News
Office & mixed-use development
Sodexo sashays into Iride Business Park
ROMANIA French food services and facility management giant Sodexo has leased 3,100 sqm of office space in building 19 of Iride Business Park in Bucharest.
Office & mixed-use development
Bank enters Varso
POLAND State-owned real estate development bank BGK (Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego) has leased 12,400 sqm of office space in the Varso Place office complex, which is being built by HB Reavis in central Warsaw.
Office & mixed-use development
UTC leases three-quarters of Heweliusza 18
POLAND UTC Fire & Security has leased almost 7,300 sqm of offices in the Heweliusza 18 building in Gdańsk.
Investment & finance
EPGC fails in Metro takeover bid
EUROPE EP Global Commerce, the Czech-Slovak holding controlled by Daniel Křetínský, has failed to reach the minimum acceptance threshold of 67.5 pct of its voluntary takeover offer for German retailer Metro AG.
Warehouse & industrial
Prologis outstanding at Prague-Airport
CZECH REPUBLIC Building 3 of Prologis Park Prague-Airport has been awarded BREEAM with a rating of ‘Outstanding’.
Property and Facility Management
Savills takes on more in Poznań
POLAND Benson Elliot and Sharow Capital, the owners of the Okrąglak and Kwadraciak buildings in central Poznań, have appointed Savills to advise on the commercialisation of their office and retail space.
Office & mixed-use development
Noerr in Nowogrodzka Square
POLAND The Polish branch of German multinational law firm Noerr has leased 1,100 sqm on the third floor of the Nowogrodzka Square office building in central Warsaw.
Warehouse & industrial
GSK enlarges Poznań BSC for European financial hub
POLAND British pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has leased an additional 1,700 sqm in Business Garden Poznań, bringing the total area it occupies in the complex up to more than 3,700 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
First tenant for 7R City Flex Łódź I
POLAND Hydro Sapa Building Systems has leased 2,500 sqm of warehouse and office space in 7R City Flex Łódź I and is thus the park’s first tenant.
Interior design
Indivi-dual and minimalist
EUROPE The Indivi sofa from BoConcept is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It is the creation of Anders Nørgaard, who has been contributing designs for the Danish brand for 20 years.
Interior design
Tétris walls Japanese-style
POLAND The newly opened Menya Musashi Japanese restaurants in Warsaw and Gdańsk feature walls dominated by raw concrete and hand-made decorations.
EurobuildCEE
High five of the week
EUROBUILD CEE The real estate market seems not to have gone on holiday. We are seeing big transactions and other important events, which has also been reflected in this weeks Top 5 most popular stories published by Eurobuild CEE.
Retail & leisure
North Face concept unveiled
WORLD The North Face has unveiled its global retail strategy, with the opening of a new store in New York.
Hotels
Hilton Garden Inn to come to Toruń
POLAND Hilton has signed a franchise agreement with Satoria subsidiary PPI Polskie Projekty Inwestycyjne, to open the Hilton Garden Inn Torun Old Town hotel with 132 rooms. The hotel will be managed by VHM Hotel.
Trade down
EUROPE The Eurostat’s first estimate for the volume of exports from the euro area (EA19) to the rest of the world in June 2019 was EUR 189.9 bln, down 4.7 pct y-o-y.
Architecture and urban planning
Chapman Taylor designs media centre
RUSSIA Chapman Taylor has produced two concept designs for a state-of-the-art media centre in St Petersburg.
EA7 makes Russian debut
RUSSIA Emporio Armani owned brand EA7 has entered the Russian market with opening a 200 sqm store in the the Mega Teply Stan shopping centre in Moscow and has become part of the centre’s fashion cluster, which is a 3,000 sqm multibrand department store including international brands such as Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Cain, Liu Jo, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss and MaxMara Weekend.
Atrium undervalued says Letko
CEE REGION Investment manager Letko Brosseau & Associates has declared its intention to vote against Gazit Globe’s buyout of Atrium European Real Estate, in which it controls a 2.4 pct stake making it the second largest shareholder in the company.
Etalon completes Leader-Invest purchase
RUSSIA Etalon Group has completed the purhcase of the remaining 49 pct stake in residential developer Leader-Invest from Sistema for RUB 14.6 bln.
Office & mixed-use development
Raiffeisenbank orders 34,000 sqm BTS from Etalon
RUSSIA Raiffeisenbank has appointed Etalon Group to build a 34,000 sqm office project in the Nagatino I-Land business park outside the third ring road in Southern Moscow.
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
Robyg IPO underway
German real estate group TAG Immobilien has launched the IPO of its Polish subsidiary, Robyg. A total of 25 mln Robyg shares have been placed, each p ...
Welcome loan for Wita
Mood improves over office sector
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
UniCredit in Prime position
A branch of UniCredit bank has opened in the DL Prime complex, which was developed by DL Invest Group on ul. Piwna in Gliwice.
Jetset moves into V Tower
Brenntag in Brama Miasta B
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
Neighbourhood becoming more important in home purchases
According to 'The Living 2040' report, today's residents are more aware, pragmatic, and demanding of the place they live.
Warsaw fourth most unaffordable European city
StudentSpace to build second centre in Warsaw
Retail & leisure
Another Popeyes to open
Tomorrow, Thursday, June 25th, Warsaw's ninth Popeyes restaurant will officially open in the G City Targówek shopping centre.
TEDI reaches 300
More tenants for Soho by Yareal
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
Landlords gain the upper hand
Although tenants continue to benefit from relatively favourable terms, the market is slowly turning to the advantage of the landlord, according to Cus ...
