News
Office & mixed-use development
Business garden awarded LEED
POLAND Three buildings built in the first stage of the Business Garden Wrocław complex have been awarded LEED green certification with a ‘Platinum’ rating.
EPP raises EUR 150 mln on JSE
POLAND Echo Polska Properties has raised ZAR 2.2 bln (app. EUR 150 mln) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Green projects
Sky now greener
POLAND Sky Office Center in on ul. Rzymowskiego in Warsaw’s Mokotów district has been awarded a BREEAM In-Use certificate with an ‘Excellent’ rating in the Building Management and Asset Performance categories.
Etalon sees higher revenue and lower profit
RUSSIA Etalon Group has recorded over RUB 49 bln revenue for 2016 – 16 pct more than in 2015.
EBRD interested in Griffin shares
POLAND Griffin Premium RE has concluded a framework agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the latter to purchase a stake in the company in a public offer that is currently in progress. EBRD can purchase 5 to 10 pct of Griffin Premium RE’s stock for a maximum price of EUR 20 mln.
Hungary and Romania on the hotel radar
CEE REGION Increasing volumes of capital are being invested in the rapidly growing CEE hotel market, according to research just published by Cushman & Wakefield.
Retail & leisure
Hetmańska extends its tech
POLAND A new section of the Auchan Hetmańska shopping centre in Białystok has been opened.
Residential
Europejskie on the Oder
POLAND Another 101 apartments have been added to the Europejskie estate in Gorzów as the tenth building in Budnex’s project has obtained its final occupancy permit. The construction of another two buildings is underway and others are at the design stage.
Property and Facility Management
Knight Frank to manage Dukat
POLAND Warsaw-based investment company Bergold Group has chosen Knight Frank as the manager of its Dukat shopping centre in Olsztyn.
“Second-best year in history” claims UBM
EUROPE UBM development has announced the results of the second-best year in its history.
Investment & finance
MLP issues bonds and buys land in Germany
POLAND/GERMANY MLP Group is to issue bonds worth up to EUR 50 mln with the proceeds largely earmarked to finance the company’s planned international expansion.
Two tenants stay in Okopowa 56
POLAND Two tenants have prolonged their leases in the Okopowa 56 building in Warsaw’s Wola district and both have also leased extra space.
Immofinanz ends seven-year dispute
EUROPE Immofinanz has announced that in principle it has reached the settlement of a dispute resulting from the company’s merger in June 2010 with Immoeast.
Echo on target to dominate residential market
POLAND Echo investment sold 259 apartments in the first quarter of the 2017 up by 76 pct y-o-y.
Investment & finance
Seventeen parks sold, eight to go
CEE REGION Luxembourg based fund Pradera European Retail Parks SCSp has finalised the acquisition of 17 retail properties in Germany, France and Poland from Ikea as part of a EUR 900 mln deal negotiated in March to acquire 25 retail parks.
Dana gets into gear
HUNGARY Dana has held the ground breaking ceremony for a new gear factory in Győr.
No more warehouses for CA Immo
HUNGARY/CEE REGION CA Immo has sold its 51 pct stake in the Aerozone logistics park in Budapest to the M7 CEREF I fund completing its strategic withdrawal from the logistics sector.
EUR 1.19 bln spent in the Baltics
BALTIC STATES Investment volume in commercial real estate reached EUR 1.19 bln in 2016, according to figures from Colliers International.
PKP hand in hand with the Post office
POLAND Polish State Railways (PKP), the Polish Post Office and PKP’s developer subsidiary Xcity Investment have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop land owned separately by the state enterprises.
Pin Park to replace rail carriage factory
POLAND The Pin Park office complex with an area of nearly 52,000 sqm is to be developed at the site of the former Pafawag rail carriage factory in Wrocław.
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
Tunnel boring soon to begin
Work is progressing on the High-Speed Rail (KDP) tunnel in Łódź, part of the Port Polska project. At the launch chamber in Retkinia, the concrete supp ...
Budimex begins earthworks on Poland's first nuclear power plant
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
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
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
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
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
Green Development launches Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa
Green House Development is launching pre-sales of suites at Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa, the third development under the Wave brand on the Polish coast, ...
Mercure opens in Oradea
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
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
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
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
Lett takes Gdańsk PRS portfolio to 646 units
Cavare by Cavatina will develop a 310-unit PRS project in Gdańsk for Urban Partners’ Lett platform. Once completed, Palio D1 will operate as Lett Stoc ...
EPP takes EUR 106 mln in financing
Horizon City wins financing
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
WSP takes 1,100 sqm at Skyliner II
WSP Polska, a global engineering and consulting firm, has signed a lease with Karimpol Polska for 1,100 sqm of office space on the 12th floor of Skyli ...
Warsaw and Regional Office Markets Diverge
Signum Work Station Earns ActiveScore Platinum
Property and Facility Management
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Savills, which already manages an office portfolio in Poland for TFI PZU, has now also been appointed to manage three of the fund's retail assets.
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Public buildings
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
The City of Poznań and Dekpol Budownictwo have signed a contract for the major redevelopment of the Poznań Palm House. The city’s landmark attraction ...
Porr focusing on healthcare
Budimex wins PLN 86 mln Białystok hospital contract
Residential
Splot Wola nears completion
Matexi Polska is entering the final stage of its Splot Wola residential development at ul. Sowińskiego 28 in Warsaw, with more than 75 pct of the apar ...
Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months
Still too few student beds
Retail & leisure
EV Charging Hub Opens at Manufaktura
Manufaktura in Łódź has opened a new ultra-fast EV charging hub in partnership with Eleport, adding eight new chargers to the complex’s existing charg ...
Romania’s Retail Market Grows
Nomad opens in Port Praski
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
Poland’s Logistics Investment Market Posts Strong First Half
Poland’s industrial and logistics investment market recorded EUR 782 mln in transactions in the first half of the year, across 18 deals. This was 36 p ...
