News
Office & mixed-use development
Business Garden gains Wirtualna Polska
POLAND Wirtualna Polska has signed a seven-year lease with Vastint for 7,000 sqm in Business Garden on ul. Żwirki i Wigury in Warsaw.
Office & mixed-use development
BNP Paribas to move to Oregon
ROMANIA Four BNP Paribas companies (BNP Paribas Personal Finance, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking and BNP Paribas Central Europe Technologies) will move to Oregon Park in Bucharest.
CBRE revenues rise 15 pct
WORLD CBRE recorded USD 21.3 bln full-year revenue for 2018, up 15 pct y-o-y. Its net income increased 53 pct to USD 1.1 bln, while its earnings per diluted share rose 51 pct to USD 3.1.
Investment & finance
Wing takes on Infopark
HUNGARY Hungarian real estate developer and investor Wing has acquired the Infopark B, C and I office buildings in Budapest’s South Buda district.
Investment & finance
EPISO 5 takes on EUR 1.7 bln war chest
EUROPE Tristan Capital Partners has completed the capital raising for its European Property Investors Special Opportunities 5 (EPISO 5) fund with equity commitments from investors totalling just under EUR 1.7 bln.
Warehousing still booming
POLAND 2018 saw a record-breaking EUR 1.84 bln of investment transactions, 2 mln sqm of completed warehousing space and 3,7 mln sqm leased on the Polish warehouse market claims JLL.
Ten Square in City Forum
POLAND Ten Square Games, a mobile game developer, has leased 1,800 sqm of office space at City Forum, an office complex owned by Archicom.
Etalon still on 2018 roll
RUSSIA Etalon has reported a 51 pct y-o-y increase in apartment sale contracts in January, which reached RUB 5.5 bln (app. EUR 73,000,000).
Good results for Merko Ehitus
BALTIC STATES Merko Ehitus has posted revenue of EUR 119.2 mln for Q4 of 2018 and its 12-month revenue figure came to EUR 418 mln. The group’s net profit for Q4 2018 was EUR 7 mln and the 12-month net profit was EUR 19.3 mln.
Property and Facility Management
Three properties under C&W management
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Cushman & Wakefield is to take over the property management of two AEW centres in Poland: the Klif shopping centre in Gdynia and Klif Tower (including the Klif House of Fashion) in Warsaw. Under the same deal, AEW has also appointed it to be the property manager for Myslbek mixed-use centre in Prague.
Investment & finance
Salini Impregilo offers to rescue Astaldi
EUROPE Italian general contractor Salini Impregilo has made a bid to acquire a 65 pct stake in its competitor Astaldi.
Office & mixed-use development
Two tenants for AFI
ROMANIA Co working space provider New Work and Afcon Electra Romania, a company that specialises in installing HVAC systems, have both signed leases in AFI Tech Park 1 in Bucharest and now the property is around 80 pct leased.
Property and Facility Management
BNP takes on Vipol Plaza
BNP Paribas Real Estate will be the exclusive agent responsible for leasing the vacant space in the Vipol Plaza office complex.
Office & mixed-use development
Eastern Europe among top-five software development hubs
CEE REGION With CEE tech talent now recognised as world-class, the regional export software development industry experienced a significant spike in mergers and acquisitions and private equity activity in 2018.
Retail & leisure
Paw Patrol comes to Poland
POLAND Children's entertainment company Spin Master is to open a sales and marketing office in Warsaw.
More bonds from Echo
POLAND Echo Investment is to issue bonds for individual investors with a total face value of PLN 40 mln.
Investment & finance
The Hub goes abstract
POLAND A large picture created by abstract artist Łukasz Stokowski has been hung from the rising structure of The Warsaw HUB office centre development.
Investment & finance
Skanska keeps busy
POLAND Over 2018, Skanska sold five office buildings and started construction work on seven more.
CTP hits 1 mln sqm
ROMANIA CTP is the first developer to build up a portfolio of 1 mln sqm of warehouse space in Romania.
Office & mixed-use development
Second life for old factory
POLAND Echo Investment will convert the cotton mill built by Karl Scheibler on ul. Tymienieckiego in Łódź’s Księży Młyn district into a mixed-use development. Medusa Group is responsible for the architectural design of the project.
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
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
The B10 office building in Wrocław, owned by Vastint Poland, has been certified with a WiredScore Platinum rating. The certification is an assessment ...
Moderna Office goes Platinum
GTC teams up with Paul
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
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
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
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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 hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
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
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
CPK has already acquired over 2,000 ha under the Voluntary Acquisition Programme. This means that more than half of the land required for the CPK Airp ...
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
Grand station in little Brzeziny
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
Bank Millenium finances solar farms
Pad Res, a Polish developer and investor in renewable energy, has secured a PLN 107.1 mln loan from Bank Millennium. The funds will be used for the op ...
GCP granted EUR 322 mln loan
Panattoni buys former paint factory
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
Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao
Atlas Estates is pleased to announce the successful securing of a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA, one of Poland’s leading financial inst ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Katowice to exchange mine for Technology hub
The Shaft Katowice – Silesian Hub for Advanced Future Technologies complex is to be built on the site of the Wieczorek coal mine in Katowice. Strabag ...
Office market in Warsaw remains stable
Shiji stays on in Silesia Business Park
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
PBSA market set to grow rapidly
Over the next two years, the number of beds in private student residence halls will increase by 70 pct, according to the latest analysis by Knight Fra ...
Zeitraum – Racławicka to open for next semester
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Retail & leisure
Romania attractive to foreign retailers
Romania’s retail market continues to attract a growing number of international brands, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real est ...
Supernova expansion for Eleport
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
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
City Park expands to 45,000 sqm
Construction work has begun on a new 10,000 sqm building in City Park Warsaw, which will comprise SBUs with office and warehousing space. Upon complet ...
