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Best Western Villa Aqua Hotel relaunched
POLAND After three months of the modernization work on Best Western Villa Aqua Hotel in Sopot, the hotel is now operational. The work involved the refurbishment of the hotel restaurant and rooms as well as altering the conference room.
Good year for hotel investors in Europe
EUROPE In 2014, hotel investment volumes across Europe and the Middle East have increased 30 pct compared to 2013, CBRE reports.
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New hotels in Mercure portfolio
POLAND By the end of H1 2015, two TriCity hotels will join the Mercure group.
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Von der Heyden Group to develop Gdańsk hotel
POLAND Von der Heyden Group plans on renovating three historical semi-detached tenement houses located at the heart of Gdańsk in order to convert them into the IBB Blue Hotel.
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Ibis to open in Riga
LATVIA Polish hotel operator Orbis will open an Ibis-branded hotel in Riga at the end of 2016.
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.
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Hotele Diament heads for the stock exchange
POLAND Hotele Diament is preparing for its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
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New Kraków aparthotel under construction
POLAND Construction work is nearing completion on an underground car park with 74 spaces earmarked for the guests of the Lwowska 1 aparthotel in Kraków .
Hotels pushing up prices in response to rising costs
RUSSIA The majority of branded hotels in Moscow are pushing up their rates in rubles in an effort to soften the impact of Russia’s ailing economy.
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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.
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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.
Conflict dragging Moscow hotel market down
RUSSIA The current military and political conflict in the region has led to the deterioration of the Moscow hotel market and falling property values.
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.
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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.
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Mercure Bydgoszcz Sepia now open
POLAND Four-star hotel Mercure Bydgoszcz Sepia has opened in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, becoming the first Orbis Hotel Group property in this location.
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Hotel Dyplomat joins Best Western chain
POLAND The four-year-old Dyplomat hotel in Olsztyn is to become part of the Best Western chain under the Best Western Plus brand in spring 2015.
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B&B to develop Katowice hotel
POLAND The B&B budget hotel chain is planning to open its fourth location in Poland. The company, which recently purchased a Katowice investment plot, is getting prepared to start the construction work on the site.
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First Alto hotel almost ready
POLAND The first Alto hotel is set to open at the beginning of 2015 in Żory. The Alto brand, operated and owned by the Polish hotel chain Qubus, was created to serve minor Polish markets.
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Second stage of Szklarska Poręba complex completed
POLAND The second stage of the 69-apartment Sun & Snow Resorts complex has opened in Szklarska Poręba. Located at ul. Górna 19, the three-stage project provides 140 apartments with floor plans ranging from 30 to 100 sqm.
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Orbis agrees to take over Accor brands in the region
POLAND Polish hotel group Orbis has accepted the offer of its strategic partner Accor to become the sole licensor of 46 hotels and all Accor brands in 16 countries in the CEE region.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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
Data centres
Data centres spread out across the region
The EMEA data centre market is entering a new phase where power availability, not demand, is defining growth, forcing a structural shift in how and wh ...
Poland to be the new data hub
Data centres to transform Polish economy
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
Punkt goes Platinum
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
Outstanding for Prologis
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
Eurobuild FM
The power of community
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
EurobuildCEE
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The even ...
Let's play volleyball again
August 7th – mark the date
Exclusive
Quality investment – Sofia Granlund, the CEO of Stena Real Estate
Swedish property company Stena Real Estate has been active in Poland's main office markets for several years now, during which time it has acquired th ...
A statement deal – Tomasz Nowakowski of Lewandpol Group
Bringing people together
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
Pbb refinances Radisson Blu Bucharest
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (Pbb) has provided EUR 123 mln in investment financing to funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management and Revetas Capital for ...
Griffin and Primestar join forces
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Pekabex to build Malbork shelter
Pekabex BET won two tenders in Malbork for the design and construction of civil defence infrastructure. The two contracts are worth more than PLN 10 m ...
PKP to modernise two more stations
Port of Poland moves closer with location decisions
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Sino Logistics to take over Logicor in Hungary
Logicor is exiting Hungary with the sale of its operations to Singapore-based Sino Logistics.
Aurelia buys two office buildings from Pimco
Poles turning online for mortgages
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
Quadrum goes Stella
Construction company Quadrum is moving its head office to the Stella Office complex, located at ul. Przybyszewskiego 75 in Kraków.
CA Immo to build from wood
Offices above the warehouse
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
A new look for central Warsaw
Residential
Pekabex to build for Mosaic
Pekabex has signed an agreement with Mosaic Łacina Studentliving, part of the Mosaic World Group, to build a student residence in Poznań . The project ...
Cavare commercialises Jankego apartments
Alides announces project in Żoliborz
Retail & leisure
Retail still growing rapidly
The Polish retail market is showing no signs of slowing down. Fashion stores are showing the greatest growth, according to the CBRE report 'Retail Mar ...
Scallier builds in Bolesławiec
M Park opens in Nasielsk
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
HL Development builds in Warsaw
Construction work has begun on the first project by HL Development. The HLD Macierzysz warehouse and service complex near Warsaw is being built near t ...
