News
Residential
Living on the Eastern edge
RUSSIA/BELARUS The number of residential developers at risk of bankruptcy increased by almost 80 pct in Russia last year while the number of companies declaring bankruptcy grew by 22 pct, reveals Russian business daily Kommersant.
Investment & finance
Globalworth happy with its 2019 figures
POLAND Globalworth expanded its Polish portfolio by more than 250,000 sqm in 2019. At the same time the company secured lease agreements for a total of almost 95,000 sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Top 5: Booming and blooming – as usual
EUROBUILD CEE The first week of February was no different to every other week we’ve had in this long period of growth we are still enjoying. It was full of big transactions and feel-good news about how well things are going.
Investment & finance
CPI waits at Globalworth’s threshold
CEE REGION CPI Property Group has purchased a further 3.68 mln shares in Globalworth, bringing the Czech company’s holding in the Romanian real estate investor to 65.25 mln shares, representing 29.4 pct of the voting rights.
Investment & finance
Savills buys Panattoni Wrocław hall
POLAND For its pan-European Savills IM European Logistics Fund 3 (ELF 3), Savills Investment Management has bought a 46,000 sqm warehousing property near Wrocław from Panattoni for around EUR 33 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Fujitsu fusion in Fuzja
POLAND Fujitsu Poland Global Delivery Center has leased 16,300 sqm in the Fuzja office complex in Łódź. Until now Fujitsu’s IT centre has been based in two Łódź locations. The tenant is to move in by the end of 2022.
Retail & leisure
Record footfall for Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała
POLAND Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała enjoyed growing turnover and its highest ever footfall – 5.5 mln customers – in 2019.
Investment & finance
Reino to buy logistics centre
POLAND Reino Capital has preliminary contracts for the acquisition of a 100,000 sqm warehousing centre.
Hotels
Chapman Taylor designs Baltic resort
POLAND Belgian investor Fenixco has started the construction of the Pinea holiday complex in the north-western coastal town of Pobierowo.
Investment & finance
Tritax EuroBox buys Stryków sheds
POLAND Griffin Real Estate, acting on behalf of Redefine Properties, has completed the EUR 51.8 mln sale of two class A logistics properties in Stryków near Łódź with a combined 77,660 sqm gla along with a plot for the construction of another 22,407 sqm warehouse.
Warehouse & industrial
Radial comes to Pruszków
POLAND Omnichannel systems provider Radial has leased 8,100 sqm of warehouse space and 1,000 sqm of office and staff amenity areas in the MLP Pruszków II logistics park on Warsaw’s western outskirts.
Investment & finance
Panattoni sells Polish logistics portfolio
POLAND Panattoni Europe has sold five logistics parks with a combined 280,000 sqm to an undisclosed Asian investor represented by Savills Investment Management.
Residential
Yareal to bring more life back to Kamionek
POLAND Soho by Yareal, a mixed-use complex of a dozen or so buildings, is to be constructed in Kamionek in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district.
Retail & leisure
Eobuwie.pl opens in Galeria Północna
POLAND Eobuwie.pl has opened an interactive store with a selection of 15,000 immediately available footwear products in Galeria Północna in Warsaw's Białołęka district.
Investment & finance
Matexi issues PLN 75 mln worth of bonds
POLAND Matexi Polska has announced the issue of secured bonds worth a total of PLN 75 mln. The entire issue was acquired by a single bondholder from the PZU group.
Investment & finance
Catalyst buys Diamante Plaza in Kraków
POLAND British real estate investor Catalyst Capital has acquired the Diamante Plaza office building in Kraków from its Spanish developer Aldesa for an undisclosed sum.
Office & mixed-use development
Nova Silesia emerges from the rubble
POLAND Vastint Poland has unveiled the conceptual design for the Nova Silesia office and hotel complex, which is to be developed in Katowice city centre.
Take-up down by 40 pct in Ostrava
CZECH REPUBLIC The modern office stock in Ostrava came to 219,800 sqm at the end of last year, according to the latest figures from the Regional Research Forum.
Take-up takes off in Brno
CZECH REPUBLIC Brno’s total modern office stock reached 625,200 sqm in H2 2019, according to the latest figures published by the Regional Research Forum.
Green projects
Business Garden Rīga strikes platinum
LATVIA The first phase of the Business Garden Rīga office complex developed by Vastint Latvia has been awarded LEED ‘Platinum’ certification.
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
Budimex builds in Slovakia
Budimex has handed over the motorway junction of the D1 and D4 roads in Slovakia, 90 days ahead of the deadline specified by the consgtruction contrac ...
Green light for Port of Poland
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
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
Metro stations boost rents
Being close to a metro station remains a key factor in rents, availability, and the attractiveness of office locations in Prague, according to the lat ...
10,000 sqm for Rohde & Schwarz Topex
UniCredit in Prime position
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
More students, still too few beds
Poland's student population has returned to the same numbers seen a decade ago of over 1.32 mln students, placing Poland as the country with the sixth ...
Torus opens all.inn
Neighbourhood becoming more important in home purchases
Retail & leisure
Kik stays on with Greenman
The KiK retail chain has renewed two leases for space in Namysłów Retail Park and Włocławek Retail Park, two centres operated by Greenman Poland.
Kasztelania continues to grow
Castorama refreshed
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
Warehouses must adapt to an ageing population
Demographics are no longer a backdrop to business decisions, but are becoming one of the main factors shaping the economy and the commercial real esta ...
