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
Logicor opens Serenity Park in Mysłowice
Logicor has officially opened the first public park in the grounds of a logistics centre in Poland. Logicor’s Serenity Park in Mysłowice comprises 4 h ...
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
Outstanding awarded to CTP
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
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 October issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
Last day to register
For the 15th time, we invite you to one of the most important and prestigious events in the commercial real estate calendar in Central and Eastern Eur ...
PBSA enters the mainstream
Let's look into the future!
Exclusive
The voice of the younger generation
In our latest exclusive interview, we spoke with Justyna Glinka, a senior associate at Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy, who has been appointed a ...
EGLS enters the scene
The cost of going green
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
Novotel comes to Croatia
Accor's Novotel brand is expanding in Southeastern Europe with the opening of Novotel Zagreb, the brand's first hotel in Croatia.
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Romanian hotels grow
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
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
DL Invest moves into data centres
DL Invest Group has entered into a joint venture with Boosteroid, a global provider of cloud technologies and cloud gaming to build a network of moder ...
Brain Park Building C sold
ECE Work & Live enters Poland
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
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Aon stays for longer
Aon has extended its lease agreement for office space in Warsaw's Skyliner for another five years. The company first moved into the building owned by ...
Office investment set to reach 1.4 bln
Warta chooses Grundmanna Office Park
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
Student Depot extended in Poznań
Kajima Properties Europe has completed the extension of Student Depot Poznań, adding over 400 new beds to its portfolio. The project, which was deliv ...
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
No drop in price from price transparency act
Retail & leisure
Retail continues to grow
Despite ongoing geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, long-term retail growth is being fueled by urbanisation, tourism, and rapid technology ...
Another Smart Park to come to Wrocław
Explosive growth of retail space in Romania
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
Nonko signs up with MLP
Nonko, a logistics company that serves Chinese clients, has leased 4,100 sqm of modern warehouse space at MLP Wrocław.
