News
EU approval for SELP acquisition
POLAND The EU competition authorities have consented to the acquisition by Segro European Logistics Partnership (SELP) of the Gliwice 5 warehouse.
Hotels
Accor to blend hotels with hostels
EUROPE AccorHotels is to create a new hotel brand Jo&Joe, which will combine features of private-rental, hostel and hotel formats and even some Google campus style work spaces. About 50 such hotels are to be built by the year 2020.
Office & mixed-use development
Foundation stone for Advance Tower
HUNGARY Futureal has laid the foundation stone for its Advance Tower in Budapest.
Warsaw retail stock keeps growing
POLAND Over 135,000 sqm of retail space was under construction in the Warsaw agglomeration at the end of H1 2016, with those projects scheduled to be completed this year located outside the administrative borders of the Polish capital, according to the “Shopping centres in agglomerations Q2 2016/Warsaw” report by Colliers International.
Retail market gains momentum
POLAND The supply of new retail space in Poland will increase significantly in Q4 2016, claims JLL.
Retail & leisure
CA Immo sells Prague shopping centre
CZECH REPUBLIC Austrian real estate company CA Immo has signed an agreement to sell the Šestka shopping centre in Prague to a fund that belongs to Prague-based investment bank Wood & Company as it continues to withdraw from what it views as a non-core sector.
Neinver trumpeting green policies
EUROPE Spanish developer Neinver is the first shopping centre manager in Europe to have had its whole portfolio certified under the energy efficiency standard ISO 50001, claims the company in its recent Sustainability Report.
Hotels
Mera to become Marriott in Sopot
POLAND The Mera Spa Hotel in Sopot is to be converted into a Marriott Hotel next year after Marriott International’s signing of an agreement with Vastint Poland and Legend Hotels Poland, respectively the owner and the operator of the property.
Retail & leisure
Hala Koszyki now full
POLAND A total of 18 catering facilities are to open in Hala Koszyki as well as, 11 grocery stores, including the Bazar Koszyki market open seven days a week, a bookshop, a store with kitchen equipment and home decorations, and the Comfort Food Studio culinary academy.
Office & mixed-use development
Delphi Poland to expand in Enterprise Park
POLAND Delphi Poland has signed a lease for a further 6,300 sqm in the Enterprise Park complex in Kraków. The company will move into the ‘F’ building, which is part of the fourth stage of the project and is to be completed in December 2017.
MLP launches project for Macro
POLAND MLP has started preparation work for the construction of a distribution centre for the Makro Polska chain in the MLP Pruszków II logistic park.
Unibep builds for Ochnik Development
POLAND Unibep is to construct a residential building in Warsaw for Ochnik Development.
Retail & leisure
New concept for Cross Jeans stores
POLAND In the second half of September the Cross Jeans brand opened its first outlet designed in line with its new concept in Manufaktura.
Retail & leisure
Saller to expand Wałbrzych retail park
POLAND The Saller group is planning the extension of a retail park at ul. Henryka Wieniawskiego 70 (the Podzamcze district) in Wałbrzych.
LC Corp sells more than in 2015
POLAND LC Corp sold 1,441 apartments from January to the end of September 2016.
Retail & leisure
Posnania prepares to open
POLAND Finishing work on the Posnania shopping centre is nearing completion with work on the artistic installations, the cleaning of the site and products being stacked on shelves, according to Apsys, the owner of the project.
Construction
Skating in Bydgoszcz in a year’s time
POLAND The foundation stone has been laid for a covered ice-rink at ul. Toruńska 59 in Bydgoszcz.
New terminal for Timișoara airport
ROMANIA The feasibility study for a new 30,000 sqm terminal at Traian Vuia Airport in Timișoara has been completed, report local media.
Investment & finance
Metropolis Center changes hands
ROMANIA Prague-based developer and investor PPF Real Estate has entered onto the Romanian real estate market with its acquisition of the Metropolis Center office complex in central Bucharest from Austrian real estate company Soravia.
Warehouse & industrial
Sony expands in Prologis Park Plzeň-Štěnovice
CZECH REPUBLIC Logistics developer Prologis has signed two lease agreements with Sony DADC for space in its Prologis Park Plzeň-Štěnovice distribution centre.
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 construction sector faces growing labour shortage
Poland’s construction sector is facing increasing labour shortages, with the industry short of around 150,000 workers. Turnover among engineers has re ...
Carbon Counts in Construction
Polish construction sector under pressure
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
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
EPP has already met the emissions reduction targets it set for 2030 under the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which helps companies set emiss ...
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
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
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Bob W has signed a long-term deal to operate a new aparthotel at Krulli Kvartal, part of the 10.2 ha regeneration of the historic Krulli industrial qu ...
Prague moves into top 10 for hotel investment
Mövenpick opens first Croatian hotel on Adriatic coast
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
Planning reform redraws the land market
Poland’s planning reform is changing the way land is valued, according to Walter Herz. Plots covered by a local zoning plan (MPZP), a legally binding ...
Nusco secures EUR 21.4 mln financing from Exim Banca Românească
CEECAT Capital raises EUR 135m at first close of third fund
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
Flint Group extends Łódź 1 lease
Flint Group Packaging Solutions has renewed its lease at the Łódź 1 office building at al. Piłsudskiego 22. The company will remain at its current hea ...
Colliers to lease UREM Poland portfolio
ADC stays on in Francuska
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
Apartments remain a top investment
Poles continue to see apartments as one of the most attractive ways of investing their money, according to Otodom’s ‘Property Market Sentiment Monitor ...
MTX plans Katowice tower
RealCo sells out Wrocław project
Retail & leisure
Retailers rethink the role of technology
Consumers are increasingly tired of technology overload and excessive personalisation, while physical stores can benefit from offering something the d ...
Retail parks become local hubs
M Core acquires Galeria Chełm
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
Warehouse vacancy falls to three-year low
The vacancy rate in Poland’s warehouse market fell to 6.6 pct at the end of June, its lowest level in three years. At the same time, gross take-up ros ...
