Investment & finance
POLAND The volume of investment transactions on the Polish office market outside Warsaw in 2015 amounted to almost EUR 800 mln – for the first time surpassing the volume registered in the capital city, according to research by JLL.
Technology
UNITED STATES In April Samsung will market an Internet-connected fridge that helps with grocery shopping both online and in-store.
Investment & finance
POLAND Helaba has fully underwritten a long-term loan of EUR 104 mln plus a VAT-line of PLN 160 mln to Swedish fund manager Niam for its recent acquisition of a 63,000 sqm office portfolio in Poland.
Hotels
POLAND Orbis has signed a preliminary sales contract with Deporium Inc to sell its hotel in Mrągowo.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND New tenants have been secured for the Promenady Zita building in the Promenady Business Park complex in Wrocław: rail logistics provider Ecco Rail (374 sqm) and two representatives of the IT industry – Ukrainian company Axiom SL (659 sqm) and SAP–SI Consulting, a supplier of system maintenance services (1,200 sqm).
Warehouse & industrial
LITHUANIA Swedish-owned truck manufacturer Scania Lietuva is to open a new showroom and service centre in Šiauliai in Q2 2016.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Private equity company Enterprise Investors has renewed its 1,700 sqm lease in the Warsaw Financial Center office building.
Construction
POLAND The foundation stone has been laid for the 86m high Aura Sky residential building at the junction of ul. Ostrobramska and ul. Rodziewiczówny in Warsaw’s Praga Południe district.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Verifone European Shared Services has prolonged its lease and extended its area in the Platinium Business Park complex in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
SEE REGION Real estate investment volumes in South-Eastern Europe are expected to reach record highs of EUR 285 mln in 2015, mainly driven by a surge in demand for retail assets by foreign investors, according to JLL.
RUSSIA In 2015, the vacancy rate on the Moscow retail market increased by 2.3 percentage points reaching 8.3 pct, according to JLL.
Retail & leisure
RUSSIA Fort Group, owned by Russian businessmen Maxim Levchenko and Boris Paikin, is carrying out due diligence on the Leto shopping centre on Pulkovskoe Shosse in St Petersburg, according to Russian daily 'Kommersant'.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND The Q22 office tower, which is currently being developed by Echo Investment in Warsaw, has attracted two new tenants: Linklaters and William Demant, according to the latest CBRE report.
Office & mixed-use development
CZECH REPUBLIC In Q4 2015, the Prague office market saw the strongest gross take-up in its history, increasing by 78 pct on the previous quarter and totalling 161,800 sqm, according to research by the Prague Research Forum.
Retail & leisure
RUSSIA Rivera, the newly completed shopping centre developed by Praktika Development in Moscow’s Danilovsky district, has been granted an occupancy permit.
Residential
POLAND Robyg has launched a new project in Warsaw’s Wilanów district: Apartamenty Villa Nobile.
Retail & leisure
LITHUANIA Lords LB Baltic Fund III has signed three new leases for its PC Arena shopping centre in Klaipėda.
Investment & finance
POLAND The city of Sopot has completed a tender for the sale of the 1.12 ha site for the Europejskie Centrum Rodziny [European Family Centre] development.
Residential
POLAND Polnord has obtained a building permit for the first stage of the Neptun II estate in Ząbki near Warsaw.
EUROPE With last year’s signing of a 130,000 sqm development contract for Zalando in Germany, Goodman Group has now secured contracts to develop a total of over 1.5 mln sqm for the e-commerce sector across Europe.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory ...
According to the report released by research firm Spectis, “Modular construction market in Poland 2024-2029”, top 100 manufacturers of prefabricated b ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
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 ...
Kreo, Ghelamco's Kraków office project, has achieved BREEAM certification at the Outstanding level. The building also has a WELL and Green Building St ...
Eurobuild Awards 2023 is behind us, but if you haven't yet gotten your hands on the special "Eurobuild" supplement prepared for the Gala evening, you ...
The next edition of our monthly magazine is now available both in paper and digital versions! Traditionally, the new issue was first sent to our confe ...
Welcome to Eurobuild FM! We invited an excellent expert to the today's episode – distinguished structural engineer Tristram Carfrae, deputy chair of w ...
We regret to inform you that Piotr Kroenke, long-time general director of GTC and co-creator of many of the company's successes, has passed away.
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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 ...
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 ...
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Novum Hospitality announced a long-term agreement that will double IHG’s presence in Germany to more than 200 hotels in almos ...
Kamil Kowa has become the new CEO of Savills in Poland. He is a member of the management board of the company, and for the past nine years has held th ...
The investment programme until 2030 worth more than PLN 1.5 bln has been approved for Katowice's Wojciech Korfanty Airport. The programme will include ...
Designers from Colliers, under the supervision of architect Kateřina Štenclova, prepared the concept for the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Prague. The ...
The first fund investing in REITs, Mount Globalnego Rynku Nieruchomości FIZ, made its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
CTP has expanded its Polish land bank by nearly half a million sqm. The company has purchased investment land in four locations that provide the oppor ...
Intensive commercialization of the multifunctional Fern building under construction at Off Piotrkowska Center has begun. A modern building, the constr ...
Helaba will act as lead manager for its long-standing client Hines in conjunction with the three savings banks in North Rhine-Westphalia, Stadtsparkas ...
EPP is taking over the management of nine M1 shopping centres and three Power Parks from Metro Properties Polska. Some of Metro Properties Polska's em ...
Echo Investment and its subsidiary Archicom have started the construction of a primary school for 450 pupils on ul. Konstruktorska in the Służewiec su ...
According to the Berlin 2024 Residential Market Report by real estate financier Berlin Hyp and real estate service provider CBRE, purchase prices have ...
Prague is the only city in the CEE region to boast a Prime High Street, a shopping street with only the most prestigious global brands. This location ...
The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experien ...
GLP has begun construction of the final hall of Wrocław V Logistics Centre in Magnice. The building, with an area of over 67,000 sqm, will be construc ...
