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Immofinanz runs from Russia
RUSSIA Immofinanz has concluded the sale of its retail portfolio Moscow to the Russian Fort Group and has now completed its exit from the Russian market.
Investment & finance
E.Leclerc to take over Alma
POLAND Immomok is to buy Alma Market, the owner of the bankrupt Alma delicatessen chain for PLN 94 mln.
Open Finance becomes franchise
POLAND The Open Finance group is to open new offices for its Home Broker real estate agency, its Open Finance financing, and its Open Brokers insurance businesses through franchising with the first franchised branches to open in January 2019.
Investment & finance
Nuts and bolts of EUR 1 bln deal
POLAND Chariot Top Group (Chariot) is buying a retail portfolio from Ares, AXA and Apollo Rida for app. EUR 1 bln. Some of these properties will then be transferred to EPP for EUR 692 mln.
Praktiker becomes British
ROMANIA UK based Kingfisher has completed its acquiisition of the Praktiker DIY chain claims law firm PeliFilip, which advised on the deal.
Chinese investment floods in to Poland
POLAND The Polish Investment & Trade Agency [PAIH] has announced that it has handled more investment from China than from Germany, which was the previous largest source of foreign investment.
AFI makes USD 135 mln sale
RUSSIA AFI Development has signed a RUB 7.9 bln (USD 135 mln) sales contract for two buildings within the Aquamarine III Business Centre in Moscow’s Zamoskvorechye district.
Investment & finance
Goldman Sachs to make EUR 244 mln Robyg purchase
POLAND Goldman Sachs is to buy all the shares of residential developer Robyg through a public tender on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Białystok sells land
POLAND The city of Białystok has put up for sale 23 ha of land near Białystok-Krywlany airport.
Investment & finance
UOKiK wary of Mila takeover
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] has decided to conduct a market survey before granting its approval of the PLN 350 mln takeover of Mila by Eurocash.
Vantage buys in Wrocław
POLAND Vantage Development has signed a preliminary contract to purchase of a plot in Wrocław.
Investment & finance
Orbis sells to Starwood
HUNGARY Orbis Hotel Group has sold the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge to a subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group for EUR 75 mln.
Vainodes I changes hands
LATVIA Northern Horizon Capital has signed an agreement to acquire the Vainodes 1 office building in Riga for its Baltic Horizon Fund.
Investment & finance
Hollybrook sells up in southern Poland
POLAND UK developer Hollybrook has sold three plots totalling 3.3 ha in Katowice and Cieszyn for app. PLN 17 mln.
Echo racks up PLN 50 mln profit
POLAND Echo Investment has posted a net profit of PLN 50 mln for the third quarter of the year.
Dekpol buys land for 60,000 sqm development
POLAND Residential developer Dekpol is finalising the purchase of a 13 ha plot in Gdańsk from a private investor for around PLN 21.4 mln.
Europeans growing richer
EUROPE The average European consumer has a net disposable income of EUR 13,937 per person in 2017, which represents a 1.9 pct rise on last year, according to the ‘Purchasing Power Europe 2017’ study of GfK.
EUR 1 bln pan-European logistics joint venture
EUROPE Palmira Capital Partners and the European Principal Finance III fund managed be Apollo Global Management have established a EUR 1 bln pan-European logistics joint venture.
Investment & finance
Gránit Pólus refinances WestEnd and plans 450,000 sqm project
HUNGARY Gránit Pólus is planning to build a 320,000 – 450,000 mixed-use development on a 9.4 ha plot near the Budapest-Nyugati (Western) railway station and has also announced that it has refinanced the WestEnd City Center complex which was developed two decades ago.
Prague leads the way
CZECH REPUBLIC Prague was Central Eastern Europe’s top performer for office investment in the first nine months of 2017, with a total of EUR 746 million worth of assets transacted over this period, claims Knight Frank.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
The September edition of Eurobuild welcomes autumn with fresh insights and inspiration. While the weather cools down, the real estate market is heatin ...
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
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
Romanian hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Quantum acquires Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd
Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd has been sold to Hamburg-based project developer and investment manager Quantum for an undisclosed price. The busines ...
More Polish investment in Poland
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
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
BlmA stays on in Potsdam
The Federal Agency for Real Estate (BImA) has extended its lease for 8,000 sqm of office space at Behlertstrasse 3A in Potsdam with Sonar Real Estate. ...
Skyliner II shooting up
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Four retail parks set to grow
Karuzela plans to expand four existing retail parks in Września, Lubliniec, Biała Podlaska, and Ełk. These centres were constructed between 2014 and 2 ...
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Ławica Shopping Park opens in Poznań
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
More jeans from Germany
GXO and Levi Strauss & Co. have opened a fully automated 70,000 sqm logistics centre in Dorsten near Essen to support its European distribution networ ...
