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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
POLAND Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed property manager of the Zabłocie Business Park office complex in Kraków’s Podgórze district.
Warehouse & industrial
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
POLAND Refurbishment work has been completed on the conference room of the Hotel Spa Dr Irena Eris in Krynica Zdrój.
Interior design
POLAND The B.B. chair from Qeeboo brand, designed by Marcel Wanders, has been launched onto the Polish market by BM Project.
Retail & leisure
POLAND Romanian fashion brand Nissa is planning to open an 86 sqm store in Warsaw’s Arkadia shopping centre soon.
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
POLAND Label producer Avery Dennison Polska has leased 13,300 sqm in the MLP Pruszków II logistics park.
Retail & leisure
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
ROMANIA The AFI Tech Park office development by AFI Romania has been awarded LEED Platinum pre-certification.
Property and Facility Management
POLAND Lobos group has appointed Knight Frank as the property manager of the Lobos office building in Kraków’s Czyżyny district.
EurobuildCEE
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.
CBRE and 4CF have been selected as strategic advisors for the Airport City project, part of the Port Polska development programme. The two companies w ...
Dekpol Budownictwo is eentering Romania. In December 2025, the company signed an agreement with a developer to carry out design work for the first sta ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
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 ...
the Designer Outlet Sosnowiec shopping centre has installed a 50 kWp solar panel installation, with all of the energy to be used by the centre.
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
We are pleased to announce that Kazimierz Krupa, an economic journalist and capital market analyst, has been appointed editor-in-chief of Eurobuild CE ...
On March 26th, at the NYX Hotel Warsaw in Warsaw, a conference is to be held to examine real estate investment in Poland and the CEE region. The event ...
Recently, Martin Ohly was appointed to the newly created position of head of Germany at 7R, so what better opportunity could there be to find out abou ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Czech hotel market is building on an exceptionally strong year in 2025, marked by a significant increase in transaction volumes and investor inter ...
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Simon Durkin as Chief Executive Officer Europe, ULI, succeeding Lisette van Doorn, commencing early March ...
Expanding airport capacity in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa will play a key role in sustaining long-term tourism growth and supporting demand fo ...
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
Kajima Properties Europe has set up a joint venture with a US investor, with the new company to take possession of a 130,000 sqm logistics centre in B ...
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
The Punkt office building developed by Torus has opened in the Wrzeszcz district of Gdańsk, comprising 12,600 sqm gla.
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
The city of Warsaw has allocated PLN 5 million for the construction of al. Centralna, a green passageway between the Warsaw Śródmieście railway statio ...
Rising land costs, the need to rapidly scale operations, and company succession challenges will lead to a wave of mergers and acquisitions over the co ...
Master Management Group is launching MMG Centers Krosno park, which will comprise around 26,000 sqm gla with parking for over 1,000 vehicles. Addition ...
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
Nhood Services Poland, responsible for development oversight of the Góraszka Project, is beginning the construction of underground sections and connec ...