News
Technology
Older buildings need to get smart
POLAND Current technology is difficult to use in existing buildings in the sense that it is more expensive to install than in one that is under construction, especially when a building is occupied by tenants, told us Jakub Jędrys, head of project management, associate director, Savills.
Office & mixed-use development
Vorwerk comes to Argon
POLAND Vorwerk a producer of household goods and devices will open its 27th office in Poland with a lease of 440 sqm in the Argon building of the Alchemia complex in Gdańsk.
Construction
Chmielna 89 taking shape
POLAND Work is progressing on the construction of the Chmielna 89 office building in Warsaw, under development by Cavatina Holding.
Green projects
Panattoni granted BREEAM
POLAND Hall A Panattoni Park Pruszków II logistics park has been awarded a BREEAM certificate with a rating of ‘Good’.
Office & mixed-use development
Prague office stock now above 3.4 mln sqm
CZECH REPUBLIC In the second quarter of the year 51,500 sqm of office space was completed in Prague, bringing the overall stock to just above 3.4 mln sqm – according to the Prague Research Forum.
Office & mixed-use development
Dekra moves to Business Garden Wrocław
POLAND Crash testers Dekra has leased 980 sqm of space in the Business Garden Wrocław office complex.
Office & mixed-use development
C&W to lease out Lixa
POLAND Yareal has appointed Cushman & Wakefield as the exclusive commercialisation agent for building ‘B’ of the Lixa office complex, which is being developed in Warsaw’s Wola district.
PHN gets work underway on Białołęka plot
POLAND Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has officially handed over the 0.87 ha site for the construction of a 1,100 sqm retail building on ul. Geodezyjna (just off Trasa Toruńska) in Warsaw’s Białołęka district to general contractor Eurobudowa.
Interior design
Modernity meets classicism for IT
POLAND The new offices of IT specialists Ingram Micro in The Park building at ul. Krakowiaków 46 in Warsaw’s Włochy district feature a modernistic design with classic elements by Bit Creative.
Retail & leisure
Tristan busy signing leases
POLAND In Q2, tenants signed leases and extensions for a total of 1,200 sqm in four centres in the Tristan Capital Partners portfolio.
Office & mixed-use development
Kids to come to Adgar Bit
POLAND Nursery school Ala Ma Kota has leased 600 sqm on the ground and first floor of the Adgar Bit building at ul. Konstruktorska 11 and will eventually also include a 200 sqm playground.
Retail & leisure
Quiosque opens two stores
POLAND A 95 sqm Quiosque store is to be opened in Oświęcim in the Niwa shopping centre, while another store of 86 sqm has already opened in the Galeria Jeziorak mall in Iława.
Investment & finance
Malta’s mystery purchaser revealed
POLAND The Galeria Malta mall in Poznań has been sold to Balmain. Eurobuild CEE has confirmed this information with the Balmain press office despite the fact that the original information released to the market on July 18th contained neither the price nor the buyer, but only that Balmain Asset Management had been appointed asset manager and that BSC Real Estate Advisors (which is part of the Balmain group), was its new property manager.
Retail & leisure
Hochtief and Leroy Merlin turn it up to eleven
POLAND The Kraków branch of Hochtief Polska is building a Leroy Merlin hypermarket in Wieliczka for Leroy Merlin Inwestycje.
Retail & leisure
KiK-off for four stores
POLAND. Four more KiK discount clothes and home accessories stores have recently opened in Poland.
Retail & leisure
Triple LPP entry into Pruszków
POLAND LPP is to open Reserved, Reserved Kids and Sinsay stores in the Nowa Stacja shopping centre in Pruszków.
Investment & finance
Energy buildings for PLN 24 mln
LITHUANIA The headquarters of Lietuvos Energija in Vilnius has been sold at auction for a gross amount of EUR 24 mln – EUR 563,000 above the starting price.
Property and Facility Management
CBRE to look after four Octava assets
POLAND Octava Property Trust has entrusted CBRE with the management of four office buildings in Wrocław, Gdynia and Poznań.
Retail & leisure
N-Park attracts two tenants
POLAND A Hebe drugstore and Calypso Fitness Club are to occupy a total of almost 1,500 sqm in the N-Park retail park on ul. Trakt Brzeski in Warsaw’s eastern Wesoła district.
Investment & finance
Focus takes Awangarda
POLAND Ukrainian Investor Focus Estate Fund has purchased the Galeria Awangarda mall in Bartoszyce, its second retail property acquired this year in Poland.
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
Mercure comes to Transylvania
The Mercure Hotels & Resorts chain has opened its first hotel in Transylvania. The Mercure Alba Iulia has 118 rooms as well as modular meeting spaces. ...
Redefining luxury
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
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
Dionisie Lupu sold
Smartown Group has completed the sale of the historic Dionisie Lupu office building in Bucharest at a yield of 8.2 pct. The purchaser remains undisclo ...
Metron goes to school
Silverton signs up Corall Ingenieure
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
Small towns lead retail expansion
Small towns in Poland have seen the majority of the new retail space come to the market. According to data from CBRE 599,500 sqm is currently under co ...
Luxury in decline
Global Vision does retail in Oradea
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
Procan grows in Prologis Park Błonie
Procan has extended the space it occupies in Prologis Park Błonie to almost 10,000 sqm. Under the new agreement, the company will take up a further 2, ...
