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Architecture and urban planning

Nizio takes up Lublin pearls

„„POLAND Nizio Design International is to carry out the design work for the Royal Palace and Kraków Gate in Lublin.

Very Good Eight

POLAND Eight buildings owned by Savills Investment Management have been awarded BREE AM In-USE certificates at the ‘Excellent’ and ‘Very Good’ levels.

Porr wins record orders

EUROPE At the end of the first half of the year, Porr’s order portfolio amounted to EUR 5.48 bln signifying a 13.5 pct y-o-y increase and reaching new record high.

Retail park in Radomsko

POLAND Adept group has bought a 0.74 ha plot at the junction of ul. Prymasa Wyszyńskiego, ul. Fabianiego and ul. Tysiąclecia in Radomsko for the development of a retail park.

Retail & leisure

1,600 sqm more taken up in Galeria Młociny

POLAND A C&A store with an area of 1,600 sqm is to be opened on the first floor of Galeria Młociny in Warsaw. C&A Europe currently has more than 1,600 outlets in 21 European countries.

Retail & leisure

Delayed opening for Zgierz market halls

POLAND The opening of the second pavilion of the market halls in Zgierz has been scheduled for the second half of September, after being pushed back from the original deadline of August. The identities of the latest tenants secured for the halls have yet to be revealed, however.

Construction

Skanska to build national archive

POLAND The directorate of the Polish National Archive has contracted Skanska for the construction of its new main centre on ul. Mickiewicza in Białystok. The contract is worth PLN 20 mln.

Eurocash to come to Marynarska

POLAND Food wholesaler Eurocash Group is to lease four floors in one of the buildings in Marynarska Business Park, which is owned by Heitman. From June 2017 the company is to occupy a total of 4,618 sqm in the Warsaw complex.

Architecture and urban planning

Meet the mayor at Three Crosses Square

Investment & finance

GTC debuts in South Africa

POLAND/SOUTH AFRICA Central European developer and property owner Globe Trade Centre, which has so far been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, is the first Polish company to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

Retail & leisure

Maxima XX to open in the autumn

LITHUANIA Maxima LT is to open a new administrative building together with a new supermarket of the chain. Maxima LT, the owner of the Maxima retail chain operating in the Baltic States, is to move into a new HQ at 84 Naugarduko street in Vilnius by the end of the year.

Technology

More intelligent, without drilling

POLAND Advanced building automation company Fibaro is now offering to install Smart Home and Internet of Things (IoT) systems without the need for renovating rooms.

Wikana chooses two contractors

POLAND Wikana has chosen Lubelskie Przedsiębiorstwo Budowlane as the general contractor of the third stage of the Osiedle Marina estate in Lublin and REM for a project in Tarnobrzeg.

Warehouse & industrial

Prologis building for Geis

POLAND The latest BTS project is being developed by Prologis in central Poland.

Retail & leisure

Second Polish Kiabi in Auchan Gdańsk

POLAND The first outlet of French clothing brand Kiabi in the TriCity and the second in Poland has opened in the Auchan Gdańsk shopping centre.

Retail & leisure

Exercising in Promenada

POLAND Jatomi Fitness is moving to a new section of Atrium Promenada in Warsaw and introducing extensive changes to the gym.

Office & mixed-use development

Accenture opens Wrocław office

POLAND Business services and consultancy Accenture has opened its new office in Wrocław, in the West House 1B office building at ul. Strzegomska 142a.

Hotels

Qualia sells Baltic land

POLAND A luxury residential and a hotel project is to be developed in Jurata on the Baltic coast.

Residential

Wrocław debut for BPI

POLAND BPI Polska is now developing its first residential project in Lower Silesia.

Budimex to work for BZ WBK Leasing

POLAND An office project at ul. Robotnicza 11 in Wrocław is to be completed in October 2017.