News
WTT showroom to tempt tenants
POLAND Akron Investment Central Eastern Europe II and its asset manager Heitman have opened a showroom on the 26th floor of Warsaw Trade Tower (WTT) to showcase the space arrangement possibilities of the building.
Good prospects for fundraising
WORLD According to the latest Prequin investor survey, 57 pct of investors intend to commit more capital to private debt funds in 2017 compared to 2016, while only 11 pct plan to invest less to such funds than in the previous year.
Investment & finance
Atenor sells another Váci Greens building
HUNGARY Atenor has sold building A of Váci Greens in Budapest to a group of private Hungarian investors for an undisclosed sum.
Office & mixed-use development
Work begins on Szczecin office park
POLAND Construction work on the first stage of Szczecin Business Plaza, a class ‘A’ office and shopping complex on at ul. Południowa in Szczecin, has started.
Investment & finance
Accor takes Chain Bridge option
HUNGARY Accor, the majority shareholder of Orbis (52.7 pct) is buying the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge hotel via a subsidiary.
CEE outperforms rest of Europe
CEE REGION The total commercial real estate investment volume across Central and Eastern Europe grew 11 pct to EUR 11 bln in 2016, bucking the wider trend across Europe, where volumes shrank year-on-year, according to Cushman & Wakefield. In Q4 2016 alone, the total investment across the region reached EUR 4.4 bln, a 27 pct increase on a year ago.
Retail & leisure
More brands open in Krosno
POLAND Home & You, Martes Sport and CCC have taken out leases for space in Vivo! Krosno.
Belgians bigger in Bielany
POLAND Matexi Polska has finalised the purchase of a plot in Warsaw’s Bielany district adjacent to one for a project already planned by the company.
Two disappear from Złote Tarasy
POLAND The Rossmann drugstore in Złote Tarasy in Warsaw is being extended at the cost of the shopping centre’s Kakadu store, which has ended its tenancy.
Immofinanz raise EUR 97.4 mln from BUWOG issue
EUROPE Immofinanz has sold app. 4.5 mln of ordinary shares in Austrian residential builder and manager BUWOG.
Architecture and urban planning
Inside Galeria Północna
POLAND Developer GTC has unveiled the design of Galeria Północna’s façade.
Construction
Mirbud to build Wrocław retail park
POLAND General contractor Mirbud, which is based in Skierniewice, is to build a retail park in Wrocław on ul. Gagarina in a contract worth nearly PLN 8.5 mln.
Hochtief builds office building for publisher
POLAND An 8,200 sqm office project designed by AP Szczepaniak with an area of 8,200 sqm is being developed in Wrocław.
EurobuildCEE
Ultra-style apartments
POLAND Red Real Estate Development is to extend its Nowa Papiernia project in Wrocław.
Office & mixed-use development
Zurich offices in Astris
POLAND Swiss-based Zurich Insurance has signed a lease of around 1,000 sqm in the Astris office building under development at the Polsad roundabout in Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Oh Kino to come to Kępno
POLAND The Quick Park shopping centre in Kępno has signed a 934 sqm lease with the Oh Kino cinema chain.
Work on long-awaited Strzyżów bypass soon to start
POLAND Mostostal Warszawa is to build a bypass of over 6km around Strzyżów along provincial road no. 988.
Construction
Erbud builds outpatient clinic
POLAND Erbud as the general contractor is building a medical clinic on ul. Coopera in Warsaw’s Bemowo district with the work having currently reached the shell stage.
Investment & finance
CBRE GI granted EUR 108 mln loan
CZECH REPUBLIC CBRE Global Investors has acquired a EUR 108 mln loan from Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank for the acquisition of the Letňany shopping centre in Prague. Letňany,
Property and Facility Management
Echo selects Savills
POLAND Echo Investment has appointed Savills to manage the Nobilis Business House office building in Wrocław.
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 offices
JLL has completed the modernisation of its Warsaw offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The motto behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emp ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Reico goes north
Czech investment fund Reico Long Lease has purchased a distribution centre in Brześć Kujawski in Kuyavia-Pomerania in northern Poland from LPP.
Lighthouse sold
PKO grants Panattoni EUR 24 mln
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
Industrial Bank of Korea opens in Warsaw
The Industrial Bank of Korea is moving into the Warsaw Financial Center and is to occupy a 950 sqm office on the top, 31st floor of the building.
Tenant activity rises
Large lease renewal in B4B
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 Poznań's Galeria Avenida shopping centre. The parties have signed a letter of intent, and the ...
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
Intermarché comes to Sosnowiec
The Intermarché chain, part of Les Mousquetaires Group, has opened a new distribution centre in Silesia.
