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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.
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.
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
Hillwood Polska sells 57,800 sqm warehouse and office complex to TOYA
Hillwood Polska has completed the sale of a warehouse and office complex in Oddział, in the municipality of Żabia Wola, to TOYA S.A. The development c ...
EPP increases its stake in the M1 shopping centre portfolio
WPIP Group sells centre in Nowa Sól
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
Historic tenement building in Koło undergoes comprehensive renovation
A historic tenement building on Koło’s Old Market Square is undergoing a comprehensive renovation. Built in 1887, the three-storey property will offer ...
Murapol expands Prado project
RSJ and Na Jelenách plan 5,500 rental homes in Prague
Retail & leisure
Mabrok plans 27,000 sqm Osada Pułtusk retail park
Osada Pułtusk, a new 27,000 sqm retail park, is planned to open in Pułtusk in 2028. The project is being developed by Mabrok, with Mallson Polska resp ...
Bułkę przez Bibułkę opens in Tribera
Nhood repurposes 65,000 sqm of retail space across Europe
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
CTP leases 55,600 sqm to Pepco at CTPark Bucharest West
CTP has signed a direct lease with Pepco for 55,619 sqm at CTPark Bucharest West in Romania. The retailer will operate a regional distribution centre ...
