News
E-commerce
Wildberries growing in Slovakia
SLOVAKIA Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, has entered the Slovakian market. The company has also anounced that it is considering investing EUR 200 mln in the development of a distribution centre in the country.
Warehouse & industrial
Completio signs up for CEL Łódź
POLAND Logistics and online store supplier Completio has leased almost 11,000 sqm of warehouse and office space in Panattoni’s Central European Logistics Hub in Łódź
Events
Wait and see
POLAND Sit down and tune in to the ‘Wait and See’ webinar! The online discussion will take place on May 19th.
Warehouses unfazed by pandemic – so far
POLAND The total leasing volume for Polish industrial properties was the second highest on record in Q1, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest market report.
Technology
Colliers installs Office App in Poland
POLAND Colliers International is to introduce the Dutch smart office system Office App to the office buildings it manages in Poland.
Infrastructure
Italian job for Baltic pipeline
POLAND Italian drilling and engineering company Saipem has been awarded a EUR 280 mln contract by the Polish gas transmission operator Gaz-System for the transportation and installation of a natural gas pipeline between Denmark and Poland in the Baltic Sea. A permit for the work to take place in Swedish waters has also now been issued, allowing the project to go ahead.
Property and Facility Management
CPI brings own PM to latest Warsaw acquisitions
POLAND Czech real estate investor CPI Property Group has taken over the management of the latest additions to its Warsaw office property portfolio. The office buildings that will now be covered by the company’s in-house service are Atrium Centrum, Atrium Plaza and Equator IV.
Hungarian hospitality hit badly by pandemic
HUNGARY The number of nights spent by foreign guests in Hungarian hotels and other commercial board slumped by 68 pct y-o-y in March, chiefly due to the pandemic, according to the latest figures from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).
Mirbud inks Ełk contract
POLAND Mirbud’s contract has been finalised for the construction of a Bi1 grocery hypermarket and petrol station next to the Karuzela shopping centre in Ełk in northeastern Poland.
Office & mixed-use development
Two towers of two-hundred metres
POLAND In the next few weeks two developments under construction in central Warsaw are set to surpass 200m in height.
Retail & leisure
Reopening and renaming for Factory Gliwice
POLAND The Silesia Outlet centre has been reopened and renamed Factory Gliwice.
Office & mixed-use development
Warsaw offices set to regain equilibrium – C&W
POLAND The investment volume for Warsaw offices rose by 44 pct y-o-y to EUR 438.6 mln in the first quarter, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s Q1 figures for the city’s office market. The consultancy also insists that fears of over-supply in the wake of the pandemic are unfounded and that the market should soon be able to re-balance itself.
Warehouse & industrial
Terg turns to Prologis in Poznań
POLAND Terg, the Polish owner of consumer electronics retail chain Media Expert, has leased 1,800 sqm of warehouse, office and social space in Prologis Park Poznań III.
Coronavirus
Panattoni to provide PLN 0.5 bln worth of medical supplies
POLAND Warehouse developer Panattoni has allocated PLN 500,000 to buy medical supplies for three Polish hospitals.
Metso takes out EUR 100 mln loan
EUROPE Finnish industrial equipment supply company Metso Corporation has been granted a EUR 100 mln, two-year term loan from Nordea Bank, to help prepare for the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on its business. The loan is expected to be drawn soon.
Warehouse & industrial
Uniq lease for MLP Pruszków II
POLAND Polish logistics company Uniq Logistic has leased more than 5,700 sqm in MLP Pruszków II on Warsaw’s western outskirts.
Property and Facility Management
Colliers takes on two of High5ive
POLAND Colliers International has taken over the management of two new buildings in the High5ive office complex in Kraków.
Investment & finance
Three buildings sold by Penta in 2020
SLOVAKIA/POLAND Slovakian developer Penta Real Estate has closed the sale of three office buildings since the beginning of the year.
Investment & finance
Atrium “weathering the storm”
CEE REGION Atrium European Real Estate has reported a 21.4 pp fall in net rental income for Q1 2020.
Retail & leisure
PRCH pleads for return of Sunday trading
POLAND The Polish Council of Shopping Centres (PRCH) has appealed to the Polish government to raise the ban on Sunday trading and to redeem and cancel 2020/21 property and shopping centre taxes payment to allow the retail sector to recover from the Covid-19 lockdown.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
The B10 office building in Wrocław, owned by Vastint Poland, has been certified with a WiredScore Platinum rating. The certification is an assessment ...
Moderna Office goes Platinum
GTC teams up with Paul
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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
Redefining luxury
The value of the hotel and spa services market in Poland increased by 16.7 pct year-on-year in 2024, reaching PLN 7.8 bln. According to KPMG, this tre ...
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
CPK has already acquired over 2,000 ha under the Voluntary Acquisition Programme. This means that more than half of the land required for the CPK Airp ...
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Pbb lends EUR 40 mln to to Resolution Capital Management
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) has granted an investment loan facility of EUR 40 mln to an office fund to finance the acquisition of two neighbourin ...
Stable investment over H1
CEE growing vigorously
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
Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao
Atlas Estates is pleased to announce the successful securing of a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA, one of Poland’s leading financial inst ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Vacancies squeezed by supply across the regions
High demand is reducing the available space in regional office markets, says CBRE. A growing divide is now visible between prime properties and the re ...
Katowice swaps mine for technology hub
Office market in Warsaw remains stable
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
PBSA market set to grow rapidly
Over the next two years, the number of beds in private student residence halls will increase by 70 pct, according to the latest analysis by Knight Fra ...
Zeitraum – Racławicka to open for next semester
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Retail & leisure
Global Vision does retail in Oradea
Global Vision has announced its first retail project. Oradea Retail Plaza is to be built on a 2.6 ha plot in Oradea.
Retail market picks up steam
Romania attractive to foreign retailers
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
Egelhof starts production in Radom
The Egelhof Group is to open its first factory in Poland. The modern 14,000 sqm plant is to be built in the B1 Park in Radom, with production to start ...
