News
Bergold turns to Knight Frank
POLAND Bergold Group has appointed Knight Frank as the sole leasing agent for four office properties with a total leasable area of more than 20,000 sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Office take-up in Moscow City surges
RUSSIA In the first half of the year office take-up in the Moscow City district reached 207,000 sqm, which was three times higher than the figure for the whole of 2015 (77,000 sqm), according to JLL.
1.5 mln sqm vacant on Moscow warehouse market
RUSSIA The volume of vacant space on the Moscow warehouse market has reached a record 1.5 mln sqm out of a total stock of 12.4 mln sqm, according to JLL. This means that the vacancy rate in existing warehouse premises has increased to 12.5 pct compared to 10.5 pct at the end of 2015.
Home supply close to breaking record
POLAND According to the Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) nearly 73,700 apartments and houses were completed in H1 this year.
Residential
Bryksy completes Graffit House
POLAND Kraków-based developer Bryksy has completed the Graffit House residential project on ul. Rogozińskiego in Kraków’s Grzegórzki district.
Residential
Osiedle Tulipanowe in Środa finished this year
POLAND Planetbud Development intends to complete the construction of Osiedle Tulipanowe in Środa Wielkopolska, southeast of Poznań, this year.
Marvipol buys Praga plot
POLAND Marvipol has issued a stock exchange announcement for the purchase of the perpetual usufruct right of a 0.88 ha plot in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district.
Retail & leisure
Aksonometria debuts in Nowy Świat 2.0
POLAND The Aksonometria furniture store has opened in the Nowy Świat 2.0 office building in Warsaw, developed by Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe Nowy Świat.
Office & mixed-use development
Tenants expand in Ambassador
POLAND Two tenants, Coty Polska and DSV ISS, have expanded their premises in the Ambassador office building in Warsaw’s Mokotów district by additional 700 sqm in total.
Retail & leisure
ETC Swarzędz upgrade begins
POLAND A joint venture set up by Capital Park (the investor) and Akron Group (the property owner) have started the refurbishment and ugrade of the oldest shopping centre in Wielkopolska region – ETC Swarzędz.
Hotels
Record occupancy in Russian hotels
RUSSIA The market-wide weighted average occupancy in Russian hotels in H1 reached a five-year record – 68 pct, exceeding the last year’s number by 4.6 pp, according to JLL.
Investment & finance
Echo sets sights on Jo’burg and Lux listing
POLAND Echo Polska Properties (EPP), which is jointly owned by Echo Investment and South Africa’s Redefine Properties, is aiming to list on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) in August 2016 followed by a listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in September 2016.
Office & mixed-use development
Fifth B4B building full, with sixth about to open
POLAND Building ‘E’, the fifth building of the Bonarka for Business (B4B) office complex in Kraków’s Podgorze district, has reached 100 pct with the signing of two new tenants.
New development plan for Klaipėda in 2018
LITHUANIA A new comprehensive spatial development plan for Klaipėda is to be prepared for an area of 9.8 ha of the city.
Interior design
Designer lighting that can be controlled too
EUROPE Trilux Polska is launching its latest product, Lunexo Led – the winner of the Design+ award at the Light+Building 2016 trade fair.
Forced S6 buy-out by GDDKiA
POLAND Over the next few weeks the General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) is to purchase properties needed for the construction of the S6 expressway.
iQor grows in Bydgoszcz
POLAND iQor, one of the largest service companies in Europe, is to enlarge its Bydgoszcz branch. The company, which is involved in the guarantee and post-guarantee repairs of electronic equipment, will extend the branch by 14,000 sqm.
Murapol increases sales
POLAND In H1 this year Murapol signed off on 1,294 contracts for the sales of apartments –20 pct more than in H1 2015 (1,081).
Retail & leisure
CityFit in Katowice
POLAND CityFit has opened its first gym in Katowice. The club is located at ul. Rynek 12 in the Zenit department store, where it occupies 1,900 sqm.
Hotels
PGU renovating, buying and selling hotels
POLAND Polska Grupa Uzdrowisk is completing a facility in Połczyn-Zdrój, while planning future openings and renovations to expand its base of health resort facilities.
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
Poland heading for a two-tier market
The value of the 960 largest construction projects in Poland is already more than PLN 1 tln and continues to rise, driven by a wave of infrastructure ...
Poland underestimates Building site crime
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
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 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment
By 2030, Data4 plans to invest over EUR 20 bln in the development of its European campuses. Data4 will invest EUR 5 bln to transform a brownfield site ...
EU targets Poland for rapid Data centre growth
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
Outstanding for Prologis
Prologis has been awarded a BREEAM International New Construction certificate with a rating of Outstanding for its new warehouse development in Ujazd ...
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park
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
Let's play volleyball again
For the 15th time, the real estate industry will unite for a worthy cause and once again in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation. Th ...
August 7th – mark the date
Investment given the green light
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Green light for Port of Poland
The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of P ...
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Patron and Trei sell six retail parks
Patron Capital, in partnership with Trei Real Estate, has announced the sale of six retail parks in Poland to a joint venture of Generali Investments ...
YIT partners again with One Family Office
Central Point sold to Lewandpol
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
Nasdaq enters Infinity
Newmark Polska acted as broker to Nasdaq – a global technology and market infrastructure company powering capital markets worldwide – in securing a le ...
Foundever expands in Campus 6.3
Hungary's office market returns
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
Polish State Railways (PKP) is to modernise the station in Gronów Elbląski. The design is ready, and the company has now announced a tender to select ...
A new look for central Warsaw
Oleśnica railway station restored
Residential
StudentSpace to build second centre in Warsaw
StudentSpace, a student housing platform developed by SIGNAL, Griffin Capital Partners, and Echo Investment, has begun construction of its second Wars ...
Poland unprepared for ageing population
Quorum Tower reaches final height
Retail & leisure
Wroclavia becomes Westfield
The Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Group is rebranding the Wroclavia shopping centre to Westfield Wroclavia. The name change is to take effect from S ...
Enter the Zone
EUR 9 mln to modernise Iulius Mall
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
Pepsico opens new centre near Wrocław
ID Logistics has expanded its partnership with PepsiCo by opening a new logistics facility in Tyniec Mały, near Wrocław. The existing two distribution ...
