News

POLAND Slovak developer HB Reavis has appointed the Open Architects studio to design its first project in Łódź.

Reesco to become half Italian

POLAND Polinvest 9, a subsidiary of Italian-based 21 Partners group, wants to purchase a 50 pct stake (50 shares) in Reesco.

CEE REGION Over H1 2018, GTC refurbished two buildings (21,600 sqm) in its Green Heart project (formerly known as GTC Square), completed its White House (21,500 sqm) development in Budapest and purchased the Mall of Sofia as well as Sofia Tower. At the end of the period, the company had four projects under construction with 85,000 sqm gla to be completed in 2019 and had plans to start a further three projects this year with a combined 90,000 sqm gla.

Improvements planned for Centrum Ursynów

Aneta Cichla

POLAND Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, which jointly owns the Centrum Ursynów mall at ul. Puławska 427 in Warsaw with a fund managed by the Cromwell Property Group, intends to modernise the centre.

Two more stores for Fissman

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POLAND Danish kitchenware store Fissman has signed two lease agreements with Atrium European Real Estate in Warsaw and has prepared a new format for the Polish market.

Dekada to rise up

POLAND Work on the extension of the Dekada mall in Skierniewice is to start at the beginning of 2019. The building is to gain a third floor of more than 18,000 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

DSV strengthens e-commerce position

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EUROPE DSV, a provider of logistics and transport services, has taken over Dutch company S&H, which it has renamed DSV Multi-channel fulfillment.

Construction

Mennica first stage completed

POLAND Eiffage Polska Budownictwo has completed the first phase of the Mennica Residence estate at the junction of ul. Grzybowska and ul. Żelazna in Warsaw.

Events

Biking in the city

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND With more people taking part, a larger number of routes and more companies involved, the second annual Suits on Bikes ride organised by Eurobuild Conferences proved that people in the real estate industry both enjoy cycling and are concerned about the issues that beset the city.

Prefab back in fashion

POLAND BGK Nieruchomości has announced a competition to develop a prefabricated housing system as part of the government’s Apartment Plus programme.

KG busy building Atut Złocień

POLAND Work on the construction of a shopping centre is underway at the Złocień residential estate in Kraków.

CDRL looks abroad

Eurobuild CEE

POLAND CDRL, the owner of the Coccodrillo children's clothing chain, has recorded a consolidated net profit in H1 of PLN 8.8 mln, which compares to PLN 2.9 mln in the same period of the previous year.

Residential

Praskie estate next to Wiatraczna

POLAND Abadon Real Estate is to construct a six-storey residential building for Murapol Projekt 39 in the first stage of Murapol’s Osiedle Praskie estate on ul. Wiatraczna in Warsaw.

Mota Engil for Selvita

Eurobuild CEE

POLAND Construction company Mota Engil has been appointed as general contractor to build an R&D centre in Kraków.

Concept expands

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POLAND Concept Store1 will be opened in the Atrium Promenada mall in Warsaw. It will be the second Warsaw store of Agnieszka Sudomirska-Glicner and Hubert Szumski, who own the Concept Store Warsaw in the Galeria Mokotów mall.

Hotels

Orbis presents construction site

Anna Pakulniewicz

ROMANIA The Ibis Styles Bucharest Erbaş hotel has opened in the Romanian capital with 80 rooms.

Leases renewed in Gemini

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Six tenants have renewed their leases in Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała while a further two stores are entering the mall.

Ocean flows to Gdańsk

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Ocean Network Express, a container handling company, has opened a Central Service Center in Gdańsk. The new office is in the Argon building of the Alchemia office complex.

Residential

Homes also for swifts

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POLAND The Vilda Park estate, which is being developed jointly by BPI Real Estate Poland and Acteeum Group on ul. Droga Dębińska in Poznań's Wilda district, will have a number of environmentally friendly features.

Biedronka launches new format