News
Architecture and urban planning
Pinocchio becomes a little Polish
EUROPE Polish architectural studio Gierbienis + Poklewski has won second prize in an international competition to find a design for the Pinocchio Children's Library in the village of Collodi near Florence in Italy.
Airbnb growing despite regulation
CZECH REPUBLIC According to research be Colliers International and Hotelschool The Hague, despite many countries having recently introduced legislation to restrict the use of the hospitality service Airbnb, it continues to grow in five large European cities: London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Madrid and Paris.
Russia after 2018 World Cup
RUSSIA Moscow hotels increased prices threefold over the June-July period, while in St Petersburg occupancy fell and rates increase by 30 pct.
Technology
First constructed without bricks
EUROPE Dutch engineering company Dura Vermeer and AR software developers Recreate have launched an augmented reality (AR) hard hat, which uses Xsens motion tracking and the Microsoft HoloLens to help display a 3D model of an architect’s plan on top of what the user actually sees.
Robyg with many apartments up for sale
POLAND Robyg Group has put 1550 apartments on sale since the beginning of the year, of which 1,150 are in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
Work continues on Wisła
POLAND Work has begun on the second stage of renovations at the Galeria Wisła mall in Płock.
Residential
Foundation laid for Haven House
POLAND Profbud has laid the foundation stone for the Haven House residential project which is under construction on ul. Pawlikowskiego in Warsaw.
Construction
Another crane on the Warsaw skyline
POLAND A crane has been erected at the Varso construction site in Warsaw.
Hotels
Two Kraków Best Westerns refurbished
POLAND The four-star Best Western Premier Kraków Hotel and the Best Western Efekt Express hotels in Kraków have just completed renovations.
Vendo opens in Chodzież
POLAND Trei Real Estate has opened its ninth Vendo Park retail park in Poland on ul. Buszczaka in Chodzież. The 4,100 sqm centre has tenants that include Media Expert, Takko, KiK, Martes Sport, 4F, Pepco, and Hebe.
Investment & finance
Older buildings attractive for developers
POLAND Older buildings have outdated functions, different technical installations, and often have high level of vacancy, but they also represent significant opportunities and huge potential, told us Bartłomiej Uszkur, senior consultant at the investment department of Savills.
Office & mixed-use development
Work begins on Face 2 Face
POLAND Construction work has begun on the Face2Face Business Campus, which is being developed by Echo Investment at the intersection of ul. Grundmanna and ul. Chorzowska in Katowice.
High earnings for Baltic Horizon Fund
BALTIC STATES In Q2 2018, the Baltic Horizon Fund earned a net profit of EUR 2.26 mln (which compares to EUR 1.54 mln for Q2 2017), according to the company’s consolidated unaudited financial results.
Residential
Green Yareal in Wola
POLAND Yareal obtained a BREEAM Interim certificate with the very good rating for Rezydencja Vice Versa, which is under construction in Warsaw's Wola district.
Sorry, that’s our (business) climate
POLAND Limiting trade on Sundays impedes the functioning of business of 37 pct of entrepreneurs, states the Bibby MSP Index report. One third of the respondents also indicate that the change will have a negative impact on their activities in the years to come. In the absence of investments in the private sector, the Polish economy is fuelled by consumption.
Tacit by the sea
POLAND Gwiazda Morza has established cooperation with Tacit Investment. The High Level Sales & Marketing brand was established as part of the cooperation.
Wiślanka to invite you to the cinema
POLAND Galeria Wiślanka, which is under construction in Żory, will have a cinema. Helios has leased 1,500 sqm. In Żory Helios will open a four-screen cinema with 650 seats.
Permit for Dekada Konin
POLAND Dekada is allowed to start the construction of the Dekada Konin shopping centre – the company has been awarded a permit for the construction of the centre.
Tenant market will not return soon in Warsaw
POLAND The demand for offices on Warsaw market is not weakening – it is still higher than the supply. This puts building owners in a better negotiating position than a few years ago.
Wilanów organizations do not want compensation for GTC
POLAND Association of Residents of Miasteczko Wilanów and the Nasze Miasteczko Foundation postulate that the investor of Galeria Wilanów, GTC, should withdraw from its plans to apply for compensation for a refusal to grant a building permit and close administrative proceedings regarding the old project.
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
Polish construction sector faces growing labour shortage
Poland’s construction sector is facing increasing labour shortages, with the industry short of around 150,000 workers. Turnover among engineers has re ...
Carbon Counts in Construction
Polish construction sector under pressure
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 benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
PAD RES Group has launched two identical solar farms in Biesiekierz municipality, Koszalin district. The installations have a combined capacity of 24 ...
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Mövenpick opens first Croatian hotel on Adriatic coast
Mövenpick has opened its first hotel on Croatia’s Adriatic coast in Novi Vinodolski. The resort includes 198 hotel rooms and suites, as well as 304 pr ...
Poland’s hotel investment market slows as Warsaw leads CEE-6 supply growth
Green Development launches Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa
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
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
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
De Silva City acquires four hotels from Essendi Poland
Polish hotel company De Silva City has acquired four hotels from Essendi Poland in Warsaw and Szczecin. The value of the transaction was not disclosed ...
W. P. Carey completes EUR 52 mln sale-leaseback with Purmo
CEE commercial real estate market sees strong rebound
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
Holding KW moves to DL Tower in Katowice
Holding KW is relocating its headquarters to DL Tower in Katowice, where it has leased new office space from DL Invest Group. Its current offices are ...
Cavatina transforms public space around Quorum Tower in Wrocław
Kraków offices split between centre and outskirts
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
Alides Polska to redevelop Perun technical gas plant in Warsaw
Alides Polska will start work in September on the redevelopment of the Perun technical gas plant in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district. The project will ...
Varitex launches sales at Osiedle Zastawna OdNova
Yareal completes apartment sales at SOHO by Yareal in Warsaw
Retail & leisure
Vistula, Wólczanka and Bytom open joint store in Focus Mall
A new 157 sqm men’s fashion store featuring Vistula, Wólczanka and Bytom has opened at Focus Mall Piotrków Trybunalski.
Ruda Śląska retail park fully leased before opening
Sinsay opens in BIG Włocławek
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Harden Construction builds Panattoni Park Toruń II for InPost
Harden Construction is building Panattoni Park Toruń II, a 16,500 sqm cross-dock facility in Lubicz Dolny near Toruń. InPost will be the main tenant.
