News
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.
UOKiK gives a Real wigging
POLAND Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] has ruled that the Real hypermarket chain has abused its market position to squeeze its suppliers by delaying payment for goods beyond the deadlines laid down by law.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni completes Hydroline plant
POLAND Panattoni Europe has completed the construction of a factory in Stargard for Hydroline, a Finnish manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders.
Retail & leisure
Ingka opens EUR 7.5 mln entertainment zone
RUSSIA Ingka Centers, the manager of the IKEA brand, has opened a 1.35 ha outdoor entertainment area in front of its Mega Ekaterinburg mall in central Russia.
Office & mixed-use development
Sustainalytics moves to Unirii View
ROMANIA Sustainalytics, an environmental ratings agency has leased 1,000 sqm on the tenth floor in Unirii View building in Bucharest.
Retail & leisure
Renovation work begins on Ogrody
POLAND Tétris, as the general contractor, has begun renovation work on the Ogrody shopping centre in Elbląg, which includes the restaurant area and relaxation zones.
Residential
Apartments for rent in Pacific Residence
POLAND The Decoroom studio has been chosen to create the design concept for the apartments in the Pacific Residence in Warsaw’s Powiśle district.
Retail & leisure
Vendo Park to be built in Bolesławiec
POLAND Trei Real Estate is planning to build a Vendo Park retail park in Bolesławiec to the west of Wrocław.
Good June for retail
EUROPE Retail trade volume increased across the EU in June by 1.2 pct m-o-m and 2.8 y-to-y, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Office & mixed-use development
Dell stays in Cubus
SLOVAKIA Computer manufacturer Dell has renegotiated its lease of over 20,000 sqm in the Cubus office centre in Bratislava.
Warsaw vacancy still dropping
POLAND The office vacancy rate in Warsaw is currently at its lowest level in seven years and in the city centre there is currently no large space to be leased, says Walter Herz.
Over 700,000 sqm of office space leased
POLAND Take-up of office space in the first half of 2019 was more than 710,000 sqm, with regional markets accounting for nearly 306,000 sqm, says JLL. Around 44 pct of this volume was made up by leasing deals in Kraków, while 15 pct of the volume came from Wrocław and 11 pct from the TriCity.
Lowest retail supply in 20 years
POLAND For the last five years, the growth of new leasable space in Poland has been significantly slowing down, and the expected volume of new supply this year, slightly over 400,000 sqm, will be at its lowest level for the last 20 years, says BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland.
EurobuildCEE
Top 5 hot stories of the week
EUROBUILD Perhaps not surprisingly, it was again big transactions that Eurobuild readers were most interested in this week.
Warehouse & industrial
Geis takes up around 5,000 sqm
POLAND Logistics operator Geis will move into Distribution Park Grodzisk Mazowiecki with a lease of around 5,000 sqm including over 900 sqm of office space.
Retail & leisure
New Yorker stays in Madison
POLAND New Yorker has extended its lease for its 1,100 sqm clothing store in Madison shopping mall in Gdańsk.
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 to rebuild the I/43 Road
Budimex has begun reconstructing a more than 2-kilometre section of the I/43 road near Černá Hora in the Czech Republic. The CZK 250.2 mln contract (E ...
Budimex to complete Bydgoszcz hospital expansion
Berger Bau to modernise Wrocław police headquarters
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Signum Work Station, an office building on Domaniewska Street in Warsaw, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Buildi ...
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Accor to Open TRIBE Hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the TRIBE Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
Vilea Property Boutique has become the exclusive Christie’s International Real Estate partner in Poland. The partnership brings the Polish firm into t ...
PGIM sells data centre development
Mint rezidenční fond buys 306 apartments in Prague
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
Łódź City Council to move to University Business Park
Łódź City Council has leased 23,000 sqm at University Business Park on ul. Wólczańska. The move, planned for late 2027 or early 2028, will bring toget ...
Unimot renews lease in DL Jagiellońska 1
Diuna now 93 pct leased
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
OKAM brings SiDLY telecare to PRESTIA senior residences
PRESTIA, a senior living project under development in Łódź, will offer residents SiDLY telecare services. Developer OKAM has partnered with the Polish ...
Dantex plans Nurt residential project in Wilanów
Trust Investment launches sales for final Sky Trust phase
Retail & leisure
4,750 sqm Modernised at Galeria Jurajska
Tenants at Galeria Jurajska in Częstochowa have modernised a total of 4,750 sqm of space since the start of 2026. Zara, Apart, Pitbull, Itaka and Wyją ...
Karuzela Ełk expands with HalfPrice
M1 Poznań sees over 3,200 sqm of leasing activity
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Sonepar extends 13,000 sqm lease
Sonepar Polska has extended its lease for more than 13,000 sqm of warehouse space at Prologis Park Chorzów. The facility serves as the company’s distr ...
