News

Aneta Cichla

POLAND The Angel Care care home for the elderly in Wrocław, has been purchased by Medi-System from Angel Poland Group.

Hotels

Awbud thrown off Puro project

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Genfer Hotel Łódź has terminated its contract with Awbud for the construction of a hotel wing with an underground car park.

Mirbud officially solvent

POLAND A District Court in Łódź has thrown out a petition for the bankruptcy of Mirbud filed by Fabryka Biznesu as being groundless and as having been submitted mala fides.

PLN 2,000 for Lamp design

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Muraspec has invited interior designers, students and graduates to take part in its ‘Bright! Rowlux-Inspired Lamp’ competition for a lamp made using Rowlux multi-lensed thermoplastic.

Another section of A2 to be built

POLAND A, 37.5-km section of A2 motorway is to connect the ring roads of Mińsk Mazowiecki and Siedlce.

Retail & leisure

Smyk returns home

Aneta Cichla

POLAND Smyk is to open in the reconstructed Cedet building at ul. Krucza 50 in Warsaw, where it first opened a store 1977.

Interior design

MSD goes Massive again

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Massive Design has redesigned the interior of the MSD’s 6,500 sqm office, which takes up six floors in the WTT tower in Warsaw.

Residential

Marvipol launches skyscraper

POLAND Marvipol Development is starting construction work on a 29-storey residential tower of almost 100m at ul. Grzybowska 51 in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Robyg still selling more

Property and Facility Management

POLAND Robyg signed sales contracts for 3,470 apartments net in 2017, up by 17 pct on 2016. In Q4 the group signed contracts on 768 apartments.

Invesco gives more work to Apleona

POLAND Invesco has appointed Apleona GVA as the project manager for its Sheraton Grand Hotel in Kraków.

Investment & finance

Golden Star acquires DOT Office

POLAND Amsterdam-based investment firm Golden Star Estate has acquired the DOT Office complex in Kraków from Grupa Buma for an undisclosed sum.

Ultimo leases space in Wrocław

POLAND Debt management company Ultimo has leased 5,300 sqm of space in the Green2Day office project in Wrocław’s Śródmieście district. The building will serve as the company’s main office in Poland. The tenant will relocate to the building by the second half of 2018.

Retail & leisure

Iulius to expand Timişoara mall

ROMANIA Iulius has started the construction of 47,000 sqm of retail space in the Openville mixed-use project in Timişoara, which will include more than 100 new stores, themed restaurants and cafés, a cinema and a playground. Some of the current tenants of Iulius Mall Timişoara (71,000 sqm opened in 2005) are also to expand their stores.

Ground floor of Wrocław 101 fills up

POLAND The 670 sqm ground floor of the Wrocław 101 office building on ul. Piłsudskiego 101 in Wrocław is now fully leased.

CityFit in Kraków

POLAND CityFit has opened its 14th gym in the Principio office building at ul. Armii Krajowej 25 in Kraków.

Real estate showroom in The Tides

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND Oak Property, which operates under the Wprost Nieruchomości brand, has leased 200 sqm of office space in The Tides building in Warsaw.

Investment & finance

Waryński looking for Eqlibrium buyers

POLAND Waryński has put up for sale the Eqlibrium office building located in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Retail & leisure

Fresh faces in Galeria Katowicka

POLAND A new bookshop, a travel agency, a women’s clothing boutique and a grocery chain have altogether leased 450 sqm in Galeria Katowicka.

Warsaw office vacancy still falling

POLAND The office vacancy rate in Warsaw reached 11.7 pct at the end of 2017, down 1.2 pp q-o-q and 2.5 pp y-o-y, according to the latest report by the Polish Office Research Forum (PORF).

Warehouse & industrial

Panattoni discovers Białystok