News
Poland the place to invest
POLAND The Polish real estate market is growing ever more attractive as an investment destination, as reflected in the latest investment market figures, claims Deutsche Hypo in its latest Real Estate Special study.
Retail & leisure
More glasses for the masses
POLAND The Kodano Optyk optician chain is to open four more stores by the end of the year, as well as its first Warsaw outlet in The Warsaw Hub in 2020.
Green projects
Eco-living in Żoliborz
POLAND Go4energy has carried out analyses of the energy demand of the third stage buildings of Skanska’s Osiedle Mickiewicza residential development in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni builds for dishwashers
POLAND Panattoni Europe is building the Panattoni Appliance Park with 30,000 sqm gla within the Central European Logistics Hub in Łódź.
Investment & finance
Nordic Light Trio sold for EUR 41 mln
HUNGARY Skanska has sold the Nordic Light Trio office building in Budapest to South Korean real estate investment trust JR AMC for EUR 41 mln.
EurobuildCEE
The 5 hottest stories of the week
EUROBUILD CEE It was records, rankings and large transactions that dominated among the most popular stories last week:
Hotels
Ibis Styles Sarajevo opens
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Ibis Styles has opened a hotel in Sarajevo with 192 guestrooms.
Retail & leisure
Dealz and Pepco open in Poznań
POLAND Discount stores Pepco and Dealz have both signed leases in the Półwiejska 2 centre in Poznań.
Retail & leisure
Centrum Janki soon to reach full size
POLAND The work, which began in March 2017, on the extension of Centrum Janki is nearing completion. The extension is scheduled to open at the end of the summer.
Construction
Poczta Polska spruces up its properties
POLAND Poczta Polska (the Polish Post Office) wants to renovate more than 60 old buildings this year and spend around 40 pct of the budget allocation for renovations.
Residential
Three projects by Higasa
POLAND Higasa Properties is opening a retail park in Rawicz north of Wrocław this month and has started construction of a retail park in Dębrzno (northwest of Bydgoszcz), which is being built with funds from private investors through the company’s Higasa Club.
Residential
Minsk has its highest apartments
BELARUS construction work on the highest residential building in Belarus has been completed at the junction of Prospekte Pobeditelei [Проспект Победителей] and Narochanskaya street [улица Нарочанская] with the tower in the Lazurit [Лазурит] complex having reached a height of 138m.
Too Good To Go comes to Warsaw
POLAND Mobile app Too Good To Go has debuted this month (July) in Poland. Using the app, leftover food from cafés hotels and restaurants can be purchased at a discount of up to two thirds of the original price.
Office & mixed-use development
Mazda drives into Marynarska
POLAND Japanese car manufacturer Mazda has opened a professional training centre in Marynarska Point 2 in Warsaw’s Służewiec district.
Investment & finance
Benson Elliot takes Diamentum
POLAND UK-based private equity real estate fund manager Benson Elliot, has acquired the Diamentum office building in Wrocław from Polish developer Cavatina for nearly EUR 20 mln.
Property and Facility Management
ISOC turns to Savills
POLAND Philippine-based investor ISOC Group has appointed Savills as the property and asset manager for the first phase of the Wrocław Business Garden office complex in Wrocław’s Łódź Fabryczna district.
Retail & leisure
Immofinanz to open 81st Stop Shop
SERBIA Immofinanz is to open Stop Shop in Sremska Mitrovica on August 22nd, which will be the developer’s 81st retail park under this brand in the CEE region and southern Europe.
Retail & leisure
Second stage begins for Babice Nowe
POLAND Gdańsk-based developer RWS Investment Group has started the construction of the second stage of a retail park on ul. Warszawska in Babice Nowe near Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Globalworth completes EUR 113 mln deal
POLAND Globalworth has finalised the acquisition of the Retro Office House in Wrocław and Silesia Star in Katowice for EUR 113.2 mln.
Public buildings
Mirbud to demolish and build Opole sports hall
POLAND Mirbud has been awarded a contract with Opole city council to demolish the ‘Cieplak’ hall to make way for a new sports hall on the site.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
The September edition of Eurobuild welcomes autumn with fresh insights and inspiration. While the weather cools down, the real estate market is heatin ...
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
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
Romanian hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Quantum acquires Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd
Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd has been sold to Hamburg-based project developer and investment manager Quantum for an undisclosed price. The busines ...
More Polish investment in Poland
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
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
BlmA stays on in Potsdam
The Federal Agency for Real Estate (BImA) has extended its lease for 8,000 sqm of office space at Behlertstrasse 3A in Potsdam with Sonar Real Estate. ...
Skyliner II shooting up
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Pasaż Łańcucki to open in 2027
Refield is to develop another retail centre in the Podkarpackie region. Pasaż Łańcucki will comprise over 11,000 sqm of gla, and the anchor tenant wil ...
Four retail parks set to grow
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
More jeans from Germany
GXO and Levi Strauss & Co. have opened a fully automated 70,000 sqm logistics centre in Dorsten near Essen to support its European distribution networ ...
