News
Retail & leisure
No recent completions in Kraków
POLAND No new shopping centres have been developed in Kraków over the last one and a half years, with the market now awaiting the delivery of the Serenada project, which is scheduled for completion in the second half of next year, according to the recent “Shopping centres in agglomerations Q2 2016/Kraków” report by Colliers International.
Warehouse & industrial
New tenants at Prologis Park Teresin
POLAND Industrial space developer Prologis has signed two new lease agreements for a total of 15,750 sqm at its Prologis Park Teresin distribution centre in the Warsaw area.
Retail & leisure
Arsenal Centre completed in Tallinn
ESTONIA General contractor Nordecon has completed the construction work on the Arsenal Centre retail and office project in Tallinn, with the project scheduled to open on October 27.
Office & mixed-use development
Aussies say “G’day” in Katowice
POLAND Australian international IT company Altium is to launch its first office in Poland.
Retail & leisure
New Bucharest store for Kenvelo
ROMANIA Clothing retailer Kenvelo will later this month open a 156 sqm store at the Fashion House Outlet Centre Bucharest. The company is the eleventh new brand to have leased space at the outlet centre since the beginning of the year.
Technology
By the light of the cycle path
POLAND Strabag has built the first lit cycle path in Poland using technology developed by the TPA laboratory in Pruszków.
Office & mixed-use development
Hager opens office building in Tychy
POLAND German Electronic component producer Hager Polo, which is part of the Hager Group, has opened a 2,600 sqm office and training centre on ul. Fabryczna in Tychy.
Interior design
Entering new sectors after rebranding
POLAND Tétris by Neo Świat has completed its rebranding and changed its name.
Hotels
CFI invests in Falenty
POLAND Central Fund of Immovables, a subsidiary of CFI Holding, has finished the first stage of redevelopment and conversion work on a conference centre in Falenty near Warsaw. Plans are also in place to extend the facility.
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.
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
PORR wins PLN 539 mln contract for US air force base in Wrocław
PORR has signed a contract worth around PLN 539 mln gross to build the first phase of a cargo and logistics facility for the US Air Force at Wrocław-S ...
BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
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
Greenfield Băneasa Earns BREEAM Excellent Certification
Twelve residential buildings comprising 982 apartments at Greenfield Băneasa in Bucharest have received BREEAM Excellent certification, following an a ...
A green office is more than a certificate
Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct
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
Will Poland dominate the AI market?
How will AI change the real estate business? Where are the best data centre sites in Poland? Will Europe be able to feed data centres the energy they ...
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Exclusive
Leading the renaissance of local investors
One of the more interesting Polish property investors to emerge on the local scene in recent years is Syrena Real Estate. This year, it added the Rena ...
The man from NASA
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
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 House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście
Green House Development has launched pre-sales for Building C, the final phase of its Wave Świnoujście Thermal & SPA development. The building will fe ...
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
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
Archicom raises PLN 385 mln in bond issue
Archicom, the residential developer subsidiary of Echo Group, has placed four-year bonds worth PLN 385 mln. Investor demand reached PLN 495 mln, equiv ...
Poland’s Retail Park Market Drives Growth in Portfolio Transactions
Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln
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
Hybrid work dominates in Poland
As many as 93 pct of organisations in Poland operate hybrid working models, while just 1 pct are fully remote, according to Colliers Define’s ‘Hybrid ...
Yareal moves into new Warsaw office
Tesco chooses Unity Square Two for its Kraków headquarters
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
RSJ and Na Jelenách plan 5,500 rental homes in Prague
Czech investment group RSJ and developer Na Jelenách have formed a strategic partnership to build a new residential district in southern Prague. The p ...
Nowa Tkalnia to open up Łódź’s industrial past
Skanska launches sales of 151 apartments in Prague
Retail & leisure
CH Osowa adds five new retail and entertainment concepts
Gdańsk’s CH Osowa shopping centre welcomed five new concepts in September and October, spanning gaming, collectibles, fashion and floristry. The new a ...
Ania Kruk opens store at Magnolia Park
BIG Konstantynów to open expanded retail park on 29 October
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
Ecologistics leases 44,500 sqm warehouse near Prague
Ecologistics, the Czech arm of logistics company Goodcang Holdings, has signed a long-term lease for an entire 44,500 sqm warehouse at EQT Park Prague ...
