News
Construction
First hole dug at Osiedle Mickiewicza
POLAND The initial work has started on the construction of Osiedle Mickiewicza in Warsaw. The developer of the project, Skanska Residential Development, plans to obtain BREEAM certification for the project.
Orbis to issue bonds
POLAND Orbis has launched the subscriptions for a bond issue.
Retail & leisure
Jula opens in Kielce
POLAND Swedish DIY chain Jula has opened a 3,000 sqm store in Galeria Echo in Kielce.
Investment & finance
ING to refinance Blue City
POLAND ING Bank NV and ING Bank Śląski have provided a loan for the refinancing of the Blue City retail and office complex in Warsaw.
Comarch chooses contractor for Łódź office building
POLAND Bonus Development, a subsidiary of Comarch, has chosen Skanska to be the general contractor for an office project in Łódź.
Residential
FB Antczak to build apartments for Budromex
POLAND FB Antczak has been commissioned by Budromex to construct a residential building on ul. Harfowa in Warsaw’s Ochota district.
Hotels
Ibis Poznań Północ to be completed in early 2016
POLAND The new Ibis Poznań Północ is now being developed in Suchy Las on the outskirts of Poznań.
Office & mixed-use development
Brama Miasta in Łódź changes hands
POLAND A subsidiary of Skanska Property Poland has acquired a plot in Łódź, where the Brama Miasta mixed-use project is to be built.
Savills partners up with Chinese investors
WORLD Savills Group’s investment management company, Savills Investment Management, has entered into a joint venture with China Minsheng Investment Capital (CMIC), a part of the Chinese private investment company China Minsheng Investment, to invest in property assets through “a series of funds and investment vehicles” worldwide.
Investment & finance
Colliers spins itself into two
WORLD Colliers International Group has announced the completion its separation into two independent, publicly traded companies: Colliers International Group Inc. (Colliers) and FirstService Corporation.
Won’t you buy me, Mercedes-Benz Plaza?
RUSSIA Mercedes-Benz Plaza on Leningradskiy Prospect in Moscow has been acquired by the Region Group of Companies.
Retail & leisure
Bricomarché in Galeria Raj
POLAND The 115th Bricomarché market is to open in Dębice.
Invalda INVL increases assets under management
LITHUANIA Invalda INVL now manages equity worth EUR 300 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Novatek climbs K1
POLAND Liquefied petroleum gas distributor Novatek Polska has leased 300 sqm on the top floor of K1 (formerly “Błękitek”), the tallest office building in Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Unibail-Rodamco develops EUR 220 mln project
POLAND Unibail-Rodamco has presented the architectural design of its Wroclavia retail and office complex on ul. Sucha in Wrocław. The project assumes the construction of 71,000 sqm of leasable space, which is set to be completed in the autumn of 2017.
Retail & leisure
H&M sells more and more
WORLD In May, the sales of the H&M Group in local currencies increased by 10 pct y-o-y. H&M said that the sales could have risen 3 pp more but the calendar had a negative effect on the results.
Investment & finance
Hines to buy “five or six” more Polish properties
POLAND US property company Hines has closed its Luxembourg-based Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF) at EUR 155 mln. The fund, whose portfolio currently includes three Warsaw office buildings, is aimed at acquiring five or six other properties in Poland.
Technology
Japanese giant invests in omni-channel customer service
WORLD Japanese-based retail group Fast Retailing, which owns such brands as Uniqlo, GU, Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers and Princesse, has partnered up with Accenture to fully digitalize customer services across its sales channels.
Gap to close down 175 stores
WORLD US-based fashion retailer Gap, which owns such brands as Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy, plans on closing down 140 Gap-branded US stores by the end of its 2015 fiscal year. At least 35 more locations will close within the next few years.
Crowdfunding catching on
POLAND The Mzuri group has launched another SPV company, Mzuri CFI 2, which is to buy a portfolio of apartments for rent under the crowdfunding model.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
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
Romanian hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
More Polish investment in Poland
In the first half of 2025, commercial real estate investment in Poland reached EUR 1.71 bln, broadly in line with the total for the same period in 202 ...
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
Financing for Sosnowiec V
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
Skyliner II shooting up
The construction of the second phase of the Skyliner office complex in Warsaw, owned by the Karimpol Group, has reached the halfway point. At a height ...
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Exact Sciences enters Lixa D
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Four retail parks set to grow
Karuzela plans to expand four existing retail parks in Września, Lubliniec, Biała Podlaska, and Ełk. These centres were constructed between 2014 and 2 ...
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Ławica Shopping Park opens in Poznań
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
More jeans from Germany
GXO and Levi Strauss & Co. have opened a fully automated 70,000 sqm logistics centre in Dorsten near Essen to support its European distribution networ ...
