News

Tenant satisfaction survey in progress!

Three, two, one… ready? Go!

POLAND This is the news the commercial real estate market has been eagerly awaiting: the nomination process for the biggest and most important event in the sector – the Eurobuild Awards 2017 – has just been opened. You can enter 25 categories for the title of best company or best project of 2017, which will be chosen by a jury of market experts and professionals. The category list, participation criteria and registration instructions can be found in the Jury Awards section at www.eurobuildawards.com.

Warehouse & industrial

Panattoni building OBI central warehouse

POLAND Panattoni Europe has started the construction of a central warehouse for DIY chain OBI.

Office & mixed-use development

Lawyers come to Brema

POLAND The Statima law office has leased an area of 415 sqm in the Brema office building in Katowice.

Architecture and urban planning

More skyscrapers in Wola?

POLAND Skanska has announced an architectural competition for the design of a complex that according to the local zoning plan may include towers of up to 105m in height.

Wider menu in Gryf

POLAND A new restaurant area has opened in the Galeria Gryf shopping centre in Szczecin.

Construction

Deo Plaza topped off

POLAND The topping off ceremony at the first stage of Deo Plaza has taken place on the Spichrzów Island on ul. Chmielna in Gdańsk attended by a number of city representatives.

Construction

Morena with a contractor

POLAND Polnord has appointed KB Dom as the general contractor for the Studio Morena estate on ul. Rakoczego in Gdańsk in a contract worth PLN 74.4 mln.

Retail & leisure

Green light for Dekada Nysa

POLAND On August 9th 2017 the period for objections elapsed and the local zoning plan passed by the Town Council in Nysa at the beginning of July 2017 came into effect.

Office & mixed-use development

AFI comes to Brașov

ROMANIA The cornerstone for the AFIBrașov development was laid on September 12th in the centre of Brașov.

Zones attract investment

POLAND Meble Wójcik, DFM, Heinz Glas Działdowo and PDH Polska are to start new projects in the Pomeranian and the Warmia-Mazury Special Economic Zones.

Retail & leisure

More Rossmann in Atuts

POLAND The Rossmann drug store chain of chemist shops is to open two new stores in the Atut Ruczaj and Atut Bielany shopping centres in Kraków.

Architecture and urban planning

Third competition to redevelop Odra

POLAND The third Bargework – Office on Water competition has ended.

Retail & leisure

McFit to open free 50,000 sqm gym

GERMANY The McFit chain of fitness clubs is to open The Mirai, a 50,000 sqm fitness complex in Oberhausen, by the end of 2019.

AmRest takes majority PizzaPortal.pl stake

POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC AmRest, which holds the franchise rights for KFC and Pizza Hut in Poland and other countries in the region, has become the majority shareholder of Restaurant Partner Polska, the company which operates PizzaPortal.pl, while 49 pct shares are still owned by Delivery Hero – the previous sole owner.

Residential

Atal goes fourth in Targówek

schedule 12 September 2017

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND Atal has launched the sales for the fourth stage of its Nowy Targówek project in Warsaw. Three five-storey buildings are to be built with 101 apartments and retail/service units.

Baltona flies into Wrocław

POLAND Baltona is to lease 800 sqm of retail space at Wrocław’s Copernicus Airport.

Orbis set for eight new markets

CEE REGION Orbis is planning to open eight hotels over the next few months. The company has also signed a total of 40 contracts for the management or franchising of its hotels. The company has also employed Frank Reul, who will now be responsible for the development of the Orbis group.

Residential

Okam launches Bohema

POLAND At the end of September Okam is planning to start the sales of its latest project in Warsaw – Bohema, which is to be located on the site of a historic factory at ul. Szwedzka 20 in Praga-Północ.

Top Secret up, TXM down, Troll online

POLAND Redan, the owner of the Top Secret, Drywash and Troll clothing stores as well as the TXM discount brand, has expressed satisfaction with its latest results for the fashion segment, despite generating some losses.