News
Echos of Q1
POLAND Echo Polska Properties (EPP) has announced its financial results for Q1 2017.
Tenants renew in Focus
POLAND A number of tenants have renewed their leases for a total of 4,500 sqm in Focus Park in Rybnik.
New Leroy Merlin in Wrocław
POLAND A new 12,000 sqm Leroy Merlin store has opened on ul. Krakowska in Wrocław.
Bridging the Vistula
POLAND Strabag has completed construction of a section of the S7 expressway in Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Savills to recommercialise Karpacka
POLAND Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych (BIK) has appointed Savills to recommercialise the Karpacka retail park on the western bypass of Bielsko-Biała.
Investment & finance
Amazon to open regional centre in Sered
SLOVAKIA Amazon is to open a 60,000 sqm regional centre for returns in Sered in H2 2017 in the 125,000 sqm first stage of the Mountpark Sered logistics centre being developed by Mountpark Logistics EU on a 28,5 ha site.
Eften sells Riga office building
LATVIA Eften’s Kinnisvarafond fund has sold a commercial building at Stabu 10/4 in Riga to Colonna Varahaldus for an undisclosed sum.
Retail & leisure
Delta Planet arises in Banja Luka
BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA Delta Real Estate has started the construction of the Delta Planet shopping centre in Banja Luka.
Retail & leisure
Guess who in Galeria Libero
POLAND American fashion chain Guess will take up 300 sqm of space in the Galeria Libero shopping centre.
Retail & leisure
Falling vacancy on Moscow retail market
POLAND In Q2 2017, the vacancy rate in existing shopping centres in Moscow declined from 7.2 pct to 6.4 pct, according to JLL.
Napollo wants no more CREAM
POLAND Napollo is to take over the management of its own shopping centres from CREAM, including Galeria Renova in Warsaw’s Targówek district, Galeria Grodova in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and the newly-built Galeria Piastowska in Gniezno.
Sales begin again for Cybernetyki 17
POLAND Dom Development has started apartment sales for the second stage of its Osiedle Cybernetyki 17 estate in Warsaw’s Mokotów district.
EU says no to retail tax
POLAND The European Commission has ruled that the Polish tax levied on retail sales infringes EU rules on state aid.
Murapol plays with financial instruments
POLAND Murapol has issued 28,169 bonds (series BA) each with a nominal value of PLN 1,000 in a private offer and has announced plans to set up a number of closed investment funds this year.
Refinancing for Royal Wilanów
POLAND Capital park subsidiary Hazel Investments has acquired EUR 62.5 mln in refinancing for the Royal Wilanów office building in Warsaw from BGŻ BNP Paribas and ING Bank Śląski with the loan to be paid back in five years.
Interior design
Volvo showroom redesigned
HUNGARY DVM group has completed the refurbishment of the Váci út car salon for Volvo Auto Hungária.
Hotel construction on the rise
EUROPE According to the May 2017 Pipeline Report published by STR, 167,543 rooms in 1,074 hotel projects are under development in Europe, representing a 15.3 pct increase compared to May 2016.
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.
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
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
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
The September edition of Eurobuild welcomes autumn with fresh insights and inspiration. While the weather cools down, the real estate market is heatin ...
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
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 hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
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
Quantum acquires Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd
Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd has been sold to Hamburg-based project developer and investment manager Quantum for an undisclosed price. The busines ...
More Polish investment in Poland
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
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
BlmA stays on in Potsdam
The Federal Agency for Real Estate (BImA) has extended its lease for 8,000 sqm of office space at Behlertstrasse 3A in Potsdam with Sonar Real Estate. ...
Skyliner II shooting up
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
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
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Retail park set to open in Trzebiatów
A retail park is to open soon in Trzebiatów (West Pomerania). The centre is to comprise three buildings with a total area of 6,200 sqm and parking f ...
Three Multibox parks under development
Pasaż Łańcucki to open in 2027
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
City Point Okęcie completed
Partners Group and Peakside have completed the construction of City Point Okęcie, a BTS project for Welcome Airport Services. The 11,000 sqm centre wi ...
