News
Gazit-Globe becomes Atrium’s majority shareholder
WORLD Gazit-Globe, an Israeli real estate investor that holds a 39.99-pct stake in Atrium European Real Estate (AERE), is acquiring 52,069,622 ordinary shares of AERE, which account for an app. 13.87 pct stake in the company. The shares are being taken over from a consortium managed by CPI CEE Management, which will now have no AERE shares, for a total of app. EUR 229 mln in an off-market transaction.
Budapest industrial space sees high demand
HUNGARY In Q4 2014, demand for the Budapest industrial space showed a strong performance as the total volume of lease transactions reached 128,465 sqm, increasing two-fold q-o-q and hitting the Q4 2013 take up level, according to the Budapest Research Forum (BRF).
Technology
Smartwatch-supported groceries underway
UNITED KINGDOM Organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market has teamed up with the multinational technology provider Rehabstudio to develop a shopping system that allows for doing highly-personalized in-store groceries with a help of wearables such as smartwatches.
Warsaw continues to dominate the region
POLAND Warsaw has been ranked 14th in the most attractive places in Europe for investing in real estate, in the Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2015 survey that has just been published by PwC and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
Biedronka and Sphinx at Wrocław Główny station
POLAND Two new tenants – a Sphinx restaurant and a Biedronka grocery discount store – have started the design work for their new outlets at the Wrocław Główny station.
Murapol planning another Kraków project
POLAND Murapol has finalised the purchase of a 0.85 ha site on ul. Poznańska in Kraków.
Office & mixed-use development
New tenants in new Carpathia
POLAND GD&K Group has secured a new lease agreement for its Carpathia office development in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
TK Maxx enters Katowice
POLAND A TK Maxx store is to be opened in Galeria Katowicka. The tenant has leased an area of over 2,000 sqm in the mall in Katowice, with the new store scheduled to open at the end of February.
Orbis extends franchise chain
POLAND The Orbis hotel group has signed a franchise contract with the Four Hotel company for a hotel that is being developed on ul. Pszenna in Gdańsk.
Property and Facility Management
C&W to manage Deutsche AWM office projects
POLAND Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed as the property manager for two Warsaw buildings that belong to the Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management fund.
Etalon sees future through rose-tinted glasses
RUSSIA Etalon will build and sell more without any obstales, the future of the developer seems full of succes, according to the company’s president and founder.
AGED stays in MLP Pruszków I
POLAND AGED has prolonged its lease in the MLP Pruszków I logistic park, developed by MLP Group.
GD&K partners PKP for Kraków office complex
POLAND Polish firm GD&K Consulting is to develop a 1.4 ha plot neighbouring the main train station in Kraków.
Warehouse & industrial
L'Oréal to stay in Błonie
POLAND L'Oréal has renewed its 19,500 sqm distribution space lease in the ProLogis Park Błonie II warehousing and industrial centre near Warsaw.
Hotels
Swissôtel expands in SEE
BULGARIA Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, a hotel group owned by the Toronto-based and Gulf-financed FRHI Hotels & Resorts (FRHI), will manage Swissôtel Sofia, a condo hotel tower that is currently being developed by Turkish developer Garanti Koza in Bulgaria’s capital city.
Investment & finance
Kingstown goes to court over Orco
CEE REGION CPI Group and Orco Property Group (OPG) have both announced that they have been served with a legal summons by Delaware-based Kingstown Partners and affiliated companies for damages due to alleged violation of minority OPG shareholder rights.
Auchan given green light to buy 12 Romanian assets
ROMANIA French retailer and real estate investor Groupe Auchan has received an approval of the Romanian Competition Council to acquire a portfolio of twelve retail properties, in which the company has been running some of its 32 Romanian supermarkets.
Retail & leisure
Good year for PH Młyn
POLAND The Młyn Retail Park in Wrocław enjoyed a 15 pct turnover last year, reaching a total of almost PLN 58 mln.
Investment & finance
Third Vivo! to open in Krosno
POLAND Immofinanz group has secured a 6 ha site in Krosno in the south-eastern Subcarpathian province for the construction of its latest Vivo! shopping centre.
Retail & leisure
Trespass targets outlet centres
POLAND Scottish outdoor sports clothing brand Trespass is planning to open three new stores in outlet centres in Q1 this year.
Conferences
Schedule 2025
9. The 9th Suits on Bikes Ride
The 21st CEE Warehouse & Logistics Conference
Data Center – Real Estate, Technology, Investments
31st Polish Commercial Real Estate Market Conference
The 15th Central & Eastern Europe EurobuildCEE Awards 2025
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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
Moderna Office goes Platinum
Moderna's Warsaw office in the Warsaw Unit office building has been awarded WELL v2 certification with the highest possible rating of Platinum.
GTC teams up with Paul
Well comes to Panattoni
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
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
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
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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
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
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
CPK has already acquired over 2,000 ha under the Voluntary Acquisition Programme. This means that more than half of the land required for the CPK Airp ...
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
Grand station in little Brzeziny
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
EUR 110 mln for Heimstaden
Heimstaden has secured a EUR 110 mln Sustainability-Linked loan for its residential developments in Warsaw and Kraków. Under the terms of the loan, t ...
Conseq and Accolade purchase 7R BTS Bielsko-Biała West I
Santander loans EUR 10 mln to Panattoni
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
Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao
Atlas Estates has been granted a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA. The loan will primarily be used for the refinancing of the Hilton Warsa ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Bucharest office market down 31 pct on H1 2024
Crosspoint Real Estate, the international associate of Savills in Romania, brokered office lease transactions totalling over 6,000 sqm in the first ha ...
Construction of U•Center 3 begins
First new tenant for V Office building
Property and Facility Management
Savills to manage for Yareal
Savills has taken over the comprehensive management of a portfolio of properties in Warsaw owned by Yareal Polska. The portfolio includes buildings C, ...
Studio B under new management
Cushman feels the Vibe
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
PBSA market set to grow rapidly
Over the next two years, the number of beds in private student residence halls will increase by 70 pct, according to the latest analysis by Knight Fra ...
Zeitraum – Racławicka to open for next semester
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Retail & leisure
Romania now attractive to foreign retailers
Romania’s retail market continues to attract a growing number of international brands, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real est ...
Supernova expansion for Eleport
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
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
BRF announces figures for Q2 2025
At the end of Q2 2025, the total modern industrial stock in Hungary came to almost 6 mln sqm according to figures from the Budapest Research Forum. Mo ...
