News

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.

Graffit now open

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

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.

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.

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.

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.

Well takes on Buildings without Barriers

POLAND The ‘Building without Barriers’ certificate developed by the Integration Foundation has been accepted as an award that counts towards certification under the international Well system.

Delayed deals contribute to record Q1 investment

POLAND As a result of large portfolio transactions, the first quarter of 2018 on the Polish real estate investment market closed with a record investment volume of around EUR 2.05 bln, according to figures from Savills.

Hotels

Putting a bed in the office

POLAND MF Capital is converting an office building into a hotel.

Hotels

Five stars under renovation

POLAND Interior design studio Tétris is completing work on 8,500 sqm on 13 floors of the five-star Intercontinental Warsaw.

Retail & leisure

LPP still sprucing up brands in Rybnik