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POLAND Central Fund of Immovables, which is part of the CFI Holding capital group, has signed an agreement with Viart to jointly develop the Apartamenty Mackiewicza building in Łódź. CFI is to invest PLN 10.5 mln in the project, which will comprise 80 apartments.

Skanska starts Brama Miasta development

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND Skanska has launched construction work on the Brama Miasta office project in Gdańsk in a total investment of around EUR 46 mln.

Warehouse & industrial

3xk leases space near Warsaw

POLAND Board game distributor 3xk has leased 1,000 sqm of warehouse and 200 sqm of office space in a building owned by Euro Vinyl in Macierzysz near Warsaw.

Millennium to stay

Alex Hayes
journalist

POLAND Bank Millennium has extended its lease of more than 18,900 sqm in Millennium Park on ul. Stanisława Żaryna in Warsaw owned by Commerz Real.

Skanska buys plot for Holešovice “mini-city”

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

CZECH REPUBLIC Skanska has completed the acquisition of plot in Holešovice (Prague 7), where it plans to build its Port7 office complex.

Residential

Reduta grows bigger and bigger

POLAND Ekonbud-Fadom has started the construction of a further stage of the Reduta Nowe Podolany estate in Poznań.

Retail & leisure

CityFit around the clock

POLAND CityFit Gym is to occupy an area of 1,800 sqm (app. 17 pct of the total area) of the Principio office building in Kraków, which is being developed by Ekopark at ul. Armii Krajowej 25. It will be the first fitness club of the brand in Kraków.

Residential

Francuska Park nombre cinq

POLAND Atal has started the construction of the fifth stage of the Atal Francuska Park estate, which consists of 139 apartments in two buildings.

Retail & leisure

Reserved with two product lines in Kazimierz

POLAND Reserved opened a 1,300 sqm store in the Galeria Kazimierz mall in Kraków on 17th May.

Look out for e-sandwiches

POLAND A new app has been launched for ordering food to the office.

ING in Alchemia

POLAND ING Bank Śląski has signed a lease in the third stage of the Alchemia office complex under development by Torus in Gdańsk.

Highest scoring warehouse BREEAM

POLAND Building C with an area of nearly 15,000 sqm in Segro Logistics Park Warsaw Nadarzyn has been awarded a BREEAM certificate with a rating of ‘Very Good’.

Retail & leisure

Saller opens park in Sulechów

POLAND A retail park built by the Saller Group in Sulechów has been opened.

Fabryka Wody takes shape

POLAND The city of Szczecin has chosen a concept by DreamWorlds for the Fabryka Wody aqua-park.

Competition for Copernican laboratory

POLAND A total of 35 architectural studios will take part in a competition to choose the design for the Copernican Revolution Laboratory at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw.

SAP moves

SLOVAKIA Software developer SAP Slovakia has leased 3,000 sqm in the Twin City office complex in Bratislava. The company has moved from the BBC V office building where was headquartered for ten years. The new lease also includes around 120 underground parking spaces.

484 hotels under construction in Europe

EUROPE According to the ‘April 2017 Pipeline Report’ published by STR, there are 167,950 rooms in 1,068 hotel projects being developed in Europe.

Katowice cools down

POLAND A slowdown has been noted on the office market in Katowice with development activity in the city at its lowest level since 2011, claims Savills in its ‘Market in Minutes – Office market in Katowice 2017’ report. The supply of office space under construction is the lowest in years. However this is just a temporary situation and next year we can expect an increase in development activity. The vacancy rate is dropping, but still remains one of the highest in Poland.

Two more for Zita

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

POLAND Two new tenants have leased space in the Promenady Zita building, which forms part of the Promenady Business Park in Wrocław.

Eight new brands choose Ikea Centres Russia