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Interior design
Standard furnishes new ABB office
ESTONIA Estonian office and contract furniture manufacturer Standard has provided the furnishings for the newly opened ABB business service centre in Tallinn, including workplaces for 400 people and 16 meeting rooms with electrical fittings and multimedia facilities. This is one of the biggest office furnishing projects in Estonia in 2016.
Architecture and urban planning
Over 200 in competition to build wooden folly
ESTONIA Over 200 entries have been received in the first stage of the TAB 2017 Urban Installation Open Call competition to design an experimental wooden folly in Tallinn for August 2017.
CBRE appointed agent for Rostov shopping centre
RUSSIA CBRE has been appointed as the exclusive leasing and marketing agent for the second phase of the Megamag shopping centre project in Rostov-on-Don, which is now being developed by Edinstvo.
Sii runs into Maraton
POLAND IT and industrial engineering services provider Sii has leased more than 3,400 sqm of office space in the Maraton building in Poznań and plans to double its staff number to app. 400 people by the end of 2018.
Tenants enter Galeria Północna
POLAND The Galeria Północna mall in Warsaw’s Tarchomin district is now app. 75 pct after a total of app. 5,000 sqm of retail space was leased in the third quarter of the year.
Office & mixed-use development
Construction of Mennica Legacy Tower to start
POLAND Golub GetHouse and Mennica Polska are soon to launch the construction of their joint Mennica Legacy Tower office project in Warsaw with Warbud acting as the general contractor.
Vacancy down for Prologis
EUROPE Prologis Europe ended the third quarter with a vacancy rate of 3.9 pct, down by 50 basis points from the second quarter.
Investment & finance
Chinese investors take a quarter of Hilton
WORLD Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is to acquire a stake of app. 25 pct in Hilton Worldwide Holdings from Blackstone for USD 6.5 bln, which is equivalent to USD 26.25 per share.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Metropolia officially open
POLAND Investor Przedsiębiorstwo Budowlane Górski has recently held the grand opening ceremony for its Galeria Metropolia shopping centre in Gdańsk.
Office & mixed-use development
New tenants in Millennium Plaza
POLAND Over the last twelve months the owner of the Millennium Plaza skyscraper in Warsaw has leased a combined 9,000 sqm in the building, with nearly 4,500 sqm being subject to new leases.
Hotels
Nine new Hiltons in Poland
POLAND/CEE REGION Hilton Worldwide has announced the opening of nine new hotels in various cities across Poland as well as a few projects around the region, including in Russia and Belarus.
Office & mixed-use development
Bobrowiecka out of the ground
POLAND Construction work on the Bobrowiecka 8 office building in Warsaw has reached the ground level.
Office & mixed-use development
UOKiK gives approval for two Wrocław Office buildings
POLAND UOKiK, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, has consented to the establishment of an SPV owned by Polski Holding Nieruchomości and KGHM TFI.
Retalia now open
POLAND The Retalia retail park at ul. Królewska 48 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki has been opened.
Residential
Angel River has a contractor
POLAND Karmar has been appointed by Angel Poland Group as the general contractor of the Angel River residential complex in Wrocław.
BGK prepares for Apartment Plus programme
POLAND State-owned BGK Bank subsidiary BGK Nieruchomości has signed seventeen agreements including a number of letters of intent with local government authorities to support the pilot programme of the government’s new ‘Apartment Plus’ scheme.
Property and Facility Management
Golden Star retains NAI
POLAND Golden Star Estate, the new owner of the Konstruktorska Business Center development has extended its contract with NAI Estate Fellows, which has managed the building since 2013.
Polnord to sell office buildings
POLAND Polnord is looking for investors for two buildings in the Wilanów Office Park complex with the company hoping to complete the sales by the end of Q2 2017.
Technology
Skanska goes virtual
POLAND Skanska claims to be the first developer in Poland to use HoloLens smartglasses to showcase its Generation Park complex, which is under construction, in Warsaw.
Panattoni builds for Ideal Automotive in Zielona Góra
POLAND Panattoni Europe is now developing an almost 20,000 sqm BTS manufacturing and warehouse project for automotive supplier Ideal Automotive.
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
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
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
Lisala, owned by Hungarian property group WING and Griffin Capital Partners, plans to acquire the remaining 37.63 pct of Polish developer Echo Investm ...
DWS to acquire Peakside Capital Advisors
LemonTree sells second stage of Booster Zabrze
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
Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków
Knight Frank has been appointed exclusive leasing agent for VINCI Office Center at 100 Opolska Street in Kraków. The building, owned by Sharow Capital ...
Bucharest office demand picks up as companies rethink their workplace needs
eService leases 7,500 sqm in Drucianka Campus
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
Yareal starts construction of apartment building in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district
Yareal has started construction of an apartment building at ul. Mickiewicza 63 in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district. The intimate development will comprise 6 ...
Murapol Rivo in Bydgoszcz receives occupancy permit
Agrobex completes first stage of Unii Lubelskiej 4
Retail & leisure
Bricomarché opens new store in Włoszczowa
Bricomarché opened a new store in Włoszczowa, Poland, on 7 October. Located at 47 Czarnieckiego Street, the store offers around 23,000 products for ho ...
BIG Poland to open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22
Alior Bank opens in Manufaktura in Łódź
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 ...
