News
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni to start second Bydgoszcz park
POLAND Panattoni Europe is to develop the Panattoni Park Bydgoszcz II industrial complex, around 6 km east from the city’s centre. Construction is to start on the 40,000 sqm park in September. The first units are to be ready in Q1 2020.
Investment & finance
Klépierre to sell four malls to Indotek
HUNGARY The competition authorities (GVH) have approved the acquisition by Indotek of a number of shopping centres owned by the Klépierre group.
Hotels
Hilton Garden Inn opens at Bucharest airport
ROMANIA The 218-room Hilton Garden Inn Bucharest Airport has opened within the Henri Coandă International Airport complex in the town of Otopeni.
Office & mixed-use development
Banca Comercială Română to move to Business Garden
ROMANIA Erste Group subsidiary Comercială Română (BCR) is to move its headquarters to Business Garden Bucharest in 2020 with a lease of 14,000 sqm.
Hotels
Uzdrowisko Szczawnica focused on renovation
POLAND Thermaleo & Uzdrowisko Szczawnica Group is to open the Pieniny Grand holiday complex in Szczawnica in southern Poland at the end of the year.
AI to reduce shopping queues
POLAND An end to queuing, with less customer irritation and employee stress, along with greater loyalty and higher sales turnover. This is what the store of the near future could be like, according to Itmagination, which has developed a system that analyses real-time traffic and in-store queues.
Go Sport to set to go from Polish market
POLAND Rallye, the owner of international sporting goods retail chain Go Sport, has announced that it has entered negotiations with Singaporean company Sportmaster regarding the sale of its Polish subsidiary, Go Sport Poland.
Changes ahead for construction law
POLAND The Polish government has adopted a package of proposed changes to the construction law drawn up by the Ministry of Investment and Development.
Mostostal appointed to build university building
POLAND Mostostal Warszawa has won the tender to construct the faculty of physics and applied computer science of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków.
Architecture and urban planning
Buildings planned for Warsaw University
POLAND The Association of Polish Architects [SARP] has announced an architectural competition to find a design concept for teaching facilities for the University of Warsaw.
Investment & finance
CA Immo completes exit from Airportcity
RUSSIA Warimpex has completed its purchase of a 35 pct stake in AO Avielen, the SPV which is responsible for the development and management of the Airportcity mixed-use complex in St Petersburg, bringing its total stake in the project up to 90 pct.
TXM files for bankruptcy of Romanian subsidiary
ROMANIA Polish clothing group TXM, which is undergoing restructuring, has filed for the bankruptcy of its 100 pct Romanian subsidiary Adesso TXM Romania, based in Timişoara.
Office & mixed-use development
Face2Face topped off
POLAND The first of two Face2Face Business Campus office buildings in Katowice has been topped off. Façade, installation and finishing work is to be carried out in the next stage of the project.
Hotels
Seaside Park Hotel opens in Kołobrzeg
POLAND The first few guests have checked into the recently opened Seaside Park Hotel in Kołobrzeg, situated next to the beach in the coastal town’s spa district.
Timeless comfort
POLAND Armand is the latest sofa in Studio Forma 96’s Flexform collection. It features both the classic elegance and timeless form that characterises this brand.
Hotels
Two hotels under one roof
HUNGARY The Mercure Budapest Buda, which is situated near Castle Hill in the city, has undergone extensive refurbishment.
EurobuildCEE
Last week's top five
POLAND What was it that most piqued the interest of our readers last week? The answers can now be revealed in the weekly review of the five top stories.
Investment & finance
EUR 136 mln loan for Warsaw Unit
POLAND Ghelamco has signed a loan agreement with PKO BP, Santander Bank Polska, Pekao and Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń i Reasekuracji Warta for financing the construction of the 45-storey Warsaw Unit office development at Rondo Daszyńskiego in central Warsaw.
Technology
Forward… and sideways
WORLD Thyssenkrupp is to display the Thyssenkrupp Elevator’s Multi lift at World Expo 2020 in Dubai. Through the use of special motors, the lift can move both vertically and horizontally – and even diagonally.
Barner debuts in Poland
POLAND Spanish brand Barner, which specialises in the production of designer glasses with ‘blue light’ protective lenses, has launched its products on the Polish market.
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
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
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
Bank Millenium finances solar farms
Pad Res, a Polish developer and investor in renewable energy, has secured a PLN 107.1 mln loan from Bank Millennium. The funds will be used for the op ...
GCP granted EUR 322 mln loan
Panattoni buys former paint factory
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
Katowice to exchange mine for Technology hub
The Shaft Katowice – Silesian Hub for Advanced Future Technologies complex is to be built on the site of the Wieczorek coal mine in Katowice. Strabag ...
Office market in Warsaw remains stable
Shiji stays on in Silesia Business Park
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
Romania attractive to foreign retailers
Romania’s retail market continues to attract a growing number of international brands, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real est ...
Supernova expansion for Eleport
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
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
City Park expands to 45,000 sqm
Construction work has begun on a new 10,000 sqm building in City Park Warsaw, which will comprise SBUs with office and warehousing space. Upon complet ...
