News
Office & mixed-use development
Echo faces another challenge in Katowice
POLAND Echo Investment is planning to build the Face2Face Business Campus office project in Katowice.
PIMCO and Echo agree on Resi4Rent
POLAND R4R Sarl, which is part of a PIMCO managed fund, and developer Echo Investment have set up Resi4Rent, a joint venture that is to be the largest residential rental platform in Poland.
Warehouse & industrial
Prologis goes speculative in Bratislava
SLOVAKIA Prologis has begun the construction of two speculative buildings totalling 25,300 sqm at Prologis Park Bratislava.
Lots of construction in Prague 8
CZECH REPUBLIC Most of the new office supply to be completed in Prague over the next to years, will be located in the Prague 8 district, claims JLL.
Office & mixed-use development
First topping of Browary
POLAND The first office building in the Browary Warszawskie mixed-use project in Warsaw’s Wola district has been topped off.
Events
Thomas Feichtner at the Architecture and Construction Festival
Renowned Viennese designer Thomas Feichtner is to be the special guest of Eurobuild’s third Architecture and Construction Festival. The speech he will give will be on current design trends with a special focus on the workplace.
Technology to revolutionise retail and warehouse
WORLD Demographic, technological and legal changes as well as transport and mobility are the five key factors that will shape the retail and warehouse market growth, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
Warehouse & industrial
Dachser stays in MLP Pruszków II
POLAND Logistics operator Dachser has extended its 7,900 sqm lease in the MLP Pruszków II park near Warsaw.
Warehouse & industrial
Germans pitch their tents in Piotrków
POLAND Tent and pavilion retailer Toolport has leased almost 5,000 sqm in the Logistic City park in Piotrków Trybunalski.
Office & mixed-use development
Tenants expanding in Opera
POLAND Sharow Capital has signed five lease renewals and one new lease in its Opera Office building in Gdańsk.
Early Easter good for hotels
POLAND Europe’s hotel industry reported increases across the three key performance metrics during April 2018, according to data from STR. Occupancy in Europe rose by 1.5 pct to 73.2 pct, with ADR rising by 2.9 pct to EUR 108.03 and RevPAR up by 4.4 pct to EUR 79.13.
Office & mixed-use development
Baltic next to Domus
LITHUANIA Baltic Horizon Fund has completed the acquisition of 0.87 ha next to the Domus Pro complex in Vilnius, which is currently owned by the fund.
Budapest amongst leaders
HUNGARY The CEE hotel market has seem rapid growth over the last three years both in terms of hotel performance and transaction volumes due to the rapid expansion of the tourism industry. Within the region, the Budapest hotel market has seen exceptional growth, with RevPAR growth outpacing other capital cities in the region, according to Colliers International's latest hotel market study.
Office & mixed-use development
Concentrate on Advanced Business
BULGARIA Synnex Corporation subsidiary Concentrix, which is involved in global business services, has leased 11,500 sqm of office space with a 225 sqm terrace and 220 parking spaces in Advance Business Center I in Sofia from GTC Bulgaria. The contract includes the option to expand the lease by 2,900 sqm. Advance Business Center I is currently under construction and is planned to be completed in Q1 2019.
European retail development slows down
EUROPE The rate of shopping centre development in Europe is slowing, with completions down 23 pct year-on-year at 3.8 mln sqm in 2017, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s European Shopping Centres report.
Office & mixed-use development
Arquitectonica to design Liberty Tower
POLAND Golub GetHouse has selected New York based studio American Arquitectonica as the designer of the Liberty Tower skyscraper to be built in Warsaw’s Wola district.
Hotels
The Clark opens in Budapest
HUNGARY Hotel Clark has been built in the centre of Budapest by Market Építő on a plot that had been vacant for seventy years. The design is by Australian architect Anthony Gall.
Residential
Nexity starts building Life Town
POLAND Nexity is starting apartment sales in the second stage of the LifeTown project in Warsaw.
Architecture and urban planning
Oława river banks to be rebuilt
POLAND Plans for the revitalisation Oława embankment in Wrocław have been presented by Wrocławska Rewitalizacja.
LPP expands
POLAND Polish fashion retailer LPP will increase its sales area in Poland, but company intends to close smaller and less profitable stores.
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
W. P. Carey completes EUR 52 mln sale-leaseback with Purmo
W. P. Carey has completed a EUR 52 mln sale-leaseback of two industrial properties in Wałcz and Rybnik, Poland, used by Purmo Group. Totalling approxi ...
CEE commercial real estate market sees strong rebound
Global Vision Acquires Two Office Towers in Charles de Gaulle–Dorobanți Area
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
Cavatina transforms public space around Quorum Tower in Wrocław
Cavatina Holding, the developer of Quorum Tower on ul. gen. Sikorskiego, is redeveloping approximately 3.8 ha of public space around the project at it ...
Kraków offices split between centre and outskirts
BaFin Signs 15-Year Lease for 23,000 sqm at Frankfurt’s RAW
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
Varitex launches sales at Osiedle Zastawna OdNova
Varitex has launched apartment sales for the third stage of Osiedle Zastawna OdNova in southern Łódź. The stage will comprise 16 terraced buildings wi ...
Yareal completes apartment sales at SOHO by Yareal in Warsaw
Corallis Apartments enters final construction stage in northern Bucharest
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
ATC Cargo launches 70,000 sqm logistics centre near Gdańsk
ATC Cargo has started operations at a new 70,000 sqm logistics centre in Barniewice near Gdańsk. The facility will handle fulfilment and e-commerce op ...
