News
Investment & finance
CPI buys HopStop retail parks
POLAND CPI Property Group has bought a portfolio of five HopStop retail parks from Polish developer Katharsis Development.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz sizes up different bride
EUROPE Immofinanz has purchased a 29.14 pct stake (19,499,437 bearer shares) in S Immo from RPR Group (app. 14.6 mln shares) and Signa Group (around 4.9 mln shares).
Investment & finance
Zeitgeist comes to Budapest
HUNGARY Zeitgeist Asset Management has purchased a historic building in the centre of Budapest on behalf of a German pension fund administered by Institutional Investment Partners.
Pbb provides EUR 74 mln loan to Newbridge
POLAND Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided an investment facility of EUR 74 mln to companies owned by Newbridge for the acquisition of three shopping centres in Poland.
Office & mixed-use development
Continental chooses Business Garden
POLAND Tyre manufacturer Continental Opony Polska will relocate from its current office on al. Krakowska 2A to the Business Garden office complex in Warsaw’s Włochy district. The company will take up 1,566 sqm this autumn.
Warehouse & industrial
Eiffage builds for Mercedes
POLAND Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland has appointed a consortium led by an Eiffage subsidiary to build a Mercedes factory in Jawor in a contract worth over PLN 300 mln.
Interior design
Vank says go swivel
POLAND Vank has introduced the Vank_V6, its first swivel chair.
Office & mixed-use development
Graffit now open
POLAND Developer Hines has received an occupancy permit for its Graffit office building on ul. Domaniewska 28 in Warsaw’s Mokotów district.
EurobuildCEE
Recruitment, equality and digitalisation in Nordbygg
EUROPE Around 840 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors attended this year’s Nordbygg construction and real estate fair on April 10th - 13th at the Stockholmsmassan event centre in Stockholm.
Innovations
Connected by Skanska - an application for office management
In Q2 2018, Skanska will deliver to market its Spark office investment - the first building in which the company will introduce its in-house software, Connected by Skanska, dedicated to office tenants and office property managers. The solution combines the functionality of mobile phone applications, office space and receptions management platforms as well as collecting analytic data in the cloud. This integrated tool, which one can use via a smartphone and - in the case of selected features - even with a smartwatch, has been designed to help tenants’ employees and guests while they are working in or visiting the office building.
Interior design
Chip off the old block
EUROPE The sink, which has been designed by Paolo Ulian for the Antonio Lupi brand, is made out of white carrara marble.
Interior design
The kings of Neon
EUROPE Traditionally, neon signs could generally only be seen on the façades of buildings.
Office & mixed-use development
RMF and Interia go to Solec
POLAND In August radio broadcaster RMF Group and Interia.pl will be moving from the Blue Point office building in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district to the Riverside Park building at ul. Fabryczna 5/5A.
Warehouse & industrial
Raben moves in Grodzisk
POLAND Raben Logistics Polska has opened a new logistics centre in Chlebnia near Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
Construction
Immochan mall for Góraszka
POLAND Immochan has obtained a building permit for the Kolorowe Życie shopping centre in Góraszka on Warsaw's eastern outskirts.
Construction
Vector+ at halfway point
POLAND The construction of the smaller, seven-storey tower of two blocks of the Vector+ office complex in Warsaw is now nearing completion.
One competitor less for Yit
EUROPE Yit has taken over Finnish-based rival Lemminkäinen Corporation, a company active on the Russian market.
Residential
Pereca handed over
POLAND Matexi Polska has handed over the Pereca 11 residential building to its new owner, Bouwfonds Investment Management fund.
Office & mixed-use development
It's Orsom in Jaracz
POLAND Online marketing agency Osom Studio has moved into the Jaracza 47 Prestige tenement house in Łódź and the three current tenants have prolonged their contracts.
Office & mixed-use development
Lawyers enter Malachowskiego 2
POLAND The Jacek Kosiński Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni law office has leased 600 sqm of office space in the pl. Małachowskiego 2 building in Warsaw.
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
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
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
Bank Millenium finances solar farms
Pad Res, a Polish developer and investor in renewable energy, has secured a PLN 107.1 mln loan from Bank Millennium. The funds will be used for the op ...
GCP granted EUR 322 mln loan
Panattoni buys former paint factory
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
Katowice swaps mine for technology hub
The Shaft Katowice – Silesian Hub for Advanced Future Technologies complex is to be built on the site of the Wieczorek coal mine in Katowice. Strabag ...
Office market in Warsaw remains stable
Shiji stays on in Silesia Business Park
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
Romania attractive to foreign retailers
Romania’s retail market continues to attract a growing number of international brands, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real est ...
Supernova expansion for Eleport
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
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
City Park expands to 45,000 sqm
Construction work has begun on a new 10,000 sqm building in City Park Warsaw, which will comprise SBUs with office and warehousing space. Upon complet ...
