News
Retail & leisure
Siedlce Stop Shop opens with three stores
POLAND Biedronka, Hebe and Dealz opened their first stores in Siedlce with the official opening of the Stop Shop Siedlce retail park on March 26th.
Construction
Constructors gloomiest for the last three years
POLAND Construction sector confidence levels fell for the twelfth consecutive month in March, according to the latest report by Spectis.
Office & mixed-use development
Six secured for AFI Vokovice
CZECH REPUBLIC Six new tenants have signed up for space in the AFI Vokovice office complex in Prague 6.
Investment & finance
Generali buys iconic Prague department store
CZECH REPUBLIC Generali Real Estate has acquired the Kotva department store in Prague for an undisclosed sum from Pražská Správa Nemovitostí (PSN) through its pan-European fund Generali Real Estate Asset Repositioning SA (GREAR). According to local media, the property changed hands for CZK 4 bln (app. EUR 150 mln), which would make it the largest real estate deal on the Czech market this year.
Aareal suspends dividends
CENTRAL EUROPE Aareal Bank’s management board has resolved to suspend the payment of dividends for the 2019 and 2020 financial years at least until October 1st 2020.
Warehouse & industrial
VS Transport takes 13,400 sqm at Panattoni Park Wrocław VII
POLAND Logistics operator VS Transport has leased 13,400 sqm at Panattoni Park Wrocław VII.
Office & mixed-use development
Two to lease Central Point
POLAND JLL and CBRE have been selected by Immobel Poland to be the leasing agents for its Central Point office development in Warsaw city centre.
EurobuildCEE
PLN 750 mln for research, construction and real estate
POLAND Applications for innovation grants from this year’s [Badania na Rynek] ‘Market Research’ competition can now be submitted to the Polish Enterprise Development Agency [PARP].
Coronavirus
Retailers join the fight
POLAND The Polish Trade and Distribution Organisation [POHiD], an association of retail chains, are to contribute PLN 15 mln to fight the coronavirus epidemic.
Investment & finance
Hines sells warehouse portfolio and Nord Point
POLAND Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF), an investment fund managed by Hines Polska, has finalised the sale of a portfolio of six distribution parks and the Nord Point office building in Warsaw’s Białołęka district to CGL Investment Holdings Corporation Limited.
Residential
Echo makes its digital mark
POLAND Echo Investment has launched its new online viewing and booking system for residential sales.
Residential
Four seasons – the prelude
BELARUS Tenkinvest has started construction of the 4 Sezona [Four Seasons] residential estate in Minsk. As the Belarusian currency is vulnerable to rapid devaluation, the developer has frozen the apartment prices in rubles.
Coronavirus
Carrefour donates PLN 2 mln to fight pandemic
POLAND The Carrefour Foundation and Carrefour Polska are donating around PLN 2 mln to Polish hospitals for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Property and Facility Management
Real estate tax suspended for Warsaw
POLAND Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski has decided to suspend individual decisions on the amount of property tax due for 2020.
Retail & leisure
Gulliver's latest adventure
BELARUS At the end of April, there will be a second tender for the completion of one of the most famous unfinished projects in Minsk – the Gulliver[n1] shopping and entertainment centre. The tender will take place on the Economy Ministry’s internet platform. [n1]check
Residential
Marvipol introduces online contracts
POLAND Marvipol Development generated consolidated net sales revenues of almost PLN 291 mln in 2019, up from PLN 266 mln the previous year. The residential developer has also announced that it has enabled clients to sign reservation contracts for home purchases.
Investment & finance
Record revenues for CDRL
POLAND CDRL group, the owner of the Coccodrillo and Buslik clothing and accessories chains, generated record-high consolidated sales revenues of PLN 514.1 mln in 2019. This is an increase of almost 105 pct compared to the PLN 251.3 mln it earned a year earlier.
Investment & finance
Vestas buys Leroy Merlin hub for EUR 71 mln
POLAND Savills Investment Management has completed the EUR 71 mln purchase, on behalf of Korean institutional investors managed by Vestas Investment Management, of a 123,000 sqm BTS logistics building developed by Panattoni in Piątek, 40 km north of Łódź. The seller was Invesco Real Estate.
Infrastructure
Toruń closer to new bridge
POLAND The roads authority in Toruń has chosen contractors for teh reconstruction and extension of the Piłsudski bridge and the construction of a temporary bridge in Toruń.
Residential
Develia moves home buyers online
POLAND Wrocław-based Develia of is that the latest developer to introduced the option of online meetings with advisors for home-purchase enquiries as well as the remote signing of reservation contracts.
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 to complete Bydgoszcz hospital expansion
Budimex will complete the expansion of Dr Jan Biziel University Hospital No. 2 in Bydgoszcz. The contract is worth nearly PLN 211 mln gross.
Berger Bau to modernise Wrocław police headquarters
Polish construction sector faces growing labour shortage
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Signum Work Station, an office building on Domaniewska Street in Warsaw, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Buildi ...
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Hotel revenues in Bucharest increased by 5 pct in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, reaching a level 25.2 pct above pre- ...
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Prague moves into top 10 for hotel investment
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
Vilea Property Boutique has become the exclusive Christie’s International Real Estate partner in Poland. The partnership brings the Polish firm into t ...
PGIM sells data centre development
Mint rezidenční fond buys 306 apartments in Prague
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
Unimot renews lease in DL Jagiellońska 1
Unimot has renewed its lease for around 800 sqm in DL Jagiellońska 1, a building owned by DL Invest Group in Częstochowa.
Diuna now 93 pct leased
French Institute opens Warsaw offices in restored Bellona building
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
OKAM brings SiDLY telecare to PRESTIA senior residences
PRESTIA, a senior living project under development in Łódź, will offer residents SiDLY telecare services. Developer OKAM has partnered with the Polish ...
Dantex plans Nurt residential project in Wilanów
Trust Investment launches sales for final Sky Trust phase
Retail & leisure
M1 Poznań sees over 3,200 sqm of leasing activity
More than 3,200 sqm of space at M1 Poznań has been newly leased or expanded. In recent months, the shopping centre has welcomed 8a.pl and CCC, while N ...
NEPI Rockcastle Sells Ozas for EUR 200 mln
White Star Real Estate expands role at Forum Gliwice
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Pepco opens 51,000 sqm distribution centre near Gdańsk
Pepco has opened a 51,000 sqm distribution centre in Barniewice, near Gdańsk.
