News

POLAND The Social Housing Association in Szczecin is building the Wrzosowe Wzgórze estate.

Retail & leisure

Modo becomes Łopuszańska 22

POLAND The Modo shopping centre in Warsaw is now to be called Łopuszańska 22.

Residential

Sales start on Wille Lazurowa second stage

POLAND Dom Development has started apartment sales in the second stage of the Wille Lazurowa estate in Warsaw’s Bemowo district.

Poland publishes long-awaited REIT legislation

POLAND The Ministry of Finance has unveil a proposal for a bill governing companies that are to be structured as ‘Real Estate Leasing Market Companies’ [SRWN], which are to be the equivalent of a Real Estate Investment Trusts on the Polish market.

AFI Park to be sold to DIY chain

Alex Hayes
journalist

ROMANIA AFI Europe has signed a pre-agreement to sell buildings 1-3 of AFI Park in Bucharest to DIY retailer Dedeman with the option to also sell buildings 4 and 5. The total price for the entire park would be EUR 164 mln.

NewCo to start trading on July12th

Alex Hayes
journalist

CEE REGION NEPI and Rockcastle have announced full details of their merger with the prospectus for the merged company NewCo having already been approved by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Mirbud twice as good

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND In the first quarter, the Mirbud group generated revenue similar to Q1 last year and a gross profit from sales of almost PLN 4 mln.

Skanska to transform central Poznań site

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Skanska is preparing to build a huge office complex on the site of the former PKS bus station at Nowy Rynek in the city centre.

New leases in Sandecja

POLAND A number of leases have been signed in the Galeria Sandecja mall in Nowy Sącz.

Plans for the Future 2017

Architecture and urban planning

POLAND The 22nd Plans for the Future - Warsaw's Architecture in Projects exhibition has begun.

New image of Museum of Polish Army

POLAND The Museum of the Polish Army is to be developed within the Warsaw Citadel complex with a design by WXCA.

Public buildings

Sports centre to be built in Błonie

Architecture and urban planning

POLAND Alstal has been appointed by the administrative district of Błonie to build a 7,500 sqm sports centre in a contract worth PLN 61 mln.

Dedeco to design HQ for Polish Air Navigation Services Agency

POLAND The competition to design the headquarters for the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency including an urban planning concept has been won by the Dedeco studio.

Retail & leisure

BIK builds in Radom

POLAND Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych and Quantum Developments are to build a retail park with an area of nearly 5,200 sqm in Radom.

Launch of EC Powiśle revitalisation

POLAND The foundation stone has been laid for the EC Powiśle mixed-use complex, even though construction work has been underway for a year and one of the office buildings has already been topped off.

More of Mobica in UBP

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

POLAND IT specialists Mobica have leased an additional 800 sqm of space in the University Business Park (UBP) office complex in Łódź.

Interior design

A lamp that blows up

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Anna Siedlecka and Radek Achramowicz have launched their Puff-Buff range of inflatable products.

Green projects

Second certificate for Wroclavia

POLAND Following the certification for its retail section, the office section of Wroclavia shopping, office and transport hub complex in Wrocław, has been granted a BREEAM Interim certificate with an ‘Excellent’ rating, scoring 83.7 pct points.

EurobuildCEE

Gameta enters Helion

POLAND Gameta, a chain of clinics operated by Centrum Zdrowia Warszawa, is to open in the Helion office building in Warsaw.

Retail & leisure

Carrefour for Kazimierz