News

POLAND The Polish government has introduced a new directive clarifying the restrictions on movement as part of its measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

Infrastructure

Biggest bore in Łódź

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POLAND The first few elements of a tunnel boring machine (TBM), including a shield with a diameter of 13m, have been delivered for the use in the tunnel project between the Łódź Fabryczna and Łódź Kaliska/Łódź Żabieniec stations.

Coronavirus

Construction sector concerned about contracts

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POLAND The onset of Covid-19 and the worsening labour shortages due to the closure of the border with Ukraine could have a devastating effect on the Polish construction sector and the ability to carry out contracts on time, according to the Polish Association of Construction Employers [PZPB] and the Polish Chamber of Commerce for Roads [OIGD].

Finns choose 3T Office Park

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POLAND Wartsila Polska is to move its Polish branch to the 3T Office Park in Gdynia.

Green projects

Excellent news for Ktw II

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POLAND The Ktw II office building, which is under construction in Katowice, has been awarded a BREEAM Interim Design Stage certificate with a rating of ‘Excellent’ and a score of 79.7 pct – a record for the Katowice office market.

Residential

Trei starts apartment sales in Łódź

POLAND Trei has launched the sale of 104 apartments in a residential project onul. Traktorowa in Łódź.

Residential

Cordia issues shares for German PRS entry

EUROPE Cordia is to issue new shares worth over HUF12 bln (app. EUR 33 mln) to its existing shareholders and as a result the company is to raise its share capital to HUF 18 bln.

Warehouse & industrial

Panattoni to build for KFlex

POLAND Panattoni is to build a 9,300 sqm warehouse for insulation materials producer K-Flex next to the company’s existing 50,000 sqm factory near the town of Uniejów (around 60km west of Łódź).

Residential

Zielone Zamienie grows

POLAND White Stone has obtained an occupancy permit for five buildings built in the village of Zamienie just outside Warsaw.

Infrastructure

Warsaw challenges provincial governor

POLAND Council of Warsaw has appealed to the Administrative Court against the provincial governor’s decision to annul the landscape resolution that it had passed on January 16th.

Government sets up crisis working group for tourism industry

POLAND In response to the coronavirus epidemic, a crisis working group for the tourism industry has been set up in the ministry of development.

CCC to issue shares

POLAND CCC is planning a share issue and has announced that it is to raise the share capital of the company by 20 pct.

Douglas goes more virtual

WORLD Douglas now uses SAP software systems for personalising its online range and updating it in real time.

Eurovea Tower ready to rise

SLOVAKIA J&T Real Estate (JTRE) has appointed VHS-PS together with a consortium of Strabag Pozemné a inžinierske staviteľstvo and SYTIQ to construct the extension to the Eurovea mixed-use complex on the banks of the Danube in Bratislava, which includes the construction of the 168m Eurovea Tower.

Lublin office market close to 200,000 sqm

POLAND At the end of 2019 the total stock of modern office space in Lublin cameto 191,300 sqm in 48 modern buildings, making it the seventh largest office regional office market in Poland, says Colliers international.

Varso reaches 180m in height

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND The concrete structure of Warsaw’s Varso Tower, which is to be the tallest building in Poland, has reached 180m having risen by 60m since November.

Coronavirus

Rents to rise across the region

CEE REGION European currencies not pegged to the Euro have all fallen by around 10 pct with the exception of the Romanian leu.

Warehouse & industrial

Panattoni to build A2 East Warsaw

POLAND Panattoni has announced that it is to construct the A2 East Warsaw Park in the village of Duchnów about 24 km from the Warsaw city centre.

7,500 sqm lease in Váci Greens

26 March 2020