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POLAND The Park Inn by Radisson brand has opened a hotel in Katowice, the fifteenth hotel in the Carlson-Rezidor group’s portfolio in Poland.

Residential

Rajska 8 in demand

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND More than 80 pct of the apartments in the Rajska 8 project in Gdańsk have been sold. The project, which is being developed in the city centre by Apollo-Rida, has reached the pre-lock-up stage.

Construction

Varso - the movie

POLAND HB Reavis, the developer of the 230m Varso skyscraper in Warsaw, has released a film documenting the progress at the building site.

E-commerce

Westwing Home & Living opens sales channel

POLAND The Westwing Home & Living shopping club has launched the WestwingNow.pl online store in Poland with a permanent product range.

Hotels

We are R.evo

EUROPE Vienna House is launching a new hotel brand – Vienna House R.evo. The first hotel is to open in Munich, soon to be followed by another in Budapest.

Regional cities focus more on entertainment

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Following the model of the largest agglomerations, entertainment and leisure concepts are beginning to appear in shopping centres in regional cities, Colliers International reports.

POLAND According to the Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL), 51 new business services centres opened in Poland in 2017 with 500,000 sqm leased by the BPO/SSC sector accounting for a third of the take-up in Poland’s largest cities.

EUR 320 mln transacted in Croatia

CROATIA Croatian real estate market saw 22 properties worth EUR 320 mln transacted in 2017, according to Colliers International. The figure doesn’t include pending or confidential transactions.

Hotels

Facelift for Vienna

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Renovation work on the Vienna House Easy Cracow hotel is to start in mid-March.

Happy Sundays after all?

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Sundays for many of Poland’s shoppers are a time for the whole family to browse the various fashion and furniture stores in shopping centres – but without actually spending money in them, treating them as showrooms. The main turnover in Poland’s shops is achieved from Monday to Saturday and therefore the impact on tenants’ turnover might not be as serious as was thought, according to Balmain Asset Management and BSC in a statement on the retail market in Poland.

Neinver improves Kraków complex

POLAND A food court has been opened and the interiors have been renovated in the Factory outlet centre and Futura retail park in Kraków, which together form a shopping complex managed by Neinver.

Residential

Nordic Mokotów 2 gets closer

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND The building which is being developed as part of the second stage of the Nordic Mokotów estate in Warsaw, has reached its pre-lock up stage.

Warehouse & industrial

Goodman for The Hut

POLAND Goodman is building a production and logistics centre near Wroclaw for The Hut Group (THG), a global e-commerce operator in the health and beauty segment.

Residential

Lira Park like in a park

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND Yuniversal Development has started construction of the Lira Park project in Warsaw's Ochota district.

CCC in 3 Stawy

POLAND CCC has opened a store in the 3 Stawy shopping centre in Katowice. POLAND, CCC, 3 Stawy, Katowice

Calypso splits in order to sell

POLAND Fitness club chain Calypso Fitness is to be divided, and as a consequence the company will be indirectly purchased by Benefit Systems.

Interior design

Apleona GVA inside

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Apleona GVA has moved back into its renovated offices in Spektrum Tower in Warsaw's CBD.

Carry leases 1,900 sqm in Młociny

POLAND Polish fashion brand Carry has leased almost 1,900 sqm on two floors in the Galeria Młociny shopping centre in Warsaw.

Investment & finance

Multi to manage shopping centre in Budapest

HUNGARY Multi Corporation has been selected as the asset and property manager of Allee shopping centre in Budapest’s historical Buda district.

Public buildings

Budimex chosen for Marki community centre