News
Human resources
JLL announces new regional boss
Sabine Eckhardt has been appointed CEO for Central Europe, with effect from May 1st.
Retail & leisure
Primark to open second Polish store
POLAND Irish fashion retailer Primark has signed a lease to open a store in Poznań, which is to be the chain’s second opening in Poland.
Warehouse & industrial
Lindab comes to MLP Pruszków II
POLAND Swedish HVAC systems producer Lindab has leased 4,200 sqm in the MLP Pruszków II logistics park near Warsaw. About 4,000 sqm of the space will be used for warehousing, while the rest will be staff amenity and office space.
Public buildings
Motorbiking under a new roof
POLAND A roofed speedway stadium for more than 15,000 spectators is to be built in Lublin. Next to the new stadium the city authorities are also planning to build a sports and recreation complex with football pitches.
Residential
Dom’s sales go up – but not in Warsaw
POLAND Dom Development sold a net total of 3,661 apartments in 2019 (3,602 a year earlier), 2,347 of which were in Warsaw (2,580 in 2018), 859 in the TriCity (752 a year earlier) and 455 in Wrocław (270 a year ago).
Investment & finance
Improved sales for LPP
POLAND Polish fashion group LPP generated PLN 483 mln of consolidated operating profit Q4 2019 – an 11 pct increase on the same period in 2018.
Retail & leisure
Agora Bytom rings in the changes
POLAND The Agora Bytom shopping centre in Silesia gained ten new tenants in 2019, which have occupied a total area of 1,600 sqm.
Eiffage contracted for Katowice office building
POLAND Eiffage is to build an office building on al. Korfantego in the centre of Katowice for DL Invest Group.
Technology
Sunlight at the flick of a switch
POLAND Warsaw-based Iflow has become the exclusive Polish distributor of Swedish brand Parans, which produces fibre optic devices for distributing natural light through the interiors of buildings.
Investment & finance
UBM sells two hotels
POLAND Union Investment has signed a contract for the acquisition of two hotels that are currently under development: an Ibis Styles in Kraków and Mercure Katowice City Center.
Hotels
On the mountain trail to Ibis
POLAND The Ibis Styles Nowy Targ hotel has now opened.
Property and Facility Management
UI sticks with C&W
POLAND Union Investment has retained Cushman & Wakefield’s services as leasing agent for the Lipiński Passage and Zebra Tower office buildings in Warsaw.
Property and Facility Management
M7 gives more work to Savills
POLAND M7 Real Estate has appointed Savills as its exclusive advisor for its entire office portfolio.
Warehouse & industrial
Madison makes EUR 150 mln logistics entry
EUROPE Madison International Realty is to invest almost EUR 84 mln in a 46.5 pct stake in European Logistics Investment (ELI) platform, which comprises a portfolio of Polish properties valued at around EUR 500 mln.
Events
2020 conference season gets going
POLAND The first Eurobuild CEE conference of 2020 – the 6th Invested Interest - Investment Market Conference – is to take place quite early in the year, on February 27th.
EurobuildCEE
Erste buys all of Advance Tower
HUNGARY Erste Real Estate has acquired the second phase of the Advance Tower office complex on Váci út in Budapest from Futureal Group.
Retail & leisure
Polish retail moves towards convenience
POLAND A total of 210,000 sqm in retail parks and stand-alone large stores were completed in Poland in 2019, according to JLL – up by 29 pct y-o-y.
Investment & finance
Etalon sells more
RUSSIA Etalon’s residential sales in 2019 reached a value of RUB 77.6 bln, up 13 pct y-o-y.
Construction
Unibep to build Kharkiv mall
UKRAINE Unibep is to build a 52,000 sqm shopping centre in Kharkiv having secured a EUR 53.6 mln loan for the project by Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.
Warehouse & industrial
A warehouse with a view of the stadium
POLAND CL Property is beginning the construction of a complex of small business unit (SBU) warehouses and offices in Wrocław.
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
Torus opens all.inn
The all.inn student residence hall has officially opened on ul. Konarskiego in Gdańsk's Wrzeszcz district. The four-storey building features 35 fully ...
Neighbourhood becoming more important in home purchases
Warsaw fourth most unaffordable European city
Retail & leisure
Kasztelania continues to grow
The second stage of the Kasztelania Retail Park has opened in Chrzanów, adding 1,300 sqm gla to the centre, which first opened in 2020.
Castorama refreshed
Gym City opens in Siemianowice Śląskie
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 ...
