News

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND L'Oreal Polska has moved into the recently completed Biura przy Bramie [Gatehouse Offices] office building in the Browary Warszawskie mixed-use project in Warsaw.

KappAhl in Blue

POLAND Store of the KappAhl fashion chain has opened in the Blue City shopping centre in Warsaw.

Two floors of Sezam taken

POLAND Nowy Sezam, a joint venture of BBI Development and Społem Warszawska Spółdzielnia Spożywców Śródmieście, has leased out two office floors totalling 2,300 sqm in the Centrum Marszałkowska building to Hays Poland.

Technology

Carrefour chooses 18 proptech start-ups

Opr./edited by AZ

WORLD A total of 18 start-ups have been chosen by Showroomprivé’s Look Forward incubator in partnership with Carrefour.

H&M looking round Minsk

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

BELARUS Swedish clothing chain H&M has registered a subsidiary and is to probably open its first store in Minsk in the Green City shopping centre in 2019.

Events

Between a ban and online sales

POLAND Topics including the Sunday trading ban, online and multi-channel sales and the current health of the retail market were all discussed by the ‘From trade temples to leisure hubs’ panel which was held as part of the 24th Annual Property Market Convention in Poland organised by Eurobuild Conferences.

VRG is born

POLAND The merger of the Vistula Group with Bytom has been finalised and the new company is called VRG.

Warehouse & industrial

Hikoki stays in Ursus

Alex Hayes
journalist

POLAND Hikoki (formerly known as Hitachi) has extended its 2,300 sqm warehouse and office lease at the Ursus Logistics Center.

Construction

General contractors in shtuck

Alex Hayes
journalist

POLAND The 22 construction companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange have made aggregate losses for the fourth straight quarter, according to the ‘Construction Market in Poland – December 2018’ report by Spectis.

Centrum becomes Park

Office & mixed-use development

Opr./edited by TSG

POLAND Octava Property Trust (OPT) has started the refurbishment of the Centrum Krakowska 61 retail centre in Warsaw, which will be renamed Okęcie Park.

Advanced Tower topped and delivered

HUNGARY Futureal Group has delivered the first stage of its Advance Tower project in Budapest and the second stage has been topped off.

Lick of paint for Factory Poznań

POLAND Work has been completed on the modernisation of the Factory Poznań outlet centre in the town of Luboń on the city’s outskirts.

First Vis á Vis in Warsaw now open

Opr./edited by AC

POLAND Capital Park and Real Management has opened its fourth Vis á Vis retail park on ul. Przyczółkowa in Warsaw’s Wilanów district.

Produkcyjna renovated

Aneta Cichla

POLAND The Auchan Produkcyjna shopping centre in Białystok has been renovated, with new relaxation and work areas as well as a refurbished food court.

Poland leads in reducing real estate CO2 emissions

EUROPE According to figures from the European Commission, 36 pct of carbon dioxide emissions in Europe result from the use of real estate, with buildings also accounting for 40 pct European energy consumption.

Residential

Dekpol to build Sol Marina

POLAND Dekpol is to build a residential estate with a marina on the banks of the Martwa Wisła river opposite Sobieszewska Island and Gdańsk’s district of Sobieszewo.

Poles in two minds over trade ban

POLAND Around 71 pct of Poles believe the state has no right to determine how people spend Sunday and regard the current trade ban to be a curtailment of their consumer freedoms, according to a study by Maison & Partners for the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP).

Interior design

Office becomes beach for brainstorming

Property and Facility Management

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND The Kraków office of 3S Fibertech has been designed to evoke a holiday atmosphere.

Strabag takes over Caverion