News

POLAND Lokum Deweloper has started apartment sales for the Lokum Smart City project under construction in the Muchobór Wielki district of Wrocław.

Decathlon brings gym to Vis à Vis

Aneta Cichla

POLAND The Decathlon sports chain has leased over 600 sqm in the Vis à Vis shopping centre in Warsaw's Wilanów district, where it is to open a store in its latest format.

Murapol buys Wrocław land

POLAND Murapol has signed preliminary contracts to purchase four neighbouring properties on ul. Konduktorska in Wrocław.

GTC to start the Twist and the Pillar

HUNGARY GTC is to launch work on The Twist - Budapest City Tower on Róbert Károly boulevard in July.

Hotels

Mercure kicks off in Kaliningrad

RUSSIA The AccorHotels group has opened the four-star Hotel Mercure Kaliningrad.

P3 leases Bucharest office

ROMANIA Logistics developer P3 has leased 230 sqm of office space on the top floor of Charles de Gaulle Plaza building in Bucharest.

Construction

First hole at Bohema

POLAND The symbolic first hole has been dug for the Bohema project at ul. Szwędzińska 20 in Warsaw’s Praga district, on the site of the former Pollena cosmetics factory.

Three off to Off

POLAND Three new companies have joined the tenants of the Teal Office and the Sepia Office buildings, which form part of the Off Piotrkowska Center in Łódź.

POLAND Fund administrator HedgeServ has taken almost 3,000 sqm of space in the O3 Business Campus complex in Kraków, which was developed by Echo Investment. The tenant was represented by Knight Frank during the negotiations.

Investment & finance

Poland on investment radar

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Poland and also the CEE region as a whole is on the radar of investors due to the favourable global conditions, according to Przemysław Kucharski, managing partner, Kucharski & Partners, who talked to us during the 4th Investment Market Conference of Eurobuild Conferences.

Mexican from the multiplex

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Mexican cuisine concept Papa Diego is the first brand to be created by Foodio Concepts, a Helios group company.

Chapman Taylor to redesign four Moscow shopping centres

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

RUSSIA Fort Group has appointed Chapman Taylor to redesign four Moscow shopping centres, which the group acquired in 2017. These include Europolis Rostokino, Fort Otradnoe, Fort Yasenevo and Fort Schukino. Feasibility studies have already been completed, and the design concept stage is now well advanced for all four asset enhancement projects.

Technology

Swimming in a reflective glass tube

EUROPE/USA Glas Troesch of Switzerland has introduced a unique system for glazing the Skybridge, which at 100m connects the two towers of the American Copper Buildings, a residential complex is under construction in Manhattan.

Warehouse & industrial

Żabka opens in Gliwice

Alex Hayes
journalist

POLAND Żabka Poland has opened its 24,700 sqm logistics centre in the MLP Gliwice park.

Technology

The flat facts – on your phone

POLAND Buyers of apartments from Vantage Development will be able to sign up to make their purchases, download an invoice and submit necessary paperwork using a mobile app.

Residential

Presales launched for Bliska Wola Tower

POLAND J.W. Construction Holding has started the presale of apartments in its Bliska Wola Tower development, at the junction of al. Prymasa Tysiąclecia and ul. Kasprzaka in Warsaw.

Amway signs up for High5ive

POLAND Network sales retailer Amway has leased a 4,400 sqm office in the High5ive complex in Kraków, where it is to consolidate its Business Services Unit for Europe and Russia.

Globalworth plans Warta refurbishment

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Globalworth is planning to renovate the Warta Tower office building in Warsaw.

Helios dreams of more comfort