News
Investment & finance
Robyg closer to acquisition
POLAND Goldman Sachs subsidiary Bricks Acquisitions has received approval from the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] to take over residential developer Robyg.
Ever more sales via smartphones
POLAND Smartphones are becoming more important in online trade.
Altus ups stake in Tower Investments
POLAND Altus TFI has reported that it has acquired a right to purchase series C shares in retail chain developer Tower Investments. This will result in Altus increasing its stake from 5 pct (which it has held since 2017) to 11.22 pct in the Warsaw based company.
Romanian investment environment improves
ROMANIA Last year’s property investment volume for Romania is estimated at almost EUR1 bln, which is 10 pct higher than in 2016 (EUR 890 mln), according to figures from Jll.
Retail & leisure
Libero with new shoes
POLAND Polish shoe brand Gino Rossi is to open a store in the Libero shopping centre in Katowice.
Technology
Artistic installation dines on smog
POLAND The Dust Eater [Zjadacz Kurzu] is a 4m sculpture by Kuba Bąkowski and a machine that absorbs smog and examines the quality of the air. The sculpture is most probably to be erected in both Warsaw and Wrocław this year.
Office & mixed-use development
Work starts on Second phase of Generation Park
POLAND In December 2017, Skanska began the construction of the second stage of the Generation Park office complex in Warsaw.
Orco buys 380 ha
CZECH REPUBLIC Orco has purchased plots with a combined area of 380-ha in the north and west of the Czech Republic from its mother company CPI Property Group.
Retail & leisure
Fewer stores, higher turnover
POLAND In December 2017 the retail area of Redan reduced its fashion retail area for brands such as Top Secret, Troll and Drywash by 11 pct but its revenue for the month was up by 1 pct y-o-y to app. PLN 26 mln.
Benefit Systems without Calypso
POLAND Benefit Systems has informed the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] that it will no longer attempt to takeover Calypso Fitness due to the concerns raised by the competition authority about a possible reduction in competition on the market for sports and recreational packages offered to employers.
Good quarter for Inpro
POLAND The Inpro group signed preliminary sales contracts for 739 apartments net between January and December 2017, up by 90 pct y-o-y.
Retail & leisure
Dino to open 1,200 stores by the end of 2020
POLAND In 2017 Dino Polska, opened 147 Dino grocery stores in 12 provinces. Its total sales area came to over 295,000 sqm at the end of 2017, representing a 23.8 pct increase y-o-y.
Lokum buys grain plant
POLAND Olczyk Lokum 13 A subsidiary of Lokum Deweloper has purchased the perpetual usufruct to a former industrial complex of Polskie Zakłady Zboźowe [Polish Grain Plant] on ul. Klimeckiego in Kraków.
Investment & finance
Slovak investor enters Poland
POLAND Real estate investment fund ZFP realitní fond managed by ZFP Investments, which is part of the Slovak asset manager IAD Investments, has finalised the acquisition of the Kotlarska 11 office project in Kraków from UBM for EUR 30 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Solteq leases space in Wrocław 101
POLAND Finnish IT company Solteq has leased almost 600 sqm of space in the Wrocław 101 office building in Wrocław.
Office & mixed-use development
MBank flits to Butterfly
CZECH REPUBLIC MBank is to move its Prague head office from the Futurama Business Park to Butterfly (formerly AFI Karlín) in Prague’s Karlín district.
Hotels
MGallery enters the Balkans
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA The first MGallery by Sofitel hotel has opened in the Balkans.
Retail & leisure
Glorious gastronomy in the granary
POLAND Słony Spichlerz – Restaurant Market, a new restaurant concept, is to feature in Deo Plaza, the refurbished historicl Deo Gloria granary on Spichrzów Island in Gdańsk.
Hotels
Radisson Blu to open in Timișoara
ROMANIA The Rezidor Hotel Group has announced it has signed a contract with Mulberry Development to open the Radisson Blu Timișoara, the European Capital of Culture for 2021.
Trams to come to Naramowice
POLAND The city of Poznań is to build a new tramway to the Naramowice estate with the construction work to begin in the middle of the year.
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 ...
