News
Hotel construction on the rise
EUROPE According to the May 2017 Pipeline Report published by STR, 167,543 rooms in 1,074 hotel projects are under development in Europe, representing a 15.3 pct increase compared to May 2016.
Russians wooed by US brands
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
Work starts on Equilibrium
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
Tui opens seventh hotel
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
Cromwell renovates Wiśniowy Business Park
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.
JLL expands to Łódź
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
Echo increases apartment sales by 80 pct
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.
Lords to invest over EUR 200 mln in Riga.
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
Vilnius Tech Park goes virtual
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
Warsaw has Central Retail District, claims Colliers
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
C&W to manage Zabłocie
POLAND Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed property manager of the Zabłocie Business Park office complex in Kraków’s Podgórze district.
Warehouse & industrial
Multidekor leases 22,600 in Konotopa
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
Sprucing up the spa
POLAND Refurbishment work has been completed on the conference room of the Hotel Spa Dr Irena Eris in Krynica Zdrój.
Interior design
B.B. in the office
POLAND The B.B. chair from Qeeboo brand, designed by Marcel Wanders, has been launched onto the Polish market by BM Project.
Retail & leisure
Romania comes to Poland
POLAND Romanian fashion brand Nissa is planning to open an 86 sqm store in Warsaw’s Arkadia shopping centre soon.
Roads from Nordecon
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
Avery comes to Pruszków
POLAND Label producer Avery Dennison Polska has leased 13,300 sqm in the MLP Pruszków II logistics park.
Retail & leisure
Two new boutiques in Oświęcim
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
AFI Tech Park with Platinum
ROMANIA The AFI Tech Park office development by AFI Romania has been awarded LEED Platinum pre-certification.
Property and Facility Management
Lobos under Knight Frank management
POLAND Lobos group has appointed Knight Frank as the property manager of the Lobos office building in Kraków’s Czyżyny district.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Poland underestimates Building site crime
According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figur ...
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
Construction industry waiting to boom
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
Data centres
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
Outstanding for Prologis
Prologis has been awarded a BREEAM International New Construction certificate with a rating of Outstanding for its new warehouse development in Ujazd ...
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
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 ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
Eurobuild FM
The power of community
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
EurobuildCEE
This sporting real estate life
On Friday, May 29th, the biggest sports day in the real estate calendar took place: the annual Eurobuild CEE Golf, Tennis and Running Tournaments orga ...
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Happy Easter!
Events
August 7th – mark the date
Once again, for the 15th time, the real estate sector is to come together for a worthy cause in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation ...
Investment given the green light
SIMA grows internationally
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Green light for Port of Poland
The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of P ...
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
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 ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Panattoni secures financing for Park Poznań West Gate I
Panattoni has secured EUR 31 mln in financing for Panattoni Park Poznań West Gate I, with the loan provided by Bank Millennium.
Hillwood sells S8 Warsaw South logistics centre
Strong investment figures for Poland
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
Four signings for B4B
Revetas Capital has announced the signing of four leases for space in the Bonarka for Business centre in Kraków. The total area of the leases comes to ...
Skyliner II topped
Sirowa enters Koneser
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
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 ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
Polish State Railways (PKP) is to modernise the station in Gronów Elbląski. The design is ready, and the company has now announced a tender to select ...
A new look for central Warsaw
Oleśnica railway station restored
Residential
Moja Oszmiańska arises in Warsaw
The Moja Oszmiańska residential project is being jointly developed by Grupo Lar Polska and Hanner in Warsaw's Targówek district. The investors have no ...
Ageing population requires fewer barriers
Villa Zlotno under construction in Łódź
Retail & leisure
Biedronka opens as first store in Redkom park
A Biedronka grocery store has opened on ul. Władysława Andersa in Białystok, as the first tenant of a retail park that is still under construction at ...
Shopping centres must adapt to mixed generations
Lidl to open in Sigma Retail Park
Technology
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
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 ...
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Velis has a new name
Warehouse & industrial
Zátiší barracks becomes CTPark Plzeň Kasárny
CTP has completed the first phase of the transformation of the former Zátiší barracks in Plzeň into a modern mixed-use business park.
