News
NAI Becar to spend EUR 300 mln on Russian aparthotels
RUSSIA In the next five years, NAI Becar, a Russian representative of the New-York based commercial real estate consortium NAI Global, is set to invest RUB 20 bln (EUR 300 mln) into the development of a countrywide aparthotel network.
Office & mixed-use development
Avielen to invest another EUR 155 mln in Airportcity
RUSSIA Avielen, a joint venture set up by Warimpex, CA Immo and UBM, is reportedly set to invest EUR 155 mln more into the Airportcity mixed-use complex by 2030 when it is planned to be completed.
Investment & finance
European investors eye demographic and social trends
EUROPE Berlin, Dublin, Madrid, Hamburg and Athens performed best among the European cities showing the strongest property investment prospects in 2015. Warsaw was ranked 14th, a three place drop compared to the 2014 ranking. Prague took the 18th position, a two place y-o-y fall, while Budapest was ranked 22nd, a five place jump compared to the last year, according to an annual investment prospects survey by PwC.
Retail & leisure
Warsaw’s Modo signs first fashion tenants
POLAND Modo Domy Mody, a new retail centre which is being developed on ul. Łopuszańska in Warsaw, has acquired 16 first tenants. They will jointly occupy 444 sqm of space.
Investment & finance
TMR mulls switching from Katowice park to Ostrava
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Slovakian resort operator and developer Tatry Mountain Resorts is considering abandoning plans to re-develop the Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko amusement park in Chorzów and to develop another park in Ostrava instead.
Residential
Užupio Krantinės site under demolition
LITHUANIA A site is now being prepared for MG Valda’s latest residential development in Vilnius.
Retail & leisure
Apply for visa in Gulliver shopping centre
UKRAINE A visa services provider for travellers to EU has leased 1,950 sqm of space on the eighth floor of the Gulliver shopping centre in Kyiv.
Regus to open Lublin location
POLAND Serviced office operator Regus aims to open its first Lublin office, which will be the company’s 14th Polish location. The company has leased 750 sqm of office space at ul. Zana 39/39A, in an office complex owned by a fund managed by First Property Group.
Retail & leisure
Cinema City in new Warsaw malls
POLAND Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has signed a binding 3,300 sqm lease contract with Cinema City for the space in the Galeria Północna shopping mall which is currently being developed in Warsaw’s Białołęka district.
Retail & leisure
Eyemaxx starts Malbork project
POLAND Deichmann, KIK, Martes Sport and Zoo Karina are the first few tenants of the Mybox retail park, which Austrian company Eyemaxx Development is planning to build on ul. Rodła in Malbork.
Residential
CREAM wins Napollo contract
POLAND Caelum Real Estate Asset Management (CREAM) has been awarded a management contract for four retail centres owned by the Napollo group: Galeria Renova in Warsaw and Centrum Zakupów in Ząbki, Zgierz and Czerwionka-Leszczyna (in the Silesian Province).
Construction
Ronson starts latest stage of Moko
POLAND Ronson Development has started the construction and sale of apartments in the second stage of the Moko estate on ul. Magazynowa in Warsaw’s Mokotów district. The second stage involves the construction of 160 apartments with areas ranging from 29 sqm to 139 sqm. The completion of the construction of this stage is planned for Q4 2016.
Technology
Sephora stores go increasingly digital
UNITED STATES Cosmetics retailer Sephora is set to introduce a range of digital in-store solutions across its US locations, including a countrywide beacon deployment and an augmented reality app functionality.
Coalco to build giant warehouse parks
RUSSIA Coalco, a company owned by Russian billionaire Vasily Anisimov, has plans to develop two industrial parks south of Moscow.
Investment & finance
Amrest to run more Starbucks CEE coffee houses
ROMANIA/ BULGARIA Wrocław-based restaurant operator Amrest is acquiring two sole operators of the Starbucks-branded stores in Romania and Bulgaria for app. EUR 16 mln.
Global real estate investment falls as China slows down
WORLD Global real estate investment fell in 2014 for the first time in five years, slipping back 6.3 pct to USD 1.21 tln, according to the latest research by Cushman & Wakefield.
Construction
Cornerstone laid for Chorzów’s Centre of Applied Sciences
POLAND The foundation stone has been laid for the Centre of Applied Sciences, a part of the Silesian Centre for Educational and Interdisciplinary Research in Chorzów. The PLN 36 mln project will be carried out by Mostostal Warszawa.
Office & mixed-use development
MG Valda busy with offices and hotels
LITHUANIA MG Valda intends to invest EUR 40 mln in real estate projects in 2015. Investment in residential housing development projects alone will amount to EUR 29 mln.
Construction
Mirbud to construct Galeria Aviator
POLAND Mirbud is to build the Galeria Aviator shopping mall in Mielec. The project’s investor, Rank Progress, has just signed a PLN 56 mln net contract with the construction company.
Retail & leisure
CityFit enters Warsaw’s Zielony Targówek
POLAND CityFit fitness club is to be opened in the Zielony Targówek retail park in Warsaw in April.
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
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
The September edition of Eurobuild welcomes autumn with fresh insights and inspiration. While the weather cools down, the real estate market is heatin ...
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
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
Quantum acquires Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd
Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd has been sold to Hamburg-based project developer and investment manager Quantum for an undisclosed price. The busines ...
More Polish investment in Poland
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
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
BlmA stays on in Potsdam
The Federal Agency for Real Estate (BImA) has extended its lease for 8,000 sqm of office space at Behlertstrasse 3A in Potsdam with Sonar Real Estate. ...
Skyliner II shooting up
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
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
Pasaż Łańcucki to open in 2027
Refield is to develop another retail centre in the Podkarpackie region. Pasaż Łańcucki will comprise over 11,000 sqm of gla, and the anchor tenant wil ...
Four retail parks set to grow
Agora Mall Arad reopens
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 ...
