News
Green projects
BREEAMs for Domaniewska Office Park
POLAND Two buildings owned by Deka Immobilien in Warsaw have been granted BREEAM-in-Use certificates. Dom Alfa and Dom Beta, which are managed by Knight Frank, have both been awarded ‘Very Good’ ratings for asset and ‘Excellent’ ratings for building management.
Brochocki busy in Wrocław and Poznań
POLAND In the last few months of 2014, the Wrocław branch of real estate brokers Kancelaria Brochocki (Brochocki i Biegański Nieruchomości) participated in the sale of a 5,500 sqm building at ul. Walońska 3-5 in the city as well as 950 sqm of offices in a building on ul. Wagonowa. The buyer of the latter was Best Coffee Systems (the exclusive distributor of the Franke espresso machines in Poland).
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni launches latest Łódź project
POLAND Mirbud is to construct a warehouse for Panattoni to form part of Panattoni Park Business Center Łódź II.
Hotels
Three-star Petropol joins Best Western chain
POLAND The Petropol hotel in Płock, which has recently undergone major renovations, will now operate under the Best Western brand.
Media Expert in Millenium Hall
POLAND A Media Expert store is to be opened on Thursday in the Millenium Hall shopping centre in Rzeszów.
Residential
Wawel Service selling more each year
POLAND Wawel Service sold 255 apartments in Kraków and Warsaw in 2014 (in developer agreements signed, excluding reservations).
LafargeHolcim to sell off EUR 6.5 bln assets to CRH
CEE REGION Two merging cement and aggregates suppliers Holcim and Lafarg aim to sell EUR 6.5 bln assets, including plants and other facilities, to the Irish building materials company CRH. These will include Holcim's assets in Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia, as well as Lafarge's properties in Romania.
Warehouse developers pleased with 2014
CEE REGION Last year was a very good one for the two largest warehouse developers in the region. In 2014 Panattoni and Prologis built 650,000 sqm of warehouse space in total.
Hotels
Starwood keeps growing in CEE
CEE REGION In 2014, the US hotel giant Starwood, which operates such chains as Westin, Sheraton, Le Meridien, St. Regis, Aloft and W, has opened 74 new hotels worldwide which translated into app. 15,000 rooms in 26 countries. The company now aims to keep up with the pace of openings by adding, among others, new CEE locations to its portfolio.
Vacancy may top 2009 levels
RUSSIA In H1 2015 vacancy levels on the Moscow office market could reach 19–20 pct, that is, the peak levels of the 2008/2009 crisis, according to the latest CBRE report.
Investment & finance
CA Immo disposes of two office projects
HUNGARY/ BULGARIA CA Immo has sold two small office assets: the 8,000 sqm gla Europark office building in Sofia and the 6,400 sqm Buda Business Center office building in Budapest, for EUR 17 mln.
Green projects
A4 Business Park lands two BREEAMS
POLAND Two BREEAM certificates have been awarded to Echo Investment’s A4 Business Park in Katowice.
Office & mixed-use development
Hagibor Office Building goes bust
CZECH REPUBLIC The owners of the Hagibor Office Building in Prague-Strašnice have filed for insolvency.
Warehouse & industrial
Work begins on Poznań Airport Logistics Centre
POLAND Construction work has started on the first, 16,000 sqm warehousing building of Goodman’s Poznań Airport Logistics Centre.
Investment & finance
BPT Optima sells Young City site and Baltic assets
POLAND/BALTIC STATES BPT Optima, a fund managed by Northern Horizon Capital, has agreed to sell seven office and retail properties in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, totalling app. 112,000 sqm of leasable space, as well as the large-scale Young City urban regeneration site on the Gdańsk waterfront, including the historic former shipyard.
Retail & leisure
Gemini Park Tychy in starting blocks
POLAND Gemini Holding is gearing up for the launch of the construction work on the Gemini Park Tychy shopping centre, while the commercialization of the 36,000 sqm gla project is now in progress.
Retail & leisure
New tenants in HopStop Zamość Sadowa
POLAND Four new companies signed lease agreements for retail space in the HopStop Zamość Sadowa retail park that is currently being developed in Zamość.
Piotr i Paweł expands in Kraków
POLAND Piotr i Paweł delicatessen chain has opened its second location in Kraków at the end of January.
Retail & leisure
Vacancy rate in Moscow malls almost triples
RUSSIA The average vacancy rate in Moscow shopping centres reached 7 pct at the end of the last year compared to 2.6 pct in 2013, CBRE reports.
Property and Facility Management
SB Property PM for most of REICO portfolio
CZECH REPUBLIC SB Property Services has been appointed as the property manager of the majority of the portfolio of Česká spořitelna’s real estate subsidiary Reico.
Conferences
Schedule 2025
9. The 9th Suits on Bikes Ride
24th Eurobuild Golf Tournament
20th Eurobuild Summer Tennis Tournament
2nd Eurobuild Running Tournament
CPK – A NEW CHAPTER FOR POLAND AND THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET
The 21st CEE Warehouse & Logistics Conference
31st Polish Commercial Real Estate Market Conference
The 15th Central & Eastern Europe EurobuildCEE Awards 2025
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Architecture and urban planning
Poznań with a green Aura
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The f ...
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Alto launches Sky Park arch-comp
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
Six buildings certified
Six class A office buildings in the PRO Portfolio, which is jointly owned by PineBridge Benson Elliot and Sharow Capital have been granted BREEAM In-U ...
Colliers qualifies as WELL Survey Provider
Nestlé House is Excellent
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 CEE
Keen students of the Polish scene – Xior Student Housing
As the PBSA sector finally takes off in Poland, it is now increasingly attracting international operators and investors. Eurobuild CEE spoke to Xior' ...
Time to read Eurobuild's spring issue!
March issue of "Eurobuild" out now!
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
Events
Back to the Future Conference
The Back to the Future conference, organised by Urban Land Institute Polska, will take place on 9-10 April 2025 at the Norblin Factory Event Hall in W ...
Race to the top
Investors optimistic again
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 hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
Human resources
Changes at the helm of Dom Development
Jarosław Szanajca plans to resign from the position of president of the management board of Dom Development at the end of the year and join the superv ...
Savills has new CEO
New head of retail at Cushman & Wakefield
Infrastructure
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the ...
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
Interior design
Grainy effect for Viterra
Viterra has moved into its new 1,500 sqm offices in Olivia Prime, part of the Olivia Centre business complex in Gdańsk. The Design Anatomy studio is ...
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Saski Crescent eco-friendly and smart
Investment & finance
CA Immo exits Serbia
CA Immo exits non-core market Serbia with the sale of the 19,600 sqm office building Sava Business Center in Belgrade. Both the sales price and the bu ...
Develia to acquire Bouygues Immobilier Polska
BNP Paribas grants Panattoni EUR 40 mln
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
Motorola renews at Green Office
US technology, communications and security company Motorola Solutions has signed a five-year lease renewal, starting in August 2027, for app. 18,000 ...
Supply taps the brakes while take-up hits the gas
CTP expands Clubco coworking in Brno
Property and Facility Management
Studio B under new management
Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district. The property is owned by Stena Real Estate ...
Cushman feels the Vibe
CBRE will rule in Skyliner II
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
All.inn to appear in Gdańsk
Torus has announced its All.inn students’ residence concept that is soon to appear on ul. Konarskiego in Gdańsk.
PRS growing rapidly in Poland
Mint lays out its growth plans
Retail & leisure
Bydgoszcz retail park to open 2026
Newgate Investment (NGI) and Redkom Development are developing a large retail park in Bydgoszcz.
Mall Moldova now open
BIG Poland acquires Multishop Suwałki retail park
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
Groundbreaking in Eltmann
With the symbolic groundbreaking, the construction of the Panattoni Park Unterfranken has officially started. By the beginning of 2026, a modern and s ...
