News
Events
Real estate in blue!
POLAND The real estate industry has been preparing for the autism awareness month in April as well as the Light It Up Blue campaign.
Investment & finance
BH acquires sixth property
ESTONIA Following a capital raising, the Baltic Horizon evergreen fund has purchased the headquarters of Danish security company G4S in Tallinn and now has a portfolio of six buildings in the Baltic capital cities worth over EUR 100 mln.
Retail & leisure
Kruk adopts new Ethos
POLAND Later this year a modernised flagship store of W.Kruk Rolex will open in the Ethos retail and office centre on pl. Trzech Krzyży in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
Factory re-branded in Wrocław
POLAND Via Outlet, the owner and manager of Factory Outlet Wrocław, has renamed the centre Wrocław Fashion Outlet.
Residential
Bouygues focusing on the tailor-made
POLAND In 2017 Bouygues Immobilier Polska intends to focus on build-to-suit office projects.
Inpro sells less but makes more
POLAND TriCity-based developer Inpro Group generated PLN 29.3 mln of consolidated net profit in 2016 (up from PLN 25.8 mln in 2015) and sales revenue of PLN 204.6 mln – 3 pct less than last year, but with a net increase in profitability from 12 pct to 14 pct. Apartments sold by the group brought in app. PLN 178 mln gross. In 2017 the group intends to have 718 new apartments and houses available for purchase.
Murapol closes Poznań purchase
POLAND Murapol Group has finalised the purchase of a 0.77 ha plot on ul. Karpia in Poznań.
Construction
First .Ktw sees the light of day
POLAND The concrete structure of three underground levels of the .Ktw office complex in Katowice and four of 14 above-ground floors of .Ktw I have been completed.
Retail & leisure
Bydgoszcz ready for first outlet centres
POLAND In Bydgoszcz, which currently has ten shopping centres with a total area of over 272,000 sqm, the first outlet centres will be opened in the city: Outlet Center Bydgoszcz (11,000 sqm ) and Metropolitan Outlet (17,000 sqm).
Erbud adds to portfolio
POLAND At the end of last year, Erbud Group had a record number of orders on its books, worth more than PLN 2 bln. The group also increased its revenue last year to almost PLN 1.79 mln, which was 4.34 pct higher than 2015. Its operating income (EBIT) rose 12.53 pct to PLN 45.8 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Sii takes in Wrocław panorama
POLAND Sii has extended its lease of office space on the 24th and 25th floors of the Sky Tower building in Wrocław.
Office & mixed-use development
Almost 10,000 leased in West Station II
POLAND ATM software developer Diebold Nixdorf has leased 9,700 sqm of space in the West Station II building on Al. Jerozolimskie in Warsaw. The company is to set up its Polish headquarters in the building, which is scheduled for completion this Autumn.
Hotels
Mama Shelter in CEE
CZECH REPUBLIC Parkhotel in Prague, which changed hands last July, is to reopen under Accor’s Mama Shelter brand later this year.
First Property sells warehouse to tenant
ROMANIA First Property Group is to sell a warehouse building in to sell a logistics warehouse in Ploiești to the building’s current tenant – Aquila Part Prod – for EUR 3.2 mln with a pre-tax profit of just over EUR 1 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Equator IV gains first tenant
POLAND The Zdrofit fitness club chain has leased over 1,660 sqm at the Equator IV office building in Warsaw’s Ochota district.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Amber with 16 mln visitors in three years
POLAND Galeria Amber, owned by Echo Polska Properties, attracted 16 mln visitors in the first three years of its operations. In 2014 the number of visitors exceeded 3.9 mln, in 2015 over 5.2 mln people came and in 2016 there were 5.7 mln.
Hebe and Pepco enter Dekada Sieradz
POLAND Hebe and Pepco have opened outlets in the Dekada Sieradz shopping centre
Office & mixed-use development
Hines and PPF to buy last Heitman building
RUSSIA Russian agency RBK has reported that Hines and PPF Real Estate have agreed to buy Heitman’s last asset in Russia, an office building within the Metropolis complex.
Retail & leisure
New brand for H&M – just a piece of paper
WORLD The H&M group will launch its new Arket brand this year.
UOKiK mulls its decision over Empik Platon fusion
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] has decided to analyse the potential effects of the proposed takeover of Platon by Empik in greater detail.
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 owner's market
Frederik Stentoft Berling, group director of brand and communications explains how Heimstaden's recently announced privatisation of its apartments doe ...
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
My Park enters Poland
Czech-based developer and investor My Park is entering Poland and has acquired ten retail parks from BHM Group.
Avison Young sums up first five months
Peakside sells Arkadia
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
VeloBank looks to Sagittarius
VeloBank has decided to lease almost 2,800 sqm of office space in the Sagittarius Business House complex in the centre of Wrocław.
IKEA to set up showroom office in .KTW
The Bridge opens it gates
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
Trammell Crowe breaks ground in Kerpen
Trammell Crow Company (TCC), a leading commercial real estate developer, has broken ground on a speculative industrial development in the Rhine-Ruhr r ...
