Hotels
RSSMotyl to metamorphose into Mercure
POLAND A franchise agreement has been signed for the four-star Motyl hotel on ul. Leśna in Krynica-Zdrój with the Orbis hotel group for it to be run under the Mercure brand from the beginning of 2013.
Best Western in 19th century building
POLAND The three-star Browar Mariacki hotel in Katowice is to join the Best Western chain in 2014.
Bristol in prestigious circle
POLAND The Bristol Hotel on Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw, which belongs to Starman Poland, is to join the Luxury Collection, one of the most prestigious hotel groups in the world.
Hilton Podgorica to open in 2014
MONTENEGRO The renovation of the Crna Gora Hotel in Podgorica is to be completed in 2014, when it will be renamed Hilton Podgorica Montenegro under a franchise agreement with Hilton.
Rivijera Kristal to open in Petrovac
MONTENEGRO Construction work on the five-star Rivijera Kristal hotel has begun in Petrovac, local media reports.
Second Mercure in Warsaw
POLAND Holiday Inn Warszawa on ul. Złota is to change its name to Mercure Warszawa Centrum and so the Orbis hotel chain (which owns the brand) is to gain its second Mercure hotel in Warsaw (after the Mercure Warszawa Grand) and its fourteenth Mercure in Poland.
Best Western strengthens its position in Poland
POLAND The three-star Łysogóry Hotel in Kielce has joined the Best Western chain. Best Western now has 16 hotels in Poland and is the second largest international chain in the country after the Orbis/Accor group.
Hotel on ski slope
POLAND The three-star Collis hotel is to be built on a ski slope in Przemyśl on ul. Pasteura.
More hotels for sale
POLAND The government has completed an audit of state-owned companies with subsidiaries whose operations are unrelated to those of their parent companies and which are to be sold.
Strus signs franchise agreement with Orbis
POLAND The Orbis hotel group has signed a franchise agreement for a three-star hotel, which is to be built in Galeria Jurowiecka at the junction of Al. Piłsudskiego and ul. Sienkiewicza in Białystok.
Revenue down for Orbis
POLAND The Orbis hotel group recorded a revenue of over PLN 186.15 mln in Q3 2012, down by 1.2 pct on the same period of 2011.
4Kolory in Władysławowo
POLAND 4Kolory Idea is building a condohotel in Władysławowo, which is to be called Hotel 4Kolory.
Ibis Style enters Polish market
POLAND The Ibis Style Gdynia Reda hotel is to join the Ibis chain at the end of this month. It is to be the first hotel under this brand name in Poland.
Another hotel to joins Best Western
POLAND Best Western is to add another hotel to its network in the Lublin province this December – Hotel Korona Spa & Wellness.
Hilton Garden Inn opens in Millenium Hall
POLAND The Hilton Garden Inn hotel has opened as part of the Millenium Hall shopping complex in Rzeszów. In August earlier this year the franchise deal and the right to use the Hilton Garden Inn name and logo was secured – the first of this chain in the Podkarpackie region.
Best Western accelerates expansion
POLAND Four hotels that have recently been incorporated in the Best Western hotel chain have now opened.
More visitors in Hungary
HUNGARY The number of guest nights spent in Hungary was up by 5.3 pct in August according to KSH, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
Little price differentiation in Moscow hotels
RUSSIA In the upper upscale segment of the Moscow hotel market occupancy has risen from around 55 pct to 65 pct and RevPAR is almost 22 pct up on the 2011 figures and is the highest since 2008 being only 1,000 RUB below the RevPAR of the luxury segment.
Two Marriotts for sale
CZECH REPUBLIC CA Immo has put two hotels up for sale: Courtyard by Marriott Prague Airport and Courtyard by Marriott Plzeň.
Eurovegas ready to start
HUNGARY Work is soon to start on the first phase of the EUR 5 bln Eurovegas casino on a 160 ha site at Bezenye near the Austrian and Slovak borders.
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
Strabag snaps up Olivia Star
Strabag Group has purchased the Olivia Star office tower in Gdańsk. This is the largest office building in a regional city with 40,000 sqm gla and the ...
Not only for horses
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
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
A statement deal – Tomasz Nowakowski of Lewandpol Group
A few weeks ago, Lewandpol Group hit the headlines with its EUR 107 mln acquisition of the 19,300 sqm Central Point office building in Warsaw city cen ...
Bringing people together
Laying the groundwork for success
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
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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
PKP to modernise two more stations
Polish State Railways (PKP) has announced tenders to prepare designs for the reconstruction of the Lubań Śląski and Kudowa-Zdrój railway stations.
Port of Poland moves closer with location decisions
Budimex builds in Slovakia
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
Poles turning online for mortgages
Poles are taking out mortgages online while the memory of Swiss Franc loans is fading with each generation. This is the result of a new study by Busin ...
Spain now most attractive European economy
Skanska sells Studio A to Stena
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
CA Immo to build from wood
CA Immo has begun leasing the space for its Skygreen at Hallesche Ufer 74–76 in Berlin. A modern, sustainable 18,400 sqm six-storey office building u ...
Offices above the warehouse
Improved Water pressure in City Tower
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
Cavare commercialises Jankego apartments
Cavare is taking on the role of an independent PRS property operator. The company has opened a leasing office in Katowice at ul. Jankego 15, and has b ...
Alides announces project in Żoliborz
Olivia Pulse to start rentals in Gdańsk
Retail & leisure
Scallier builds in Bolesławiec
Scallier is building a modern retail park on al. Tysiąclecia in Bolesławiec.
M Park opens in Nasielsk
Czech Republic attracts retail brands
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
Unilever expands in Poznań
An automated 36m high-bay warehouse is being built next to the Unilever factory in Poznań.
