News

POLAND The completion of West Station I, the only office project delivered in Warsaw in Q3 2016, has brought the total modern office stock in the city to 5,017,000 sqm, according to the latest data from the Polish Office Research Forum (PORF).

Warsaw to seize historic gas silos

POLAND Warsaw city council has taken the decision to begin the termination procedure for the perpetual usufruct contract of a plot at ul. Prądzyńskiego 14a – the site of two historic gasometers.

Green projects

BREEAM for Ethos

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND The mixed-use Ethos project on pl. Trzech Krzyży in the centre of Warsaw has been awarded a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ certificate for the design stage.

Architecture and urban planning

Saving time and money on a fit-out

POLAND Care for the employees’ well-being that results in their increased efficiency is the key to good design when it comes to modern offices – this seemed to be the prevailing view at the Festival of Architecture in Warsaw.

Echo unveils Browary designs

POLAND Echo Investment has officially unveiled the design of the planned huge office and residential project it plans to develop on the former Browary Warszawskie (Warsaw Brewery) site in the Wola district of Warsaw.

JLL sets its largest European office in Warsaw Spire

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND By the end of this year, JLL’s new headquarters in the Warsaw Spire will cover 13,700 sqm on nine floors (25–30 and 32–34), and will become the company’s largest office in Europe.

Galeria Wołomin now open

POLAND Since October 6th Wołomin residents no longer have to travel into Warsaw to go shopping.

Cosmetics distributor in Ideal Idea IV

POLAND Pollux has leased a warehouse area of 310 sqm, including office and rest and refreshment space, in the Ideal Idea Park IV warehouse complex in Warsaw.

Foundation of Park Avenue

POLAND The investor of the Park Avenue office building has reported that the construction of the building’s diaphragm walls has been completed.

Residential

Asbud to build more apartments in Wola

POLAND Asbud Group is launching a large residential project in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Dom Development to issue shares

POLAND Dom Development hopes to acquire PLN 120 mln in a new bond issue.

Good September for Vistula

POLAND WSE-listed company Vistula Group has registered a consolidated sales revenue of app. PLN 42.9 mln for September 2016 app. 10.6 pct higher than its revenue in September 2015.

Hit in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki

POLAND A Hit shopping centre has opened in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki.

Retail & leisure

No recent completions in Kraków

POLAND No new shopping centres have been developed in Kraków over the last one and a half years, with the market now awaiting the delivery of the Serenada project, which is scheduled for completion in the second half of next year, according to the recent “Shopping centres in agglomerations Q2 2016/Kraków” report by Colliers International.

Warehouse & industrial

New tenants at Prologis Park Teresin

POLAND Industrial space developer Prologis has signed two new lease agreements for a total of 15,750 sqm at its Prologis Park Teresin distribution centre in the Warsaw area.

Retail & leisure

Arsenal Centre completed in Tallinn

ESTONIA General contractor Nordecon has completed the construction work on the Arsenal Centre retail and office project in Tallinn, with the project scheduled to open on October 27.

Aussies say “G’day” in Katowice

POLAND Australian international IT company Altium is to launch its first office in Poland.

Retail & leisure

New Bucharest store for Kenvelo

18 October 2016

ROMANIA Clothing retailer Kenvelo will later this month open a 156 sqm store at the Fashion House Outlet Centre Bucharest. The company is the eleventh new brand to have leased space at the outlet centre since the beginning of the year.

Technology

By the light of the cycle path

18 October 2016

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Strabag has built the first lit cycle path in Poland using technology developed by the TPA laboratory in Pruszków.