News
Investment & finance
Savills looks to the future
EUROPE The real estate advisor predicts that prime offices will continue to be the “top pick” for core investors, in particular in Germany, the Southern European cities as well as the Central and Eastern European markets. Value-add investors could focus on transport and storage, mainly in Poland, Czech Republic and Romania, while redevelopments and new developments are the main routes to higher returns, according to the international real estate advisor.
Office & mixed-use development
Warsaw office vacancy hits bottom
POLAND The vacancy rate in Warsaw office market has dropped to 8.7 pct, the market's lowest since 2012 according to figures from JLL. The vacancy rate in the city’s centre now stands at 5.4 pct, which means that the availability of space in existing developments is extremely limited.
Investment & finance
Unibep goes retro
UKRAINE Stolitsa Group subsidiary Martin has been granted a development loan for its Retroville shopping and office centre which is under construction in Kyiv with the developer having previously appointed Polish-based company Unibep in October as the general contractor.
Retail & leisure
Ikea comes to central Moscow
RUSSIA Moscow is to become one of the first capitals to have an Ikea store located close to the city centre.
Office & mixed-use development
4,000 sqm leased in Nowy Targ
POLAND Software developer SpyroSoft has leased 4,000 sqm of space in the Nowy Targ office building, which is currently being constructed by Skanska in Wrocław’s Old Town.
Residential
Smaller appetite for Lokum
POLAND Lokum Deweloper is projecting sales of 800 residential units this year – more than 200 less than in 2018.
Steady sales for Dom Development
POLAND In 2018 Dom Development group signed sales contracts for 3,602 homes, down from3,975 a year earlier (-9 pct y-o-y).
Retail & leisure
Cuisine gets streetwise in Sky Tower
POLAND Sky Kitchen, the new restaurant zone in the Sky Tower building in Wrocław, has now opened
Residential
Bigger Bułgarska 59
POLAND SJM Apartments has started the construction of the second stage of the Bułgarska 59 residential estate in Poznań.
Chamber for e-commerce
POLAND The Polish Chamber of Digital Commerce (e-Izba) has set up the Retailers Group e-Chamber to support companies who operate in e-commerce and omnichannel sales or are planning to start a business in this sector.
Hotels
Tulip opens in Kraków
POLAND Louvre Hotels has opened the first Metropolo by Golden Tulip hotel in Poland – on ul. Orzechowa in Kraków.
Residential
Nowy Horyzont comes into view
POLAND Euro Styl has completed the largest residential project in its history – the development of Nowy Horyzont in Gdańsk, which has taken eleven years.
Interior design
Desk without distractions
POLAND The new CS5040 desk from Nowy Styl Group features a minimalist form free from unnecessary structural elements.
Retail & leisure
Decathlon gets phygital
POLAND A phygital store, which integrates traditional retail formats with digital systems – is what you could call the new Decathlon store in the Vis à Vis retail park in Warsaw’s Wilanów district.
Hotels
Robert De Niro's waiting... to open a hotel
POLAND Luxury hotel brand Nobu is to enter Poland.
Residential
Unidevelopment starts sales for third Ursus estate
POLAND Unidevelopment and CPD have started apartment sales for the Ursa Home estate, which will be their third joint project developed in Ursus in Warsaw and is to be built near the Ursa Smart City and Ursa Park projects that were completed earlier.
Murapol smarts up
POLAND This year Murapol intends to install a Home Management System (HMS) system in a number of its residential projects.
Hotels
Twin peaks (plus one)
POLAND The Tremonti Ski & Bike Resort will have been built on ul. Konstytucji 3 Maja in Karpacz by the end of 2020.
Interior design
Ogilvy goes open with Trzop
POLAND Advertising agency Ogilvy has unveiled its interior designed by Trzop Architekci in Warsaw's Centrum Praskie Koneser centre.
Empik hits the gas
POLAND Empik wants to increase the the size of its chain to 370 stores by 2023. Last year, the group opened 18 and a further ten had major refurbishments.
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
Strabag to Build 170-Metre Roma Tower in Warsaw
Strabag, together with TKT Engineering, has been appointed general contractor for Roma Tower, a 170-metre residential skyscraper planned for central W ...
PORR wins PLN 539 mln contract for US air force base in Wrocław
BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences
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
Warsaw and Kraków strengthen their AI credentials
Warsaw is strengthening its position on Europe’s artificial intelligence map, while Kraków stands out for its technology sector growth potential. Acco ...
EMEA data centre capacity exceeds 12.1 GW as energy constraints slow growth
Power, Power, Power
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
NEPI Rockcastle expands solar capacity
NEPI Rockcastle has opened its second large-scale photovoltaic park in Romania, bringing its in-house renewable energy capacity to the equivalent of 3 ...
Nowe Bielawy retail parks renew BREEAM Excellent ratings
Greenfield Băneasa Earns BREEAM Excellent Certification
Eurobuild Awards
Candidate and jury registration are still open for the Eurobuild Awards!
The deadlines for nominating candidates and registering for the jury for the 16th Eurobuild Awards have been extended! Both the candidate and jury reg ...
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
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 32nd Annual Polish Commercial Real Estate Conference is now on the horizon!
On November 19th, 2026, Eurobuild Conferences will welcome investors, developers, financial institutions, corporate executives and real estate profess ...
Statement by the CEO of Eurobuildcee sp. z o.o.
The October and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Warsaw Spire commemorates Polish soldiers’ capture of Predappio
On 28th October, the Warsaw Spire skyscraper in Warsaw displayed the inscription “PREDAPPIO 28 X 1944, LA POLONIA NON È LIQUIDATA” (“Poland has not be ...
Panattoni celebrates 40 years of the company’s history
Will Poland dominate the AI market?
Exclusive
Uniqa opens up
Recently UNIQA Real Estate Management announced that it was opening up its portfolio to third-party investors and then, soon afterwards, announced tha ...
Leading the renaissance of local investors
The man from NASA
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 Gdynia Centrum earns four-star rating
Mercure Gdynia Centrum has officially been awarded a four-star rating following an application by the hotel’s owner, Essendi. The decision marks the c ...
Wave Hotels launches in Poland
Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
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
Poland’s investment market rebounds
Poland’s commercial real estate investment market gathered pace in the first nine months of 2026, with transaction volumes reaching EUR 4.7 bln, up 81 ...
DL Invest Group secures up to EUR 54 mln from BNP Paribas for logistics development
Warimpex signs EUR 100 mln refinancing deal with Erste
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
GEO plans mixed-use development on former railway land
GEO Group, through its subsidiary Ceglana, is preparing a mixed-use development on nearly 20 hectares of former railway land in Poznań. The project wi ...
Regional office demand could reach 700,000 sqm in 2026
Warsaw office demand rises as availability tightens
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
Restored Pafawag boiler house completes Wrocław residential development
The opening of the restored boiler house at the former Pafawag factory marks the completion of the Nowa Kolejowa development in Wrocław. Designed by B ...
PSN launches sales of 32 apartments in Prague’s Nusle district
Rutkowski Group launches sales of 43 apartments in Gdańsk
Retail & leisure
Xtreme Fitness expands in Galeria Mosty
Xtreme Fitness Gyms is expanding its club at Galeria Mosty in Płock by adding a new fitness studio. The expansion will increase the club’s training ca ...
BIG Poland expands to 15 retail parks with Konstantynów opening
PKB Inwest Budowa secures permit for park in Skarżysko-Kamienna
Technology
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Skanska has implemented a digital access control system at Studio A, an office building in Warsaw. The solution uses the company’s proprietary StudioA ...
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Singu takes over QRmaint
Warehouse & industrial
ID Logistics Polska leases 37,800 sqm in CTPark Iłowa
ID Logistics Polska has leased nearly 37,800 sqm of warehouse and office space in CTPark Iłowa in Poland’s Lubusz Province. The new distribution centr ...
