News
Lokum with a record
POLAND Wrocław-based Lokum Deweloper closed 2016 with record sales of 645 apartments, an increase of 33 pct on the previous year. A total of 576 apartment sales were included in the company’s final result compared to 377 last year.
Investment & finance
CPI prepares huge portfolio acquisition
CZECH REPUBLIC/POLAND/HUNGARY/ROMANIA CPI Property has signed a framework agreement under which it is to buy a 265,000 sqm portfolio comprising mainly of shopping centres across the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
EBRD funds student halls
POLAND The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to grant a loan of PLN 118.83 mln (EUR 27.07 mln) to finance the development of a private student accommodation network – Student Depot.
Carrefour stays in Gliwice
POLAND A Carrefour hypermarket has extended its lease in the Forum shopping centre in Gliwice until June 2022.
No PLN 120 mln Mlocum takeover
POLAND Marvipol and Mbank have broken off talks over the acquisition of Mlocum.
Residential
Fund makes Wrocław bow
POLAND Fundusz Mieszkań na Wynajem [The Apartments for Rent Fund] has made 100 flats at ul. Dąbrowskiego 40 available for rent, just a few hundred metres from Wrocław’s main railway station.
Robyg sales almost hit 3k
POLAND Robyg has registered record sales of 2,957 apartments in Warsaw and Gdańsk for 2016, up by 27 pct compared on 2015.
Architecture and urban planning
Warsaw looking for Hala Mirowska partner
POLAND Warsaw city council is looking for a partner to run the eastern section of Hala Mirowska, known as Hala Gwardia.
Retail & leisure
Three stores open in Echo mall
POLAND The Echo shopping centre in Radom is being recommercialised with a KiK store having opened in December and other new tenants soon to follow.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni suits H&M
POLAND H&M has chosen Panattoni Europe for the development of a build-to-suit distribution centre at ul. Chemiczna in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, close to A2 motorway.
Office & mixed-use development
Construction work starts on Campus 6
ROMANIA Skanska has started the construction of the first phase of the Campus 6 office complex in Bucharest. The completion is scheduled for the third quarter of 2018.
Spherical view of Goleniów
POLAND The administrative district of Goleniów has employed new technologies in order to promote its real estate properties to investors.
Green projects
Port Łódź with BREEAM
POLAND Port Łódź, which belongs to Ikea Centres Polska, has been awarded BREEAM in Use with an ‘Excellent’ rating.
Architecture and urban planning
Nizio designs Wołomin WWI installation
POLAND A World War I Renault FT-17 tank has been used as the central feature by Nizio Design International in their development concept for pl. Zwycięstwa 1920 in Wołomin.
Retail & leisure
RREEF buys three outlet centres
POLAND The RREEF Spezial Invest owned by Deutsche Bank is taking over three outlet centres in Poland from Polonia Property Fund II.
Largest Special Economic Zone to grow bigger
POLAND Over the coming years around one hundred projects with a combined value of app. PLN 5.3 bln are to be launched in the Katowice Special Economic Zone creating around 13,400 new jobs.
Poland’s office supply breaks records
POLAND About 800,000 sqm of office space was completed in 2016 in Poland, which according to JLL is the largest amount of space ever delivered to the Polish office market.
Etalon sees 22 pct sales increase
RUSSIA Etalon Group sold 9,590 apartments in 2016, which represents a 22 pct increase y-o-y.
Three records for Dom Development
POLAND In 2016 Dom Development sold a 2,735 apartments representing a 15 pct rise on the 2,382 apartments sold in the previous year. In Q4 this year the developer sold 717 apartments, which is a quarterly record.
Echo sees 60 pct growth
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, began the construction of about 1,500 apartments in 2017.
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
AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market
Demand for computing power is rising rapidly, driven by artificial intelligence and cloud services. This is accelerating growth in Europe’s data centr ...
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
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
Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct
Wrocław Fashion Outlet has reduced energy usage by 14 pct since 2022, while continuing to develop ESG initiatives focused on energy efficiency, the ci ...
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
BRE launches BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V7
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
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
LemonTree sells second stage of Booster Zabrze
LemonTree has sold the second stage of Booster Zabrze to Vestas Investment Management Europe, which acquired the first stage in February. The transact ...
DL Invest Group secures EUR 95 mln from UniCredit
Warsaw office property sold to owner-occupier
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
Bucharest office demand picks up as companies rethink their workplace needs
New office leasing demand reached more than 93,000 sqm in the first nine months of 2026, up 6 pct year-on-year, while 72 pct of transactions involved ...
eService leases 7,500 sqm in Drucianka Campus
Defence24 leases 1,150 sqm at Warsaw Corporate Center
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
Murapol launches Stoczniova sales
Murapol has launched presales of 401 investment units in the next stage of Murapol Stoczniova in Gdańsk’s Młode Miasto district. The units are being d ...
Develia completes ninth stage of Aleje Praskie
Sales begin for Nowy Rytm Kabaty
Retail & leisure
Fun Park to open in Ferio Legnica
Focus Estate Fund has signed a lease with Fun Park, which will open an approximately 880-sqm entertainment centre at Ferio Legnica. The centre is sche ...
Normal opens first two stores in Romania
BIG Bolesławiec fully leased ahead of opening
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
MLP Business Park Vienna welcomes two new tenants
MLP Business Park Vienna has signed up two new tenants, with Austrian companies Paper Republic and RYX Holding having leased a combined 5,000 sqm at t ...
