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Hotels
Orbis sells Mrągowo hotel
POLAND Orbis has signed a preliminary sales contract with Deporium Inc to sell its hotel in Mrągowo.
Office & mixed-use development
Promenady Zita adds to its tenant list
POLAND New tenants have been secured for the Promenady Zita building in the Promenady Business Park complex in Wrocław: rail logistics provider Ecco Rail (374 sqm) and two representatives of the IT industry – Ukrainian company Axiom SL (659 sqm) and SAP–SI Consulting, a supplier of system maintenance services (1,200 sqm).
Warehouse & industrial
Scania investing in Lithuania
LITHUANIA Swedish-owned truck manufacturer Scania Lietuva is to open a new showroom and service centre in Šiauliai in Q2 2016.
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.
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
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
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
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
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Atlas Estates, which invests in real estate across the CEE region, recently secured a major refinancing loan for the Warsaw Hilton Hotel. And so, we s ...
Not just for the rich
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
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
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Leonardo Hotels Central Europe will manage the entire JM Tower complex on ul. Grzybowska in Warsaw from October this year. Currently, the chain is onl ...
Self service in Opole
Mercure comes to Transylvania
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
The Central Communication Port (CPK) has awarded a tender for track layout changes in the Retkinia area of Łódź to Multiconsult Polska, who bid PLN ...
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
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
AFI buys out Echo's share of Office House
AFI and Echo Investment, the developers of the Towarowa22 project, have signed a deal under which AFI becomes the sole owner of the Office House offic ...
Dom Dochodowy sold
BNP Paribas lends Panattoni EUR 20.2 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
Astellas comes to the Bridge
Astellas Pharma Global Capability Centre has joined the tenants of The Bridge in Warsaw. The international pharmaceutical company will occupy two floo ...
Rockwool grows bigger in Nowy Rynek
More drugs in Aeropark
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
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Agora Mall Arad (formerly Galleria Arad) officially reopened on August 28th following an extensive refurbishment and repositioning.
Ławica Shopping Park opens in Poznań
Retail park to come to Konstantynów Łódzki
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
Siemens Energy comes to Mülheim
CTP has signed a lease agreement with Siemens Energy Global for the development of 20,000 sqm in CTPark Mülheim in North Rhine-Westphalia.
