News
Hotels
Poland Hospitality revives – in an inhospitable environment
Another difficult year for the hotel market has come to an end – hotels were back in operation for only the last six months of the year, but the summer and autumn seasons were much better than in 2020. But the hospitality sector is resilient and always has the potential to bounce back – according to the ‘Hotel market in the largest cities in Poland. Annual report 2021’ by Hotel Professionals, which ‘Eurobuild CEE’ has been granted the exclusive rights to publish.
Investment & finance
CENTRAL EUROPE Immofinanz rejects CPI’s improved bid
Austrian real estate company Immofinanz has recommended to its investors reject the share price offered by Prague-based CPI Property Group in its takeover bid, as, in the opinion of its executive and supervisory boards, it is too low – although it “welcomes” CPI’s increased offer to EUR 22.70.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Mondi moves into Andersia Tower
Recruitment consultancy Mondi Polska has leased around 600 sqm on the 16th floor of Andersia Tower in Poznań.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Two lease 1,600 sqm in Business Garden Poznań
Mitsubishi Electric and a medical clinic have leased a combined 1,600 sqm of office space from Vastint in Business Garden Poznań.
Warehouse & industrial
POLAND Panattoni starts work on 42,000 sqm Röhlig Suus centre
Panattoni has begun the construction of a 42,000 sqm logistics centre for Röhlig Suus Logistics at Panattoni Park Poznań West Gate I in Tarnowo Podgórne. At the same time, work has started in the park on an 18,000 sqm speculative facility
Warehouse & industrial
Poland Barbora opens third Polish logistics centre
Online grocer Barbora has leased around 3,000 sqm in the Park City Logistics Katowice I logistics park.
Investment & finance
Romania Investment growth in Romania
The volumes invested in real estate assets in Romania, Poland and Slovakia increased in 2021, while the Czech Republic and Hungary saw a downturn compared to 2020, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Warehouse & industrial
Czech Republic Warehousing still on a roll
Modern industrial stock in the Czech Republic is now more than 9.6 mln sqm, according to figures from the Industrial Research Forum.
Warehouse & industrial
Poland 7R doubles space delivered y-o-y
Polish warehouse developer 7R delivered almost 400,000 sqm of BREEAM-certified space over 2021, double the figure recorded for 2020.
Office & mixed-use development
CZECH REPUBLIC Prague offices on the road to recovery
The Prague office market revived in 2021, showing a 16 pct increase in take-up on the previous year, according to the Prague Research Forum.
Construction
CENTRAL EUROPE Erbud takes in GWI for wooden mod cons
Polish construction firm Erbud has merged its subsidiary Mod21 with German wooden modular buildings specialist GWI to establish a new company, also called Mod21.
Green projects
LITHUANIA LEED ‘Platinum’ for Vastint in Vilnius
The first phase of Business Garden Vilnius, the developer of which is Vastint, has been awarded LEED ‘Platinum’ certification.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND PKO BP to occupy all of SkySawa
PKO Bank Polski has leased the entire 35,000 sqm area of the SkySawa office complex in central Warsaw to Polish bank PKO BP for its new headquarters.
Investment & finance
POLAND Echo bond issue four times oversubscribed
The PLN 50 mln bond issue for individual investors by Polish developer Echo Investment has been more than four times oversubscribed.
Property and Facility Management
CZECH REPUBLIC Savills secures EQT PM mandate
EQT Exeter has appointed international real estate advisor Savills as the property manager for its first warehouse investments in the Czech Republic – two parks in the Ostrava area.
Warehouse & industrial
CZECH REPUBLIC Prologis buys 7 ha for Ostředek park
Prologis has acquired land for the potential extension of Prologis Park Ostředek on Prague’s southeastern outskirts by 27,000 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
POLAND K-Flex expands in Uniejów again
Panattoni is to extend a production complex for flexible thermal and acoustic insulation material manufacturer K-Flex in Uniejów in Central Poland.
Investment & finance
CTP raises EUR 700 mln in green bond issue
Warehouse developer CTP has issued four-year green bonds worth EUR 700 mln as part of its EUR 8 bln medium-term note programme.
Investment & finance
Europe P3 raises EUR 1 bln through bond issue
P3 has issued its inaugural senior unsecured dual-tranche Green Bonds worth EUR 1 bln to be traded on the Euro MTF Market and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Investment & finance
Europe More time to sell for Immofinanz shareholders
The acceptance period for the partial offer made by S Immo to buy Immofinanz shares for EUR 23 per share has been extended.
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
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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 be the new data hub
During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak ...
Data centres to transform Polish economy
Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment
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
Punkt goes Platinum
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
Outstanding for Prologis
Silesia City Center 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
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The even ...
Let's play volleyball again
August 7th – mark the date
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
Griffin and Primestar join forces
Warsaw-based private equity investment manager Griffin Capital Partners and Berlin-based hospitality operator Primestar Group have launched Prime Grif ...
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Port of Poland moves closer with location decisions
The Masovian Region has issued a decision establishing the location for a railway junction on the eastern side of the new airport. The document, which ...
Budimex builds in Slovakia
Green light for Port of Poland
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Wing swoops on Capital Square
The Capital Square office building on Budapest's Váci út office corridor has been sold by CA Immo to Hungarian real estate group Wing for an undisclos ...
Robyg IPO underway
Welcome loan for Wita
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
Offices above the warehouse
Companies are relocating their offices to warehouses and production plants in ever larger numbers, driven by cost savings, the need for better communi ...
Improved Water pressure in City Tower
AvaFin chooses the Warsaw Trade Tower
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
A new look for central Warsaw
Residential
Alides announces project in Żoliborz
Belgian real estate investor and developer Alides, is planning a new project in Warsaw's Żoliborz district. The planned development will comprise arou ...
Olivia Pulse to start rentals in Gdańsk
An end to housing subsidies
Retail & leisure
Harvest comes to Elektrownia
Harvest—a restaurant concept that serves contemporary Polish cuisine—has opened at Elektrownia Powiśle.
Key under construction in Giżycko
Galeria Raj to grow bigger
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
CTP comes to Pécs
CTP is to develop a 66,000 sqm industrial and logistics park in Pécs in southern Hungary. In the first stage, CTP is to develop a 14,200 sqm BTS build ...
