News
Retail & leisure
Stara Papiernia to double in size
POLAND The Stara Papiernia shopping centre in Konstancin-Jeziorna near Warsaw is to be extended by 5,100 sqm. Master Management Group has been appointed to lease the new space.
Technology
Store of the future opens in Poznań
POLAND The first cashier-free Take & Go store has opened at ul. Półwiejska 13 in Poznań. The store is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The creators of the new format are now preparing to open more stores.
Residential
Budimex starts work on Poznań estate
POLAND Budimex Nieruchomości has started the construction and sale of apartments in the Famma Dąbrowskiego residential development in Poznań’s Jeżyce district.
Green projects
Skysawa ”the most outstanding in Poland”
POLAND Building A of the Skysawa office, retail and hotel complex close to the Rondo ONZ roundabout in central Warsaw has been awarded a BREEAM Interim certificate with a rating of ‘Outstanding’.
Retail & leisure
Equilis matched in Andrychów
POLAND Galeria Andrychów – a joint project by Equilis and Acteeum – is to open in Q4 2020.
Investment & finance
White Star Real Estate buys its Liberty
ROMANIA White Star Real Estate has completed the acquisition of the Liberty Technology Park in Cluj-Napoca from Fribourg Development, the real estate division of Fribourg Capital.
Investment & finance
EIB lends Warsaw PLN 1.5 bln
POLAND The European Investment Bank has lent the city of Warsaw PLN 1.5 bln to finance the 16.4 km extension of the city’s second metro line.
Healthy profits for LPP
POLAND LPP Group recorded a consolidated profit in Q2 2019 of PLN 205.48 mln, which compares to PLN 206.13 mln for the same period of the previous year.
E-commerce
Logistics firms feeling the heat from e-commerce
POLAND According to the recent ‘Supply Chain for E-commerce. How to Meet the Challenges’ report published by DHL Supply Chain, most logistics companies in the contract logistics sector have yet to implement a strategy for the online retail segment.
Investment & finance
No worries about online shopping
POLAND The growing popularity of online shopping and the Sunday trading ban in Poland have left sales and footfall in most shopping centres unshaken and they still represent an attractive proposition for investors – agreed the panellists at Eurobuild’s 5th Invested Interest – Investment Market Conference, which took place on September 9th at the Westin Hotel in central Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Second OBI in Redside’s hands
CZECH REPUBLIC Nova Real Estate Fund, which is managed by Redside, has completed the acquisition for an undisclosed sum of the OBI home improvement goods store in Frýdek Místek in the country’s Moravia-Silesia region, from the building’s developer PTO.
Architecture and urban planning
Top Tower to top them all
CZECH REPUBLIC Trigema is preparing for the construction of the tallest building in the Czech Republic – the 135m Top Tower in Prague’s Nové Butovice district.
Warehouse & industrial
M7 sells Hungary parks
HUNGARY M7 Real Estate has completed the sale of a portfolio of five logistics parks across the country for its CEREF I fund.
Retail & leisure
Another chance for Bawełnianka
POLAND Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed as the exclusive commercialisation agent for the Bawełnianka shopping centre in Bełchatów.
Retail & leisure
EUR 140 mln loan for Agora Budapest
HUNGARY HB Reavis has recieved a EUR 140 mln loan from a consortium of banks made up of Erste Group and RBI Group for the construction of the Agora office complex in Budapest.
Technology
Chatbots take on mentoring role
POLAND Chatbots are playing a greater role in recruitment and introducing new employees to their jobs, according to Polish human resources consultancy HRK.
Infrastructure
Via Carpathia further down the road
POLAND The Polish Ministry of Infrastructure has announced the start of the construction of more sections through Lubelskie and Podkarpackie provinces of the Via Carpathia route – the transnational highway scheme to connect Klaipėda in Lithuania with Thessaloniki in Greece.
Warehouse & industrial
MLP to open second park near Wrocław
POLAND MLP is to build its second logistics park near Wrocław. MLP Wrocław West will comprise a total of 70,000 sqm gla to be built on a 16 ha site, 9 km from the city centre. site has access to the E40 road and the A8 motorway.
Hotels
Accor puts on its eco sandals
WORLD Accor has opened its first Greet hotel in Beaune in western France and is hoping to open around 300 across the world by 2030.
Piastowska has financing
POLAND Terra Casa has signed a loan agreement with Mbank to finance 75 pct of the investment cost of its Piastowska Residence project, which is under construction near Kraków's Błonia park.
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
Mercure comes to Transylvania
The Mercure Hotels & Resorts chain has opened its first hotel in Transylvania. The Mercure Alba Iulia has 118 rooms as well as modular meeting spaces. ...
Redefining luxury
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
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
Dionisie Lupu sold
Smartown Group has completed the sale of the historic Dionisie Lupu office building in Bucharest at a yield of 8.2 pct. The purchaser remains undisclo ...
Metron goes to school
Silverton signs up Corall Ingenieure
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
Procan grows in Prologis Park Błonie
Procan has extended the space it occupies in Prologis Park Błonie to almost 10,000 sqm. Under the new agreement, the company will take up a further 2, ...
