News

POLAND Dunkin’ Donuts returns to Poland after 13 years of absence. The coffee house chain plans on opening at least 44 Dunkin’ Donuts locations across Poland.

Second stage of Ideal Idea III sold

POLAND Development company Ideal Idea Formad has sold the second stage of Warsaw’s 10,000 sqm Ideal Idea Park III warehouse complex to a BPH TF subsidiary for EUR 12.5 mln.

Mirbud to work for Hoop

POLAND Mirbud is set to build a new 12,400 sqm production hall for the Polish producer of non-alcoholic beverages Hoop in Kutno.

Unibep wins Mlekovita deal

POLAND Unibep has been assigned to build a Wysokie Mazowieckie milk powder plant for Spółdzielnia Mleczarska Mlekovita.

Polish History Museum underway

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Polish government has adopted a resolution on the construction of the Polish History Museum that is set to be erected in Warsaw.

Grzybowska 43 exclusive lease mandate awarded

POLAND Knight Frank has been selected the sole lease agent for the 10,600 sqm gla Grzybowska 43 office building that is currently being developed by Wisher Enterprise in Warsaw.

Warehouse & industrial

Marvipol joins forces with Panattoni

POLAND Development and automotive company Marvipol is to set up a joint venture company with the warehouse developer Panattoni Europe in order to jointly develop two warehousing projects near Warsaw.

Hotel market sees massive surge in H1

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

EMEA REGION In the first half of 2015, EMEA hotel transaction volumes amounted to EUR 13.2 bln, an impressive 85 pct increase on 2014, according to a recent report by JLL.

Office & mixed-use development

Tulipan House wins new contracts

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND German property investor Commerz Real has recently signed a number of new lease deals and renewals for its Tulipan House office building located on ul. Domaniewska in Warsaw’s Motów district.

Retail & leisure

Vilnius to have new EUR 23 mln sports centre

Anna Pakulniewicz

LITHUANIA A new wellness and sports centre will be built in the Vilnius district of Lazdynai.

Human resources

CBRE’s Daniel Bienias promoted to MD

POLAND Daniel Bienias has been appointed the managing director of CBRE’s Polish office. He will replace Colin Waddell who is relocating to the UK to take up a senior management position within the company.

Apsys to manage Gliwice mall

POLAND Apsys Polska has been appointed as the property manager for the 67,000 sqm gla Europa Centralna shopping centre in Gliwice.

Retail & leisure

Świdnica mall attracts new tenant

POLAND Galeria Świdnicka in Świdnica has signed Jysk, which is to be open an over 1,100 sqm store in the shopping centre in September.

Robyg launches another stage of Osiedle Kameralne

POLAND Development company Robyg has obtained a building permit for third stage, known as its eight phase, of Osiedle Kameralne, which is currently being developed in Warsaw’s Bemowo district.

Skanska to enter Osiedle Panorama site

POLAND Wikana, the developer of the Osiedle Panorama residential estate in Wrocław, has chosen Skanska as the general contractor for the project’s final building. The contract is worth PLN 4.3 mln net.

Second stage of Stacja Kazimierz approved

POLAND Waryński group and Polnord have obtained a building permit for the second stage of the Stacja Kazimierz complex in Warsaw’s Wola district. The work is to start in Q4 2015.

Prologis sheds part of Wrocław portfolio

Architecture and urban planning

Agata Kłapeć

EUROPE Norway's sovereign wealth fund manager Norges Bank Investment Management has acquired a 50 pct stake in a EUR 310 mln logistics portfolio of eight buildings in Poland, the UK and France through a joint venture with their sole owner, Prologis.

2016 Skyscraper Competition is now on

21 July 2015

Office & mixed-use development

WORLD US-based architecture and design journal EVolo has opened the registration for the 2016 edition of its annual skyscraper design competition addressed to architects, students, engineers and designers from around the world.

Hungarian pharmaceutical firm picks Royal Wilanów

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND Gedeon Richter Marketing Polska, a regional representative of Budapest-based company Gedeon Richter, has signed a 1,000 sqm lease in the Royal Wilanów office building that is currently being developed by Capital Park in Warsaw’s Wilanów district.