News
Warehouse & industrial
Arteria expands in Błonie
POLAND Arteria has expanded its warehouse lease in the P3 Błonie logistics park near Warsaw from app. 4,700 sqm to 7,700 sqm.
Events
Warehouses to come to 30 mln sqm by 2030
POLAND Tomasz Mika, the director of the warehouse and industrial department at JLL, opened the 15th CEE Warehouse & Logistics Conference, organised by Eurobuild CEE by talking about the boom that is currently on the Polish Warehouse market and forecast that warehouse space in Poland would grow to 30 mln sqm by 2030.
Retail & leisure
Two shopping centres renamed Westfield
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is introducing the Westfield brand to continental Europe, which means the Arkadia shopping centre in Warsaw is to be rebranded as well as the Chodov centre in Prague.
Zonifero to manage your office
POLAND TenderHut has created the Zonifero subsidiary to develop an app to help people find their way around an office building.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz buys Palmovka Open Park for EUR 76.4 mln
CZECH REPUBLIC Immofinanz has acquired the Palmovka Open Park office complex in Prague 8 for EUR 76.4 mln from Czech developer Metrostav Development.
Office & mixed-use development
HRS stays in Plac Unii
POLAND HRS, a global provider of hotel services, has extended its 2,000 sqm lease of office space at Plac Unii in Warsaw.
EurobuildCEE
Top 5 most popular briefs last week
EUROBUILDCEE The acquisition of two Warsaw office buildings – Astoria and Ethos – drew the greatest attention from our readers last week, while investment and office market stories were also of particular interest.
Investment & finance
Peakside sells Poznań Financial Center
POLAND Adventum International, a Malta-based investment fund manager, has acquired the 18.000 sqm Poznań Financial Center building from Peakside Capital Advisors. The 16-storey building is fully leased to tenants such as Santander Bank, Medicover and Sonalake.
Office & mixed-use development
Millennium Gardens ready to rise
HUNGARY TriGranit plans to complete its Millennium Gardens project, which will be the final section of the Millennium City Centre office complex, in Q2 2021.
Russian investment volume up
RUSSIA Russia’s real estate investment volumes increased by 24 pct y-o-y to more than USD 1.6 bln in H1 2019 on the USD 1.3 bln recorded for H1 2018, says JLL.
Technology
Lit up by BrightSites
POLAND Signify has designed the BrightSites lampost that also acts as an advertising hoarding with video screens and a 5G telephone base station with WiFi.
Residential
Zeitgeist to renovate on ul. Wrzesińska
POLAND Czech-based Zeitgeist Asset Management is to renovate a building at the junction of ul. Wrzesińska and ul. Kępna in Warsaw.
EurobuildCEE
California to come to Kraków
POLAND Developer Terra Casa has a building permit to construct the Piastowska Residence apartment building at ul. Piastowska 34 in Kraków.
Hotels
Autograph to open in Warsaw
POLAND Construction work on the Autograph Collection Hotel, a brand owned by Marriott International, has started in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
MMG to open mall in Kołobrzeg
POLAND, Master Management Group, has been granted the final building permit for its MMG Centers Kołobrzeg project to be built at the junction of ul. Chrobrego and ul. Bolesława Krzywoustego in Kołobrzeg.
Retail & leisure
CEE: retail parks market still under supply
EUROPE As the Cushman & Wakefield report „European Retail Park 2019” shows, in recent years, European retail parks have experienced a significant transformation with regard to the breadth of tenant mix and quality of design. Retail park development continues to evolve across Europe. In Western Europe, where retail park development has reached maturity, the new schemes have to be innovative and compelling to be successfully developed. Many of the new retail park schemes include leisure and F&B to make them more attractive as retail destinations. In Central and Eastern Europe, the market has relative under supply, providing scope for increased levels of retail park development activity.
Retail & leisure
Russia and Poland: half of openings in Europe
EUROPE Year 2018 saw approximately 2.6 mln sqm of new shopping centre space completed, some 28 pct below the figure achieved in 2017 and bringing the total size of the European shopping centre market to 168 mln sqm, according to the Cushman & Wakefield report "European Shopping Centres Development Story 2019".
Warehouse & industrial
7R again in the centre of Poland
POLAND The developer 7r acquired 7 hectares of land for its’ new project - 7R Park Łódź West.
Agent profession to become a thing of the past?
POLAND Zinn has launched a service called ‘No Commission’ on the Polish market, which – as the creators announce – is to radically change the face of the real estate sector with regard to the sale and rental of residential real estate
Hotels
Ibis like a hostel
ESTONIA Ibis Tallinn Centre hotel, which has been opened in the centre of the Estonian capital, is the first hotel of this brand created in this country according to the new concept. In January 2019, Ibis introduced a new concept of its chain, which is based on social interaction and meeting guest expectations.
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
Welcome loan for Wita
Echo Investment has signed a loan agreement with Bank Pekao to finance its Wita mixed-use complex, which is being developed on a 3 ha site in central ...
Mood improves over office sector
Patron and Trei sell six retail parks
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
Brenntag in Brama Miasta B
German chemical raw materials distributor Brenntag has opened its EMEA shared services centre in Brama Miasta B in Łódź, which is owned by Skanska Co ...
WITA welcomes OPmobility
Rents rising with limited supply
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
More tenants for Soho by Yareal
Yareal Polska continues to expand the retail tenant mix for its flagship, mixed-use complex in Warsaw's Praga Południe district. SOHO by Yareal now in ...
New Yorker arrives in Jędrzejów
Looking good and feeling good in Norblin Factory
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
Panattoni to begin work on Panattoni Park Kraków West IV
Panattoni, together with Eika Asset Management, an investment management company, have begun the development of Panattoni Park Kraków West IV. The cen ...
