News
Retail & leisure
Fresh faces in Blue City
POLAND Time Machine, Graal, Anabel Arto, Fashion & Liberty, Pizza Hut Express and Modnisiowo have become the latest tenants of the Blue City shopping centre in Warsaw.
Ronson plans 1,600-apartment estate
POLAND Ronson is buying a plot for a large housing estate in Warsaw’s Ursus district.
Office & mixed-use development
Comp renegotiates
POLAND At the end of last year IT company Comp extended the lease of its head office in Jutrzenki Business Park in Warsaw, thus remaining the anchor of the building.
WTT showroom to tempt tenants
POLAND Akron Investment Central Eastern Europe II and its asset manager Heitman have opened a showroom on the 26th floor of Warsaw Trade Tower (WTT) to showcase the space arrangement possibilities of the building.
Good prospects for fundraising
WORLD According to the latest Prequin investor survey, 57 pct of investors intend to commit more capital to private debt funds in 2017 compared to 2016, while only 11 pct plan to invest less to such funds than in the previous year.
Investment & finance
Atenor sells another Váci Greens building
HUNGARY Atenor has sold building A of Váci Greens in Budapest to a group of private Hungarian investors for an undisclosed sum.
Office & mixed-use development
Work begins on Szczecin office park
POLAND Construction work on the first stage of Szczecin Business Plaza, a class ‘A’ office and shopping complex on at ul. Południowa in Szczecin, has started.
Investment & finance
Accor takes Chain Bridge option
HUNGARY Accor, the majority shareholder of Orbis (52.7 pct) is buying the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge hotel via a subsidiary.
CEE outperforms rest of Europe
CEE REGION The total commercial real estate investment volume across Central and Eastern Europe grew 11 pct to EUR 11 bln in 2016, bucking the wider trend across Europe, where volumes shrank year-on-year, according to Cushman & Wakefield. In Q4 2016 alone, the total investment across the region reached EUR 4.4 bln, a 27 pct increase on a year ago.
Retail & leisure
More brands open in Krosno
POLAND Home & You, Martes Sport and CCC have taken out leases for space in Vivo! Krosno.
Belgians bigger in Bielany
POLAND Matexi Polska has finalised the purchase of a plot in Warsaw’s Bielany district adjacent to one for a project already planned by the company.
Two disappear from Złote Tarasy
POLAND The Rossmann drugstore in Złote Tarasy in Warsaw is being extended at the cost of the shopping centre’s Kakadu store, which has ended its tenancy.
Immofinanz raise EUR 97.4 mln from BUWOG issue
EUROPE Immofinanz has sold app. 4.5 mln of ordinary shares in Austrian residential builder and manager BUWOG.
Architecture and urban planning
Inside Galeria Północna
POLAND Developer GTC has unveiled the design of Galeria Północna’s façade.
Construction
Mirbud to build Wrocław retail park
POLAND General contractor Mirbud, which is based in Skierniewice, is to build a retail park in Wrocław on ul. Gagarina in a contract worth nearly PLN 8.5 mln.
Hochtief builds office building for publisher
POLAND An 8,200 sqm office project designed by AP Szczepaniak with an area of 8,200 sqm is being developed in Wrocław.
EurobuildCEE
Ultra-style apartments
POLAND Red Real Estate Development is to extend its Nowa Papiernia project in Wrocław.
Office & mixed-use development
Zurich offices in Astris
POLAND Swiss-based Zurich Insurance has signed a lease of around 1,000 sqm in the Astris office building under development at the Polsad roundabout in Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Oh Kino to come to Kępno
POLAND The Quick Park shopping centre in Kępno has signed a 934 sqm lease with the Oh Kino cinema chain.
Work on long-awaited Strzyżów bypass soon to start
POLAND Mostostal Warszawa is to build a bypass of over 6km around Strzyżów along provincial road no. 988.
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
Polish construction sector faces growing labour shortage
Poland’s construction sector is facing increasing labour shortages, with the industry short of around 150,000 workers. Turnover among engineers has re ...
Carbon Counts in Construction
Polish construction sector under pressure
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
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
EPP has already met the emissions reduction targets it set for 2030 under the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which helps companies set emiss ...
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
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
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Bob W has signed a long-term deal to operate a new aparthotel at Krulli Kvartal, part of the 10.2 ha regeneration of the historic Krulli industrial qu ...
Prague moves into top 10 for hotel investment
Mövenpick opens first Croatian hotel on Adriatic coast
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
Nusco secures EUR 21.4 mln financing from Exim Banca Românească
Romanian developer Nusco has signed a EUR 21.4 mln financing agreement with Exim Banca Românească.
CEECAT Capital raises EUR 135m at first close of third fund
Poland attracts EUR 3.06 bln in commercial real estate investment in H1
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
Port Polska to reshape Łódź
Port Polska and the expansion of high-speed rail could reshape Łódź’s office market over the longer term, bringing the city closer to Warsaw economica ...
Takeda moves Warsaw office to Studio A
The Shire extends lease at Korona in Kraków
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
RealCo sells out Wrocław project
RealCo has sold all 133 apartments at its Apartamenty przy Parku Szczytnickim project in Wrocław. The apartments are spread across 10 buildings. The d ...
Apartment sales launched for Sosnowa Vita
Matexi sells 75 pct of Sady Żoliborz apartments
Retail & leisure
Pasaż Łańcucki 90 pct commercialised
Refield is developing Pasaż Łańcucki, an 11,200 sqm retail park in Łańcut, southeastern Poland. The project is being developed on a 3.5 ha site locate ...
Medicine Opens Expanded Store in Galeria Pomorska
CeX opens store in Wola Park
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
Warehouse vacancy falls to three-year low
The vacancy rate in Poland’s warehouse market fell to 6.6 pct at the end of June, its lowest level in three years. At the same time, gross take-up ros ...
