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Unibail and Westfield to tie the knot
WORLD Unibail Rodamco is to buy Australian shopping centre operator Westfield for USD 24.7 bln.
Marvipol on Spichrzów Island
POLAND Marvipol purchased another plot in Gdańsk, this time it is on the Spichrzów Island. The company wants to launch the construction of the project in 2018. The purchase of the plot in the centre of Gdańsk is Marvipol’s second project in TriCity.
Sfinks Polska in Piwiarnie Warki
POLAND Sfinks Polska, which manages the Sphinx, Chłopskie Jadło, Wook and Fabryka Pizzy restaurants, has acquired a chain of Piwiarnia Warki pubs. Thanks to the acquisition Sfinks has increased the number of units it manages from 107 to 175.
Industry still optimistic
POLAND From October 12th until November 22nd we surveyed our readers and the participants of the 23rd Annual Property Market Convention in Poland.
Investment & finance
BZ WBK loan for Korona Office Complex
POLAND GTC has obtained a EUR 46.5 mln loan from BZ WBK for the Korona Office Complex in Kraków’s Bronowice district.
Investment & finance
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.
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
Logicor opens Serenity Park in Mysłowice
Logicor has officially opened the first public park in the grounds of a logistics centre in Poland. Logicor’s Serenity Park in Mysłowice comprises 4 h ...
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
Outstanding awarded to CTP
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
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 issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
The Accessibility Forum is just around the corner
On November 17–18, Poznań will, for the third time, bring together experts, decision-makers, designers, entrepreneurs, and representatives of public a ...
Last day to register
PBSA enters the mainstream
Exclusive
More than machines
Adrian Winiarek, Partner and Development Director at MDC2, shares his expert insights on how technology and infrastructure come together in modern war ...
The voice of the younger generation
EGLS enters the scene
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
Tourism set to boom around the Med
According to the report, Mediterranean and Southern European markets accounted for 44 pct of all inbound overnight tourist arrivals to Europe last yea ...
Novotel comes to Croatia
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
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
DL Invest moves into data centres
DL Invest Group has entered into a joint venture with Boosteroid, a global provider of cloud technologies and cloud gaming to build a network of moder ...
Brain Park Building C sold
ECE Work & Live enters Poland
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
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
One now full
CA Immo has leased the last remaining offices in the One building in Frankfurt to law firm Kallan Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft and TMF Deutschland, who n ...
Aon stays for longer
Office investment set to reach 1.4 bln
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
AFI starts work on Home V Korytech
AFI Czech Republic has begun work on its AFI Home V Korytech project in the Strašnice district of Prague. The PRS development will comprise 519 apartm ...
Student Depot extended in Poznań
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
Retail & leisure
Westfield Černý Most now new and improved
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has announced the reopening of the Westfield Černý Most shopping centre in Prague, following its expansion by over 9,000 sqm ...
Retail continues to grow
Another Smart Park to come to Wrocław
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
80,000 sqm pre-lease signed for CTPark Budapest–Érd
CTP has announced that a major international logistics business has leased 80,000 sqm of BTS space for a major distribution hub at the new CTPark Buda ...
