News
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.
Construction
POLAND Skanska to build for CD Projekt
Skanska has been commissioned to construct a new building for Polish video game developer CD Projekt on its main campus in Warsaw’s Praga Północ district.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland Panattoni grows in Bielsko-Biała
Construction work starts on the third building of Panattoni Park Bielsko-Biała IV. Over half the area of around 40,000 sqm to be taken up by a Polmotors production plant. Upon completion, the development is to comprise three buildings with a combined area of over 100,000 sqm. The complex is almost fully commercialised.
Events
Poland Jarek steps into Jeroen’s shoes
As of April 14th, Paul Gheysens, the owner and founder of Belgian development group Ghelamco, has taken over as president of the management board of the group's companies in Poland, while Jarosław Zagórski has become the new managing director, replacing Jeroen van der Toolen in this position.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland Alior Bank finances Panattoni Lublin IV
Panattoni, the European industrial real estate market leader, launched construction of Panattoni Park Lublin IV in March. Eventually the centre will comprise almost 55,000 sqm and become a key logistics and production centre for the region. The main support for the development is EUR 32.8 mln of financing from Alior Bank.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Steady in the capital city
Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published figures on office market in Warsaw for Q1 2023. The data includes information on modern office stock, new completions, take-up volumes and vacancy rates.
Warehouse & industrial
UK Panattoni takes Honda's place
Panattoni has been given the go-ahead to develop a major logistics project on the site of the former Honda plant at Swindon in the south of England, between London and Bristol. According to the BBC, the development will consist of 12 facilities with a total of 670,000 sqm of leasable space.
Material partner
Poland Land is the key to success but requires skills
Warsaw is one of the most affordable capitals in the European Union to live in. In order to maintain its competitiveness, it is crucial to expand the availability of plots
Infrastructure
Poland Powerful photovoltaic farm in Przykona
Electrum is building a 200 MW solar farm for EDP Renewables. The project will be built on 245 hectares in the Przykona municipality in the Greater Poland voivodeship. The investment is being carried out in record time of less than a year. The engineering work is scheduled to be completed in autumn 2023.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Keywords grows in Katowice
In the first half of 2022, Keywords Studios, the gaming giant, signed one of the largest regional leases in the past year. After only a few months, the company has decided to expand further and has increased its leasable area at Global Office Park in Katowice by more than 3,900 sqm gla.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland Built-to-own for a giant
Panattoni has another factory project for a global industrial giant. One of the leading names in home appliances and electronics will have already begun using a 40,000 sqm factory before the end of 2023. The BTO centre is being built in Western Poland and is to be used to produce home appliances in an investment of over EUR 80 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Five storeys for Sii in Olivia
Sii has signed a lease agreement for five floors in the Olivia Prime building in Gdańsk. Sii has been present in the Olivia Centre complex since 2010. The current lease agreement totals 10,000 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
Germany Garbe leases to K+S
Garbe has gained the K+S company as a tenant for the first of its two logistics halls in Wildeck in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Germany. The company, a supplier of mineral products for the agricultural, industrial and consumer sectors, will use the approx. 10,000 sqm of leased space for its warehousing and logistics activities.
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Signum Work Station, an office building on Domaniewska Street in Warsaw, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Buildi ...
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
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
Real estate remains a key source of bank credit risk
Commercial real estate remains a significant source of credit risk for German banks, with the sector expected to maintain an elevated non-performing l ...
Uniqa opens EUR 3 bln real estate platform to outside investors
Planning reform redraws the land market
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
CEE office markets tighten as vacancy falls
JLL and iO Partners say Central and Eastern Europe’s office market is tightening, with net take-up across six regional capitals reaching 565,000 sqm i ...
Pazim modernises courtyard at its Szczecin complex
Skanska builds Nowy Format
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
ATAL launches sales of 72 apartments in second phase of Gdansk project
ATAL has launched sales of 72 apartments in the second phase of its ATAL Jasieny project in Gdansk. Located on Stężycka Street, the development compri ...
Apartments remain a top investment
MTX plans Katowice tower
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 ...
