News
Investment & finance
EUR 1 bln deal closed
POLAND Chariot Top Group (Chariot), a company set up and co-managed by Griffin Real Estate, has finalised the acquisition of a retail portfolio from Ares, AXA and Apollo Rida.
The 8th Rondo 1 Run Up in Warsaw on February 24th, 2018.
POLAND A special atmosphere, the best tower-runners in the world and some high hopes – this is what sets apart the race to the top of Rondo 1 in Warsaw. The athletes have to conquer the 836 steps leading up to the 37th floor of the building. But it’s not the finishing medal that’s the most important thing they will take away from having crossed the finish line. The personal satisfaction is more important and... finally being able to gaze upon the city’s night panorama from 142m above the ground.
Echo sees 54 pct sales increase
POLAND Echo Investment sold 1,427 apartments last year, 54 pct more than in 2016. The company also completed 1,006 apartments, up 120 pct.
Architecture and urban planning
Architecture contest for footbridge in Poznań
POLAND The city of Poznań has announced a competition for the architectural and urban concept of a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the rivers Warta and Cybina. The bridge is to be completed in mid-2021.
Retail & leisure
McDonald’s opens 400th restaurant
POLAND McDonald’s has opened a restaurant on ul. Olsztyńska 21 in Mrągowo in Northern Poland. This is the 400th restaurant of the chain in the country.
Hotels
New director for Orbis
POLAND Jacek Stasikowski has been appointed Orbis development director for Poland responsible for franchise and management agreements.
Human resources
Changes at the helm of Liebrecht & wooD Poland
POLAND Magdalena Bartkiewicz-Podoba has been appointed general manager of Liebrecht & wooD Poland.
LPP plans 50 new stores
WORLD LPP intends to open 50 stores in 2018. As a result the retail area of LPP's five brands would increase by another 100,000 sqm. The company intends also to enter five new markets with either online or brick and mortar stores.
Office & mixed-use development
Oasis attracts Gazprombank
RUSSIA Gazprombank has leased 12 000 sqm of space in the Oasis business centre on Koroviy Val street (Garden Ring) in Moscow’s Yakimanka district, according to Russian daily Vedomosti.
Etalon buys plot on Petrovskiy Island
RUSSIA Etalon Group has acquired a 2.8 ha plot on Petrovskiy Island (Petrogradsky district) in St Petersburg.
Newbridge buys Retalia Park
POLAND Newbridge has acquired Retalia Park in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. This is the company’s third acquisition in Poland.
Investment & finance
Blackstone to buy 24 centres from Goodman
EUROPE Luxemburg-based Blackstone Property Partners Europe Lower Fund 2 has applied to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection for permission to acquire 24 logistics centres from Goodman.
Retail & leisure
New store designs in Galeria Raj
POLAND The Quiosque and AlleBeauty stores in the Galeria Raj shopping centre in Dębica have been refurbished.
Residential
Sixth stage of Reduta underway
POLAND Ekonbud-Fadom is extending the Reduta Nowe Podolany residential project on ul. Jasińska in Poznań’s Podolany district.
Office & mixed-use development
Amphitheatre in office hub
POLAND Adgar Poland is planning to construct a public amphitheatre in front of the Adgar Bit building at ul. Konstruktorska 11 in Warsaw’s Służewiec district.
Customers spent more on this year’s Black Friday
POLAND Payback has analysed the transaction data it managed to collect on this year’s Black Friday.
Construction
Aldesa in Central Park
POLAND Marvipol has chosen a consortium of companies from the Spanish construction group Aldesa as the contractor of another stage of the Central Park Ursynów residential project in Warsaw.
Infrastructure
Faster to Gdańsk
POLAND Strabag has finished the construction of an over 11-km section of S7 expressway from Rychnowo to Olsztynek, which is an extension of a previously completed Ostróda South – Rychnowo road with a length of 8.8 km.
Investment & finance
Catalyst buys Nobilis Business House
POLAND Catalyst Capital has bought the Nobilis Business House office building in Wrocław from Echo investment for EUR 44 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Ford and FCE Bank stay in Marynarska
POLAND Car producer Ford Polska and FCE Bank have prolonged their leases in the Marynarska Business Park on ul. Taśmowa in Warsaw’s Służewiec district.
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
BIG with a big loan
BNP Paribas has granted Big Poland a PLN 58 mln loan. This includes the refinancing of existing facilities and financing for the purchase of three ret ...
Newgate on shopping spree
EBRD invests in tech
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
Office revival in Bucharest
At the end of the first half of 2025, the number of office workers in Bucharest came to more than 340,000, representing around 30 pct of the city's to ...
Dionisie Lupu sold
Metron goes to school
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
Retail park to come to Konstantynów Łódzki
PKB Inwest Budowa has received a construction permit to build a retail park in Konstantynów Łódzki, which is to open in the second quarter of 2026.
Small towns lead retail expansion
Luxury in decline
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
Garbe builds from wood
The largest logistics centre to be constructed from timber in Europe is being built at the port of Straubing-Sand in Bavaria. The topping out ceremony ...
