News

POLAND MLP’s special purpose company has ordered Poznań-based Pekabeks to complete the expansion of the MLP Pruszków II logistics and storage centre in Moszna Parcela in the Brwinów administrative district near Warsaw.

Łódź offices to break half-million mark

19 September 2019

POLAND In H2, 51,500 sqm of office space in nine projects is to be completed in Łódź, which by the end of the year will bring the city’s total stock up to 548,000 sqm, according to the latest report of Cushman & Wakefield.

Retail & leisure

Two new stores in Kutno

POLAND Jewellery chain Yes and watch retailer Swiss have leased space in the Galeria Kutno shopping centre in central Poland.

Programmers in Eurocentrum

POLAND Global IT company Larsen & Toubro Infotech has leased 1,200 sqm of office space in the Eurocentrum Office Complex in Warsaw. The company, which operates in 30 countries, employs 100 people in Poland and has been present on the Polish market for two years.

Warehouse & industrial

DSV Solutions sweet on Skarbimierz

POLAND Panattoni Europe has started the construction of an 8,000 sqm warehouse for logistics provider DSV Solutions in Skarbimierz at the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone.

Investment & finance

Final O3 Business Campus building changes hands

POLAND A joint venture between EPP and Henderson Park has purchased the third building of the O3 Business Campus office complex in Kraków from Echo Investment for EUR 47.2 mln. As a result, the two companies now own the entire complex.

Green projects

Platinum for the Garden

POLAND Vastint Poland has received LEED ‘Platinum’ certificates for five buildings of the latest completed stage of Business Garden Poznań.

EU construction stays stable

EUROPE In July 2019, seasonally adjusted production in the EU construction sector decreased by 0.1 pct m-o-m, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

City Space in Moje Miejsce

POLAND Echo Investment-owned flex space operator City Space has leased 2,300 sqm in the developer’s Moje Miejsce mixed-use complex in Warsaw’s Dolny Mokotów district. The tenant will take up the space on the ground and first floors of the first office building in the complex.

Panattoni completes ViaPharma hall

CZECH REPUBLIC Panattoni has completed a 22,900 sqm warehouse for ViaPharma in Panattoni Park Prague Airport II near Pavlov west of Prague. The tenant will use the hall mainly to provide distribution to the Dr. Max pharmacy network.

Eurobuild Awards

Enter your nominations for the best New Hotel of the Year!

20 September 2019

POLAND The hotel sector has, to a certain degree, often been overshadowed by other branches of the real estate market. However, driven by the high demand for accommodation, it has recently emerged from the shadows and is now attracting significant interest from investors.

Eurobuild Awards

Small retail formats with a big chance of an award!

19 September 2019

POLAND The retail market has become saturated with large-format malls. For the Eurobuild Awards, this means less competition in the best New Shopping Centre category. Therefore, after analysing the situation, we have decided that it was time to take a look instead at small retail formats after identifying the potential of projects in this category.

Connectys goes flexible in Maraton

17 September 2019

POLAND Conectys has signed a flexible office space lease for an initial 100 people in the Maraton Office Building on ul. Królowej Jadwigi in Poznań.

GNT Ventures takes on West House 1A

17 September 2019

POLAND Archicom has finalised the sale of the West House 1A office building in Wrocław to GNT Ventures Properties in a PLN 82 mln deal.

Interior design

Timeless Bauhaus

Opr./edited by AZ

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus school of art and design. Founded by architect Walter Gropius in Weimar, the movement made a major contribution to the emergence of modernism.

Interior design

Greener and more colourful offices for Unibep

Opr./edited by AZ

POLAND Industrial elements and an abundance of greenery are the stand-out features of the new offices of construction firm Unibep and its residential developer Unidevelopment. Tétris, which fitted out the new headquarters of the group, has created comfortable areas to encourage relaxation.

Immofinanz expands to 90 Stop Shops

EUROPE Immofinanz will soon have a chain of 90 Stop Shop retail parks when it finalises the purchase of a centre in Poland after having already recently acquired five such centres in Slovenia.

Hotels

Check in yourself at A&O hostels

Opr./edited by AKL

EUROPE The A&O hostel chain has three ways for guests to check in. Guests can talk to the receptionist, they can check in via a mobile app, or they use the specially designed terminals in the lobbies.

Residential

Novisa at work in Wawer and Białołęka