News
Investment & finance
Soho up for grabs
POLAND Soho Development has announced that it has submitted information to potential investors regarding the possible sale of several key properties in its Soho Factory complex in Warsaw.
Echos of Q1
POLAND Echo Polska Properties (EPP) has announced its financial results for Q1 2017.
Tenants renew in Focus
POLAND A number of tenants have renewed their leases for a total of 4,500 sqm in Focus Park in Rybnik.
New Leroy Merlin in Wrocław
POLAND A new 12,000 sqm Leroy Merlin store has opened on ul. Krakowska in Wrocław.
Bridging the Vistula
POLAND Strabag has completed construction of a section of the S7 expressway in Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Savills to recommercialise Karpacka
POLAND Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych (BIK) has appointed Savills to recommercialise the Karpacka retail park on the western bypass of Bielsko-Biała.
Investment & finance
Amazon to open regional centre in Sered
SLOVAKIA Amazon is to open a 60,000 sqm regional centre for returns in Sered in H2 2017 in the 125,000 sqm first stage of the Mountpark Sered logistics centre being developed by Mountpark Logistics EU on a 28,5 ha site.
Eften sells Riga office building
LATVIA Eften’s Kinnisvarafond fund has sold a commercial building at Stabu 10/4 in Riga to Colonna Varahaldus for an undisclosed sum.
Retail & leisure
Delta Planet arises in Banja Luka
BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA Delta Real Estate has started the construction of the Delta Planet shopping centre in Banja Luka.
Retail & leisure
Guess who in Galeria Libero
POLAND American fashion chain Guess will take up 300 sqm of space in the Galeria Libero shopping centre.
Retail & leisure
Falling vacancy on Moscow retail market
POLAND In Q2 2017, the vacancy rate in existing shopping centres in Moscow declined from 7.2 pct to 6.4 pct, according to JLL.
Napollo wants no more CREAM
POLAND Napollo is to take over the management of its own shopping centres from CREAM, including Galeria Renova in Warsaw’s Targówek district, Galeria Grodova in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and the newly-built Galeria Piastowska in Gniezno.
Sales begin again for Cybernetyki 17
POLAND Dom Development has started apartment sales for the second stage of its Osiedle Cybernetyki 17 estate in Warsaw’s Mokotów district.
EU says no to retail tax
POLAND The European Commission has ruled that the Polish tax levied on retail sales infringes EU rules on state aid.
Murapol plays with financial instruments
POLAND Murapol has issued 28,169 bonds (series BA) each with a nominal value of PLN 1,000 in a private offer and has announced plans to set up a number of closed investment funds this year.
Refinancing for Royal Wilanów
POLAND Capital park subsidiary Hazel Investments has acquired EUR 62.5 mln in refinancing for the Royal Wilanów office building in Warsaw from BGŻ BNP Paribas and ING Bank Śląski with the loan to be paid back in five years.
Interior design
Volvo showroom redesigned
HUNGARY DVM group has completed the refurbishment of the Váci út car salon for Volvo Auto Hungária.
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.
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
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
Budimex has begun reconstructing a more than 2-kilometre section of the I/43 road near Černá Hora in the Czech Republic. The CZK 250.2 mln contract (E ...
Budimex to complete Bydgoszcz hospital expansion
Berger Bau to modernise Wrocław police headquarters
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Signum Work Station, an office building on Domaniewska Street in Warsaw, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Buildi ...
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Accor to Open TRIBE Hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the TRIBE Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
Vilea Property Boutique has become the exclusive Christie’s International Real Estate partner in Poland. The partnership brings the Polish firm into t ...
PGIM sells data centre development
Mint rezidenční fond buys 306 apartments in Prague
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
Łódź City Council to move to University Business Park
Łódź City Council has leased 23,000 sqm at University Business Park on ul. Wólczańska. The move, planned for late 2027 or early 2028, will bring toget ...
Unimot renews lease in DL Jagiellońska 1
Diuna now 93 pct leased
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
OKAM brings SiDLY telecare to PRESTIA senior residences
PRESTIA, a senior living project under development in Łódź, will offer residents SiDLY telecare services. Developer OKAM has partnered with the Polish ...
Dantex plans Nurt residential project in Wilanów
Trust Investment launches sales for final Sky Trust phase
Retail & leisure
4,750 sqm Modernised at Galeria Jurajska
Tenants at Galeria Jurajska in Częstochowa have modernised a total of 4,750 sqm of space since the start of 2026. Zara, Apart, Pitbull, Itaka and Wyją ...
Karuzela Ełk expands with HalfPrice
M1 Poznań sees over 3,200 sqm of leasing activity
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Sonepar extends 13,000 sqm lease
Sonepar Polska has extended its lease for more than 13,000 sqm of warehouse space at Prologis Park Chorzów. The facility serves as the company’s distr ...
