News
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.
Construction
Erbud builds outpatient clinic
POLAND Erbud as the general contractor is building a medical clinic on ul. Coopera in Warsaw’s Bemowo district with the work having currently reached the shell stage.
Investment & finance
CBRE GI granted EUR 108 mln loan
CZECH REPUBLIC CBRE Global Investors has acquired a EUR 108 mln loan from Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank for the acquisition of the Letňany shopping centre in Prague. Letňany,
Property and Facility Management
Echo selects Savills
POLAND Echo Investment has appointed Savills to manage the Nobilis Business House office building in Wrocław.
Investment & finance
EPP to buy four Blackstone malls for EUR 166.6 mln
POLAND Echo Polska Properties (EPP) has announced the signing of a preliminary agreement to acquire four shopping centres across Poland from funds managed by Blackstone.
Hungarian investment doubles
HUNGARY The Hungarian commercial real estate investment market doubled from EUR 745 mln in 2015 to EUR 1.54 in 2016, according to the latest report by CBRE.
Good year for Sochi hotels
RUSSIA In 2016, the Sochi quality hotel market exhibited a substantial improvement in operating performance in the upper and midscale segments, according to JLL, and in both Sochi’s coastal and mountain clusters.
Marriott enters Estonia
ESTONIA The Telegraaf hotel in Tallinn has signed a licensing agreement with the Marriott International hotel chain.
Office & mixed-use development
Co-working boutique in Zebra
POLAND Business Link Nowa Zebra, a co-working ‘boutique’ office concept created by Business Link, has been established on floors eight and nine of the Zebra Tower building at the Jazdy Polskiej roundabout and ul. Mokotowska 1.
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
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
Mirbud has signed a contract with Warsaw University of Technology to build a sports and events hall next to the Syrenka Stadium in Warsaw. The design- ...
Budimex to build archive for Adam Mickiewicz University
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
PAD RES Group has secured PLN 192.5 mln in long-term financing from UniCredit to fund the construction and operation of three photovoltaic farms in Po ...
BRE launches BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V7
Ocean Winds starts BC-Wind service base in Władysławowo
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 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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
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
Uniqa launches EUR 600 mln fund
UNIQA Real Estate is launching a EUR 600 mln office real estate fund for third-party investors, targeting Core and Core Plus properties in Austria, Po ...
Skanska to sell second stage of H2Offices in Budapest to ERSTE fund
AYA Properties Fund and Curtis Group acquire Chmielna 13A
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
Demographics to reshape Poland’s office market by 2035
Demographic change will make Poland’s office market more concentrated and selective over the next decade, with location, quality and flexibility becom ...
Aliaxis Polska chooses Sky Tower
Itility opens first Romanian office in Palas Campus
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
Monting Development starts construction of CU-Cynamonowa Ursynów in Warsaw
Monting Development has secured the final building permit for CU-Cynamonowa Ursynów, a residential project in Warsaw’s Ursynów district. Construction ...
Nova Wola Park receives occupancy permit
Sandberg Capital enters Prague residential market
Retail & leisure
Primark to open first store in Podlaskie
Primark is preparing to open a store in G City Biała in Białystok. The nearly 3,500 sqm store will be the retailer’s first in the Podlaskie region.
HDREY opens first Katowice store
Two-thirds of CEE retail stock is over 15 years old
Technology
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Logicor is set to complete the rollout of smart metering across all 18 of its logistics parks in Poland by the end of 2026, giving tenants real-time v ...
Singu takes over QRmaint
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Warehouse & industrial
Harden Construction starts work on City Logistics Łódź V
Harden Construction has started work on City Logistics Łódź V, an urban logistics and production facility for Panattoni in Łódź. The project will prov ...
