News
Russians wooed by US brands
According to IKEA Centres Russia, US brands are currently winning over the Russian market. The most recent deals in the country have seen established stateside brands such as Armani Exchange expand their number of stores into double figures having entered the market only last year. Starbucks is expanding to new regions. Nike has developed a new concept store, and Yum! Brands, the operators of KFC and Pizza Hut have registered a 27 pct y-o-y increase in revenue for Q1 2017.
Office & mixed-use development
Work starts on Equilibrium
ROMANIA Skanska has begun the construction of the first phase of the Equilibrium office project in the BarbuVacarescu- Floreasca region of Bucharest which is to be developed at a cost of EUR 37 mln.
Hotels
Tui opens seventh hotel
CROATIA Tui Group has opened its seventh hotel, Tui Blue Jadran, which is also the oldest hotel on the Croatian Adriatic coast.
Office & mixed-use development
Cromwell renovates Wiśniowy Business Park
POLAND Cromwell Property Group has completed the refurbishment of the common areas in buildings D, E and F of Wiśniowy Business Park office complex at ul. 1. Sierpnia in Warsaw.
JLL expands to Łódź
POLAND International real estate advisory JLL is launching a new office in Łódź. It will be headed by Marta Pyziak, who was prieviously a member of the facility advisor team responsible for managing Dell’s real estate portfolio in Poland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Baltic states and Ukraine.
Residential
Echo increases apartment sales by 80 pct
POLAND In H1 2017 Echo Investment sold 554 apartments, representing an 80 pct rise y-o-y. In H1 2016, the developer signed 309 sales contracts.
Lords to invest over EUR 200 mln in Riga.
LATVIA Lords LB Special Fund V of the Lithuanian investment management company Lords LB Asset Management is going to invest more than EUR 200 mln into the property of former Press Chamber in Riga that was acquired for EUR 16.8 mln from Latvian Shipping Company, owned by Vitol.
Office & mixed-use development
Vilnius Tech Park goes virtual
LITHUANIA Vilnius Tech Park, based in the buildings of the historic Sapieha palace, has introduced virtual membership. The programme will allow more organizations not only to use the park‘s infrastructure, contacts, and partners, but also to contribute to the development of the country‘s startup ecosystem without having a physical presence.
Retail & leisure
Warsaw has Central Retail District, claims Colliers
POLAND According to Colliers International Warsaw’s Central Retail District (a term the real estate agency has coined itself) is a district that includes such developments as the Arkadia shopping centre, the Klif Fashion Mall, the planned project on Towarowa 22, Hala Koszyki and Plac Unii City Shopping.
Property and Facility Management
C&W to manage Zabłocie
POLAND Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed property manager of the Zabłocie Business Park office complex in Kraków’s Podgórze district.
Warehouse & industrial
Multidekor leases 22,600 in Konotopa
POLAND Polish Christmas decoration and lighting producer Multidekor has leased 22,600 sqm of warehouse and production space at the planned Panattoni Park Konotopa II, near Warsaw.
Interior design
Sprucing up the spa
POLAND Refurbishment work has been completed on the conference room of the Hotel Spa Dr Irena Eris in Krynica Zdrój.
Interior design
B.B. in the office
POLAND The B.B. chair from Qeeboo brand, designed by Marcel Wanders, has been launched onto the Polish market by BM Project.
Retail & leisure
Romania comes to Poland
POLAND Romanian fashion brand Nissa is planning to open an 86 sqm store in Warsaw’s Arkadia shopping centre soon.
Roads from Nordecon
ESTONIA Nordecon has signed a contract with the Estonian authorities to build four three lane sections along the Tallinn-Tartu road between Valmaotsa and Kärevere.
Warehouse & industrial
Avery comes to Pruszków
POLAND Label producer Avery Dennison Polska has leased 13,300 sqm in the MLP Pruszków II logistics park.
Retail & leisure
Two new boutiques in Oświęcim
POLAND Watch store Time Trend and jewellery store Yes have leased space in the Galeria Niwa shopping centre in Oświęcim. Yes will occupy 56 sqm, while Time Trend will take up 36 sqm of space. Galeria Niwa
Green projects
AFI Tech Park with Platinum
ROMANIA The AFI Tech Park office development by AFI Romania has been awarded LEED Platinum pre-certification.
Property and Facility Management
Lobos under Knight Frank management
POLAND Lobos group has appointed Knight Frank as the property manager of the Lobos office building in Kraków’s Czyżyny district.
EurobuildCEE
MMG to manage more centres
POLAND Master Management Group has taken over the management of seven shopping centres in Poland with a total area of over 60,000 sqm in Poznań, Szczecin, Lubin, Kutno, Ciechanów, Piekary Śląskie and Józefosław.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
Six buildings certified
Six class A office buildings in the PRO Portfolio, which is jointly owned by PineBridge Benson Elliot and Sharow Capital have been granted BREEAM In-U ...
Colliers qualifies as WELL Survey Provider
Nestlé House is Excellent
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The latest issue of Eurobuild is now out – and, as always, it’s packed with timely analysis, expert forecasts, industry commentary... and a good dose ...
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Time to read Eurobuild's spring issue!
Events
CPK arises
We invite you to join us on June 10th in Łódź at our conference entitled ‘CPK - A new era for Poland and the commercial real estate market’ where we s ...
Back to the Future Conference
Race to the top
Exclusive
Capitalising on the landlord's market
Frederik Stentoft Berling, the group director of brand and communications, explains how Heimstaden's recently announced privatisation of its apartment ...
A more mature student scene
Strategy is key
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
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
Human resources
A change of guard at Eurobuild
From the beginning of June this year, Anna Korólczyk-Lewandowska takes over the position of Editor in Chief of Eurobuild magazine.
Changes at the helm of Dom Development
Savills has new CEO
Infrastructure
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the ...
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Erste lends Panattoni EUR 10.2 mln
Panattoni has secured financing for the construction of the third and final building in Panattoni Park Warsaw West. The EUR 10.2 mln loan was granted ...
My Park enters Poland
EUR 1.1 bln transacted in first four months
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
Three new tenants for Oxygen Park
Golden Star has announced three new tenants for its Oxygen Park centre in Warsaw’s Włochy district. In total, Trane Poland, Hamelin Polska and E-Xim I ...
Colliers lays out the perfect office
Pharma grows in Warsaw’s office scene
Property and Facility Management
Studio B under new management
Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district. The property is owned by Stena Real Estate ...
Cushman feels the Vibe
CBRE will rule in Skyliner II
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
Heimstaden has begun apartment sales for its Oh!Praga development in Warsaw.
EBRD supports Resi4Rent
Living sector on the rise
Retail & leisure
Multikino to open in Avenida
The Multikino cinema chain is to open a new multiplex in the Galeria Avenida shopping centre in Poznań'. The parties to the deal have signed a letter ...
Scallier opens park in Western Pomerania
Scallier opens retail park in Ploiești
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
DEHN to open factory in Pitești
CTP has signed a long-term partnership with German technology leader DEHN to develop a 9,500 sqm production plant in Romania.
