News
Residential
Echo sells 60 pct more flats
POLAND Echo Investment sold a total of 925 apartments in 2016. The company, which is attempting to become the market leader of all the sectors in which it operates, plans to offer 1,500 new apartments to buyers in 2017.
Residential
Record year for Ronson
POLAND Ronson Development registered the best quarterly results in its history in Q4 2016, with 275 apartments sold – an 11 pct rise on the same period of 2015.
Construction
Nordecon Betoon to build multi-storey car park
ESTONIA Technopolis Ülemiste, the developer of Ülemiste City campus, has appointed Nordecon Betoon as the general contractor of a multi-storey car park in Ülemiste City.
Warehouse & industrial
Major extension for PLC
POLAND The Pomeranian Logistics Centre in Gdańsk is to be enlarged by the addition of a new, 36,700 sqm warehouse.
Technology
World’s Biggest sound installation - probably
ESTONIA Exhibition The newly-opened Estonian National Museum in Tartu, Estonia has a permanent exhibition called "Echo of the Urals". It’s exhibits teach about all the Northern Finno-Ugric cultures, and includes an interactive sound installation that is probably the largest in the world. Spread over 1,000 sqm, the installation uses 126 speakers to play 140 different audio channels.
Investment & finance
BIG takes Belgrade Plaza
SERBIA Plaza Centers has signed a sales agreement for the 32,300 sqm Belgrade Plaza shopping centre to BIG Shopping Centers, having signed a letter of intent in November last year.
Green light for Dekada in Nysa
POLAND On January 18th, the town of Nysa approved a new local zoning plan so that a Dekada shopping centre can be built with two storeys, 19,000 sqm and around 80 outlets including a four-screen cinema.
Interior design
Tétris builds with Black&Decker
POLAND Power tool manufacturer Stanley Black&Decker has opened its new office in the Proximo building in Warsaw after completion of the fit out by Tétris under an open-book design-and-build contract.
The Irish build in Kraków
POLAND Construction work is to start on a 700 sqm plot between ul. Zamoyskiego 30 and ul. Krzemionki 8 in Kraków at the end of January and early February.
Empik in Tychy
POLAND Empik is to open a store in the Gemini Park shopping centre, which is currently under construction in Tychy.
Hotels
Campanile debuts in Nowy Targ
POLAND on January 16th, Louvre Hotels Group opened its three-star Campanile Nowy Targ – Zakopane hotel in Nowy Targ.
Preparing for climate change
POLAND The Ministry of Environment has signed a contract worth PLN 30 mln for plans to be drawn up to prepare Polish towns and cities with populations of over 100,000 people for the challenges posed by climate change.
Goyello grows in Olivia
POLAND IT company Goyello has increased the size of its lease and prolonged its stay in Olivia Business Centre in Gdynia.
Tesco with certified distribution centre
POLAND Tesco’s distribution centre in Segro Logistics Park Poznań Komorniki has been issued with a BREEAM certificate with a 'Very Good' rating and is now one of only six warehouses with such a rating.
Retail & leisure
Karuzela comes to Piaseczno
POLAND A final building permit has been issued to construct the Karuzela Piaseczno retail park.
Investment & finance
Historic bank to undergo Moderna -isation
POLAND Moderna has purchased a historic building, which formerly housed Bank Polski, at the junction of ul. 3 Maja and 10 lutego in Gdynia. Since 1984 the building has been on the list of historic buildings, but it has not been renovated for many years.
Office & mixed-use development
Lowest Prague office supply ever in 2016
CZECH REPUBLIC At the end of Q4 2016, the total modern office stock in Prague had reached just over 3.2 mln sqm, according to the Prague Research Forum’s latest figures.
Residential
Murapol beating the rest
POLAND In 2016, the Murapol group sold 3,042 apartments – an increase of 27-pct y-o-y and the highest result among all Polish developers.
Cities to invest over PLN 2 bln in roads
POLAND Sixteen Polish cities are to carry out key road projects using PLN 2.15 bln in subsidies from the EU Infrastructure and Environment 2014–2020 programme..
Balmain to manage Karolinka and Pogoria
POLAND Rockcastle Global Real Estate has appointed Balmain Property Management to manage two of its shopping centres: Pogoria in Dąbrowa Górnicza and Karolinka in Opole.
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
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
Public-sector construction has become one of the fastest-growing areas of Dekpol Budownictwo’s business. Over the past two years, the company has sign ...
Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
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
Data centres could supply more heat to Polish cities
Poland’s growing data centre market could create a significant new source of waste heat for heating networks. According to analysis by the Polish Data ...
AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
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
A green office is more than a certificate
More than 97 pct of newly developed office space in Poland is environmentally certified. Certification has therefore become standard, while the buildi ...
Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
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
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
Expo Real kicks off on Monday in Munich, and Eurobuild CEE is the media sponsor for one of the top discussions on the first day: ‘High Speed Connectiv ...
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
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
Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln
Romania’s commercial real estate investment market recorded EUR 679.9 mln in transactions involving office buildings, retail properties, logistics ass ...
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
DWS to acquire Peakside Capital Advisors
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
Inwestycje w nieruchomości komercyjne w Rumunii wzrosły o 19 proc.
W ciągu pierwszych dziewięciu miesięcy 2026 roku inwestorzy wydali w Rumunii 679,9 mln EUR na zakup biurowców, obiektów handlowych, magazynów i hoteli ...
Central Poland’s warehouse market grows beyond Łódź
Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków
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
Warsaw’s Kamionek district attracts new residential investment
Kamionek, in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district, is transforming from an industrial area into a modern urban neighbourhood. Infrastructure upgrades, cul ...
YIT Czechia to build 73 apartments in Prague’s Kamýk district
Górskiego rated Very Good
Retail & leisure
Aurum Optics opens its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura
Aurum Optics has opened its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura shopping and leisure centre in Łódź. The new outlet combines eyewear from leading inte ...
Xtreme Fitness Gyms Opens First Club in the Czech Republic
Bricomarché opens new store in Włoszczowa
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
Zalando rolls out AI-powered returns
Sereact, Zalando and CEVA Logistics have introduced AI-powered robots to process returns at logistics centres in Świebodzin, Poland, and Greven, Germa ...
