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Office & mixed-use development

C&W appointed to lease Hotel Europejski office space

POLAND Cushman & Wakefield has been selected as a co-exclusive lease agent for office space in Warsaw’s Hotel Europejski, which is currently undergoing the redevelopment work.

Interior design

Bringing the Baltic into the bureau

POLAND How to bring the seaside atmosphere into the office? Xplan knows the answer. The company, commissioned by TF Bank in Gdańsk, has carried out the fit-out work for its offices.

Office & mixed-use development

Skanska starts to build Atrium 2

POLAND Skanska Property Poland has laid the cornerstone for the Atrium 2 office building close to the Rondo ONZ roundabout in the centre of Warsaw.

Investment & finance

Alfa Bank to sell Aeroplaza

RUSSIA Alfa-Bank, which is acting as the bridge bank of the distressed Baltitskiy Bank (Балтийский Банк), is planning to sell some of the latter’s property.

Investment & finance

CA Immo fails in Immofinanz takeover bid

EUROPE Austrian developer CA Immo together with its Russian partner O1 Group have increased their stake in Immofinanz by 1.6 pp to 6.1 pct.

Interior design

Furniture with a good energy

POLAND Timba is a return to the tradition of simple forms and wooden furniture that emanates warmth and good energy, believes Tom Lloyd, the designer of the range. The Timba range of office furniture designed for team work, including tables, chairs and stools, is the work of London-based studio Pearson Lloyd for Austrian company Bene.

Retail & leisure

Marywilska 44 extension even closer

POLAND Warsaw’s Marywilska 44 is set to obtain a building permit within the next few days, ‘Eurobuild CEE’ has found.

Hotels

Kraków’s Best Western Plus Q Hotel officially open

POLAND Best Western Plus Q Hotel, the fourth Best Western facility to open in the Małopolska province, has welcomed its first guests.

Russian investment declines but yields rise

RUSSIA In Q1 the investment volume for the Russian market came to USD 520 mln, which represents a 20 pct fall compared to the same period last year, according to the latest report by Colliers International.

Construction

Unibep wins second Miasto Wola contract

POLAND Unibep has been selected as the general contractor for the second phase of the Miasto Wola residential project in Warsaw.

Interior design

Concrete on the table top

POLAND Designers of the Morgan & Möller brand suggest tailor-made table tops which will work well in hotel bathrooms and modern studios.

Interior design

New image of Kinnarps’ showroom

POLAND The Warsaw showroom of Kinnarps has opened its doors to a completely new interior design by Piotr Wełniak and Anita Chudecka.

Office & mixed-use development

Prosta Office Centre obtains BREEAM

POLAND Prosta Office Centre, which is owned by CBRE Global Investor, has been awarded a BREEAM In-Use certificate at the ‘Very Good’ level in the building management category.

Architecture and urban planning

Expo Arena opens in Ostróda

POLAND Expo Arena, the largest exhibition, fair and conference centre in eastern Poland and the second in the country, has been officially opened after the second stage of the project was finished.

Office & mixed-use development

BuroHappold chooses Spektrum

POLAND BuroHappold Engineering has signed a 1,000 sqm lease for space in the Spektrum Tower office building in central Warsaw.

Office & mixed-use development

Property companies moving into Plac Unii

POLAND Green House Development and Futureal Management Poland have become the latest office tenants of the Plac Unii mixed-use complex in central Warsaw, leasing a combined area of 1,033 sqm.

Investment & finance

Czech Republic tops Q1 investment volumes

CEE REGION According to JLL’s preliminary estimates, Q1 2015, the total volume of investment transactions finalised on the commercial real estate markets in the CEE region reached EUR 1.44 bln in Q1 2015.

Eurobuild Awards 2015 – Starting from the beginning

Office & mixed-use development

Samsung finalizes Warsaw Spire lease

POLAND Samsung has decided to lease the Warsaw Spire offices. The months-long negotiations have been successfully completed yesterday. Samsung will take up 21,082 sqm of space in the Ghelamco complex which is currently being developed in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Seven new members on Echo’s supervisory board

POLAND Seven people are to sit on Echo Investment’s new supervisory board, after an extraordinary general meeting of the company’s shareholders that passed a resolution to replace all the present members of the developer’s supervisory board.