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
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
A significant stage in the assembly of the new main building of the Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station has been completed.
Poland heading for a two-tier market
Poland underestimates Building site crime
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
Data centres
Poland to be the new data hub
During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak ...
Data centres to transform Polish economy
Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment
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
Punkt goes Platinum
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
Outstanding for Prologis
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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 June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Let's play volleyball again
For the 15th time, the real estate industry will unite for a worthy cause and once again in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation. Th ...
August 7th – mark the date
Investment given the green light
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Green light for Port of Poland
The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of P ...
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Patron and Trei sell six retail parks
Patron Capital, in partnership with Trei Real Estate, has announced the sale of six retail parks in Poland to a joint venture of Generali Investments ...
YIT partners again with One Family Office
Central Point sold to Lewandpol
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
Nasdaq enters Infinity
Newmark Polska acted as broker to Nasdaq – a global technology and market infrastructure company powering capital markets worldwide – in securing a le ...
Foundever expands in Campus 6.3
Hungary's office market returns
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
A new look for central Warsaw
Residential
StudentSpace to build second centre in Warsaw
StudentSpace, a student housing platform developed by SIGNAL, Griffin Capital Partners, and Echo Investment, has begun construction of its second Wars ...
Poland unprepared for ageing population
Quorum Tower reaches final height
Retail & leisure
Looking good and feeling good in Norblin Factory
The Norblin Factory is expanding its offerings for those seeking health, fitness, and beauty services. The latest tenant in the complex is KNOX – Pola ...
Wroclavia becomes Westfield
Enter the Zone
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
Holcim builds in Bielawy
Holcim Polska has begun construction of an Aggregate Production Plant in Bielawy, on the premises of a limestone mine owned by the Kujawy Cement Plant ...
