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Residential
Developer buys land for Lokum
POLAND Wrocław-based developer Lokum Deweloper has purchased a 3.8-ha plot on ul. Gazowa and ul. Międzyleska in Wrocław’s Krzyki district, on which 739 apartments are to be constructed.
Retail & leisure
Another Smyk to open in Katowice
POLAND Children’s store Smyk is to open a 1,100 sqm outlet in Echo Investment’s Galeria Libero shopping centre project in Katowice.
Retail & leisure
Retail tax on hold. Will there be a new one?
POLAND The Polish minister of finance, Paweł Szałamacha, has announced at a press conference that the levying of the retail trade tax is to be suspended.
Construction
Yareal launches Nowogrodzka project
POLAND French developer Yareal has started the construction of the Nowogrodzka Square office building between ul. Nowogrodzka and Al. Jerozolimskie in Warsaw.
Technology
The tallest with the biggest
POLAND Philips Lighting has equipped the tallest office building in Poland – the Warsaw Spire – with a dynamic façade illumination consisting of over 88,000 individually programmed elements.
Investment & finance
Al Habtoor buys in Budapest
HUNGARY UAE based investor Al Habtoor Group has added two office assets to its Budapest portfolio.
Russian investment continues to bounce back
RUSSIA So far this year, USD 3 bln has been invested in the real estate market., representing a 71 pct increase y-o-y, according to data from JLL.
Office & mixed-use development
PwC expands
POLAND Global consultancy PwC has extended its lease in the Silesia Business Park on ul. Chorzowska in Katowice by over 2,000 sqm to take up a total of 9,200 sqm and, as a result of the latest transaction, the building is now fully leased.
Retail & leisure
Etele Plaza leasing starts
HUNGARY Developer Futureal Group has started the commercialisation of its Etele Plaza shopping centre project in Budapest.
Investment & finance
City Tower in Prague sold for EUR 182 mln
CZECH REPUBLIC ČS Nemovitostní Fond has bought the tallest building in Prague, City Tower in Pankrác district, from PPF Real Estate Holding for app. CZK 4.4 bln (app. EUR 182 mln).
No space left in Budapest
HUNGARY With the lowest vacancy rates (10.3 pct) since the 1990s, headline office rents for grade ‘A’ office space are likely to increase, claim Cushman & Wakefield in the ‘Office Market Overview –Budapest’ report for September 2016.
Retail & leisure
Buyer found for Belgrade Plaza
SERBIA Plaza Centers has signed a non-binding preliminary agreement to sell the Belgrade Plaza shopping centre in Belgrade for app. EUR 50 mln to an undisclosed buyer.
Office & mixed-use development
Amplio Investment moves to Catalina
POLAND Amplio Investment, a company specialising in environmental investments, has leased 650 sqm on the second floor of Catalina Office Center in Warsaw.
Warehouse & industrial
Ecco expands in Bokserska
POLAND KRM Poland, footwear retailer Ecco’s distribution branch, has significantly expanded its warehousing and operations at Bokserska Distribution Center in Warsaw to more than 10,500 sqm.
Green projects
Platinum for Mars
POLAND The latest section of the Mars Polska confectionary plant in Sochaczew has been LEED-certified at the ‘Platinum’ level.
Construction
Alstal at the police station
POLAND Construction company Alstal has been awarded a PLN 18 mln contract for the major renovation and extension of a historic police station building in the centre of Poznań.
Construction
Living Point Mokotów basement complete
POLAND The underground section of Vantage Development’s first Warsaw project – the Living Point Mokotów residential development – reached its shell stage in September.
Green projects
Certificate for Karolkowa Business Park
POLAND The Karolkowa Business Park Warsaw, which was built by the Asbud group, has obtained a BREEAM In-Use certificate with a ‘Very Good’ rating.
Construction
Alstal to build court
POLAND Alstal is to construct the Court of Appeals in Poznań in a contract worth PLN 37 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Nordea in Tri-city’s Tensor complex
POLAND In what is the largest lease transaction to have been signed in the Tri-city office market so far this year, Nordea Bank AB has taken up 9,600 sqm in the Tensor complex in Gdynia owned by Euro Styl.
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
Polish housing market slows as projects put on hold
Poland’s residential construction market is slowing, with 936 projects put on hold over the past year. Yet investors continue to prepare new projects, ...
Planning Code Set to Change Real Estate Market
Tunnel boring soon to begin
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
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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 June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
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
Green Development launches Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa
Green House Development is launching pre-sales of suites at Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa, the third development under the Wave brand on the Polish coast, ...
Mercure opens in Oradea
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
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
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
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
Retail takes a third of Q2 investment
Retail accounted for 36 pct of total commercial real estate investment in both Poland and Italy in Q2 2026, the highest share among the eight European ...
Lett takes Gdańsk PRS portfolio to 646 units
EPP takes EUR 106 mln in financing
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
Drutex to invest PLN 30 mln in headquarters expansion
Drutex has begun the second phase of an expansion of its headquarters in Bytów, northern Poland. The PLN 30 mln project will refurbish its existing of ...
WSP takes 1,100 sqm at Skyliner II
Warsaw and Regional Office Markets Diverge
Property and Facility Management
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Savills, which already manages an office portfolio in Poland for TFI PZU, has now also been appointed to manage three of the fund's retail assets.
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Public buildings
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Construction has begun on a new emergency care unit at Thomayer University Hospital in Prague, officially launched by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and ...
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Porr focusing on healthcare
Residential
SGI completes penultimate stage of Łopuszańska 47
SGI has completed the penultimate building at its Łopuszańska 47 residential development in Warsaw’s Włochy district. Handover of the 87 apartments ha ...
Resi4Rent completes 620-unit PRS development in Wrocław
Atal adds 31 apartments to the Kraków residential market
Retail & leisure
Retail investment picks up
Poland’s retail property market saw a clear revival in the first half of 2026. Transaction volumes topped EUR 1 bln, surpassing the total recorded for ...
Power Park Kielce rebrands as BIG Kielce
EV Charging Hub Opens at Manufaktura
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Poland’s warehouse market looks beyond space
Poland’s modern warehouse and industrial stock has reached 37.44 mln sqm. Demand rose by 47 pct year on year in the first quarter of 2026. At the same ...
