News

Alex Hayes
journalist

HUNGARY JLL is advising Swiss chocolate maker Lindt on its retail debut on the Hungarian market.

Investment & finance

Investors full of optimism

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EUROPE Investors are looking at 2018 with even more optimism than they had for last year.

Platan fills up

POLAND The Świat Książki bookstore, Giacomo Conti and children’s play area Bajkowy Labirynt have leased space in the Platan shopping centre in Zabrze, which is currently being extended.

Residential

Sales begin for Grunwald 2

POLAND Ronson has started apartment sales for the Grunwald 2 estate on ul. Świeżawska in Poznań’s Marcelin district.

Residential

Modern twist on Old Market square

POLAND Unipark has been granted a final building permit for a small apartment building in Poznań’s Old Town.

Karuzela 55 pct leased

POLAND Around 11,000 sqm in Karuzela Kołobrzeg has been pre-leased, which is around 55 pct of the 20,000 sqm gla available.

Martes Sport teams up with Tesco

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Martes Sport has leased a 1,300 sqm unit in Pasaż Tesco on ul. Kapelanka in Kraków.

Co-working space to double by 2020

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

CZECH REPUBLIC The volume of shared office space in Prague is to grow by 66 pct this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

Human resources

Everyone moves up at C&W

HUNGARY Cushman & Wakefield has announced eleven promotions including Tamara Szántó and Ádám Csikós, who have both been promoted to partner.

Interior design

Tétris knocks down walls for Allianz

Corporate social responsibility

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Tétris has refurbished the headquarters of Allianz to a design by Studio Quadra in the Topaz office building at ul. Rodziny Hiszpańskich 1 in Warsaw.

Kids to tweet from operating table

POLAND Every patient and guest of the Children's Memorial Health Institute now has free internet access. More than 700 people joined the WiFi network on the day of its launch.

Property and Facility Management

POLAND Empik has announced a new format – Papiernik by Empik, which is a specialist stationary store selling school and office supplies. The store will also sell toys, board games, children’s books, greetings cards and packaging.

Don’t make users cry, Argentinská

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

CZECH REPUBLIC Sudop Invest has chosen JLL to be the exclusive leasing agent of the Argentinská Office Building in Holešovice, Prague 7.

Hotels

BBI plans six-star Warsaw hotel

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND BBI Development is planning to introduce another luxury hotel brand to Poland, which is to open in its Roma Tower project. Roma Tower has a planned area of 55,000 – 60,000 sqm and will include office, residential, hotel and service space.

Green projects

Malta House goes double platinum

POLAND The Malta House office building in Poznań has been awarded a LEED certificate for existing buildings with a rating of ‘Platinum’ and a score of 86 points.

Public buildings

First court case for PPP

Eurobuild CEE

POLAND A new district court building in Nowy Sącz has come into use as a result of the first Polish project carried out under a public-private partnership in which the public partner was the State Treasury.

LiFi on its way

EUROPE Philips Lighting has launched its Light Fidelity (LiFi) system for supplying broadband internet through LED lighting and light waves.

S4 now under Benefit

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POLAND A subsidiary of Benefit Systems has bought 14 S4 fitness clubs, mainly located in Warsaw.

Hotels

Vienna to be built in Warsaw