News
Investment & finance
EUROPE European real estate investment down by 39 pct
European real estate investment volumes came in at EUR 43 bln in Q2 2020 – a decrease of 39 pct on the same period last year, according to CBRE.
Hotels
HUNGARY Danubius ready to open more Budapest hotels
The Danubius Hotel Erzsébet in Budapest city centre is to re-open after the pandemic lockdown on July 17th, followed by the Danubius Hotel Gellért on August 7th.
Events
POLAND A send off from the Ambassador
This year, one of the starting points of our ‘Suits on Bikes’ cycle ride will be in Warsaw’s Służewiec business district. The starting point will be the Ambassador Office Building owned by Hines, which is located at ul. Domaniewska 34a.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Warsaw Unit topped off
The topping out ceremony has taken place for the Warsaw Unit following the completion of the construction work on its concrete structure. The building is now precisely 196.4m in height.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Sennder remotely leases 1,200 sqm in Wrocław
Freight forwarding company Sennder has leased more than 1,200 sqm of office space in the first stage of Centrum Południe in central Wrocław.
Investment & finance
EUROPE Q1 real estate returns worst since 2012
The INREV Quarterly Index for the first quarter of 2020 has revealed the initial signs of the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the European real estate sector, with the lowest quarterly performance since Q4 2012.
Retail & leisure
ROMANIA Colosseum Mall opening moved to 2021
The opening of Colosseum Mall in Bucharest’s 1st district has been rescheduled to 2021 due to the pandemic, having been initially planned for the end of this year.
Residential
POLAND Resi4Rent taking off in Wrocław
Less than a year after the first buildings of the Resi4Rent Wrocław Rychtalska project came into use they are now 95 pct leased, while half of the company’s newly opened complex on ul. Mieszczańska is also rented out.
Residential
POLAND Aurec opens sales for Włochy estate
Aurec Home has launched the sales process for the 163 apartments in the first stage of its Miasteczko Jutrzenki estate in Warsaw’s Włochy district.
Green projects
ROMANIA Platinum for UBC 3
United Business Center 3 in Timișoara has become the only LEED ‘Platinum’ certified office building in Romania outside Bucharest and only the third in the country.
Office & mixed-use development
Savills to lease Eximius Park
Savills has been appointed as the exclusive office leasing agent for the Eximius Park business complex on Kraków’s north-western outskirts.
Green projects
Panattoni catches Amazon BREEAM
Panattoni has secured a BREEAM 2016 International New Construction certificate with a ‘Very Good’ rating for its BTS project for Amazon in Gliwice.
Office & mixed-use development
HUNGARY Five Budapest office buildings completed in Q2
Budapest’s total modern office stock now amounts to almost 3.82 mln sqm, according to the latest figures from the Budapest Research Forum.
Public buildings
ESTONIA Merko wins EUR 34 mln hospital contract
AS Merko Ehitus Eesti has been awarded an app, EUR 33.8 mln design and construction contract by the North Estonia Medical Centre Foundation for the third phase of its medical centre in Tallinn’s Mustamäe district.
Public buildings
POLAND Skanska to build Poznań children’s ward
Skanska has been awarded a PLN 26 mln gross contract by the K. Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań for the construction of a new wing of the Karol Jonscher Clinic. The paediatric ward should be ready in 2022.
Construction
POLAND Only four mega-projects out of 25 underway - Spectis
Four mega-projects are currently under construction in Poland with a combined value of PLN 17 bln (EUR 3.8 bln), according to research by construction market analysts Spectis.
Architecture and urban planning
ESTONIA Finns win EBS university competition
Finnish studio ALA Architects has won the competition to design an extension to the Estonian Business School in Tallinn’s central Maakri district.
Warehouse & industrial
POLAND Vendor becomes tenant
Vending machine supplier PLOH has decided to prolong and enlarge its lease of warehouse space in Ożarów I Logistics Centre, on Warsaw’s western outskirts.
Green projects
CZECH REPUBLIC First CEE net-zero office building on its way
Skanska is to develop the very first climate-neutral office building in the CEE region.
Residential
POLAND Echo Investment on course to sell 1,600 homes in 2020
Echo Investment sold 653 apartments in H1 2020, beating its figures for the same period last year.
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
AI is not displacing office workers
The influence of artificial intelligence on office employment in Europe is currently less than public debate suggests. The main factors driving office ...
Metro stations boost rents
10,000 sqm for Rohde & Schwarz Topex
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
An end to housing subsidies
Key trends in the new apartment market were the subject of intense discussions during this year's Real Estate Forum in Sopot (June 10-12), which gathe ...
More students, still too few beds
Torus opens all.inn
Retail & leisure
Poles still want to shop on Sundays
Half of shopping centre visitors want the opportunity to shop on Sundays, according to a CBRE survey. The biggest supporters of Sunday shopping are pe ...
Douglas to open in modernised Stara Papiernia
Kik stays on with Greenman
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
Strong Q1 performance for warehouse market
The first quarter of 2026 brought an unexpected rebound to the industrial and logistics space market with increased tenant activity, a many new lease ...
