Hotels
RSSLuxury segment records increase
RUSSIA The Moscow luxury hotel market saw a 7 pct increase in its ADR to RUB 13,400 (EUR 311) over the January to May period of 2013 in comparison to the same period of the previous year according to the ‘Moscow Hotel Market Update’ report by Jones Lang LaSalle.
Foundation stone for hotel in Polanica-Zdrój
POLAND Investors Irena Eris and Henryk Orfinger have laid the foundation stone for the Dr Irena Eris Spa hotel, which is being developed in Polanica-Zdrój.
Palanga Spa resort to begin again
LITHUANIA IKEA’s real estate subsidiary Pinus Proprius is to redesign its Palanga Spa resort in Palanga and reapply for a building permit.
Novotel Łódź Centrum opens
POLAND Echo Investment is to open the four-star Novotel Łódź Centrum hotel in Łódź.
Victoria to receive facelift
POLAND The Sofitel Warsaw Victoria hotel in the centre of the city is to be modernised by the summer of 2014.
Louvre expansion continues
POLAND/CEE REGION Louvre Hôtels Group is to expand its chain in Poland by 30 pct with the opening of a Campanile and two Golden Tulip hotels before August.
DoubleTree comes to Skopje
MACEDONIA Hilton Worldwide has signed a franchise agreement with Ajdovan Ademoski to open the DoubleTree by Hilton Skopje in early 2016.
ONT Carpaţi assets fail to sell
ROMANIA A 35 pct stake in the Marriott hotel in Bucharest was put up for auction on Monday, but no bids were received.
Capital Park plans Gdańsk hotel
POLAND Capital Park is planning to convert the former building of the Neptun cinema in Gdańsk into a three-star hotel.
Hampton by Hilton comes to Cluj
ROMANIA Hampton by Hilton has opened a hotel in Cluj Napoca.
Broadway Malyan wins first major Polish project
POLAND The Warsaw branch of global architectural practice Broadway Malyan has secured its first major project – the architectural and interior design of the Gwiazda Morza Hotel in Władysławowo.
More tourists in Estonia
ESTONIA Over 0.5 mln foreign and domestic tourists stayed in Estonian hotels and other establishments in the first quarter of 2013, according to data from Statistics Estonia.
Q1 worse for Orbis
POLAND Orbis suffered a worse start to 2013 than the previous year. Its revenue from continued operations decreased by over 9 pct (to PLN 124.7 mln) during the first three months of the year compared to Q1 2012.
Antan plans mall-top hotel
POLAND Antan Development, the owner of the Bolesławiec City Center shopping centre, is set to lease the top floor to a hotel.
Motel One targets Poland
POLAND The German Motel One hotel chain is planning to enter the Polish market.
Three stars in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
POLAND Top Hotel in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki will join the Best Western chain at the beginning of the summer.
Faltom joins Best Western
POLAND Hotel Business Faltom in Rumia will join the Best Western chain in the summer.
DeSilva hotels plans openings
POLAND The DeSilva chain will open two hotels this year in Mikołajki and Poznań.
Name change for Wałbrzych hotel
POLAND The hotel in the Galeria Victoria centre in Wałbrzych is to change its name. The hotel used to operate as the Express Wałbrzych, but is now to be rebranded as the Ibis Styles Wałbrzych.
Marriott to launch Moxy brand
EUROPE Marriott and Inter Hospitality are to introduce a new three-star hotel brand to the European market.
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
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
Public-sector construction has become one of the fastest-growing areas of Dekpol Budownictwo’s business. Over the past two years, the company has sign ...
Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
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 could supply more heat to Polish cities
Poland’s growing data centre market could create a significant new source of waste heat for heating networks. According to analysis by the Polish Data ...
AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
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
A green office is more than a certificate
More than 97 pct of newly developed office space in Poland is environmentally certified. Certification has therefore become standard, while the buildi ...
Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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 October and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!
In this issue, hot off the press in time for Expo Real in Munich, the cover story is an interview with Ugo Giordano and Katarzyna Rzetecka, who are le ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
This sporting real estate life
Events
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
Expo Real kicks off on Monday in Munich, and Eurobuild CEE is the media sponsor for one of the top discussions on the first day: ‘High Speed Connectiv ...
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
Lisala, owned by Hungarian property group WING and Griffin Capital Partners, plans to acquire the remaining 37.63 pct of Polish developer Echo Investm ...
DWS to acquire Peakside Capital Advisors
LemonTree sells second stage of Booster Zabrze
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
Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków
Knight Frank has been appointed exclusive leasing agent for VINCI Office Center at 100 Opolska Street in Kraków. The building, owned by Sharow Capital ...
Bucharest office demand picks up as companies rethink their workplace needs
eService leases 7,500 sqm in Drucianka Campus
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
Yareal starts construction of apartment building in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district
Yareal has started construction of an apartment building at ul. Mickiewicza 63 in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district. The intimate development will comprise 6 ...
Murapol Rivo in Bydgoszcz receives occupancy permit
Agrobex completes first stage of Unii Lubelskiej 4
Retail & leisure
Bricomarché opens new store in Włoszczowa
Bricomarché opened a new store in Włoszczowa, Poland, on 7 October. Located at 47 Czarnieckiego Street, the store offers around 23,000 products for ho ...
BIG Poland to open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22
Alior Bank opens in Manufaktura in Łódź
Technology
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Skanska has implemented a digital access control system at Studio A, an office building in Warsaw. The solution uses the company’s proprietary StudioA ...
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Singu takes over QRmaint
Warehouse & industrial
Zalando rolls out AI-powered returns
Sereact, Zalando and CEVA Logistics have introduced AI-powered robots to process returns at logistics centres in Świebodzin, Poland, and Greven, Germa ...
