News
Warehouse & industrial
Logistics yields falls for the first time
EUROPE The overall European logistics yield dropped 14 bps to 5.95 pct in Q2 2018, the first time it has fallen below 6 pct since Cushman & Wakefield began tracking the three main property sectors in 1992, according to the firm’s ‘DNA of Real Estate’ report.
Office & mixed-use development
Echo begins latest Browary building
POLAND Echo Investment has started the construction of Villa Offices, the second office building in its Browary Warszawskie development in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Balmain now sole owner of BSC group
CEE REGION Balmain Asset Management has purchased minority stakes in BSC Real Estate Advisors and BSC Property Management to become the sole owner of both companies.
Office & mixed-use development
2,000 leased in Malta Office Park
POLAND EPP has secured two new lease contracts for almost 2,000 sqm of office space in Malta Office Park in the central-east part of Poznań.
Warehouse & industrial
Warehousing taking off in the east
POLAND In the first half of the year, 2.02 mln sqm of modern warehouse space was leased, of which 65 pct were new lease agreements and expansions, according to the latest Polish warehousing market report by Axi Immo.
Retail & leisure
Maxximum Stok
POLAND Clothing chain TK Maxx has prolonged its lease of 2,445 sqm in the Sarni Stok shopping centre in Bielsko-Biała.
Investment & finance
How to prepare for the minimum tax
POLAND The minimum tax is now calculated based on the initial value of a property minus PLN 10 mln for each building. The law that is to come into force is to change how this is calculated. PLN 10 mln is to be subtracted from a company's income. How to prepare for the law amendment says Justyna Bauta-Szostak, a tax adviser and partner at MDDP.
Hotels
Hotel and cinema in one
POLAND Capital Park Group has opened a hotel at ul. Lektykarska 4 in Gdańsk’s Old Town.
RD Bud working on two Castoramas
POLAND RD Bud has been chosen as the general contractor of the Castorama DIY store in Elbląg. The company is also refurbishing a store of thechain in Nowy Targ.
Architecture and urban planning
Zielone Tarasy instead of Galeria Wilanów
POLAND Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has amended the concept of the shopping centre that it is planning to develop in Warsaw's Wilanów district. The developer has begun the redesign of a new project under the working name Zielone Tarasy Wilanów.
Retail & leisure
Enel-Med enters Homepark
POLAND An Enel-Med medical clinic is to open in Homepark Targówek in Warsaw at the beginning of 2019. The lease agreement for 1,000 sqm has been signed for a period of twelve years.
Technology
Dim and dimmer for slimmer bills
POLAND Budimex has published the results of tests of intelligent light fittings designed and manufactured by the Optical Electronics start-up it is co-operating with.
Green projects
Gold for all Adgar buildings
POLAND All the office buildings owned by Adgar Poland are now LEED certified at the ‘Gold’ level.
Residential
Robyg starts selling in Praga
POLAND Robyg has started the sales of apartments in its first project on Warsaw’s Praga side.
In Poland it’s all About You
POLAND Online fashion retailer About You has launched its Polish website.
Investment & finance
EUR 100 mln for Kaufland refit
POLAND Kaufland Polska has taken out a EUR 100 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for its previously announced plans to renovate around 50 stores in Poland.
Residential
Next stop: Grochów!
POLAND Dom Development has launched the sale of apartments in its Stacja Grochów residential estate in Warsaw’s Praga Południe district. The first stage will involve the construction of 138 apartments and ten retail/service units in two buildings designed in a Scandinavian-inspiredstyle.
Green projects
Carrefour lowers emissions
POLAND Environment-friendly refrigeration systems, innovative geothermal installations and energy-efficient LED lighting – these measures aimed at reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere have now been introduced to almost 80 pct of Carrefour Polska’s stores.
Property and Facility Management
Globalworth takes control of its centres
POLAND Globalworth Poland has taken over the management of part of its own portfolio from EPP. A new company, called GPRE Property Management (GPRE PM), will be responsible for comprehensive owner management services.
Warehouse & industrial
Cargo-Partner chooses Logicor Prague Airport
CZECH REPUBLIC International logistics company Cargo-Partner ČR has leased the entire building 4 of the Logicor Prague Airport complex – a total of 12,450 sqm of warehouse and office space.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Poznań with a green Aura
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The f ...
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Alto launches Sky Park arch-comp
Construction
Strabag to build The Arc
Strabag Romania has been selected by the developer and investor PPF Real Estate as the general contractor for the construction of its new office prope ...
Digitalisation to the rescue
There's hope in the modules
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
Syrena switches to green energy
Syrena Real Estate has signed a cPPA with Polenergia Sprzedaż. The four-year contract covers the supply of green energy from the FW Dębsk and FF Strze ...
Excellent Point in Łubna
Excellent Brain Park
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 CEE
Eurobuild CEE for January and February!
The latest, optimistic issue of Eurobuild CEE is now available! Make sure you don't miss it!
A must-read for December!
Time for change
Eurobuild FM
What's on the horizon in Munich? Part II
Today, we bring you another brief recording from Expo Real 2024. Tune to listen to our experts' opinions. and immerse yourself in the event's atmosphe ...
What's on the horizon in Munich?
Damian Grzywacz and Bartosz Szumski on the development of The Form building
Events
Rondo 1 Run Up
The thirteenth edition of the popular charity sports event Rondo 1 Run Up will take place on 12 April. Registration starts soon.
Two Polish projects in the final of the MIPIM Awards
Winning for families on the beach
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
Alfa Group builds a hotel in redeveloped Bratislava Harbor
Hungarian Alfa Group is planning a EUR 36 mln investment project with a hotel function. The project will be located in the redeveloped port on the Da ...
Mövenpick opens in Poland and beyond
Hotel in the clouds
Human resources
Changes at the helm of Dom Development
Jarosław Szanajca plans to resign from the position of president of the management board of Dom Development at the end of the year and join the superv ...
Savills has new CEO
New head of retail at Cushman & Wakefield
Infrastructure
Grand station in little Brzeziny
The Warsaw - Łódź stretch will be the first section of the High Speed Railway in Poland. It is on this route that a new station will be built in Brzez ...
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
Beyond.pl expands its colocation project for AI
Interior design
Grainy effect for Viterra
Viterra has moved into its new 1,500 sqm offices in Olivia Prime, part of the Olivia Centre business complex in Gdańsk. The Design Anatomy studio is ...
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Saski Crescent eco-friendly and smart
Investment & finance
GTC sells in Warsaw and Zagreb
GTC has finalised the disposal of a plot in Warsaw’s Wilanów district for EUR 55 mln as well as the Matrix C office building in Zagreb for EUR 27 mln.
Lucky seven for M Core
Wronia 31 gets a new owner
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
New projects limited to prime locations
According to Cushman & Wakefield, around 105,000 sqm came on stream in Warsaw in 2024 across nine new projects, bringing total stock to 6.3 mln sqm at ...
Da Grasso chooses Green Horizon for its new head office
Brno Jedna set to launch
Property and Facility Management
Studio B under new management
Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district. The property is owned by Stena Real Estate ...
Cushman feels the Vibe
CBRE will rule in Skyliner II
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
ECE takes Gesundbrunnen Center to new heights
ECE is investing in the further development of Gesundbrunnen Center Berlin and is expanding the property to include hotel use on the roof of the shopp ...
Investors see the potential in students
Robyg builds in Wrocław
Retail & leisure
New retail supply hits its highest in almost a decade
Cushman &Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Polish retail market. Over half a mln sqm of new retail space came on stream last year, marking ...
Record-breaking year for the Czech market
Redkom plans Świderek in Otwock
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
Garbe leases 55,000 sqm
Garbe has concluded a rental agreement in the north Hessian town of Ludwigsau (Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, Germany). A manufacturer of outdoor equipm ...
