News
Investment & finance
Chinese buy into Amazon
POLAND Global real estate investment manager Invesco Real Estate has sold two Amazon distribution centres to Chinese investment company CGL Investment Holdings Corporation.
Hotels
Pool in 19th century vault
POLAND Raffles Europejski hotel in Warsaw has opened a swiming pool in a former safety deposit box vault that dates back to the mid 19th century.
Investment & finance
House prices rise across EU
EUROPE House prices in EU increased by 4.1 pct in the year between Q3 2019 and Q3 2018, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Retail & leisure
Estrada replaced by shopping
POLAND Panova has completed the construction of the Estrada retail park in Zielona Góra.
Residential
BBI exits Szczecin
POLAND BBI Development has ceased further development work on the Małe Błonia residential estate in Szczecin.
Residential
Financing for Archicom's Planty estate
POLAND Archicom Nieruchomości 11 has been awarded two loans by PKO BP for almost PLN 73.3 mln net, including PLN 71.8 mln for financing and refinancing its Planty Racławickie development in Wrocław’s Krzyki district and PLN 1.5 mln for VAT.
Eurobuild FM
Local Heroes sets up shop
POLAND Local Heroes has opened its first fashion store of 81 sqm at ul. Mokotowska 49 in the Mokotowska Square building in Warsaw.
Property and Facility Management
Colliers to find balance in Equilibrium
ROMANIA Skanska has appointed Colliers International as the property manager of its Equilibrium development in Bucharest.
Residential
Atal makes hay while the sun shines
POLAND Atal signed a record number of contracts on 3,196 apartments last year 32 pct up on last year’s figure of 2,420 and almost 15 pct higher than in 2017 (2,787).
Investment & finance
PureGym takes on Fitness World
EUROPE UK Fitness operator PureGym has completed its takeover of Fitness World and is now has the second largest chain of gym clubs in Europe with 1.7 million members and over 500 branches across the UK, Denmark, Switzerland and Poland.
Investment & finance
Polnord moves closer to Cordia
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection has received an application from Cordia International for approval to take control of Polnord.
Retail & leisure
Strong results for VRG
POLAND The consolidated sales revenues of VRG came to around PLN 156.3 mln in December around 5.6-pct higher than in December 2018.
Office & mixed-use development
Second Nowy Rynek building completed
POLAND Skanska has been awarded an occupancy permit for the second office building of its Nowy Rynek development in Poznań.
Office & mixed-use development
Offices overlooking departures
POLAND The John Paul II Kraków-Balice Inernational airport has announced a tender for the concept design of a new office building.
Architecture and urban planning
Częstochowa station redesigned
POLAND The competition to find a concept design for the Częstochowa Główna station has been won by a project by Top Projekt Marek Wawrzyniak (Rybnik), NStudio (Paris) and Studio Antonini (Paris).
Retail & leisure
Franke comes to HomePark
POLAND Kitchen equipment retailer Franke has leased 292 sqm in HomePark Janki owned by Pradera European Retail Parks.
Investment & finance
Two buildings acquired for Eften Real Estate Fund III and merger announced
LATVIA/BALTIC STATES Eften Real Estate Fund III has signed conditional purchase agreements to acquire two commercial properties in Latvia. The fund will buy AirBaltic’s headquarters in the grounds of Riga airport, as well as a logistics centre in Ķekava, on the outskirts of city.
Office & mixed-use development
World Bank takes space in Advance Business Center II
BULGARIA The World Bank will lease of 4,000 sqm in the Advance Business Center II office building under construction in Sofia by GTC.
Green projects
Origo now doubly 'Excellent'
LATVIA The Origo One Business Centre and the Origo Shopping Centre in Riga, developed by Linstow Centre Managemenrt, have both been awarded BREEAM ‘Excellent’.
Warehouse & industrial
Moto-Profil opens warehouse
POLAND Hillwood Polska in a joint venture with Polski Holding Nieruchomości has built 10,300 sqm of warehouse space with offices and a training room in Świebodzin in Western Poland.
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 ...
