News
Office & mixed-use development
Łódź 1 changes hands
POLAND Prime Holdings Group has purchased the Łódź 1 office building from Cromwell for an undisclosed sum.
Events
Record raised for Cape of Hope
POLAND The 10th Charity Real Estate Beach Volleyball Tournament, organised by JLL, raised a record PLN 1.18 mln through donors, sponsors and players.
Architecture and urban planning
WXCA to design Wielkopolska Uprising Museum
POLAND Warsaw studio WXCA has come first in the competition to design the concept of the new Museum of the Wielkopolska Uprising, dedicated to the events surrounding the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918/19.
Residential
Apartments and offices for Praga lens factory
POLAND Work on the Fabryka PZO residential development in Warsaw’s Praga Południe district is to start before the end of the year.
Hotels
Strabag sells Warsaw hotel
POLAND Strabag Real Estate has sold its recently opened Motel One on ul. Tamka in central Warsaw to the operator of the hotel – Motel One. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed.
Hotels
Erbud heads for Karkonosze Mountains again
POLAND Erbud has won a PLN 26.4 mln contract for the construction of Lake Hill II in Sosnówka in the Karkonosze Mountains.
Office & mixed-use development
Hotspot to open in the Mark
ROMANIA German-based architectural and engineering company REC Partners is to set up Hotspot, its own brand of coworking space with the first branch to open in The Mark office building in Bucharest in November.
Investment & finance
EUR 2.7 bln transacted in H1
POLAND The total real estate investment volume in the first half of the year came to nearly EUR 2.7 bln, according to the ‘At a Glance H1 2019’ report by BNP Paribas Real Estate. Although lower than the same period of the previous year the figure remains higher than the first half figures from 2015-2017.
Events
Will Łódź once again become the Promised Land?
POLAND Łódź is systematically rebuilding its tenement houses and streets. The city has spent many years attracting new investors to help with its renovations. It also been trying create the right conditions for local businesses investing in real estate to flourish.
Hotels
Office block to turn into hotel
POLAND Re-construction work on the former Projprzem Makrum office building in central Bydgoszcz has started. The building is to be completely transformed into a three-star Focus Hotel, becoming the 12th hotel of the chain, which is owned by Polish group Immobile.
Investment & finance
BNP finances React
POLAND BNP Paribas Bank Polska has given a loan of over EUR 19 mln to Echo Investment for the construction of the first office building of the React office complex, which is being developed at the corner of ul. Kilińskiego and al. Piłsudskiego in Łódź.
Kik with even more Kik
POLAND Kik has opened a store of 640 sqm in Świecie, as well as a new stores in Krapkowice (a town between Katowice and Wrocław) and Toruń
Orbis before split
POLAND Orbis saw like-for-like growth in its EBITDA of 19.3 pct to EUR 51 mln in its H1 financial results. The Eastern Europe region remained strong with 5 pct RevPAR growth.
Architecture and urban planning
Central Station enters monumental era
POLAND Warszawa Centralna [Warsaw Central] station has been listed as a registered monument and thus is now covered by a protection order. The decision should preserve the structure of the modernist station and its spatial layout in its existing form.
Residential
Vantage in the centre of Wrocław
POLAND Vantage Development has opened the apartment sales process for its Legnicka 33 development in Wrocław.
Residential
Resi-market keeps its balance
POLAND The downward trend is continuing for home purchases and new supply, according to JLL’s latest Residential Market in Poland report for Q2 2019. However, increasing prices are allowing developers to maintain satisfactory margins, since they are not falling at the same rate as the number of transactions.
More sales for Etalon
RUSSIA In H1, Etalon saw a 41 pct y-o-y increase in new contract sales to RUB 38.7 bln [app. EUR 532 mln] with a 23 pct increase in space sold to 322,212 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Leases signed in Arkady Wrocławskie
POLAND A number of tenants have signed leases for space in the Arkady Wrocławskie mall in Wrocław.
Office & mixed-use development
Expeditors move into garden
POLAND Logistics services firm Expeditors has moved into its new Polish headquarters in the Business Garden office complex in Warsaw, where the company has leased 660 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Reserved goes big in Zielona Góra
POLAND The Reserved store in Focus Mall in Zielona Góra has been renovated. The store, owned by Poland based LPP, also has been enlarged by 1,366 sqm and now occupies 2,996 sqm, making it the largest Reserved store in the country.
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 ...
