News
300 shops in a year
EUROPE The Pepco chain of discount shops opened nearly 300 new shops in 2017.
Jeronimo Martins buys plots in Warsaw
POLAND Tower Investments, sold plots in Warsaw to Jeronimo Martins Polska, which is the owner of the Biedronka chain.
Vantage obtains a loan from Zachodni
POLAND A subsidiary of Vantage Development, which is building the eighth stage of the Promenady Wrocławskie estate, has obtained a non-renewable construction loan and a renewable Vat loan from Bank Zachodni WBK. T
Infrastructure
More expressways for Strabag
POLAND The consortium of Strabag and Strabag Infrastruktura Południe has signed subsequent contracts concerning the design and construction of sections of expressways.
Dekpol increases sales and deliveries
POLAND In 2017 Dekpol sold 802 apartments, which constitutes a growth of nearly 50 pct compared to the previous year when 537 apartments were sold.
Buying a flat to get more secure
POLAND The liquidation of open housing escrow accounts without a collateral, linking payments with construction progress and settlement of reservation agreements – these are some of the changes that the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection plans to introduce in order to provide better protection to home buyers.
Construction
Tkalnia closer to construction
POLAND A&A, the investor of the Tkalnia shopping centre, which is to be built in Pabianice, considers 2017 to be successful and it provides arguments: obtaining a building permit and progress in the renting of facility.
Zabrze lights up the world
POLAND IPB Decoration, a lighting producer from Zabrze, produced light decorations and lights for more than a dozen cities in Poland this year. IPB Decoration products can be seen e.g.s on the Main Square in Krakow.
Warehouse & industrial
Prologis sells Hungarian park
HUNGARY Prologis has sold the Prologis Park Hegyeshalom logistics park in the north-west of the country to Hungarian logistics services provider Horváth Rudolf Intertransport.
EPP pleased with 2017 results
Echo Polska Properties (EPP) has published its financial results for 2017. Over the period, the distributable income came to EUR 76.6 mln exceeding forecasts. The value of its asset portfolio rose by 29 pct, to EUR1.95 bln.
Construction
F.B.I. Tasbud starts five new projects
POLAND General contractor F.B.I. Tasbud is starting construction work on five projects in Warsaw, which it is building concurrently.
Events
PLN 26,974 raised for sick children
POLAND The 37th floor of the Rondo 1 office building in Warsaw was a challenge for those who took part in the eighth Run to the Top sports and charity event held on February 24th.
Investment & finance
LCP Properties preparing new projects
POLAND LCP Properties is currently preparing six projects, two of which will be solely carried out by the company.
Hotels
Four-star palace in Lower Silesia
POLAND The Dębowy Hotel | Event | Spa in Bielawa close to Poland’s southwest border has been awarded four stars.
Retail & leisure
Cinema City gets real posh in Timişoara
ROMANIA The Cinema City multiplex in the Openville Timişoara mixed-use project is to be extended with seven new screens, three of which will be VIP screening rooms, with their own kitchen
Warehouse & industrial
Vegans come to Ursus
POLAND Tofu producer Polsoja has leased 550 sqm of office space in the Diamond Business Park Ursus office and warehouse complex in Warsaw’s Ursus district.
Office & mixed-use development
Work on Exchange Palace to start
HUNGARY The former Budapest Stock Exchange building co-owned by Canadian developer Tippin and Luxemburg-based Optimum Fund Management, has been granted a final building permit, which will allow for reconstruction and redevelopment work on the building to begin.
Warehouse & industrial
DS Smith chooses Panattoni
POLAND Corrugated packaging manufacturer DS Smith Polska has leased over 3,500 sqm of space in Panattoni Park Kraków IV in Skawina, 10 km south-west of Kraków.
Teconnex comes to Cluj Napoca
ROMANIA First Property Group has entered into a lease with Teconnex, for around one-third of its warehouse in Tureni, Romania. The rent payable by Teconnex comes to around EUR 135,000 per annum.
CTP growing fast
CEE REGION CTP has announced its financial results for the previous year, in which it increased the size of its portfolio by app. 680,000 sqm to reach a record 4.5 mln sqm with an occupancy rate across all of its properties of 97.7 pct.
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
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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 be the new data hub
During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak ...
Data centres to transform Polish economy
Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment
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
Punkt goes Platinum
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
Outstanding for Prologis
Silesia City Center now Excellent
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
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The even ...
Let's play volleyball again
August 7th – mark the date
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
Griffin and Primestar join forces
Warsaw-based private equity investment manager Griffin Capital Partners and Berlin-based hospitality operator Primestar Group have launched Prime Grif ...
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Budimex builds in Slovakia
Budimex has handed over the motorway junction of the D1 and D4 roads in Slovakia, 90 days ahead of the deadline specified by the consgtruction contrac ...
Green light for Port of Poland
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Robyg IPO underway
German real estate group TAG Immobilien has launched the IPO of its Polish subsidiary, Robyg. A total of 25 mln Robyg shares have been placed, each p ...
Welcome loan for Wita
Mood improves over office sector
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
UniCredit in Prime position
A branch of UniCredit bank has opened in the DL Prime complex, which was developed by DL Invest Group on ul. Piwna in Gliwice.
Jetset moves into V Tower
Brenntag in Brama Miasta B
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
A new look for central Warsaw
Residential
Neighbourhood becoming more important in home purchases
According to 'The Living 2040' report, today's residents are more aware, pragmatic, and demanding of the place they live.
Warsaw fourth most unaffordable European city
StudentSpace to build second centre in Warsaw
Retail & leisure
Another Popeyes to open
Tomorrow, Thursday, June 25th, Warsaw's ninth Popeyes restaurant will officially open in the G City Targówek shopping centre.
TEDI reaches 300
More tenants for Soho by Yareal
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
Landlords gain the upper hand
Although tenants continue to benefit from relatively favourable terms, the market is slowly turning to the advantage of the landlord, according to Cus ...
