News
Investment & finance
CPI buys Bondy in Mladá Boleslav
CZECH REPUBLIC CPI Property Group has acquired Bondy, the largest shopping centre in the city of Mladá Boleslav in central Bohemia for an undisclosed sum.
Hotels
Hilton goes mid-market, challenges Airbnb
WORLD Hilton Worldwide has introduced a new affordable hotel chain format, Tru by Hilton, aimed at luring more younger travelers to its sites.
Investment & finance
Scandinavians come to Tryton
POLAND Scandinavian IT company Ciklum has leased 1,000 sqm in the the Tryton Business House office building, which is being developed by Echo Investment in Gdańsk.
Investment & finance
CCC posts strong results, buys online store
EUROPE Total monthly revenues of the Polish footwear retail group CCC have increased by 36.7 pct y-o-y, to PLN 173.2 mln, in January 2016.
Retail & leisure
Polish brands break into Slovak market
SLOVAKIA Polish fashion brands Simple and Gino Rossi are to open stores in the Centrál shopping centre in Bratislava.
Immofinanz finalizes sale of logistics portfolio
EUROPE Immofinanz has financed the sale of its EUR 536 mln logistics portfolio to Blackstone.
Office & mixed-use development
Citi comes to Q22
POLAND Citi Handlowy has leased 1,000 sqm of space in the Q22 office project, which is being developed by Echo Investment in Warsaw. In H2 the tenant will move into its new offices located on one of the uppermost floors of the 42-storey building for retail banking operations.
New Moscow office supply halves
RUSSIA App. 700,000 sqm of office space was completed in 2015 on the Moscow market, about two times less than the amount in 2014, according to JLL.
I2 Development breaks record but wants more
POLAND I2 Development, a residential and commercial developer which operates in Wrocław, has registered a 60 pct sales improvement in sales in 2015.
Retail & leisure
CH Bażantowo to get larger
POLAND The Bażantowo shopping centre in Katowice is to be extended.
Retail & leisure
Bydgoszcz outlet centre to get underway in H1
POLAND The design work has started on Metropolitan Outlet Bydgoszcz – the latest project by Carrefour and White Star Real Estate and the first outlet centre in the town.
Morgan Stanley targeting CEE region
WORLD Morgan Stanley is planning to move a large part of its operations from the New York HQ of the company to a number of cheaper locations - and is to focus on Budapest and Bombay, where the American bank already operates service centres, Reuters reports.
More warehouses for Bydgoszcz thanks to S5
POLAND The improvement of Poland's road and railway infrastructure has led developers to build projects in new locations.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Morena getting more sporty
POLAND Three new sports brands have leased space in the Galeria Morena shopping centre, which is currently undergoing extension work in Gdańsk.
Polish office market sees record take-up
POLAND In 2015 Poland's office market with 1.5 mln sqm of leased space recorded the highest tenant activity ever, according to JLL.
Desigual chain grows in Romania
ROMANIA Fashion retailer Desigual is to open its first Romanian location beyond Bucharest.
Office & mixed-use development
More Manpower for Proximo
POLAND HR consulting firm ManpowerGroup has leased more than 1,400 sqm on the 12th floor the Proximo office development, which is currently under construction in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
American Eagle flies away from Poland?
POLAND US fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters has closed down Polish locations.
Investment & finance
Annopol Business Park sold
POLAND Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF) has purchased the Annopol Business Park warehouse and office center in Warsaw from Europejskie Centrum Inwestycyjne (ECI).
Slight improvement in investor sentiment
UKRAINE Commercial real estate investment in Ukraine increased in 2015 to USD 65 mln, from USD 47 mln in 2014, according to DTZ Ukraine.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
LightOn with Outstanding design
LightOn – the latest office project being developed by CPI Property Group at ul. Prosta 69 in central Warsaw – has been awarded BREEAM design stage ce ...
Gold for Polona 68
Six buildings certified
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The latest issue of Eurobuild is now out – and, as always, it’s packed with timely analysis, expert forecasts, industry commentary... and a good dose ...
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Time to read Eurobuild's spring issue!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
Human resources
Five new board members at JLL
Five new members are joining JLL's management board, and will take on their new roles from the beginning of July.
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Changes at the helm of Dom Development
Infrastructure
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the ...
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Arkady Wrocławskie sold
Develia has signed a sales agreement with Vastint Poland for the Arkady Wrocławskie mixed-use building for EUR 42.967 mln.
Stena buys two High5ive buildings
Sale and leaseback for Cavatina Hall
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
Equilibrium 2 awarded WiredScore Platinum certification
Skanska’s Equilibrium 2 building in Bucharest has been awarded the highest-level WiredScore certification for an operational building.
PZU stays in Konstruktorska
Office sizes growing
Property and Facility Management
Studio B under new management
Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district. The property is owned by Stena Real Estate ...
Cushman feels the Vibe
CBRE will rule in Skyliner II
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Noli Studios is to open its latest project in the Tricity in July. The Czerwone Koszary barracks has been transformed into a PRS project with hotel se ...
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
EBRD supports Resi4Rent
Retail & leisure
M Park opens in Ropczyce
M Core subsidiary LCP Poland has officially opened M Park Ropczyce 35 km from Rzeszów.
Sixteen brands enter the market
Karuzela to grow
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
Work begins on Westside Szczecin Neo by LemonTree
LemonTree has launched Westside Szczecin Neo by LemonTree, its second project in Szczecin. The centre will provide 34,000 sqm of warehouse and office ...
