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Eurobuild Awards
The jury has chosen the winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2016
POLAND For the seventh time a jury comprising almost 160 real estate professionals has chosen the companies and buildings that have had the greatest effect on the Polish real estate market in 2016. On December 6th, over 800 people gathered for the gala ceremony held in the DoubleTree by Hilton Warsaw.
Hotels
Ibis to land in Lublin
POLAND Orbis has concluded a franchise agreement concerning an Ibis Budget hotel in Lublin.
Office & mixed-use development
MakoLab seals Ogrodowa Office lease
POLAND Tech and marketing company MakoLab has finalised its lease for space in the Ogrodowa Office building in Łódź.
Eurobuild Awards
Eurobuild Awards 2016: over PLN 40,000 raised for sick children
The guests of the Eurobuild Awards gala, encouraged by Szymon Majewski representing the Iskierka foundation, willingly donated to the charity for sick children and a total of over PLN 40,000 was raised.
Construction
Maya buzzes into Poland
The cornerstone for the first theme park in Poland is to be laid on December 8th in the village of Kownaty in Lubuskie province, 40 km from Frankfurt an der Oder on the German border. We spoke to Daniel Heinst, the CEO of Holiday Park Kownaty Poland, and Bruno Lambrecht, the general manager of CFE Polska, about the nuts and bolts of the project
Warehouse & industrial
P3 extends Błonie
POLAND P3 has begun construction work on an 80,000 sqm expansion of its Błonie Park. On completion the park is to offer 275,000 sqm.
BIK launches onto WSE
POLAND The shares of Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych debuted on the main market of Warsaw Stock Exchange on November 31st.
Residential
Belleville popular with clients
POLAND Belleville, the second project of Bouygues Immobilier in Wrocław has found buyers for 60 pct of the apartments.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Katowicka changes second floor
POLAND Meyer Bergman, the owner of the Galeria Katowicka mall, and its manager Apsys Polska, have decided to renovate the second floor of the three-year-old centre.
Technology
Fibaro and Skanska together
POLAND The Jaśminowy Mokotów estate in Warsaw developed by Skanska Residential Development Poland will be fitted with the Fibaro intelligent home welcome package.
Investment & finance
Many more projects in Katowice Special Economic Zone
POLAND Permits have been issued for seven new investment projects with a value in excess of PLN 320 mln involving the creation of 235 new jobs, to be set up in the Katowice Special Economic Zone.
Danes open centre in Prague
CZECH REPUBLIC Transport and logistics company DSV has opened a logistics centre with an area of 23,000 sqm close to Vaclav Havel airport in Prague.
Retail & leisure
Scandinavians entrants onto Polish furniture market
POLAND Isku, one of Scandinavia’s largest furniture manufacturers, which was founded in 1928, has opened its first showroom in the Prosta Tower office building in Warsaw with a lease of 240 sqm.
Investment & finance
AFI to sell its Bucharest offices
ROMANIA AFI Europe affiliate Africa Israel Investments has signed a letter of intent to sell the five office buildings constructed next to the AFI Palace Cotroceni mall in Bucharest.
Warehouse & industrial
GLS leases 11,000 sqm in Pardubice
CZECH REPUBLIC Global Logistics Solutions, the logistics provider and subsidiary of Foxconn CZ, has leased a new 11,000 sqm hall in Logistika Park Pardubice in Černá za Bory.
Growthpoint takes EUR 186.4 mln stake in Globalworth
ROMANIA Growthpoint Properties, a REIT listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, is to pay EUR 186.4 mln for an initial 26.9 pct stake in Globalworth Real Estate Investment, which is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
Retail & leisure
Immofinanz announces three Stop Shop locations in Serbia
SERBIA Immofinanz is to set up Stop Shop retail parks in Požarevac, Lazarevac and Vršac with a combined leasable area of 23,800 sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Nordic Light open
HUNGARY Nordic Light, a 26,000 sqm LEED ‘Gold’ certified office building developed by Skanska in Budapest, has officially opened.
Atal sales up by 150 pct
POLAND In the first three quarters of the year, Atal handed over 1,260 apartments to buyers – up from 500 apartments a year ago, representing a growth in sales of 152 pct y-o-y.
Retail & leisure
Karuzela spins into Świebodzin
POLAND Construction work on the Karuzela retail park is to start in Świebodzin (Lubusz province) in H1 next year.
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
BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences
BERGER Bau Polska will modernise the Kredka and Ołówek student residences owned by the University of Wrocław under a contract worth PLN 41.44 mln gros ...
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko
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
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
Poland’s Retail Park Market Drives Growth in Portfolio Transactions
Poland’s increasingly mature retail park market is creating opportunities for portfolio transactions, allowing investors to expand their presence more ...
Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
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
Yareal moves into new Warsaw office
Yareal Polska has moved its headquarters to LIXA C in Warsaw. The 750 sqm office was designed by The Design Group.
Tesco chooses Unity Square Two for its Kraków headquarters
Capgemini doubles office space at Business Garden Warsaw
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
Nowa Tkalnia to open up Łódź’s industrial past
Linesa Investments is redeveloping the former Uniontex textile factory site in Łódź’s Księży Młyn district, creating new homes, retail and service uni ...
Skanska launches sales of 151 apartments in Prague
Housing costs shape students’ choice of university
Retail & leisure
BIG Konstantynów to open expanded retail park on 29 October
BIG Konstantynów will open a new section of its retail park on 29 October 2026, adding around 13,500 sqm of retail space. Following the expansion, the ...
LPP Group to bring four fashion brands to RIVUS
Aurum Optics opens its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura
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
Garbe leases Dissen logistics centre to Oval Group
Garbe Industrial has leased its 19,500 sqm logistics centre in Dissen, Lower Saxony, to Oval Group for fresh and chilled goods logistics from February ...
