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Van der Vorm launches real estate bridge financing business
Dutch real estate group Van der Vorm is expanding into a new business line in Poland focused on asset-backed real estate financing. The group's first transaction of this kind on the Polish market was a bridge loan of approximately PLN 13 mln granted to a real estate developer. KWKR advised Van der Vorm on the structuring and closing of the transaction.
Investment & finance
Spain NEPI Rockcastle expands beyond CEE
NEPI Rockcastle has acquired MegaPark Barakaldo — one of northern Spain's leading shopping and leisure destinations — from Le Retail Hiper Ondara, part of HLRE Socimi, for EUR 252 mln net. The deal marks NEPI Rockcastle's entry into Spain and its first investment outside Central and Eastern Europe.
Investment & finance
CEE region EBRD lends NEPI Rockcastle EUR 250 mln
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a EUR 250 mln green loan to NE Property BV, a subsidiary of NEPI Rockcastle, to finance sustainable real estate investments across Central, Southern and Eastern Europe.
Investment & finance
Bulgaria Trade Estates buys into Sofia South RIng Mall
Greek-based real estate investor Trade Estates is to acquire a 50 pct stake in Sofia South Ring Mall from Fourlis Holdings for EUR 49.35 mln.
Investment & finance
POLAND Capital flows back into Poland
More than EUR 3 bln was invested in Polish commercial real estate in H1 2026, largely driven by the return of major institutional investors – according to BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland.
Investment & finance
POLAND PLN 52 bln developed, but supply not keeping up with demand
July saw a shift in the supply-demand ratio across Poland’s seven largest housing markets. The pool of available developer units fell below the 60,000 threshold, and sales increased by 12 pct y-o-y, while the number of new projects declined significantly.
Investment & finance
POLAND Apsys goes shopping for 3 Stawy
Apsys has completed the acquisition of the 3 Stawy shopping centre in Katowice. The 38,600 sqm gla mall was acquired from a fund managed by Union Investment.
Investment & finance
CEE REGION CEE real estate investment goes steadily upward
The momentum of the Central and Eastern Europe commercial real estate market picked up markedly in the first half of 2026, according to Colliers' CEE Investment Scene H1 2026' report. Total investment volume across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 bln - up from EUR 5.4 bln a year earlier, confirming that capital is returning to the region however in a more selective and disciplined way than in previous cycles.
Investment & finance
WORLD Savills takes over Eastdil
Savills has completed its acquisition of global real estate investment bank Eastdil Secured for app. GBP 827 mln. The bank will now act as Savills Group's real estate investment bank and has already been rebranded as Eastdil Secured Savills.
Investment & finance
POLAND BIG Poland adds Grodzisk Sfera Park to portfolio
BIG Poland has acquired Grodzisk Sfera Park in Grodzisk Mazowiecki from Belgian developer GHRE for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
POLAND Appeninn buys Dekada portfolio for €100m
Hungarian real estate investor Appeninn Asset Management Holding has completed the acquisition of eleven Dekada retail centres across Poland for more than EUR 100 mln.
Investment & finance
Hungary WING completes acquisition of Olympia
WING has completed the acquisition of the Olympia project from Atenor. The 7.4 ha site comprises a fully operational office building, a shell-and-core building, and additional development plots in a well-connected location. Reflecting changing market demand, Wing is preparing to reposition the project as a mixed-use development, combining the existing office building with more than 500 new homes, alongside retail and service amenities.
Investment & finance
CEE region Investment activity regains momentum across the region
Commercial real estate investment across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 bln in the first half of 2026, marking a significant improvement on recent years and confirming that investor confidence is returning to the region. However, this is not a broad-based recovery. Capital is flowing selectively towards assets offering resilient income, strong ESG performance and long-term relevance in a changing economic environment.
Investment & finance
EMEA region Investment moves to residential and data centres
Residential assets have overtaken offices as the largest recipient of real estate investment across EMEA, while record investment in data centres and senior living signals a broader shift towards operationally intensive sectors and platform-led strategies, according to the 'EMEA Capital Markets Snapshot | Q2 2026' report by Colliers.
Investment & finance
Hungary Westend mixed-use complex refinanced
Granit Pólus Group has completed the refinancing of the Westend mixed-use complex with a EUR 290 mln green loan, marking the largest real estate refinancing transaction in Hungary over the past five years and setting a new record for financing secured by a single property in the country.
Investment & finance
Poland Renaissance changes hands
Syrena Real Estate has acquired the historic Renaissance Building in Warsaw's city centre, with financing from Bank Pekao.
Investment & finance
POLAND Mokotowska Square sold to WB Group
Deka Immobilien has sold the Mokotowska Square office building in central Warsaw to a major tenant of the building, WB Electronics, for around EUR 39 mln.
Investment & finance
Poland Erste lends to DL Invest
DL Invest Group has secured over EUR 146 mln in financing from Erste Group and Erste Bank Polska to refinance a portfolio of six logistics parks with a total area of around 260,000 sqm. The banks were advised by the law firm CMS.
Investment & finance
Germany Bad Hersfeld Ost logistics centre refinanced
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) is providing EUR 42 mln in refinancing for the Bad Hersfeld Ost logistics centre.
Investment & finance
Romania Commercial real estate financing increased by 15 pct
Romania’s commercial real estate sector accounts for 54 pct of the loans granted to non-financial companies and recorded a 15 pct annual increase in financing, while the non-performing loan (NPL) ratio, which stands at 6.2 pct, remains below the levels reported for certain segments considered more exposed to risk, according to an analysis performed by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company based on data published by the National Bank of Romania (NBR).
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
Tunnel boring soon to begin
Work is progressing on the High-Speed Rail (KDP) tunnel in Łódź, part of the Port Polska project. At the launch chamber in Retkinia, the concrete supp ...
Budimex begins earthworks on Poland's first nuclear power plant
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
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
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
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
Mercure opens in Oradea
Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by ...
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg
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
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
Van der Vorm launches real estate bridge financing business
Dutch real estate group Van der Vorm is expanding into a new business line in Poland focused on asset-backed real estate financing. The group's first ...
NEPI Rockcastle expands beyond CEE
EBRD lends NEPI Rockcastle EUR 250 mln
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
Spot rises above the ground
Construction work om Moderna Holding’s Spot development in Sopot has now reached ground level, marking the completion of the main underground works. T ...
Penta to lead redevelopment of Prague's Bubny district
Warsaw now a landlord’s market
Property and Facility Management
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Savills, which already manages an office portfolio in Poland for TFI PZU, has now also been appointed to manage three of the fund's retail assets.
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Public buildings
Budimex wins PLN 86 mln Białystok hospital contract
Budimex has been awarded an PLN 86 mln gross contract for the construction of a new specialist outpatient clinic at the L. Zamenhof University Childre ...
Szczecin castle reconstruction completed
Dewin–Biberstein–Promnitz Castle to be restored
Residential
Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months
Since sales began in February 2026, 122 contracts have been concluded in the Liberty Tower residential building in Warsaw, which is owned by Cavatina. ...
Still too few student beds
Mercator ready to begin flagship Kraków project
Retail & leisure
Work begins on Park Kaszuby
Finarto Investments has appointed Allcon as the general contractor for Park Kaszuby, a new retail park in Wejherowo. The construction site is due to b ...
Retail stock breaches 14 mln sqm
Retail market revives
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
MDC2 Park Ruda Śląska on its way
MDC2 has launched its latest project – MDC2 Park Ruda Śląska, which will have a total area of 48,000 sqm, with a particular focus on production and lo ...
