News
Retail & leisure
First Media Markt in Puławy
POLAND A 1,300 sqm Media Markt store is to be opened in Galeria Nova in Puławy in H1 2016.
Office & mixed-use development
Regus sees potential for 20,000 sites
WORLD In FY 2015 serviced office operator Regus has posted a nearly 16 pct y-o-y increase in revenues, to GBP 1.9 bln at constant currency, while the company has added a total of 554 of new locations, bringing its portfolio to 2,769 sites.
C&W: investment volumes heading for another record
EUROPE European commercial real estate investment activity is expected to set another historic record this year, according to the latest report by Cushman & Wakefield.
Investment & finance
Griffin targets the student housing market
POLAND Griffin Real Estate aims to grow its presence on the Polish private student housing market. In the next three years the company plans to develop a portfolio of 7,000-8,000 dorm rooms.
Lokum Deweloper enters Kraków
POLAND Wrocław-based residential developer Lokum Deweloper has acquired a 3 ha plot near ul. Kobierzyńska in Kraków.
Green projects
Shopping centre turned office building now green-certified
ROMANIA The 14,500 sqm gla Moldova Center, the office building developed by Gheorghe Iaciu in Iași, has obtained BREEAM certificate with ‘Very Good’ rating for new constructions and major refurbishments.
Architecture and urban planning
Św. Barbary tenement to be restored to former glory
POLAND Warsaw Attics is to renovate a tenement building purchased from the Polish Post [Poczta Polska] in Warsaw city centre and restore it to its pre-war appearance.
Construction
YIT Kausta to invest EUR 40 mln in projects
LITHUANIA This year developer YIT Kausta is planning to invest over EUR 40 mln in commercial and residential projects, mostly located in Vilnius and Kaunas.
Skanska to build Mokotów estate
POLAND Skanska Residential Development Poland has purchased land for a residential project in Warsaw’s Mokotów district.
Office & mixed-use development
Tryton ready for tenants
POLAND Echo Investment has obtained an occupancy permit for its Tryton Business House office building in the centre of Gdańsk.
Retail & leisure
Warsaw retail grows but still lacks density - JLL
POLAND The Warsaw retail market grew by 65,000 sqm in 2015, according to the latest report from JLL.
Office & mixed-use development
Facebook opens new Warsaw office
POLAND The famous US-based social network Facebook has leased an entire floor in the Rondo 1 office tower in Warsaw.
Hotels
Top 10 Latvia’s hotels named
LATVIA Online travel portal Trip Advisor has published the list of the world’s best hotels based on their user reviews. The Best Hotels of 2016 - TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards ranking was also compiled for Latvia, where 10 best TripAdvisor hotels were revealed.
Investment & finance
Amazon warehouses change hands
POLAND A 119,000 sqm Amazon Wrocław warehouse, developed by Panattoni Europe, has been sold off, while another Amazon Polish fulfilment centre is to be sold soon.
EurobuildCEE
B&B Hotels to be sold
EUROPE The European Commission has approved the acquisition of French budget hotel chain B&B Hotels by French company PAI Partners.
52 brands entered Russia last year
RUSSIA Despite the negative economic conditions, 52 new international brands entered the Russian market in 2015, according to the ‘How active is the Russian Retail Market?’ report by CBRE.
Retail & leisure
Allee nearly 100-pct leased
HUNGARY Last year the number of visitors to the Allee shopping centre in Budapest has exceeded 17.5 mln. At the same time the mall’s commercialization rate reached almost 100 pct.
CBRE fund raises USD 840 mln
EUROPE CBRE Global Investment Partners (GIP) has raised a total of USD 840 mln of equity from six investors at the final close of its European value-add fund.
Retail & leisure
Mothercare shuts down Polish stores
POLAND All the Polish locations of the British children goods retailer Mothercare are to be closed down soon.
Retail & leisure
Green Caffe Nero to open in Astoria
POLAND Coffee shop chain Green Caffe Nero has leased over 220 sqm of space in the Astoria Premium Offices building which is currently being developed by Strabag Real Estate in central Warsaw.
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
Polish housing market slows as projects put on hold
Poland’s residential construction market is slowing, with 936 projects put on hold over the past year. Yet investors continue to prepare new projects, ...
Planning Code Set to Change Real Estate Market
Tunnel boring soon to begin
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 benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Green Development launches Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa
Green House Development is launching pre-sales of suites at Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa, the third development under the Wave brand on the Polish coast, ...
Mercure opens in Oradea
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Retail takes a third of Q2 investment
Retail accounted for 36 pct of total commercial real estate investment in both Poland and Italy in Q2 2026, the highest share among the eight European ...
Lett takes Gdańsk PRS portfolio to 646 units
EPP takes EUR 106 mln in financing
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
Drutex to invest PLN 30 mln in headquarters expansion
Drutex has begun the second phase of an expansion of its headquarters in Bytów, northern Poland. The PLN 30 mln project will refurbish its existing of ...
WSP takes 1,100 sqm at Skyliner II
Warsaw and Regional Office Markets Diverge
Property and Facility Management
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Savills, which already manages an office portfolio in Poland for TFI PZU, has now also been appointed to manage three of the fund's retail assets.
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Public buildings
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Construction has begun on a new emergency care unit at Thomayer University Hospital in Prague, officially launched by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and ...
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Porr focusing on healthcare
Residential
SGI completes penultimate stage of Łopuszańska 47
SGI has completed the penultimate building at its Łopuszańska 47 residential development in Warsaw’s Włochy district. Handover of the 87 apartments ha ...
Resi4Rent completes 620-unit PRS development in Wrocław
Atal adds 31 apartments to the Kraków residential market
Retail & leisure
Retail investment picks up
Poland’s retail property market saw a clear revival in the first half of 2026. Transaction volumes topped EUR 1 bln, surpassing the total recorded for ...
Power Park Kielce rebrands as BIG Kielce
EV Charging Hub Opens at Manufaktura
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Poland’s warehouse market looks beyond space
Poland’s modern warehouse and industrial stock has reached 37.44 mln sqm. Demand rose by 47 pct year on year in the first quarter of 2026. At the same ...
