News
Successful month for Octava
POLAND In October Octava Property Trust signed a lease agreement in the Renaissance Tower and Marynarska Passage office buildings in Warsaw for almost 4,000 sqm.
Construction
Mennica reaches 100m
POLAND Mennica Legacy Tower has now reached a height of over 100m. The skyscraper, which is being jointly developed by Golub GetHouse and the Mint of Poland at the junction of ul. Prosta and ul. Żelazna in Warsaw, has a target height of 140m and should be topped off in Q1 2019.
Investment & finance
Cedet sold
POLAND The Cedet building, in central Warsaw, has been sold to a Korean fund managed by GLL Real Estate Partners for EUR 129.5 mln.
Bamboo houses win RICS competition
WORLD Earl Patrick Forlales from the Philippines has won the ‘Cities for our Future’ competition held by RICS with an idea to help replace Manila’s slum housing.
Architects and civil engineers to be reregulated
POLAND The government is working on laws to regulate the profession of civil engineer and architect.
Investment & finance
OTP buys Corvin Offices
HUNGARY OTP Real Estate Investment Fund has bought six completed office buildings and two under construction, which are part of Futureal’s Corvin Promenade mixed-use project in Budapest.
Office & mixed-use development
First stage of Ogrody Geyera in January
POLAND The Ludwik Geyer cotton mill at ul. Piotrkowska 293/305 in Łódź is currently being restored and converted into a mixed use complex.
Hotels
Marriott hacked!
WORLD Marriott has admitted that the Starwood guest reservation database has been accessed by an unknown unauthorised party.
Residential
Grimbud to build for Wikana
POLAND The Wikana group has appointed Grimbud to build two stages of the Wikana Square estate in Rzeszów, in a contract worth PLN 60.5 mln.
Szczecin says no to Orbis
POLAND The city of Szczecin has vetoed plans by Orbis to knock down the Ibis Budget hotel and to construct a new hotel with extensive services and an additional residential section.
Factory to turn into retail park
POLAND A retail park is to be developed in Łódź by the WFI Genesis fund [Wielkopolski Fundusz Inwestycyjny Genesis].
Soho sells up
POLAND An Extraordinary General Meeting of Soho Development has authorised the sale of the company's key assets by the end of March 2019.
Ibis will do your blogging
EUROPE Accorhotels is providing its guests with a new service. An ‘Instagram sitter’ will service a guest’s social network account allowing the owner to enjoy a hotel stay free from electronic devices.
Hotels
Novotel to open in Port7
CZECH REPUBLIC Geone Real Estate has signed a management contract with Orbis Group to open a 221-room Novotel hotel on the Vltava River in Prague’s Holesovice district.
Retail & leisure
Victoria Ploiești West Retail Park to open in March
ROMANIA Victoria Ploiești West Retail Park is to be developed in the town of Ploiești with Activ Property Services acting as the exclusive agent. Active Property has just brokered a lease for a 496 sqm Zoomania pet store.
Office & mixed-use development
Work begins on Face2Face second building
POLAND Construction work has begun on the second stage of the Face2Face Business Campus on ul Grundmanna in Katowice, before the completion of the first building.
Investment & finance
KKCG comes to Poland
POLAND KKCG Real Estate has bought five industrial BTS developments with a combined gla of 54,500 sqm in Poland for around EUR 41 mln.
Warehouse & industrial
Emerge comes to Mladá Boleslav
CZECH REPUBLIC Automotive supplier Emerge has signed a twenty-year lease for 18,500 sqm in CTPark Mladá Boleslav.
Office & mixed-use development
Coty stays in Ambassador
POLAND Cosmetic company Coty Eastern Europe has renewed its 2,200 sqm lease agreement at the Ambassador office building in Warsaw’s Mokotów district. JLL represented the tenant during the negotiations and helped prepare a long-term lease strategy.
Retail & leisure
Meating Point to debut in Warsaw
POLAND At the begining of 2019 the Meating Point self-service restaurant chain is to open in T-Mobile Office Park at ul. Marynarska 12 in Warsaw. The tenant will occupy 400 sqm of space.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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
Data centres
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Building A (31,984 sqm) in VGP Park Split in Dugopolje has been awarded a BREEAM v6 Outstanding rating. The certification was carried out by BuildGree ...
Galeria Jurajska recertified
Westbridge secures green energy for Skanska
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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 June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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 opens in Oradea
Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by ...
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Intermodal strengthens Poland’s position on the European logistics map
In the first quarter of 2026, Polish railways transported almost 790,000 TEUs in intermodal transport. This segment's share of total rail transport re ...
Orlen buys 216 MW hybrid renewable energy project in Wielkopolska
Tender for Tomaszów Mazowiecki station reconstruction
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Apsys goes shopping for 3 Stawy
Apsys has completed the acquisition of the 3 Stawy shopping centre in Katowice. The 38,600 sqm gla mall was acquired from a fund managed by Union Inve ...
CEE real estate investment goes steadily upward
Savills takes over Eastdil
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 conference centre for Diuna
A new, 460 sqm conference centre has opened in building D of the Diuna office complex in Warsaw’s Służewiec district, which is owned by Syrena Real Es ...
PwC Polska takes 20k in AFI Tower
Big bank gets bigger in Advanced Business Center
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Szczecin castle reconstruction completed
Mostostal Warszawa has completed the second stage of the reconstruction of the north wing of the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle (Zamek Książąt Pomorskich) i ...
Dewin–Biberstein–Promnitz Castle to be restored
Budimex rebuilds Szczecin sports centre
Residential
Still too few student beds
The number of beds in Poland's purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector grew by 24 pct year on year in the first half of 2026, reaching 17,90 ...
Mercator ready to begin flagship Kraków project
CeMat sets to work on Moje Bielany 3
Retail & leisure
Intermarché opens new-format supermarket in Radlin
Intermarché has returned to the town of Radlin in southern Poland with the opening of a new-format supermarket. The store comprises 1,000 sqm of retai ...
Bricomarché opens two new stores
North Face opens in Designer Outlet Warszawa
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Over 67k leased at DL Invest Park Bielsko-Biała
In recent months, DL Invest Group has signed lease agreements covering over 67,000 sqm in its DL Invest Park Bielsko-Biała complex. The transactions i ...
