News
Infrastructure
Chance for Kraków metro subsidy
POLAND A chance has arisen for a subsidy to be granted to Kraków for a feasibility study for the construction of a fast, collision-free system of municipal rail transport.
Retail & leisure
Rockcastle looking for more acquisitions and extensions
POLAND South African investor Rockcastle is considering acquisitions worth EUR 1.2 bln in H1 this year.
Investment & finance
Westin sale done and dusted
POLAND Skanska has finalised the sale of the Westin hotel in Warsaw to Al Sraiya of Qatar. The hotel changed hands on February 15th in a transaction worth EUR 65 mln.
Interior design
Sushi at the Spire – designed by Majkut
POLAND The interior of the Wabu Sushi & Japanese Tapas bar, which has just opened on the ground floor of one of the Warsaw Spire buildings on Plac Europejski, has been designed by Robert Majkut.
Retail & leisure
Serenada for Zara
POLAND A Zara clothing boutique has opened in the Serenada shopping centre in Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Retail park underway in Oława
POLAND The Saller group has obtained a permit for the construction of a retail park in Oława, with the work is to start at the end of this quarter.
Retail & leisure
Stalchemia comes to Siedlce
POLAND The 6,200 sqm Stalchemia retail park is currently being developed on ul. Wyszyńskiego in Siedlce.
Retail & leisure
Netto refurbishes and opens new stores
POLAND Netto has started an extensive modernisation programme for its network of Polish stores.
Retail & leisure
Starbucks chooses Libero
POLAND Coffee shop chain Starbucks has leased 110 sqm in the Galeria Libero shopping centre in Katowice. POLAND, Starbucks, Katowice, Patryk Kozakiewicz, Starbucks Polska, Mofo Architekci, Galeria Libero
Investment & finance
Invesco buys Sheraton in Kraków
POLAND Invesco Real Estate has acquired Wawel Holding, the owner of the five star Sheraton Grand Kraków Hotel, for EUR 70 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Hotel occupancy rises across CEE
CEE REGION In 2016 the key performance indicators in the CEE hotel market exhibited considerable growth, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
Office & mixed-use development
Imperia energised by American batteries
RUSSIA American battery manufacturer Energizer has occupied 600 sqm in the Imperia business centre on Presnenskaya Naberezhnaya in Moscow-City.
Hyatt in search of investor
BELARUS The unfinished Hyatt Regency hotel has been put up for auction in Minsk with as statrting price of just over USD 40 mln.
Pegaz in Wrocław gets fuller
POLAND The Pegaz building in Wrocław, which was built by UBM and put into operation in June 2016, is 80-pct leased.
Technology
Full size The Warsaw Hub on a hologram
POLAND Ghelamco Poland has made the first 1:1 scale virtual presentation in Poland of a design of new project in Warsaw. The visualization of The Warsaw Hube can be viewed from the 41st floor of the Warsaw Spire skyscraper.
Construction
Cromwell Property Group appoints contractor to extend Janki shopping centre
POLAND Cromwell Property Group has appointed Strabag to extend the Centrum Janki shopping centre on the southwestern outskirts of Warsaw. After the extension work, the centre will comprise 100,000 sqm of retail space – altogether 21,000 sqm and 71 new units are to be added to the centre, bringing the total area up to 100,000 sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
City Level to build Vector
POLAND City Level, which is affiliated with development and construction company Profbud, has started construction work on the Vector+ office complex in Warsaw’s Wola district. The work will take around 20 months, with its opening is scheduled for the beginning of 2019.
Office & mixed-use development
Work in progress on Piotrkowska
POLSKA Master Management Group is developing the tallest building in Łódź. The 19-storey building will make a part of the Piotrkowska 155 mixed-use complex, currThe opening of the complex has been planned for Q1 2018ently under construction
New hotel in Sopot with free of charge sandwich
POLAND The Focus Hotels Polish chain which belongs to the Immobile capital group, is to open a hotel in Sopot. It is the third facility of the brand in TriCity. The hotel at ul. 1 Maja 7 will have 70 rooms.
Construction
NDI to build new Rotunda
POLAND NDI was chosen by PKO BP as the general contractor of the revitalization project of Rotunda in Warsaw. The bank handed the area over to the general contractor, which has already enclosed the site. The construction work is to start in Q1 2017.
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
A more mature student scene
Echo Investment has recently expanded its presence in the student housing sector. We spoke to CEO Nicklas Lindberg about what’s driving this new focus ...
Strategy is key
Cooperation is key – Joanna Kowalewska of Axi Immo
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
Nrep acquires Gdańsk co-living centre
Scandinavian investor Nrep has acquired its third co-living centre in Gdańsk: Noli Gdańsk Old Town. The building, at ul. Łąkowa 59, was developed by M ...
Peakside and Octane buy two logistics parks
Lighthouse sold
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
P3 builds in Sládkovičovo
P3 Logistic Parks has announced the construction of a 200,000 sqm gla logistics and industrial park in Sládkovičovo, about 50 km east of Bratislava. T ...
