News
Construction
Construction on a Wave
POLAND Construction work has begun on the Wave Apartments project under development by Green House Development in Międzyzdroje and is to be completed in Q1 2021.
Office & mixed-use development
An expansion on paper
POLAND International Paper has enlarged and extended its lease agreement in Centrum Biurowe Lubicz in Kraków.
Investment activity slows down in H1
EUROPE The total real estate investment volume in Europe reached EUR 97 bln in the first half of the year, according to Savills.
Interior design
Massive Design does BNP again
POLAND Massive Design has designed the BNP Paribas Securities Services office in the Wronia 31 building in Warsaw.
Internet traders running up debt
POLAND According to BIG InfoMonitor data, the debts of e-commerce traders came to PLN 126 mln at the end of June this year, up 19 pct on the end of 2017.
Chopin goes picking for Golden Tulips
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] has reported that Chopin Airport Development intends to purchase all the shares of Residence Management from Qualia Development.
Interior design
Plants take over thinking space
EUROPE During the Architecture Festival organised by Eurobuild Conferences in Warsaw a talk was given by Thomas Feichtner, a Viennese designer of furniture and other everyday objects who created the Studio by Bene office furniture system. The presentation touched on a number of issues including design trends that had not yet reached Poland. Afterwards we had an interview with him, which is soon to be published in the ‘Eurobuild CEE’ magazine.
Office & mixed-use development
Park Avenue now open
POLAND Park Projects has been granted an occupancy permit for its Park Avenue office building at ul. Wspólna 70 in Warsaw.
Interior design
Forbis has Iconic work-out in post office
POLAND The Icon Fitness fitness club has opened with a unique post-industrial style designed by the Forbis Group in the former Post Office building in Gliwice.
Retail & leisure
CCC now open in Malta
POLAND Footwear retailer CCC has opened a 1,400 sqm store in the Galeria Malta shopping centre in Poznań.
Three tenants come to Lipinski Passage
POLAND Union Investment has signed up three new tenants with 590 sqm sqm of floorspace leased in Lipinski Passage mixed use building on Al. Jerozolimskie in Warsaw.
Residential
Final stage starts on Pargi
ESTONIA Merko has started the construction of Tähepargi residential project’s second and final stage, at 5 Päeva as well as 13 and 15 Pargi in the city of Tartu.
Human resources
Knight Frank now in Budapest
HUNGARY Knight Frank formally opened its office in Budapest at the beginning of September 2018.
Investment & finance
Corum enters CEE with Metro purchase
POLAND Metro Properties, the real estate subsidiary of Metro AG, has sold a property in Poznań with a retail building under a long term lease to Castorama to French investor Corum Asset Management for EUR 20.3 mln.
Warehouse & industrial
Battery-powered Nysa
POLAND Belgian company Umicore is to invest PLN 1.38 bln in opening an electric vehicle battery plant in Nysa, according to the Polish Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology.
Residential
First Aroma topped off
POLAND The first building of the Aroma Park residential estate, which is being developed by Finnish real estate and construction group Yit in Warsaw’s Białołęka district, has been topped off.
Residential
Baltica Towers with (or without) an operator
POLAND Atal has entrusted InApartments with the management of its Atal Baltica Towers aparthotel development in Gdańsk.
Hotels
Louvre Hotels complex to be built in Katowice
POLAND French hotel chain Louvre Hotels together with investor Silport is to develop a 200-room hotel complex in Katowice.
Metro set to sell Real
EUROPE German retailer Metro has decided to sell its hypermarkets in order to focus on wholesale and e-commerce.
Residential
Bardowskiego on its way
POLAND TDJ Estate is launching a new residential project within the large-scale Witosa residential development in Katowice – the Bardowskiego 1 housing estate.
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
Redefining luxury
The value of the hotel and spa services market in Poland increased by 16.7 pct year-on-year in 2024, reaching PLN 7.8 bln. According to KPMG, this tre ...
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
Condo to be built on the Baltic
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
Pbb lends EUR 40 mln to to Resolution Capital Management
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) has granted an investment loan facility of EUR 40 mln to an office fund to finance the acquisition of two neighbourin ...
Stable investment over H1
CEE growing vigorously
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
Vacancies squeezed by supply across the regions
High demand is reducing the available space in regional office markets, says CBRE. A growing divide is now visible between prime properties and the re ...
Katowice swaps mine for technology hub
Office market in Warsaw remains stable
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
Global Vision does retail in Oradea
Global Vision has announced its first retail project. Oradea Retail Plaza is to be built on a 2.6 ha plot in Oradea.
Retail market picks up steam
Romania attractive to foreign retailers
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
Egelhof starts production in Radom
The Egelhof Group is to open its first factory in Poland. The modern 14,000 sqm plant is to be built in the B1 Park in Radom, with production to start ...
