Hotels
RSSBristol renovations finished off
POLAND Extensive renovation work has been completed on the Hotel Bristol in Warsaw. As a result, it is now included in Starwood’s Luxury Collection.
Future hotel to arise in 2016
CZECH REPUBLIC Akroterion, a subsidiary of Loyd´s Property Investments group, is to construct a new 5-star hotel in the centre of Prague. Future hotel is to offer 120 luxury guest rooms, a restaurant and conference facilities on an area of 16,000 sqm.
Mountain hotel in Mercure chain
POLAND The Motyl hotel in Krynica-Zdrój has signed a franchise agreement with the Orbis hotel group to join the Mercure chain.
Record stays in Budapest last year
HUNGARY The number of guests and guest nights in Budapest last year increased by 3.6 pct and 4.8 pct respectively, reaching a record high level – according to KSH (the Hungarian Central Statistical Office).
Arłamów hotel at the end of 2013
POLAND The Arłamów hotel in Arłamów (in Podkarpackie province) is to open in Q4 2013. The hotel includes sports facilities and spa.
More tourists in Estonia
ESTONIA A total of 2.8 mln foreign tourists stayed in hotels, motels and campsites in 2012 according to Statistics Estonia, representing a 4 pct increase on the previous year.
Rzeszów hotel upgraded
POLAND The Best Western Hotel Ferdynand in Rzeszów is to be run under a new brand.
Rebranding for Cieszyn Orbis hotel
POLAND Hotel Orbis Halny Cieszyn is currently being rebranded. Since February it has been welcoming guests as Mercure Cieszyn, while modernisation work on the lobby and the rooms is now taking place in line with the requirements of the Mercure brand.
Park Inn by Radisson to open in Kyiv
UKRAINE The Rezidor Hotel Group has announced that it is to open the Park Inn by Radisson Troyitska in central Kyiv.
Park Plaza Histria Pula to be extended
CROATIA PPHE Hotel Group has announced that it will extend its Park Plaza Histria Pula hotel in Pula by 127 rooms and suites, bringing the total number up to 368.
Orbis reveals ambitious plans
POLAND Grupa Hotelowa Orbis is to stop building its own hotels from 2014 and focus on developing its chain through franchising and management contracts.
Le Méridien Lav up for sale
CROATIA Grand Hotel Lav and Grand Marina Lav, the two companies which jointly own the Le Méridien Lav hotel outside Split and the adjoining resort and marina, have been put up for sale by their sole shareholder, Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International.
One more star for Start
POLAND The Start hotel Atos on ul. Mangalia in Warsaw, which is owned by the Satoria Group, has been awarded another star by the Masovian provincial government to become a two-star facility.
One & Only comes to Europe
MONTENEGRO Kerzner International Holdings has signed an agreement with Triangle Investment and Development to develop and operate a One & Only resort in Kumbor overlooking Tivat Bay.
OST Gromada restructures
POLAND Ogólnokrajowa Spółdzielnia Turystyczna Gromada is to restructure by selling its unprofitable hotels and properties and by liquidating or spinning off its subsidiaries.
Gromada sells Ostrowiec hotel
POLAND The Gromada hotel chain has sold its hotel in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski to a private investor.
RT Galicya joins the ranks of Best Western
POLAND The RT Galicya hotel in Kraków, which is owned by RT Hotels (part of the Satoria Group), has joined the Best Western chain.
JLL predicts USD 32 bln hotel investment
WORLD Jones Lang LaSalle predicts that global hotel transaction volumes will hit USD 32 bln in 2013.
More guest in Hungarian hotels
HUNGARY The number of nights spent by foreign tourists in Hungary rose by 16 pct y-o-y in November, according to the Hungarian Central Statistics Office (KSH), while the number of nights spent by Hungarians fell by 3 pct.
Astrium hotel to open by year end
RUSSIA A five-star luxury hotel is to open in Shelkovo near Moscow at the end of 2013. The Astrium is owned by Shelkowskij Holding, while Vienna International Hotelmanagement is to manage the facility.
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
Polish construction sector faces growing labour shortage
Poland’s construction sector is facing increasing labour shortages, with the industry short of around 150,000 workers. Turnover among engineers has re ...
Carbon Counts in Construction
Polish construction sector under pressure
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
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
PAD RES Group has launched two identical solar farms in Biesiekierz municipality, Koszalin district. The installations have a combined capacity of 24 ...
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
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
Prague moves into top 10 for hotel investment
More than 90 pct of European investors plan to maintain or increase their investment in hotel real estate in 2026, according to the latest CBRE survey ...
Mövenpick opens first Croatian hotel on Adriatic coast
Poland’s hotel investment market slows as Warsaw leads CEE-6 supply growth
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
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
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
Bucharest’s appeal rises
Bucharest is gaining ground among Europe’s more attractive real estate markets, supported by rental growth across major sectors and investment yields ...
Poland strengthens its position among developed markets
Romanian Investors Step Up Commercial Real Estate Activity
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
Takeda moves Warsaw office to Fabryka Norblina
Takeda has moved its Warsaw office to Studio A at Fabryka Norblina. The new office occupies 1,000 sqm.
The Shire extends lease at Korona in Kraków
LPP relocates Warsaw office to Saski Crescent
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
Matexi sells 75 pct of Sady Żoliborz apartments
Matexi Polska has sold more than 75 pct of the apartments in the second stage of its Sady Żoliborz development in Warsaw. Around a dozen units remain ...
Warsaw office building to become apartments
Polish new-build sales jump 50 pct in August
Retail & leisure
CeX opens store in Wola Park
British used-electronics retailer CeX has opened its first store at Wola Park shopping centre in Warsaw. The 170 sqm store is located on the first flo ...
Fort Wola expands its tenant mix with four new brands
Lidl opens in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Harden Construction completes Hall A at Panattoni Park Warsaw North III
Construction of Panattoni Park Warsaw North III in Nadma near Warsaw has been completed. Harden Construction, the general contractor, has completed Ha ...
