News
Millionaires on decline worldwide
WORLD The number of wealthy people, meaning those with USD 30 mln or more in net assets, declined by 3 pct last year. There are now around 187,500 the so-called ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) around the world, down from 193,100 in 2014, according to the latest Knight Frank report.
Budimex wins contracts worth PLN 7.1 bln in 2015
POLAND Dariusz Blocher, the president of the board of construction company Budimex, has stated that 2015 was a very successful year for the company.
Office & mixed-use development
Wincor Nixdorf expands to Szczecin
POLAND German-based IT solutions provider Wincor Nixdorf is opening its fifth Polish office in Szczecin. The unit will be located in Echo Investment’s Oxygen building.
Marriott-Starwood merger underway
WORLD Marriott and Starwood have cleared the premerger antitrust review in the United States, satisfying one of the closing conditions of the pending combination transactions. The companies are continuing to cooperate with competition authorities in other jurisdictions worldwide to obtain regulatory approvals.
Warehouse & industrial
Medical plant up for sale
SLOVAKIA ICU Medical is to sell its manufacturing complex in Vráble in Nitra district, southwestern Slovakia.
Green projects
Sludge treatment plant for Tauragė
LITHUANIA Panevėžio Statybos Trestas has finished a green project in Tauragė.
749,000 sqm of retail under construction in Kyiv
UKRAINE Eleven shopping centres are under construction in Kyiv with around 749,000 sqm gla, according to Colliers international.
Residential
Antakalnio Parkas ready in June
LITHUANIA The Antakalnio Parkas residential project in Vilnius being developed by M.M.M. Projektai is scheduled for completion in June.
Office & mixed-use development
Maraton attracts more outsourcing
POLAND Telecom sector outsourcing company Administration Personnel Services (APS), which is owned by Bertelsmann Media, has leased over 3,000 sqm of office space in the Maraton office building currently being developed in Poznań by Skanska Property Poland.
Investment & finance
Audėjas Group sells and buy real estate
LITHUANIA Lithuanian upholstery and decorative fabrics producer and furniture retailer Audėjas Group has completed a number of complex inter-related real estate transactions with a total value of more than EUR 11 mln.
Hotels
Hilton Tallinn Park to open in September
ESTONIA Hilton hotel is currently being finished off in Tallinn. It will open in the summer of 2016, Eurbuild CEE found out.
YOC lands in Poland
POLAND German-headquartered mobile advertising technology platform YOC is opening a Warsaw office as it expands European operations.
Office & mixed-use development
Immofinanz secures new and old Warsaw tenants
POLAND Immofinanz has finalised lease deals totalling app. 10,500 sqm for its Warsaw office portfolio.
Warehouse & industrial
Faurecia leases 27,000 sqm in P3 Bratislava
SLOVAKIA French-based car components manufacturer Faurecia is to open a 27,000 sqm plant in P3 Bratislava.
Orco sells Marki warehouse property
POLAND Orco Property Group has disposed of an industrial and logistics project in Marki near Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Allianz and VGP form EUR 500 mln JV
CENTRAL EUROPE Munich-based investor Allianz Real Estate and Brussels-based industrial developer VGP have entered into a 50:50 joint venture with an overall transaction value of EUR 500 mln to purchase Central European projects exclusively owned by VGP.
2015 sees record warehouse supply in Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC In 2015 the total volume of newly built industrial space in the Czech Republic reached 565,700 sqm, which is the highest figure recorded since the global financial crisis, according to JLL.
Investment & finance
Redefine buys 75 pct stake in Echo portfolio
WORLD South African real estate investment trust (REIT) Redefine Properties is acquiring a 75 pct stake in Echo Prime Properties, an Echo Investment subsidiary that controls all 18 of Echo Investment's commercial properties estimated at EUR 1.18 bln, for EUR 362 mln.
Architecture and urban planning
Dutch conquer swimming pool market
LITHUANIA Dutch architects Slangen+Koenis Architecten together with Lithuanian architectual studio Clouds Architektai have designed a swimming stadium in Klaipėda.
Construction
One can move into Švitrigailos Namai earlier
LITHUANIA The second phase of the Švitrigailos Namai residential project in Vilius will now be finished ahead of the original schedule, in Q3 2016.
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
Ace of Space has no barriers
The Ace of Space powered by Globalworth space, located in Renoma, Wrocław, has been awarded a 'Building Without Barriers' certificate by the Integracj ...
B10 goes Platinum
Platinum for Q22
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
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 latest issue of Eurobuild hits the shelves!
The latest issue of Eurobuild is now out - and it was worth waiting for because it's full of personality, quite literally! And The feature article is ...
The October issue is now out!
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Events
Fly to see FC Barcelona live after the Eurobuild Gala
This year's Eurobuild Awards gala features a charity auction for the Iskierka Foundation. The items under the hammer include a voucher for you to go a ...
Oskar Zięta sculpture to be auctioned at Eurobuild Gala
The Accessibility Forum is just around the corner
Exclusive
More than machines
Adrian Winiarek, Partner and Development Director at MDC2, shares his expert insights on how technology and infrastructure come together in modern war ...
The voice of the younger generation
EGLS enters the scene
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
Tourism set to boom around the Med
According to the report, Mediterranean and Southern European markets accounted for 44 pct of all inbound overnight tourist arrivals to Europe last yea ...
Novotel comes to Croatia
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Monting Development to modernise ul. Chłodna
Ul. Chłodna Street is to undergo a full refurbishment from ul. Wronia to ul. Towarowa. Monting Development is at its own expense to design and develop ...
Strabag to help build Fehmarn tunnel
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
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
Kavci Hory Office Park sold
CA Immo has sold the Kavci Hory Office Park in Prague. The 42,300 sqm centre has been acquired by the Conseq Group.
REICO picks up Palladium
Domestic investment grows stronger
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
Construction at the edge of the world
The implementation team for the next stage of the construction of the new main building of the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station has reached K ...
BNM Landlord Representation – the numbers tell the story
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
Office & mixed-use development
Supply constrained but rents stable
Poland’s regional city office markets remained broadly stable in the third quarter of 2025, though new supply continued to be tightly constrained. Dev ...
Sanofi moves to Equilibrium 2
Police HQ in Lipowy Park
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
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
Mortgage demand rises
The third quarter of 2025 will see a significant revival in demand in the housing market, fueled by improving economic conditions and rising consumer ...
AFI starts work on Home V Korytech
Student Depot extended in Poznań
Retail & leisure
Mitiska REIM to modernise Europa Centralna
Work on modernising the Europa Centralna shopping centre has begun in Gliwice. The main part of the centre has been closed for renovation work, while ...
100 parks for LCP
The rise of the over 50s
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
Warehouse market grows in strength
Average transaction size at the end of Q3 in the warehouse and logistics market was over EUR 820 mln, representing an 11 pct year-on-year increase, ac ...
