News
Office & mixed-use development
Piano factory turns into Calisia One
POLAND FB Antczak is revitalising the historic Calisia grand and upright piano factory in Kalisz.
Green projects
Eco-certificate for incineration plant
POLAND Ekospalarnia in Kraków has become the first waste incineration to receive green certificates.
Investment & finance
Historic complex sold in Vilnius
LITHUANIA Vilniaus Vandenys, which runs the sewage network in Vilnius, has sold a property in the Old Town of the city.
Investment & finance
Żabka jumps into another portfolio again
POLAND The CVC Capital Partners fund has announced that it has reached an agreement with Mid Europa Partners for the acquisition of the Żabka grocery chain.
Infrastructure
Chance for Kraków metro subsidy
POLAND A chance has arisen for a subsidy to be granted to Kraków for a feasibility study for the construction of a fast, collision-free system of municipal rail transport.
Retail & leisure
Rockcastle looking for more acquisitions and extensions
POLAND South African investor Rockcastle is considering acquisitions worth EUR 1.2 bln in H1 this year.
Investment & finance
Westin sale done and dusted
POLAND Skanska has finalised the sale of the Westin hotel in Warsaw to Al Sraiya of Qatar. The hotel changed hands on February 15th in a transaction worth EUR 65 mln.
Interior design
Sushi at the Spire – designed by Majkut
POLAND The interior of the Wabu Sushi & Japanese Tapas bar, which has just opened on the ground floor of one of the Warsaw Spire buildings on Plac Europejski, has been designed by Robert Majkut.
Retail & leisure
Serenada for Zara
POLAND A Zara clothing boutique has opened in the Serenada shopping centre in Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Retail park underway in Oława
POLAND The Saller group has obtained a permit for the construction of a retail park in Oława, with the work is to start at the end of this quarter.
Retail & leisure
Stalchemia comes to Siedlce
POLAND The 6,200 sqm Stalchemia retail park is currently being developed on ul. Wyszyńskiego in Siedlce.
Retail & leisure
Netto refurbishes and opens new stores
POLAND Netto has started an extensive modernisation programme for its network of Polish stores.
Retail & leisure
Starbucks chooses Libero
POLAND Coffee shop chain Starbucks has leased 110 sqm in the Galeria Libero shopping centre in Katowice. POLAND, Starbucks, Katowice, Patryk Kozakiewicz, Starbucks Polska, Mofo Architekci, Galeria Libero
Investment & finance
Invesco buys Sheraton in Kraków
POLAND Invesco Real Estate has acquired Wawel Holding, the owner of the five star Sheraton Grand Kraków Hotel, for EUR 70 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Hotel occupancy rises across CEE
CEE REGION In 2016 the key performance indicators in the CEE hotel market exhibited considerable growth, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
Office & mixed-use development
Imperia energised by American batteries
RUSSIA American battery manufacturer Energizer has occupied 600 sqm in the Imperia business centre on Presnenskaya Naberezhnaya in Moscow-City.
Hyatt in search of investor
BELARUS The unfinished Hyatt Regency hotel has been put up for auction in Minsk with as statrting price of just over USD 40 mln.
Pegaz in Wrocław gets fuller
POLAND The Pegaz building in Wrocław, which was built by UBM and put into operation in June 2016, is 80-pct leased.
Technology
Full size The Warsaw Hub on a hologram
POLAND Ghelamco Poland has made the first 1:1 scale virtual presentation in Poland of a design of new project in Warsaw. The visualization of The Warsaw Hube can be viewed from the 41st floor of the Warsaw Spire skyscraper.
Construction
Cromwell Property Group appoints contractor to extend Janki shopping centre
POLAND Cromwell Property Group has appointed Strabag to extend the Centrum Janki shopping centre on the southwestern outskirts of Warsaw. After the extension work, the centre will comprise 100,000 sqm of retail space – altogether 21,000 sqm and 71 new units are to be added to the centre, bringing the total area up to 100,000 sqm.
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
PORR wins PLN 539 mln contract for US air force base in Wrocław
PORR has signed a contract worth around PLN 539 mln gross to build the first phase of a cargo and logistics facility for the US Air Force at Wrocław-S ...
BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
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
Power, Power, Power
Access to electricity, rather than its price, is becoming the decisive factor in the development of data centres, as AI drives up demand and Europe's ...
Data centres could supply more heat to Polish cities
AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market
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
Greenfield Băneasa Earns BREEAM Excellent Certification
Twelve residential buildings comprising 982 apartments at Greenfield Băneasa in Bucharest have received BREEAM Excellent certification, following an a ...
A green office is more than a certificate
Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct
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 October and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!
In this issue, hot off the press in time for Expo Real in Munich, the cover story is an interview with Ugo Giordano and Katarzyna Rzetecka, who are le ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
This sporting real estate life
Events
Will Poland dominate the AI market?
How will AI change the real estate business? Where are the best data centre sites in Poland? Will Europe be able to feed data centres the energy they ...
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Exclusive
Leading the renaissance of local investors
One of the more interesting Polish property investors to emerge on the local scene in recent years is Syrena Real Estate. This year, it added the Rena ...
The man from NASA
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
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 House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście
Green House Development has launched pre-sales for Building C, the final phase of its Wave Świnoujście Thermal & SPA development. The building will fe ...
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
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
EPP increases its stake in the M1 shopping centre portfolio
EPP has increased its stake in the joint venture that owns nine M1 shopping centres in Poland to 59.4 pct. The ownership structure has also been simpl ...
WPIP Group sells centre in Nowa Sól
Archicom raises PLN 385 mln in bond issue
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
RMF Group signs 10-year lease in DL Tower in Katowice
RMF Group, owner of the RMF FM and RMF MAXX radio stations, has signed a long-term lease at DL Tower in Katowice. Under the agreement, signed on 15 Ju ...
Warsaw office market strengthens landlords’ position as vacancy falls
Global FMCG company to lease more than 4,300 sqm in Warsaw Spire
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
Murapol expands Prado project
Murapol Group has added 191 apartments to the Murapol Prado residential project in northern Kraków. The new phase, located on ul. Piaszczysta near the ...
RSJ and Na Jelenách plan 5,500 rental homes in Prague
Nowa Tkalnia to open up Łódź’s industrial past
Retail & leisure
Mitiska REIM and Park Lane Developments open first Estrea Park retail park in Bulgaria
Mitiska REIM and Park Lane Developments have opened the first Estrea Park retail park in Bulgaria, marking the start of a planned rollout of the brand ...
CH Osowa adds five new retail and entertainment concepts
Ania Kruk opens store at Magnolia Park
Technology
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Skanska has implemented a digital access control system at Studio A, an office building in Warsaw. The solution uses the company’s proprietary StudioA ...
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Singu takes over QRmaint
Warehouse & industrial
Ecologistics leases 44,500 sqm warehouse near Prague
Ecologistics, the Czech arm of logistics company Goodcang Holdings, has signed a long-term lease for an entire 44,500 sqm warehouse at EQT Park Prague ...
