News
Yit sells part of Pushkin plot
RUSSIA Finnish residential developer and constructor Yit has sold part of a site it owns in Pushkin, south of St Petersburg, to Russian developer FSK Lider for app. EUR 15 mln.
Residential
Pikaliiva construction underway
ESTONIA Merko Ehitus Eesti, part of the Merko Ehitus group, has started the construction of the Pikaliiva residential development in Tallinn’s Haabersti district.
Flexible Flex
POLAND Technological parts producer Flex has prolonged and expanded its lease of warehouse and office space in Logicor Łódź II. The space it occupies in the park has increased from 31,000 sqm to 38,000 sqm. The tenant was advised by Axi Immo for this transaction.
Architecture and urban planning
Photo competition and a trip to Chicago
POLAND The ‘Warsaw and its Legacy’ photographic competition has been launched by Golub GetHouse and Mennica Polska – the investors behind the Mennica Legacy Tower office project now under development at the corner of ul. Prosta and ul. Żelazna in central Warsaw. ‘Eurobuild CEE’ and NaszeMiasto.pl are the media partners of the competition.
PDS in Budapest
HUNGARY Cushman & Wakefield expanded its Project and Development Services (PDS) team, to include a new Design and Build platform.
Hotels
Felipe Gedeón, Selina: We are searching for properties in several markets
POLAND Eurobuild CEE talked to Selina's Felipe Gedeón, new markets lead for Europe, about the strategy of the hospitality chain entering the Polish market. Selina, a chain that combines the style of boutique hotels with features characteristic of the social life of hostels, is to be launched in Poland and Hungary.
Office & mixed-use development
Złote Tarasy offices in demand
POLAND In the first half of 2018, tenants signed lease contracts for a total of app. 8,000 sqm in the Lumen and Skylight office buildings, which form part of the Złote Tarasy multi-functional complex in centre Warsaw.
Office & mixed-use development
From Warsaw to Kraków
POLAND Cresa, the tenant-only real estate consultancy, has opened an office in Kraków.
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.
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.
