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Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2018
A total of 238 jurors cast their votes for the 9th Eurobuild awards. The jury comprised real estate professionals and they chose the companies and people that have had the greatest effect on Polish real estate and construction over 2018. Around 900 people came to the Gala Awards Ceremony held in the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw on December 5th.
Eurobuild Awards 2018: the tenants have chosen
The Eurobuild Awards are not just decided by the votes of the jury. The projects of five categories are also decided upon by the votes cast by their tenants. Here is their verdict.
Investment & finance
PHN buys two from Wilanów Office Park
POLAND Polnord has officially announced that it signed a letter of intent with Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) in November for the latter to acquire two buildings in Wilanów Office Park in Warsaw's Wilanów district.
Investment & finance
Pbb finances Cedet sale
POLAND Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, as arranger and sole lender, has provided a credit facility of EUR 75.4 mln for the recent acquisition of the Cedet building in Warsaw city centre by a Polish company managed by GLL Real Estate Partners on behalf of Korean institutional investors.
Hotels
Radissons to open in two historic locations
HUNGARY/RUSSIA Radisson Hotels Group has announced that it will be opening two hotels: in Moscow and Budapest.
Investment & finance
Helaba loans Atrium EUR 170 mln for Wars Sawa Junior
POLAND Helaba is providing a partly syndicated eight-year loan of EUR 170 mln to Atrium European Real Estate to finance its recent acquisition of the Wars Sawa Junior department store complex in Warsaw city centre.
3,500 sqm lease in Eurovea City
SLOVAKIA Swan – Benestrou has leased around 3,500 sqm in the Landerova 12 building of the Eurovea City complex owned by J&T Real Estate in Bratislava.
Ikea to take world by storm
WORLD Ingka Centres, which operates the IKEA chain, is planning to invest EUR 5.8 bln globally over the next three years.
Construction
Final contractor chosen for Warsaw Metro
POLAND The city of Warsaw city council has signed appointed a consortium of Gülermak Ağir Sanayi İnşaat ve Taahhüt and Astaldi to construct a 2.5 km section of the second metro line, extending it from Wola into the city’s Bemowo district.
Architecture and urban planning
Polish-Italian job for Kraków concert hall
POLAND The design has been approved for the Centrum Muzyki concert hall complex in Kraków. The jury, chaired by Ewa Kuryłowicz, chose the proposal prepared by a Polish-Italian team comprising SBS Engineering Group of Krakow and 3TI Progetti Italia – Ingegneria Integrata of Rome, whose entry beat off rival bids from around the world.
Warehouse & industrial
CDRL warehouse completed
POLAND CDRL, the owner of the Coccodrillo store chain, has completed the 9-month construction of a 3,700 sqm warehouse next to its headquarters south of Poznań in Kościan.
Smarten up – to save costs and the environment
POLAND Adapting traditional real estate into smart buildings has now become a global trend, according to Siemens Financial Services, which estimates that this market in Poland could now even be worth up to PLN 4 bln.
Residential
Belarus to build Moscow residential tower
RUSSIA/BELARUS Minsk-based developer Stroytrest 4 [Стройтрест № 4] is to build a 21-storey residential building in Moscow for employees of the Belarusian embassy.
Investment & finance
JLL buys REAS
POLAND JLL has acquired Warsaw-based residential sector advisory REAS and has become the first advisory firm to operate in all segments of the real estate business in Poland.
Warehouse & industrial
Green City Park in less than a year
POLAND Ideal Idea is launching the construction of the City Park warehouse and office complex on 4.5 ha plot on the boundary of Raszyn and Warsaw.
Technology
Collectomate to streamline shipments
POLAND Łódź-based start-up Collectomate has set up a platform to facilitate the delivery and storage of parcels in office and residential buildings. Its founders, Marcin Ciącio and Rafał Dylewski, hope to use the system to solve the so-called last mile problem by improving the efficiency of deliveries.
Warehouse & industrial
New HQ – new opportunities
POLAND The Szczecin branch of Rohling Suus Logistics has moved to a new headquarters in the Panattoni Park Szczecin-Załom logistics park.
Architecture and urban planning
Competition for new Polonia stadium
POLAND Warsaw city council has announced an architectural competition for the renovation concept of the Polonia Warszawa football stadium at ul. Konwiktorska 6.
Architecture and urban planning
Nizio opens up Warsaw Uprising Museum
POLAND The Nizio Design International architectural studio founded by Mirosław Nizio has won the competition to design the extension and renovation of the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
Retail & leisure
More electronics in Galeria Północna
POLAND Media Expert has opened a 900 sqm electronics store in the Galeria Północna shopping centre on ul. Światowida in Warsaw’s Białołęka district to become the largest tenant of the mall.
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
Tunnel boring soon to begin
Work is progressing on the High-Speed Rail (KDP) tunnel in Łódź, part of the Port Polska project. At the launch chamber in Retkinia, the concrete supp ...
Budimex begins earthworks on Poland's first nuclear power plant
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
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
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
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
Green Development launches Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa
Green House Development is launching pre-sales of suites at Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa, the third development under the Wave brand on the Polish coast, ...
Mercure opens in Oradea
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
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
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
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
EPP takes EUR 106 mln in financing
EPP has completed the EUR 106 mln refinancing of four M1 shopping centres in Bytom, Częstochowa, Poznań and Radom. The refinancing supports the compan ...
Horizon City wins financing
Polish office investment market sees strong first-half recovery
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
Signum Work Station Earns ActiveScore Platinum
Signum Work Station office building on ul. Domaniewska in Warsaw’s Mokotów district has received ActiveScore Platinum certification. The certification ...
Tenants still active but few new buildings
FutureMeds expands in infinity
Property and Facility Management
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Savills, which already manages an office portfolio in Poland for TFI PZU, has now also been appointed to manage three of the fund's retail assets.
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Public buildings
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
The City of Poznań and Dekpol Budownictwo have signed a contract for the major redevelopment of the Poznań Palm House. The city’s landmark attraction ...
Porr focusing on healthcare
Budimex wins PLN 86 mln Białystok hospital contract
Residential
Splot Wola nears completion
Matexi Polska is entering the final stage of its Splot Wola residential development at ul. Sowińskiego 28 in Warsaw, with more than 75 pct of the apar ...
Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months
Still too few student beds
Retail & leisure
EV Charging Hub Opens at Manufaktura
Manufaktura in Łódź has opened a new ultra-fast EV charging hub in partnership with Eleport, adding eight new chargers to the complex’s existing charg ...
Romania’s Retail Market Grows
Nomad opens in Port Praski
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
Poland’s Warehouse Demand Hits 2022 High
Poland’s industrial and logistics market entered 2026 with a marked increase in tenant activity. In the first half of the year, demand reached its hig ...
