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Retail & leisure
Cities below 100,000 on the retail radar
POLAND More than 180,000 sqm of retail space was added to the market in H1 2018 and another 330,000 sqm is expected to be completed by the year-end, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s MarketBeat report on the Polish retail market. The numbers represent an increase of over 25 pct y-on-y, bringing Poland’s total retail stock to more than 14.8 mln sqm. The new supply will be concentrated in cities with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants, accounting for 40 pct of this year’s openings.
Retail & leisure
Novel look for Terranova
POLAND For its 30th anniversary, Italian fashion brand Terranova has unveiled its new look, with the first Polish store with the new layout to open in the Libero shopping centre in Katowice.
Warehouse & industrial
Logistics yields falls for the first time
EUROPE The overall European logistics yield dropped 14 bps to 5.95 pct in Q2 2018, the first time it has fallen below 6 pct since Cushman & Wakefield began tracking the three main property sectors in 1992, according to the firm’s ‘DNA of Real Estate’ report.
Office & mixed-use development
Echo begins latest Browary building
POLAND Echo Investment has started the construction of Villa Offices, the second office building in its Browary Warszawskie development in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Balmain now sole owner of BSC group
CEE REGION Balmain Asset Management has purchased minority stakes in BSC Real Estate Advisors and BSC Property Management to become the sole owner of both companies.
Office & mixed-use development
2,000 leased in Malta Office Park
POLAND EPP has secured two new lease contracts for almost 2,000 sqm of office space in Malta Office Park in the central-east part of Poznań.
Warehouse & industrial
Warehousing taking off in the east
POLAND In the first half of the year, 2.02 mln sqm of modern warehouse space was leased, of which 65 pct were new lease agreements and expansions, according to the latest Polish warehousing market report by Axi Immo.
Retail & leisure
Maxximum Stok
POLAND Clothing chain TK Maxx has prolonged its lease of 2,445 sqm in the Sarni Stok shopping centre in Bielsko-Biała.
Investment & finance
How to prepare for the minimum tax
POLAND The minimum tax is now calculated based on the initial value of a property minus PLN 10 mln for each building. The law that is to come into force is to change how this is calculated. PLN 10 mln is to be subtracted from a company's income. How to prepare for the law amendment says Justyna Bauta-Szostak, a tax adviser and partner at MDDP.
Hotels
Hotel and cinema in one
POLAND Capital Park Group has opened a hotel at ul. Lektykarska 4 in Gdańsk’s Old Town.
RD Bud working on two Castoramas
POLAND RD Bud has been chosen as the general contractor of the Castorama DIY store in Elbląg. The company is also refurbishing a store of thechain in Nowy Targ.
Architecture and urban planning
Zielone Tarasy instead of Galeria Wilanów
POLAND Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has amended the concept of the shopping centre that it is planning to develop in Warsaw's Wilanów district. The developer has begun the redesign of a new project under the working name Zielone Tarasy Wilanów.
Retail & leisure
Enel-Med enters Homepark
POLAND An Enel-Med medical clinic is to open in Homepark Targówek in Warsaw at the beginning of 2019. The lease agreement for 1,000 sqm has been signed for a period of twelve years.
Technology
Dim and dimmer for slimmer bills
POLAND Budimex has published the results of tests of intelligent light fittings designed and manufactured by the Optical Electronics start-up it is co-operating with.
Green projects
Gold for all Adgar buildings
POLAND All the office buildings owned by Adgar Poland are now LEED certified at the ‘Gold’ level.
Residential
Robyg starts selling in Praga
POLAND Robyg has started the sales of apartments in its first project on Warsaw’s Praga side.
In Poland it’s all About You
POLAND Online fashion retailer About You has launched its Polish website.
Investment & finance
EUR 100 mln for Kaufland refit
POLAND Kaufland Polska has taken out a EUR 100 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for its previously announced plans to renovate around 50 stores in Poland.
Residential
Next stop: Grochów!
POLAND Dom Development has launched the sale of apartments in its Stacja Grochów residential estate in Warsaw’s Praga Południe district. The first stage will involve the construction of 138 apartments and ten retail/service units in two buildings designed in a Scandinavian-inspiredstyle.
Green projects
Carrefour lowers emissions
POLAND Environment-friendly refrigeration systems, innovative geothermal installations and energy-efficient LED lighting – these measures aimed at reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere have now been introduced to almost 80 pct of Carrefour Polska’s stores.
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
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
A significant stage in the assembly of the new main building of the Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station has been completed.
Poland heading for a two-tier market
Poland underestimates Building site crime
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 be the new data hub
During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak ...
Data centres to transform Polish economy
Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment
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
Punkt goes Platinum
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
Outstanding for Prologis
Silesia City Center now Excellent
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
Let's play volleyball again
For the 15th time, the real estate industry will unite for a worthy cause and once again in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation. Th ...
August 7th – mark the date
Investment given the green light
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
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
Budimex builds in Slovakia
Budimex has handed over the motorway junction of the D1 and D4 roads in Slovakia, 90 days ahead of the deadline specified by the consgtruction contrac ...
Green light for Port of Poland
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Mood improves over office sector
European lenders are optimistic about H2 2026, despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, while sentiment around the office sector has significantly im ...
Patron and Trei sell six retail parks
YIT partners again with One Family Office
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
Brenntag in Brama Miasta B
German chemical raw materials distributor Brenntag has opened its EMEA shared services centre in Brama Miasta B in Łódź, which is owned by Skanska Co ...
WITA welcomes OPmobility
Rents rising with limited supply
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
A new look for central Warsaw
Residential
Warsaw fourth most unaffordable European city
Warsaw ranks as the fourth least affordable capital for a single person, with essential monthly expenses, including housing, food, transport, personal ...
StudentSpace to build second centre in Warsaw
Poland unprepared for ageing population
Retail & leisure
New Yorker arrives in Jędrzejów
Fashion brand. New Yorker is to open a 1,300 sqm store in Galeria Sekunda in Jędzrejów, about 35 km south of Kielce in southern Poland.
Looking good and feeling good in Norblin Factory
Wroclavia becomes Westfield
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
Sonko extends its lease
Cereals company Sonko has extended its 22,000 sqm lease in Prologis Park Wrocław. The company has been a tenant in the park since 2007.
