News
Retail & leisure
More tenants in Galeria Metropolia
POLAND Fourteen new tenants, including fashion and accessories retailers such as Best Brands, Lara Fabio, Monnari, PDM Italian Fashion and Pink Box, have recently leased space in the Galeria Metropolia shopping centre project in Gdańsk with Cushman & Wakefield having brokered the lease transactions.
Robyg turns 2016 into 2,600
POLAND The Robyg Group signed sales contracts for 2,111 apartments over the first three quarters of 2016 – 19 pct more than the same period a year earlier.
Investment & finance
M7 raises EUR 35 mln and buys Prague office building
CZECH REPUBLIC/CEE REGION UK-based investor and asset manager M7 Real Estate has raised EUR 35 mln for its M7 CEREF I Central European real estate fund and purchased the Oregon House office building in Prague.
Office & mixed-use development
General contractor for Equator IV in Warsaw
POLAND Karimpol Polska subsidiary Cirrus Real has appointed Warbud as the general contractor for its Equator IV office project in Warsaw.
Residential
Building permit for Miasto Moje in Warsaw
POLAND Ronson Development has received a building permit for the first phase of its Miasto Moje residential project in the Białołęka district of Warsaw.
Interior design
Seating with personality
POLAND Uxi from Paged is a range of seats including an armchair, a chair and a bar stool designed by Tomek Rygalik from Studio Rygalik.
Best Western Hotels & Resorts introduces three SureStay brands
WORLD Best Western Hotels & Resorts has introduced SureStay Hotels - a revolutionary new ‘white label’ franchise model.
Retail & leisure
Green Caffè Nero opens flagship café
POLAND Green Caffè Nero has opened its flagship café with an area of 200 sqm in Mikulski’s tenement house at ul. Nowy Świat 53 in Warsaw.
Echo on track to sell 800 apartments
POLAND During the first three quarters of 2016 Echo Investment sold 502 apartments, representing a 46 pct rise on the same period of 2015 when it signed 343 preliminary contracts.
Residential
Monday in Sołacz
POLAND Monday Development is developing the Apartamenty Zielony Sołacz tenement in Poznań’s Sołacz district with the building to be handed over in Q4 2017.
LG Chem powers up in Wrocław
POLAND By the end of 2018, LG Chem, one of the largest manufacturers of lithium ion batteries, will have invested nearly PLN 1.3 bln in a new factory for electric car batteries near Wrocław.
Retail & leisure
Promenada extension opens
POLAND Shopping centre owner Atrium Poland Real Estate Management has officially opened the second extension phase of its Atrium Promenada shopping centre in Warsaw.
Residential
Atal plans to break a record
POLAND Atal sold 1,762 apartments between January and the end of September inclusive – 557 more than in the same period of 2015 (1,205).
Hebe opens in Rondo
POLAND A Hebe drugstore with an area of nearly 500 sqm has opened in the Rondo shopping centre in Bydgoszcz.
Ronson sells less than expected
POLAND In first three quarters of this year Ronson Development sold 545 apartments, compared to 658 apartments sold in the same period of 2015, which constitutes a y-o-y decline of 17 pct.
Romanian outsourcing market matures
ROMANIA Romania has become a successful outsourcing destination in recent years, with the country currently accounting for more than 100,000 of the 600,000 people employed in the sector across the Central and Eastern Europe region, according to Colliers International.
Investment still up in Poland
POLAND This year, commercial real estate investment volume in Poland should be of a similar level to that seen in 2015 when combined transactions worth more than EUR 4 bln were signed, claims Colliers International. In H1 2016, the transaction volume stood at app. EUR 2 bln.
Prima Shop to be built in Oradea
ROMANIA Oasis Retail & Development Consulting is to construct its Prima Shops Oradea retail park project, claim local media.
Office & mixed-use development
Axi Immo moves to Spektrum Tower
POLAND Real estate consultancy Axi Immo has moved its offices to the Spektrum Tower building in central Warsaw where it occupies space on the 24th floor.
Growing demand for high-street retail space in Hungary
HUNGARY The demand for retail space in Hungary has increasingly been shifting towards high-street locations as most of the existing shopping centres in the country are now almost fully commercialised, according to the latest Retail Market View report by CBRE.
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
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
The south tower of GTC's City Gate office complex in Bucharest has become the first building in Romania to be awarded LEED Gold v5 certification with ...
Outstanding awarded to CTP
Homepark goes 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
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 October issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
Last day to register
For the 15th time, we invite you to one of the most important and prestigious events in the commercial real estate calendar in Central and Eastern Eur ...
PBSA enters the mainstream
Let's look into the future!
Exclusive
The voice of the younger generation
In our latest exclusive interview, we spoke with Justyna Glinka, a senior associate at Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy, who has been appointed a ...
EGLS enters the scene
The cost of going green
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
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Leading aparthotel operator Staycity Group and international investment firm Solida Capital has announced a strategic partnership for the development ...
Romanian hotels grow
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
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
Now's the time to buy
The investment market in Poland for Q1-Q3 2025 reflects stable market conditions, with year-to-date volume aligning closely with the Q1-Q3 of 2024. By ...
Onde enters Romania
Croatia growing fast
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
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
AI park to be built in Heilbronn
Strabag subsidiary Züblin, in partnership with ROM Technik is to construct the first phase of the IPAI Campus in Heilbronn. The IPAI Campus is to be a ...
Fortress comes to Metropolitan
Lufthansa comes to Wrocław
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
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
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
StudentSpace, the student housing platform created by Signal Capital Partners, Griffin Capital Partners, and Echo Investment, has begun construction o ...
No drop in price from price transparency act
Kraków PRS continues to grow
Retail & leisure
Consumer spending accelerates GDP growth
The economies of Central and Eastern European continue to grow, outpacing many Western European peers despite external trade uncertainties and recent ...
Osada to open in Łask
The shopping centre lives on
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
Omida enters Prologis Park Teresin
Omida Group has leased 10,000 sqm in Prologis Park Teresin. The new location was chosen because it provides easy access to Warsaw and major transport ...
