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POLAND Three out of 18 shortlisted Polish buildings qualified to the semi-finals of the Mies van der Rohe 2015 prestigious architectural competition.

Polish Armaments Group moves to Radom Office Park

16 February 2015

POLAND The Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) has leased almost 2,000 sqm in Radom Office Park, which is owned by AIG/Lincoln Polska.

Great year for Budimex

POLAND 2014 has turned out to be the best ever year for the Budimex group in terms of the value of contracts signed, which amounted to PLN 6.3 bln, a nearly two-fold increase compared to 2013. As of the end of 2014, the value of the company’s real estate portfolio reached PLN 6.1 bln, a 41 pct surge y-o-y.

Retail & leisure

Martes Sport in Galeria nad Jeziorem

POLAND Martes Sport joined the tenant list of Galeria nad Jeziorem in Konin. The retailer is set to open a 900 sqm store at the beginning of April.

Centrum Chińskie in Garwolin

POLAND Centrum Chińskie has become a new tenant of Pasaż Targowa in Garwolin. The company will take up 900 sqm of space within the retail facility.

Nowy Świat 2.0 topped off

POLAND Nowy Świat 2.0, a six-storey office project in Warsaw city centre, has now been topped oft.

New manager for Rondo 1

POLAND JLL has taken over the property management of the Rondo 1 office building in Warsaw. Up until the beginning of January, when the change too place, the building was managed by Hochtief Development Poland.

Global City wins gold

ROMANIA The Global City Business Park complex in Bucharest’s Pipera district has been awarded a LEED certificate at the ‘Gold’ level for existing building operations and maintenance.

Kyiv hotel occupancy falls to 30 pct

UKRAINE The occupancy rate of three-, four- and five-star hotels in Kyiv fell in 2014 to 30.4 pct, according to consultancy UTG.

Construction

ArcelorMittal to sell plot next to steel plant

POLAND Steel producer ArcelorMittal Warsaw has put up for sale a plot located next to its plant in Warsaw’s Bielany district.

Green projects

Prologis warehouse achieves best BREEAM yet

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

SLOVAKIA The DC8 hall at Prologis Park Bratislava has achieved the highest sustainability rating for an industrial building in the Czech and Slovak republics

Investment & finance

AFI back in the game, buys Warsaw’s ‘Pekin’

POLAND Kraków-based company Czerwone Maki, which belongs to the AFI Europe Poland group, has purchased a historical Wolf Krongold tenement house located near Warsaw's city centre. The company now eyes further acquisitions in Poland, according to what ‘Eurobuild CEE’ has found.

Warehouse & industrial

Dachser leases Poznań warehouse

POLAND Logistics operator Dachser has signed a lease contract with MLP Group for a warehouse and office area of more than 8,400 sqm in the MLP Poznań logistics park.

Investment & finance

Something old and something new for Budizol

POLAND Włocławek-based company Budizol has acquired another historic property in Warsaw that it is now plans to restore. The company is also planning an entirely new project in the south of the city.

Hotels

Hotele Diament heads for the stock exchange

POLAND Hotele Diament is preparing for its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

'Mała PAST-a' now fully leased

POLAND A tenement house at ul. Piękna 19 in Warsaw, the so-called ‘Mała PAST-a’, has attracted new office tenants and is now entirely leased.

Immofinanz leases out 11,000 sqm in Warsaw

POLAND Since the beginning of the year Immofinanz Group has leased out 11,000 sqm of office space in its Warsaw office properties.

Retail & leisure

Echo project in new district of Katowice

POLAND Echo Investment is planning to build a shopping centre in Katowice.

Retail & leisure

New retail format debuts in Warsaw