma for its new Wrocław base. The lawyers and advisors are to lay out their 2,200 sqm office on the second floor of the building in the administrative capital of Lower Silesia.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland Another Panattoni construction in Pomerania
Panattoni has launched construction work on Panattoni Park Tricity East III, which on completion will comprise 44,300 sqm, of which 33,600 sqm has already been leased.
Warehouse & industrial
Germany Garbe celebrates with BCube
Construction work on the new production and logistics property in Hörselberg-Hainich is progressing rapidly: six months after the first excavators rolled in to prepare the ground for the foundations, Garbe Industrial Real Estate as the project developer and BCube Logistik GmbH as the tenant celebrated the topping-out ceremony. The property, with a total area of 35,000 square metres, is scheduled for completion in autumn.
Land acquisitions
Czech Republic Logicor turns on to Turnov
Logicor has acquired an app. 10 ha brownfield site near Turnov, in the municipality of Příšovice, about 90 km northeast of Prague.
Hotels
Poland Five stars under the Wawel
The five-star 12-14 Stradom House hotel in Kraków is already welcoming its first guests. The property operates under the Autograph Collection brand, which is part of the Marriott International chain. Angel Poland Group is responsible for the development of the hotel.
Investment & finance
Lithuania EUR 92 mln for renewable energy
The investment company Atsinaujinančios Energetikos Investicijos (AEI) raised almost EUR 92 mln in just two years. Its manager Grėtė Bukauskaitė says they are delighted but not surprised by the popularity of renewable energy investments.
Investment & finance
Poland NREP poised to buy major 7R stake
Danish real estate investor NREP has submitted an application to the Polish competition authority UOKiK to acquire “joint control” of Polish warehouse developer 7R.
Residential
Poland Echo and Archicom restructure
Echo Investment's residential business will be integrated into Archicom. The change will clarify the structure of the group, where Archicom will be the residential part and Echo Investment will focus on growing the commercial and PRS segments, as well as on creating mixed-use ‘destination’ projects.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland Regesta is happy with Panattoni
Regesta, a logistics services provider, has leased nearly 36,000 sqm in Panattoni Park Tricity East V. Its new facility will enable it to cooperate with the nearby seaport, offer container handling in the Baltic Hub and the BCT, and expand its sea transport services.
Green projects
Czech Republic CTP holds the record
The newly constructed warehouse, which has expanded CTPark Prague West, has been certified as the most environmentally friendly industrial building in the Czech Republic according to ‘BREEAM New Construction’ standards, with a record score of 92.1 pct. The building is home to Rhenus Logistics, which uses it as a cross-dock for its pan-European network for collection services and warehousing.
Office & mixed-use development
Slovakia Penta moves forward with Southbank show
Penta Real Estate has announced that the design competition for its large-scale Southbank development in Bratislava has been won by Norwegian studio Snøhetta and London-based Studio Egret West, in collaboration with local studio Gro Architects.
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 ...
