News
Investment & finance
Griffin and Starwood set to join Skanska as Westin owners
POLAND Griffin and Starwood could be forming a joint venture with Skanska (the present owner), to take over the Westin hotel in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
Underground facelift for Złote Tarasy
POLAND The modernisation of the -1 level is currently in progress in the Złote Tarasy shopping centre in central Warsaw, which involves the redevelopment of the shopping arcade, the recommercialisation of some of the units and the renovation of the toilets.
Retail & leisure
Ferio Wawer opens - for shopping and dancing
POLAND The opening ceremony has taken place for the Ferio Wawer shopping centre in Warsaw. The ceremony was attended by Maciej Krenek, a board member of RE Project Development (the investor), Łukasz Jeziorski (the mayor of Wawer district) and the daughter of Kazimierz Szpotański (whose factory stood on the site before the Second World War).
Investment & finance
J&T “acquires part of Klingerka”
SLOVAKIA J&T Real Estate has bought part of the Klingerka project in Bratislava from Koruna Reality, according to Reality.Trend.sk.
Food in malls not keeping up with fashion
EUROPE Shopping centres in the EMEA region need to bring the standard of their food and drink offer up to that of the retail offer, according to a report by CBRE.
Investment & finance
GLL “buys Floreasca Park”
ROMANIA The acquisition by German investment fund GLL Real Estate Partners of the Floreasca Park office building from Portland Trust, in a transaction of worth almost EUR 100 mln, has been approved by the Romanian competition authorities, according to Profit.ro.
Panattoni completes Pilkington plant
POLAND Panattoni Europe has completed the construction of a manufacturing plant for Pilkington Automotive in Chmielów, in the Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone Euro-Park Wisłosan.
Immofinanz opens Vivo in Stalowa Wola
POLAND Immofinanz, together with its development partner Acteeum Group, have opened the first stage of the Vivo! Stalowa Wola shopping centre.
A walk in the clouds
‘Eurobuild CEE’ and the ‘I Have a Dream’ foundation fulfil the dreams of children struggling with illness
Office & mixed-use development
Orlen opts for Opolska
POLAND Polish petro-chemical products company Orlen Oil has leased 1,700 sqm in Echo Investment’s Opolska Business Park development in the northern part of Kraków, which is now close to completion.
Dochki-Sinochki leases 42,000 sqm in Logopark Bykovo
RUSSIA Major Russian kid’s goods retailer Dochki-Sinochki has leased app. 42,200 sqm of warehouse space in the Logopark Bykovo warehouse complex located south-east of Moscow, app. 19 km from the city ring road.
Second Holiday Inn to open in St Petersburg
RUSSIA In 2018, InterContinental Hotels Group is planning to open the Holiday Inn St Petersburg – Proletarskaya in St Petersburg.
BaltCap buys property manager
LITHUANIA The BaltCap Private Equity Fund II managed by BaltCap, a private equity and venture capital investor in the Baltic States, has acquired property manager BPT Real Estate, which is active in the Baltic States and Poland.
Residential
Home at the post office
LITHUANIA Sky City, an office building in the New Town in Vilnius, is currently being converted into apartments.
Warehouse & industrial
DSV Road in Panattoni Łódź complex
POLAND At the beginning of October, DSV Road started operations from a new logistics facility in Panattoni Business Center Łódź II.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Krupówki 60 pct leased
POLAND Galeria Krupówki, which is under construction in Zakopane, is now 60 pct leased. In spite of protests and the suspension of the construction work on the shopping centre, the project was resumed a few months ago.
Public buildings
Lux Med hospital to be redeveloped by FB Antczak
POLAND FB Antczak has been chosen to be the general contractor for the redevelopment of the Garden Plaza office building near the junction of ul. Elbląska and ul. Szamocka in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district.
Retail & leisure
Carrefour renovates eighth mall
POLAND Carrefour Polska has finished the eighth modernisation of its Polish shopping centres with the reopening of Galeria Śląska in Rybnik.
Public buildings
Skanska wins station contract
CZECH REPUBLIC Skanska has been awarded a contract by the Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration [SŽDC] for the modernisation of Česká Lípa train station in northern Bohemia.
Construction
Work advances on Timpuri Noi Square
ROMANIA Vastint has laid the cornerstone for the first stage of its Timpuri Noi Square mixed-use project in Bucharest.
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
Logicor opens Serenity Park in Mysłowice
Logicor has officially opened the first public park in the grounds of a logistics centre in Poland. Logicor’s Serenity Park in Mysłowice comprises 4 h ...
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
Outstanding awarded to CTP
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 October issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
Last day to register
For the 15th time, we invite you to one of the most important and prestigious events in the commercial real estate calendar in Central and Eastern Eur ...
PBSA enters the mainstream
Let's look into the future!
Exclusive
The voice of the younger generation
In our latest exclusive interview, we spoke with Justyna Glinka, a senior associate at Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy, who has been appointed a ...
EGLS enters the scene
The cost of going green
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
Novotel comes to Croatia
Accor's Novotel brand is expanding in Southeastern Europe with the opening of Novotel Zagreb, the brand's first hotel in Croatia.
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Romanian hotels grow
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
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
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
Domestic investors now dominate in Romania
Domestic investors predominate in the commercial real estate market in Romania over the year so far, according to the latest report by Fortim Trusted ...
Libero sold in biggest deal of the year!
LCP buys park in Strzyżów
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
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Aon stays for longer
Aon has extended its lease agreement for office space in Warsaw's Skyliner for another five years. The company first moved into the building owned by ...
Office investment set to reach 1.4 bln
Warta chooses Grundmanna Office 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
Student Depot extended in Poznań
Kajima Properties Europe has completed the extension of Student Depot Poznań, adding over 400 new beds to its portfolio. The project, which was deliv ...
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
No drop in price from price transparency act
Retail & leisure
Another Smart Park to come to Wrocław
RGL, the developer behind the Smart Park brand, has started work on another centre. Its latest retail park will be in Wrocław on ul. Kamiennogórska in ...
Explosive growth of retail space in Romania
Grand Department Store in Pardubice reopens
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
Sanmar comes to Łódź
Sanmar has leased nearly 5,500 sqm of warehouse and office space in Panattoni's Logistics Łódź VI development.
