News
Investment & finance
Toshiba plant to open in Gniezno
POLSKA Toshiba Carrier Corporation is to invest around EUR 25 mln (over PLN 100,000 mln) in a HVAC manufacturing plant and distribution centre in Gniezno in Poland’s Wielkopolska region.
Human resources
JLL announces new regional boss
Sabine Eckhardt has been appointed CEO for Central Europe, with effect from May 1st.
Retail & leisure
Primark to open second Polish store
POLAND Irish fashion retailer Primark has signed a lease to open a store in Poznań, which is to be the chain’s second opening in Poland.
Warehouse & industrial
Lindab comes to MLP Pruszków II
POLAND Swedish HVAC systems producer Lindab has leased 4,200 sqm in the MLP Pruszków II logistics park near Warsaw. About 4,000 sqm of the space will be used for warehousing, while the rest will be staff amenity and office space.
Public buildings
Motorbiking under a new roof
POLAND A roofed speedway stadium for more than 15,000 spectators is to be built in Lublin. Next to the new stadium the city authorities are also planning to build a sports and recreation complex with football pitches.
Residential
Dom’s sales go up – but not in Warsaw
POLAND Dom Development sold a net total of 3,661 apartments in 2019 (3,602 a year earlier), 2,347 of which were in Warsaw (2,580 in 2018), 859 in the TriCity (752 a year earlier) and 455 in Wrocław (270 a year ago).
Investment & finance
Improved sales for LPP
POLAND Polish fashion group LPP generated PLN 483 mln of consolidated operating profit Q4 2019 – an 11 pct increase on the same period in 2018.
Retail & leisure
Agora Bytom rings in the changes
POLAND The Agora Bytom shopping centre in Silesia gained ten new tenants in 2019, which have occupied a total area of 1,600 sqm.
Eiffage contracted for Katowice office building
POLAND Eiffage is to build an office building on al. Korfantego in the centre of Katowice for DL Invest Group.
Technology
Sunlight at the flick of a switch
POLAND Warsaw-based Iflow has become the exclusive Polish distributor of Swedish brand Parans, which produces fibre optic devices for distributing natural light through the interiors of buildings.
Investment & finance
UBM sells two hotels
POLAND Union Investment has signed a contract for the acquisition of two hotels that are currently under development: an Ibis Styles in Kraków and Mercure Katowice City Center.
Hotels
On the mountain trail to Ibis
POLAND The Ibis Styles Nowy Targ hotel has now opened.
Property and Facility Management
UI sticks with C&W
POLAND Union Investment has retained Cushman & Wakefield’s services as leasing agent for the Lipiński Passage and Zebra Tower office buildings in Warsaw.
Property and Facility Management
M7 gives more work to Savills
POLAND M7 Real Estate has appointed Savills as its exclusive advisor for its entire office portfolio.
Warehouse & industrial
Madison makes EUR 150 mln logistics entry
EUROPE Madison International Realty is to invest almost EUR 84 mln in a 46.5 pct stake in European Logistics Investment (ELI) platform, which comprises a portfolio of Polish properties valued at around EUR 500 mln.
Events
2020 conference season gets going
POLAND The first Eurobuild CEE conference of 2020 – the 6th Invested Interest - Investment Market Conference – is to take place quite early in the year, on February 27th.
EurobuildCEE
Erste buys all of Advance Tower
HUNGARY Erste Real Estate has acquired the second phase of the Advance Tower office complex on Váci út in Budapest from Futureal Group.
Retail & leisure
Polish retail moves towards convenience
POLAND A total of 210,000 sqm in retail parks and stand-alone large stores were completed in Poland in 2019, according to JLL – up by 29 pct y-o-y.
Investment & finance
Etalon sells more
RUSSIA Etalon’s residential sales in 2019 reached a value of RUB 77.6 bln, up 13 pct y-o-y.
Construction
Unibep to build Kharkiv mall
UKRAINE Unibep is to build a 52,000 sqm shopping centre in Kharkiv having secured a EUR 53.6 mln loan for the project by Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.
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
Prague office prices differentiated by location
While rents for premium offices in the city centre can reach EUR 30 or more per square meter per month, rents on the outskirts of the city remain well ...
Vacancies squeezed by supply across the regions
Katowice swaps mine for technology hub
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
Small towns lead retail expansion
Small towns in Poland have seen the majority of the new retail space come to the market. According to data from CBRE 599,500 sqm is currently under co ...
Luxury in decline
Global Vision does retail in Oradea
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 ...
