News
Human resources
Benoît de Ruffray named new chief of Eiffage
WORLD Eiffage Group’s supervisory board has decided to consolidate the company's general director and CEO positions. The newly created post will be held by Benoît de Ruffray.
Retail & leisure
LPP to launch Tallinder in Russia
RUSSIA In 2016, Polish fashion retailer LPP is to launch its new Tallinder fashion brand onto the Russian market, according to Russian daily Izvestia.
Investment & finance
HB Reavis sells Slovakia building to Erste fund
SLOVAKIA HB Reavis has sold the Forum Business Center I building (‘Forum BC I’) in Bratislava. The office development at the junction of Bajkalská and Prievozská streets - the headquarters of Slovak Telekom since 2013 – has been purchased by ČS Nemovitostní Fond for EUR 46.2 mln.
Technology
Customers ready for ‘sensing bricks’
WORLD As much as 55 pct of smartphone users believe that within only the next five years, their own homes will have embedded sensors that look for construction errors, mold buildup, water leaks and electricity issues, according to a recent survey by Ericsson.
Office & mixed-use development
Dominikański signs 1,700 sqm new leases
POLAND Skanska Property Poland has signed two new lease agreements with BrightOne and Work Service for office space in its Dominikański office complex in Wrocław.
Investment & finance
Skanska to erect mixed-use complex in Poznań
POLAND Skanska and PKS Poznań have signed a PLN 63.5 mln preliminary agreement on the purchase of the former bus station located at the junction of ul. Matyi and ul. Wierzbięcice in central Poznań.
Retail & leisure
LPP leases 3,000 sqm in Rivera
RUSSIA Polish retailer LPP is planning to open five stores in the Rivera shopping centre (formerly known as River Mall), which is being developed by Praktika Development in Moscow’s Danilovsky district.
Forum Lviv welcomes new tenants
UKRAINE Two Ukrainian retailers, Sokrat and Goldi Lyonokombinat, have leased space in the Forum Lviv shopping centre.
Twenty new retail projects in 2016
POLAND Sixteen new shopping centres and four redevelopment projects are to be completed in the next twelve months, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
Office & mixed-use development
Fritz and IdeaLab come to Plac Unii
POLAND Fritz Finance Group and investment fund IdeaLab Venture have recently moved into the Plac Unii mixed-use complex in Warsaw.
Ibis Styles opens in Klaipėda
LITHUANIA The Ibis Styles Klaipėda Aurora hotel has been opened on the Curonian Spit in Klaipėda.
Human resources
Austrian developer appoints new CEO
EUROPE Bruno Ettenauer, the CEO of CA Immo, is stepping down nearly three years prematurely. He will be replaced by Frank Nickel, the CEO of Cushman & Wakefield Germany.
Pepco expands Rawa warehouse
POLAND Prologis is to extend Pepco’s warehouse in Rawa Mazowiecka from its current 20,000 sqm to 50,0000 sqm.
JLL: Poland sees best ever take-up volumes
POLAND In 2015 the total volume of office lease agreements reached 1.3 mln sqm, which was the best ever result registered on Poland's property market, according to a preliminary full-year report by JLL.
Technology
Philips and Cisco enable Internet of Lighting solutions
WORLD Philips and Cisco have signed a global strategic partnership on the development of Internet-connected office lighting systems.
Technology
Artificial intelligence to help increase sales
WORLD US outdoor apparel retailer The North Face has used IBM Watson, the AI question answering computing system, to offer a new dialog-based online shopping tool that allows customers to find and buy the most suitable items for their activities and lifestyles.
Asian investment into European hotels up 400 pct
EUROPE A total of EUR 1.6 bln of Asian capital has powered the European hotel sector this year as a result of the increased liquidity and a low cost of capital, informs CBRE.
Office & mixed-use development
PIU takes floor in Spektrum Tower
POLAND The Polish Insurance Association (PIU) has leased the entire 20th floor of the Spektrum Tower office building in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
Moscow Fashion House signs new deals
RUSSIA Three new retailers have recently opened stores in Fashion House Outlet Centre Moscow and two others have signed leases.
Archicom improves sales
POLAND This year until the end of November, Archicom group sold 571 apartments (presales contracts) compared to 479 apartments over the same period in 2014.
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 ...
