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Investment & finance
CEE Region CEE investment volumes on the slide
The 2023 real estate investment volume across the CEE-6 region could reach EUR 5-6 bln, suggests Colliers in its latest 'Q1 2023 Investment Scene' report, significantly down from the estimated EUR 10.7 bln transacted in 2022.
Warehouse & industrial
POLAND Traht swims into Pallag 43
London-based asset manager M7 Real Estate has agreed a new lease with local autoclave steriliser manufacturer Traht Innovations for 6,500 sqm at the Pallag 43 warehouse in Budapest’s northern outskirts.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Mindspace now to be found in Skyliner
Global flex office provider Mindspace has officially opened its second Warsaw location in the Skyliner building at Rondo Daszyńskiego. The new centre has an area of 4,400 sqm and comprises private offices, common areas and boutique conference rooms.
Corporate social responsibility
POLAND Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Panattoni has extended its sponsorship agreement with Poland’s premier golfer, Adrian Meronk. In the first year of Panattoni’s sponsorship, Meronk achieved his highest-ever ranking and also took part in the world’s most prestigious tournament – The US Masters in Georgia. He now has a good chance of representing Europe during the prestigious Ryder Cup.
Warehouse & industrial
POLAND BEGA bigger in MLP Poznań West
BEGA Logistik Polska, part of German self-assembly furniture wholesaler BEGA Gruppe, has leased another warehouse, of app. 6,500 sqm, in MLP Poznań West logistics park.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Langowski added to Łużycka Plus
Polish logistics services provider Langowski Logistics has moved its head office to Łużycka Plus in Gdynia, where it leased almost 1,330 sqm of office space.
Investment & finance
CENTRAL EUROPE Wing and Griffin complete Bauwert takeover
Hungarian real estate group Wing together with Warsaw-based private equity manager Griffin Capital Partners have completed the acquisition of a 60 pct stake in German developer Bauwert.
Retail & leisure
ROMANIA Carrefour adds Cora Romania to portfolio
French grocery operator Carrefour has signed an agreement with Belgian retail group Louis Delhaize for the acquisition of its activities in Romania, which includes ten Cora hypermarkets and eight Cora Urban stores, as well as an e-commerce platform, logistics and central services.
Green projects
POLAND KGAL invests more in Polish green energy
German asset manager KGAL Investment Management is to establish a joint venture to build four solar and wind parks with specialist Polish developer Lasuno for its KGAL ESPF 5 impact fund.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Record lease for Centrum Południe
American bank BNY Mellon has signed a ten-year lease agreement for all the office space – app. 20,300 sqm – in the second phase of the Centrum Południe office complex, which has been developed by Skanska in Wrocław.
Investment & finance
Lithuania Let's go to the movies
Reverest Fund Management has purchased the Forum Cinemas Vingis cinema complex in Vilnius in a leaseback transaction. The previous owner, the cinema operator, will continue operations under a long-term lease agreement.
Warehouse & industrial
Hungary Panattoni’s newest project in Gyál
Panattoni begins the construction of a 64,000 sqm single-building warehouse complex in Gyál. The works will start this year, with a planned handover in the last quarter of 2024.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Skyliner welcomes new tenants
Warsaw's Skyliner office building is gaining more tenants. Noble Securities, Werfen Polska and Greenville will find new premises in the building, with their offices taking up a total of more than 1,300 sqm of space.
Office & mixed-use development
Czech Republic Prague metro dictates rents
Colliers has prepared a price map for office space in Prague, which shows that the highest rents are found close to such centrally located metro stations as Muzeum or Náměstí Republiky, while the lowest are found outside the centre, closer to stations such as Petřiny or Náměstí Míru.
Warehouse & industrial
Germany Garbe's new project let way before completion
Garbe has fully leased a logistics centre currently under development in Bavaria to a well-known car manufacturer in the largest deal on the German market so far this year. The 82,000 sqm project is scheduled for completion in Q2 2024.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Tate & Lyle says Hi Piotrkowska
Tate & Lyle is to move its local office to the Hi Piotrkowska building in Łódź. The company will occupy the entire 5th floor of the building, or about 1,700 sqm of office space.
Warehouse & industrial
SLOVAKIA ViaPharma flies into Panattoni Košice Airport
Medicines and medical devices distributor ViaPharma SK is to move into a newly completed. 7,600 sqm building in Panattoni Park Košice Airport.
Warehouse & industrial
ROMANIA Tmax triples up in CTPark Sibiu
German sound and thermal foil insulation systems manufacturer Tmax Group has tripled the size of its production facility in CTPark Sibiu in Transylvania.
Warehouse & industrial
CZECH REPUBLIC Arete racks up latest acquisition
Czech industrial investor Arete Group's third fund has completed the acquisition of an industrial hall near Milovice, about 50 km northeast of Prague, in a “multimillion-euro transaction”.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC S Immo adds offices and hotel to portfolio
Austrian real estate investor S Immo has completed the acquisition of three office buildings and a hotel in the Czech Republic from its majority shareholder CPI Property Group.
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
GTC teams up with Paul
GTC, together with PAUL Tech AG, has announced a strategic partnership to sustainably upgrade GTC’s residential portfolio in Germany. Almost 4,800 res ...
Well comes to Panattoni
LightOn with Outstanding design
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
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
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
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
CPK has already acquired over 2,000 ha under the Voluntary Acquisition Programme. This means that more than half of the land required for the CPK Airp ...
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
Grand station in little Brzeziny
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
Conseq and Accolade purchase 7R BTS Bielsko-Biała West I
Conseq and Accolade have purchased the 7R BTS Bielsko-Biała West I warehouse building with an area of 20,000 sqm in Międzyrzecz, near Bielsko-Biała.
Santander loans EUR 10 mln to Panattoni
Strong start to 2025
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
Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao
Atlas Estates has been granted a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA. The loan will primarily be used for the refinancing of the Hilton Warsa ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Bucharest office market down 31 pct on H1 2024
Crosspoint Real Estate, the international associate of Savills in Romania, brokered office lease transactions totalling over 6,000 sqm in the first ha ...
Construction of U•Center 3 begins
First new tenant for V Office building
Property and Facility Management
Savills to manage for Yareal
Savills has taken over the comprehensive management of a portfolio of properties in Warsaw owned by Yareal Polska. The portfolio includes buildings C, ...
Studio B under new management
Cushman feels the Vibe
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
Zeitraum – Racławicka to open for next semester
The Zeitraum – Racławicka student residence is to open in Krakow's Krowodrza district.
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
Retail & leisure
Romania now attractive to foreign retailers
Romania’s retail market continues to attract a growing number of international brands, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real est ...
Supernova expansion for Eleport
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
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
Monosol starts production in Poland
MonoSol has opened a new manufacturing plant in Zimna Wódka in the Ujazd economic zone in Silesia. The company specialises in the production of water- ...
