News

POLAND Frigo Logistics, a logistics operator specialising in the distribution of deep-frozen foodstuffs, has occupied nearly 1,200 sqm of temperature-controlled warehouse space and 150 sqm of office space in the P3 Błonie logistics park 27 km to the west of the centre of Warsaw.

Warehouse & industrial

It’s a Longway to Pruszków

POLAND Longway Poland, the owner of the Karbon bicycle brand, has leased 1,400 sqm of warehouse space and 300 sqm of office and social space in Pruszków near Warsaw.

Skanska opens Łódź building

POLAND Skanska Property Poland has opened the Nowa Fabryczna office project in Łódź.

Etalon ups its sales

RUSSIA Etalon saw the area of its sales contracts increase in the third quarter by 7 pct y-o-y to 114,000 sqm.

Green projects

High Five for Skanska

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

CZECH REPUBLIC Skanska’s Five office development in Smíchov has been awarded the LEED ‘Platinum’ certification for core and shell.

Residential

Warszawa under construction in Włochy

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND Atal has started apartment sales for its Osiedle Warszawa project, which is being developed near Al. Jerozolimskie in Warsaw’s Włochy district.

Investment & finance

Fabryka Biznesu responds to bankruptcy petition

Aneta Cichla

POLAND Fabryka Biznesu, the owner of the Sukcesja shopping centre in Łódź, has commented on the motion to appoint receivers to the company.

Construction

Library to be built in Piotrków

POLAND A multimedia library is to be built in Piotrków Trybunalski at a cost of nearly PLN 33 mln.

Mindspace opens in Hala Koszyki

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

POLAND Mindspace has opened its first co-working location in Poland – in Hala Koszyki in Warsaw.

Retail & leisure

Galeria Wisła goes bowling

POLAND A Dębowa restaurant together with a bowling alley are to take up 1,400 sqm on the second floor of Galeria Wisła in Płock with their opening planned for the beginning of December 2017.

Keeping tabs on bankers

POLAND The Polish Association of Developers [PZFD] has published the results of its 12th annual ranking of banks.

Residential

Atal starts on Drewnowska

POLAND Atal has begun apartment sales for its Apartamenty Drewnowska 43 project in the centre of Łódź.

EPP buys EUR 692 mln portfolio

Eurobuild CEE

POLAND Echo Polska Properties (EPP) has issued a (JSE) stock exchange announcement informing that it has reached an agreement to acquire a Polish portfolio of eight shopping centres and four retail parks from Chariot Top Group, owned by Pimco (37,5 pct), Oaktree Capital Management (37,5 pct) and Redefine Properties (25 pct). The portfolio comprises around 450,000 sqm of gla with 620 stores.

Retail & leisure

NEPI Rockcastle to take two Kraków malls

Alex Hayes
journalist

POLAND NEPI Rockcastle has announced to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange that through its wholly owned subsidiary Tuvalu it has agreed to buy the Krokus and Serenada malls in Kraków from Mayland for an initial payment of EUR 249.4 mln.

Infrastructure

Kościerzyna bypass opens

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND An 8 km bypass for Kościerzyna outside Gdańsk has been opened, the construction process has taken three years in an investment of PLN 168 mln.

Retail & leisure

400 Stokrotkas and more to come

Eurobuild CEE

POLAND Stokrotka has opened its 400th store in Poland – in Ryki, Lublin province.

Hotels

Hotel opens in Kraków’s Kazimierz district

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND The Inx Design hotel has opened in Kraków’s Kazimierz district.

Work to begin at Norblin

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Capital Park is to launch the construction of the ArtN project in Warsaw on November 15th.

Residential

Organising a chill-out in a brewery

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Archicom has started the development of a project on the site of the former Browar Piastowski [the Piastowski Brewery] in Wrocław.

Nokia goes DOH