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Architecture and urban planning

Sinfonia Varsovia speeds up

POLAND Architect Thomas Pucher and the director of Sinfonia Varsovia Janusz Marynowski have signed a contract on a new concert hall for Sinfonia Varovia in Warsaw’s Praga Południe district.

Investment & finance

Eften fund goes public

ESTONIA Estonian fund manager Eften aims to raise up to EUR 36 mln from an IPO.

Warehouse & industrial

Panattoni opens another Łódź complex

POLAND Panattoni has officially opened its Business Center Łódź II. The 33,000 sqm two-building complex was designed for light manufacturing and warehousing tenants.

Retail & leisure

Largest Galeria Tomaszów unit leased

POLAND Intermarché has become the grocery anchor of the Galeria Tomaszów shopping centre which is currently being developed in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. This will be the chain’s first location in the city.

Residential

Fields of housing blocks to spread in Bródno

POLAND Cieszyn-based developer Atal, is starting the first stage of its 800-apartment project in the Bródno area in Warsaw’s Tagrówek district. It will be located on a site formerly taken by a state-owned farm.

Retail & leisure

New retail brands in Gdańsk mall

POLAND Three Polish retailers: footwear chain Wojas, women’s fashion merchant Molton and shirts retailer Wólczanka, have recently become tenants of the Madison shopping centre in Gdańsk.

Office & mixed-use development

Regus to expand reach in Poland

POLAND Office operator Regus plans on opening more than 100 new sites across a number of different Polish cities in the next three years.

Construction

Erbud to work on Central Park

POLAND Erbud has been chosen the general contractor for two new stages of the Central Park Ursynów residential project in Warsaw.

Construction

Eqlibrium officially kicked off

POLAND Waryński Group has laid the foundation stone for its Eqlibrium office building which is now being developed at the junction of ul. Kazimierza and ul. Ordona in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Retail & leisure

Wólczanka launches 12 new locations

POLAND Over the last four weeks alone the Polish shirts retailer Wólczanka has opened six new locations, while six more are set to open before the end of November.

Work progresses on Apartamenty Niemcewicza 17

POLAND The work on the reinforced concrete structure of the Apartamenty Niemcewicza 17 residential project in Warsaw’s Ochota district has finished as the seven-storey building has been officially topped off.

Office & mixed-use development

Ghelamco develops another Warsaw building

POLAND Ghelamco has started to construct an office building next to Warsaw Spire, its flagship project in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Office & mixed-use development

MBank to have new Łódź offices

POLAND Ghelamco and Budomal have started the construction work on a new office building on ul. Kilińskiego in Łódź. The 24,000 sqm property will accommodate 2,000 mBank employees.

Construction

Grzybowska 43 topped off

POLAND Grzybowska 43 office building has been topped off. The project will be commissioned for use in Q2 2016.

Moscow high street vacancy to hit record

RUSSIA The vacancy rate for Moscow high street retail could rise to 14–15 pct by the end of this year, according to Colliers International.

Deadline extended

Segro posts strong Q3 results

EUROPE In the third quarter the British-based warehousing developer Segro has contracted GBP 10.6 mln new lease deals, up from GBP 6.5 mln in Q3 2014, the company’s strongest quarterly performance since 2012.

Construction

Skanska continues Poznań Maraton

POLAND Skanska has held the cornerstone laying ceremony for its Maraton office building in Poznań this week.

Retail & leisure

Ghelamco's Plac Vogla finished off

POLAND Ghelamco has opened its Warsaw retail park Plac Vogla, which is located in the Wilanów district.

Office & mixed-use development

WFC attracts and retains tenants

POLAND Two companies have signed new lease deals and two others renewed their existing leases for space in the Warsaw Financial Center building.