News
Office & mixed-use development
WFC retains top floor tenant
POLAND Private equity company Enterprise Investors has renewed its 1,700 sqm lease in the Warsaw Financial Center office building.
Construction
Aura Sky dawns
POLAND The foundation stone has been laid for the 86m high Aura Sky residential building at the junction of ul. Ostrobramska and ul. Rodziewiczówny in Warsaw’s Praga Południe district.
Office & mixed-use development
Verifone takes more in Platinium Business Park
POLAND Verifone European Shared Services has prolonged its lease and extended its area in the Platinium Business Park complex in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
SEE set for record year for investment – JLL
SEE REGION Real estate investment volumes in South-Eastern Europe are expected to reach record highs of EUR 285 mln in 2015, mainly driven by a surge in demand for retail assets by foreign investors, according to JLL.
Vacancy grows in Moscow shopping centres
RUSSIA In 2015, the vacancy rate on the Moscow retail market increased by 2.3 percentage points reaching 8.3 pct, according to JLL.
Retail & leisure
Fort Group looking at 116,000 sqm mall in St Petersburg
RUSSIA Fort Group, owned by Russian businessmen Maxim Levchenko and Boris Paikin, is carrying out due diligence on the Leto shopping centre on Pulkovskoe Shosse in St Petersburg, according to Russian daily 'Kommersant'.
Office & mixed-use development
Q22 signs two more tenants
POLAND The Q22 office tower, which is currently being developed by Echo Investment in Warsaw, has attracted two new tenants: Linklaters and William Demant, according to the latest CBRE report.
Office & mixed-use development
Strongest ever take-up in Prague
CZECH REPUBLIC In Q4 2015, the Prague office market saw the strongest gross take-up in its history, increasing by 78 pct on the previous quarter and totalling 161,800 sqm, according to research by the Prague Research Forum.
Retail & leisure
Rivera obtains occupancy permit
RUSSIA Rivera, the newly completed shopping centre developed by Praktika Development in Moscow’s Danilovsky district, has been granted an occupancy permit.
Residential
Robyg launches latest Wilanów project
POLAND Robyg has launched a new project in Warsaw’s Wilanów district: Apartamenty Villa Nobile.
Retail & leisure
Lords secures new faces for PC Arena
LITHUANIA Lords LB Baltic Fund III has signed three new leases for its PC Arena shopping centre in Klaipėda.
Investment & finance
European Family Centre to open in Sopot
POLAND The city of Sopot has completed a tender for the sale of the 1.12 ha site for the Europejskie Centrum Rodziny [European Family Centre] development.
Residential
Building permit for Neptun II
POLAND Polnord has obtained a building permit for the first stage of the Neptun II estate in Ząbki near Warsaw.
Goodman boasts 1.5 mln sqm in e-commerce contracts
EUROPE With last year’s signing of a 130,000 sqm development contract for Zalando in Germany, Goodman Group has now secured contracts to develop a total of over 1.5 mln sqm for the e-commerce sector across Europe.
Vastint continues to invest in Bucharest
ROMANIA Vastint has purchased a 48 ha land plot in the northern part of Bucharest.
Kyiv office tenant activity doubles
UKRAINE Office take-up in Kyiv in 2015 amounted to app. 174,000 sqm gla, twice as high as the figure for 2014, according to research by DTZ Ukraine.
Retail & leisure
Polish retailer plans massive Abu Dhabi expansion
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Polish fashion retail group LPP has opened its first Abu Dhabi store. By 2020, the company, which owns such chains as Reserved, House, Cropp, Mohito and Sinsay, aims to launch a network of 70 stores in the emirate.
Warehouse & industrial
Prologis to tailor warehouse for Fiege
HUNGARY Prologis has begun the development of an 8,000 sqm BTS facility (DC2) at Prologis Park Hegyeshalom for logistics provider Fiege.
Kyiv office supply hits record low
UKRAINE In 2015, only 40,600 sqm of office space was completed in Kyiv, the lowest result ever, according to JLL. l
Retail & leisure
St Petersburg retail space supply slumps
RUSSIA St Petersburg's new retail space supply has hit a six-year low, according to JLL.
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 ...
