News

Remodeled Westgate Park Rudna sold

THE CZECH REPUBLIC London-based fund manager Europa Capital has sold its 90,000 sqm Westgate Park Rudna logistics project near Prague to Prologis.

Hotels

Marriott launches third Polish location

POLAND Marriott has opened its newest Polish property, a Courtyard by Marriott-branded hotel in Gdynia. The new property will form part of the 90,000 sqm Gdynia Waterfront complex that is currently being developed by Vastint (formerly SwedeCentre), a part of Inter IKEA Group, at the Gdynia wharfs.

Office & mixed-use development

Debt collectors to enter Gdynia’s Tensor

POLAND Polish debt collection company Best has signed an app. 2,000 sqm five-year lease agreement for office space in the first of the three Tensor office buildings that are currently being developed by Euro Styl in Gdynia’s Redłowo district.

Eurobuild Awards

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Investment & finance

Project Echo: mission almost accomplished

POLAND Polish developer Echo Investment been officially taken over.

Construction

Berger wins A1 motorway contract

POLAND A consortium of Berger Bau Polska and Berger Bau has been chosen by the Katowice branch of the General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) to construct a section of the A1 motorway near Częstochowa between the Blachownia interchange (excluding the interchange itself) and the Zawodzie interchange (including the interchange).

Investment & finance

PHN buys and leases Kaskada

POLAND Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has bought a section of the Kaskada office building in central Warsaw from Bank Ochrony Środowiska (BOŚ).

Griffin wins and loses over Łazienki barracks plot

POLAND The Warsaw appeals court has upheld a decision of the city council to rescind Griffin Real Estate’s perpetual usufruct rights for a plot neighbouring Łazienki Park, while the site development conditions for the land were also annulled by the administrative court.

Retail & leisure

Five new tenants in Galeria Pomorska

POLAND Galeria Pomorska in Bydgoszcz, which is being extended, has acquired five new tenants who will occupy a combined area of 860 sqm.

Retail & leisure

Echo moves closer to Katowice shopping centre start

POLAND Katowice city council has passed a new zoning plan for the south sub-centre of the city, which includes the junction of ul. Kościuszki and ul. Kolejowa, where Echo Investment is planning to build the Galeria Echo Katowice shopping centre.

AccorHotels launches itself as reservation platform

POLAND Accor, a strategic partner of Orbis, is changing its name to AccorHotels and will also provide access to its reservation system – AccorHotels.com – to independent hotels.

Warehouse & industrial

Expansive mood in P3 Bratislava

SLOVAKIA Two tenants have leased an additional 3,840 sqm of warehouse and office space at the P3 Bratislava industrial park.

Warehouse & industrial

Faurecia doubles Legnica plant

POLAND Automotive parts manufacturer and retailer Faurecia has signed an agreement with NBGI Private Equity to expand its plant in Legnica by 12,000 sqm of industrial space and 750 sqm of office space.

Investment & finance

Polnord launches bond issue

POLAND Residential developer Polnord has floated bonds worth PLN 50 mln as part of a bond issue programme of up to PLN 100 mln.

Fashion heads for Wola Park

POLAND New brands are to feature in the Wola Park shopping centre in Warsaw. The total area to be occupied by new tenants will amount to nearly 1,600 sqm.

Hotels

Czarny Kamień spa resort to open in Szklarska Poręba

POLAND The Czarny Kamień Resort & Spa aparthotel is now being developed in Szklarska Poręba.

Office & mixed-use development

Kálvin Centre signs new tenant

HUNGARY US-headquartered temporary staffing agency Kelly Services has leased 600 sqm of office space in the Kálvin Centre building in central Budapest.

Retail & leisure

New developments in Warsaw’s Arkadia

POLAND A few new retailers are set to open their locations in the Arkadia shopping centre in Warsaw. These include Sinsay (700 sqm), Andrzej Jedynak, Joop! (82 sqm), Verona, à Tab (298 sqm), Carte d’Or, Eat Green, Skok na sok.

Retail & leisure

ECE to put more focus on Polish projects

POLAND The Zielone Arkady shopping centre, which is currently being developed by ECE Projektmanagement Polska in Bydgoszcz, is set to open on November 4th, the developer informed at its Polish Retail Day conference last week.

Retail & leisure

GTC obtains building permit for flagship mall

POLAND Globe Trade Centre has obtained a builidng permint for the Galeria Północna shopping centre in Warsaw’s Białołęka district.