News
Retail & leisure
Fewer stores, higher turnover
POLAND In December 2017 the retail area of Redan reduced its fashion retail area for brands such as Top Secret, Troll and Drywash by 11 pct but its revenue for the month was up by 1 pct y-o-y to app. PLN 26 mln.
Benefit Systems without Calypso
POLAND Benefit Systems has informed the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] that it will no longer attempt to takeover Calypso Fitness due to the concerns raised by the competition authority about a possible reduction in competition on the market for sports and recreational packages offered to employers.
Good quarter for Inpro
POLAND The Inpro group signed preliminary sales contracts for 739 apartments net between January and December 2017, up by 90 pct y-o-y.
Retail & leisure
Dino to open 1,200 stores by the end of 2020
POLAND In 2017 Dino Polska, opened 147 Dino grocery stores in 12 provinces. Its total sales area came to over 295,000 sqm at the end of 2017, representing a 23.8 pct increase y-o-y.
Lokum buys grain plant
POLAND Olczyk Lokum 13 A subsidiary of Lokum Deweloper has purchased the perpetual usufruct to a former industrial complex of Polskie Zakłady Zboźowe [Polish Grain Plant] on ul. Klimeckiego in Kraków.
Investment & finance
Slovak investor enters Poland
POLAND Real estate investment fund ZFP realitní fond managed by ZFP Investments, which is part of the Slovak asset manager IAD Investments, has finalised the acquisition of the Kotlarska 11 office project in Kraków from UBM for EUR 30 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Solteq leases space in Wrocław 101
POLAND Finnish IT company Solteq has leased almost 600 sqm of space in the Wrocław 101 office building in Wrocław.
Office & mixed-use development
MBank flits to Butterfly
CZECH REPUBLIC MBank is to move its Prague head office from the Futurama Business Park to Butterfly (formerly AFI Karlín) in Prague’s Karlín district.
Hotels
MGallery enters the Balkans
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA The first MGallery by Sofitel hotel has opened in the Balkans.
Retail & leisure
Glorious gastronomy in the granary
POLAND Słony Spichlerz – Restaurant Market, a new restaurant concept, is to feature in Deo Plaza, the refurbished historicl Deo Gloria granary on Spichrzów Island in Gdańsk.
Hotels
Radisson Blu to open in Timișoara
ROMANIA The Rezidor Hotel Group has announced it has signed a contract with Mulberry Development to open the Radisson Blu Timișoara, the European Capital of Culture for 2021.
Trams to come to Naramowice
POLAND The city of Poznań is to build a new tramway to the Naramowice estate with the construction work to begin in the middle of the year.
Road improvements from Legionowo to Zegrze
POLAND The Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction has is preparing to redevelop a section of nearly 5km of national road no. 61 between Legionowo and Zegrze, which is one of the main exit routes from Warsaw to Masuria
Atal with rising sales
POLAND Atal signed contracts for the sale and reservation of 2,787 apartments in 2017, up by 14 pct on the previous year (2435 contracts).
Public buildings
Back to school in Vilnius
LITHUANIA In 2018, seven modular nursery schools will be built in Vilnius, with places for around 900 children with an estimated construction cost of app. EUR 7.3 mln.
Dom Development announces preliminary results
POLAND Dom Development has announced preliminary results of 3,975 apartments net sold in 2017, which includes 1,049 in Q4.
Construction
Mostostal Warszawa revitalises in Łódź
POLAND Mostostal Warszawa has signed a design and build contract worth almost PLN 29 mln to revitalise a complex of historic buildings at ul. Tuwima 46 in Łódź.
Kraków Special Economic Zone with new investors
POLAND On the 27th of December 2017 the Kraków Special Economic Zone issued permits for two companies to set up in the Kraków Technological Park in Jędrzejów, which has been a subzone of the SEZ since 2016.
Warehouse & industrial
GTFL moves into Hillwood Błonie I
POLAND Polish logistics operator GTFL has moved into Hillwood Błonie I, a 23,500 sqm logistics park in Błonie, 31 km west of the Polish capital.
Investment & finance
InfoPark A changes hands
HUNGARY Diófa Alapkezelő has bought the 14 000 sqm InfoPark A office building on behalf of the Magyar Posta Takarék Real Estate Investment Fund from CA Immo.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
The B10 office building in Wrocław, owned by Vastint Poland, has been certified with a WiredScore Platinum rating. The certification is an assessment ...
Moderna Office goes Platinum
GTC teams up with Paul
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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
Mercure comes to Transylvania
The Mercure Hotels & Resorts chain has opened its first hotel in Transylvania. The Mercure Alba Iulia has 118 rooms as well as modular meeting spaces. ...
Redefining luxury
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
CPK has already acquired over 2,000 ha under the Voluntary Acquisition Programme. This means that more than half of the land required for the CPK Airp ...
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Pbb lends EUR 40 mln to to Resolution Capital Management
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) has granted an investment loan facility of EUR 40 mln to an office fund to finance the acquisition of two neighbourin ...
Stable investment over H1
CEE growing vigorously
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
Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao
Atlas Estates is pleased to announce the successful securing of a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA, one of Poland’s leading financial inst ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Dionisie Lupu sold
Smartown Group has completed the sale of the historic Dionisie Lupu office building in Bucharest at a yield of 8.2 pct. The purchaser remains undisclo ...
Metron goes to school
Silverton signs up Corall Ingenieure
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
PBSA market set to grow rapidly
Over the next two years, the number of beds in private student residence halls will increase by 70 pct, according to the latest analysis by Knight Fra ...
Zeitraum – Racławicka to open for next semester
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Retail & leisure
Small towns lead retail expansion
Small towns in Poland have seen the majority of the new retail space come to the market. According to data from CBRE 599,500 sqm is currently under co ...
Luxury in decline
Global Vision does retail in Oradea
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
Procan grows in Prologis Park Błonie
Procan has extended the space it occupies in Prologis Park Błonie to almost 10,000 sqm. Under the new agreement, the company will take up a further 2, ...
