News
Investment & finance
Apollo-Rida to buy Cavatina park
POLAND Apollo-Rida Poland has signed a preliminary purchase agreement for the Equal Business Park in Kraków's Podgórze district. The complex being developed by Cavatina Holding will eventually have four buildings with a total of 60,641 sqm.
Investment & finance
Chinese buy into Amazon
POLAND Global real estate investment manager Invesco Real Estate has sold two Amazon distribution centres to Chinese investment company CGL Investment Holdings Corporation.
Hotels
Pool in 19th century vault
POLAND Raffles Europejski hotel in Warsaw has opened a swiming pool in a former safety deposit box vault that dates back to the mid 19th century.
Investment & finance
House prices rise across EU
EUROPE House prices in EU increased by 4.1 pct in the year between Q3 2019 and Q3 2018, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Retail & leisure
Estrada replaced by shopping
POLAND Panova has completed the construction of the Estrada retail park in Zielona Góra.
Residential
BBI exits Szczecin
POLAND BBI Development has ceased further development work on the Małe Błonia residential estate in Szczecin.
Residential
Financing for Archicom's Planty estate
POLAND Archicom Nieruchomości 11 has been awarded two loans by PKO BP for almost PLN 73.3 mln net, including PLN 71.8 mln for financing and refinancing its Planty Racławickie development in Wrocław’s Krzyki district and PLN 1.5 mln for VAT.
Eurobuild FM
Local Heroes sets up shop
POLAND Local Heroes has opened its first fashion store of 81 sqm at ul. Mokotowska 49 in the Mokotowska Square building in Warsaw.
Property and Facility Management
Colliers to find balance in Equilibrium
ROMANIA Skanska has appointed Colliers International as the property manager of its Equilibrium development in Bucharest.
Residential
Atal makes hay while the sun shines
POLAND Atal signed a record number of contracts on 3,196 apartments last year 32 pct up on last year’s figure of 2,420 and almost 15 pct higher than in 2017 (2,787).
Investment & finance
PureGym takes on Fitness World
EUROPE UK Fitness operator PureGym has completed its takeover of Fitness World and is now has the second largest chain of gym clubs in Europe with 1.7 million members and over 500 branches across the UK, Denmark, Switzerland and Poland.
Investment & finance
Polnord moves closer to Cordia
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection has received an application from Cordia International for approval to take control of Polnord.
Retail & leisure
Strong results for VRG
POLAND The consolidated sales revenues of VRG came to around PLN 156.3 mln in December around 5.6-pct higher than in December 2018.
Office & mixed-use development
Second Nowy Rynek building completed
POLAND Skanska has been awarded an occupancy permit for the second office building of its Nowy Rynek development in Poznań.
Office & mixed-use development
Offices overlooking departures
POLAND The John Paul II Kraków-Balice Inernational airport has announced a tender for the concept design of a new office building.
Architecture and urban planning
Częstochowa station redesigned
POLAND The competition to find a concept design for the Częstochowa Główna station has been won by a project by Top Projekt Marek Wawrzyniak (Rybnik), NStudio (Paris) and Studio Antonini (Paris).
Retail & leisure
Franke comes to HomePark
POLAND Kitchen equipment retailer Franke has leased 292 sqm in HomePark Janki owned by Pradera European Retail Parks.
Investment & finance
Two buildings acquired for Eften Real Estate Fund III and merger announced
LATVIA/BALTIC STATES Eften Real Estate Fund III has signed conditional purchase agreements to acquire two commercial properties in Latvia. The fund will buy AirBaltic’s headquarters in the grounds of Riga airport, as well as a logistics centre in Ķekava, on the outskirts of city.
Office & mixed-use development
World Bank takes space in Advance Business Center II
BULGARIA The World Bank will lease of 4,000 sqm in the Advance Business Center II office building under construction in Sofia by GTC.
Green projects
Origo now doubly 'Excellent'
LATVIA The Origo One Business Centre and the Origo Shopping Centre in Riga, developed by Linstow Centre Managemenrt, have both been awarded BREEAM ‘Excellent’.
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 ...
