News

PKP and Immofinanz in Warszawa Główna talks

POLAND The Polish State Railways (PKP) and Xcity Investment are to enter further negotiations with Immofinanz Group regarding developing the site of the Warszawa Główna train station in Warsaw.

Green projects

Accent projects obtain HQE green certificate

POLAND Accent Vert and Accent Eco, two stages of a residential estate that is currently being developed by Bouygues Immobilier Polska in Warsaw’s Bemowo district, have been granted – as the first buildings in Poland – Cerway’s HQE green certificate.

Green projects

Warsaw’s Polna 40 obtains BREEAM 2013

POLAND Polna 40 office building, which is set to be erected in the Warsaw city centre, has been awarded BREEAM 2013 certificate with “Excellent” rating.

Green projects

Skanska offices green-certified

POLAND Skanska has been granted the first Polish LEED Commercial Interior certificate with the “Platinum” rating for its headquarters in Warsaw’s Atrium 1 office building.

Property and Facility Management

Apsys to work for Union Investment again

POLAND Apsys Polska has become the manager of the Focus Park Rybnik shopping centre, a new purchase of the Union Investment company. It is the third Union Investment shopping centre, after 3 Stawy in Katowice and Manufaktura in Łódź, to be managed by the French company.

Production tenants increasingly active

POLAND In Poland, the production sector tenants currently take up a total of 1.2 mln sqm of space, which accounts for app. 15 pct of the all modern industrial and warehouse space available in the country, say Colliers International and the Test HR consulting company in their ‘Logistics vs. Production. Real Estate Market and Labour Force’ report.

Warehouse & industrial

Cubic and HTM enter Szczecin park

POLAND Two new tenants, Cubic and HTM, have signed leases in the C hall of the North-West Logistic Park in Szczecin, bringing the building’s commercialization level to 75 pct. The two companies leased a total of 9,500 sqm of space.

Warehouse & industrial

Segro signs new tenant

POLAND Decorative products supplier Arpex has signed a lease for around 3,300 sqm of warehouse space in Segro Logistics Park Gliwice.

Retail & leisure

Golden Polish debut for Superdry

POLAND British fashion retail brand Superdry is set to open its first Polish location in the Złote Tarasy shopping centre in Warsaw.

Construction

Agromex Development 3 to develop Kasztelania City Centre

POLAND In June, the construction work on Kasztelania City Centre will start at the junction of ul. Szpitalna, Topolowa and Cicha in Chrzanów.

Retail & leisure

Aura retains five tenants

POLAND Five tenants have decided to prolong their tenancies in the Aura Centrum Olsztyna shopping centre in Olsztyn.

Retail & leisure

Quick shopping in Sulechów

POLAND Construction work on Real2B’s 3,000 sqm Quick Park Sulechów retail park located at the junction of the national road no. 3 and the national road no. 32 in Sulechów will begin in H2 2015.

Retail & leisure

Olsztyn’s CH Carrefour gets new look

POLAND Modernization work has been completed on the Carrefour-owned CH Carrefour shopping centre in Olsztyn. The work involved the extension of the centre’s leasable area, the redevelopment of the food court and the redesign of the relaxation and children’s zones.

Eurobuild Awards 2015 schedule

Office & mixed-use development

Gremi finds partner for Kraków complex

POLAND Grupa Gremi, a company owned by businessman Grzegorz Hajdarowicz, is planning to build an office complex in Kraków.

Office & mixed-use development

Adgar Group gets building permit

POLAND The Adgar Group has obtained a building permit for a new office building to be erected within the Adgar Park West complex at al. Jerozolimskie 181.

Office & mixed-use development

Financing for Nestlé House

POLAND Berlin Hyp is making funding available to the Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund FCP-FIS.

Retail & leisure

Offer widens at Tarasy Zamkowe

POLAND More brands are to open in Tarasy Zamkowe in Lublin.

Homo Urbanus Europeanus captured by French artist

POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC The loneliness of human beings trapped within the urban environment are the main theme of an exhibition of photographs at the Atlas Sztuki art gallery on ul. Piotrkowski in Łódź.

Investment & finance

European Commission OKs Echo Investment acquisition

EUROPE European Commission has approved Griffin Topco III’s and LVS II Lux XX’s joint acquisition of 41.55 pct of the Echo Investment shares that currently belong to the development company’s founder, Michał Sołowow.