Investment & finance
RSSDelayed deals contribute to record Q1 investment
POLAND As a result of large portfolio transactions, the first quarter of 2018 on the Polish real estate investment market closed with a record investment volume of around EUR 2.05 bln, according to figures from Savills.
Investment & finance
Profits rising for BIK
POLAND Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych (BIK) has reported that in 2017 its revenue rose by 5.4 pct y-o-y to PLN 17.7 mln.
Robyg hopes to sell 3,300 apartments
POLAND Over Q1 this year, residential developer Robyg Group signed contracts on 914 units in Warsaw and Gdańsk, 23 fewer units than in the previous year.
LC Corp announces results
POLAND The Wrocław-based developer LC Corp found buyers for a total of 873 apartments in Q1 which compares to 741 for the same period of the previous year.
Investment & finance
Growthpoint to buy into GPRE
POLAND Growthpoint Properties, a REIT listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, has agreed to subscribe for shares in Griffin Premium RE (GPRE).
Real estate investment market in 2018 will see the next record
POLAND "The investment market in Poland is doing well. This year, just like the last three years, will be another record year. There have been a lot of properties put up for sale since the end of 2017," told us Dariusz Forysiak, associate director, retail investment services, Colliers International.
Investment & finance
EPISO 4 reaches for Infinity
POLAND Tristan’s European Property Investors Special Opportunities 4 (EPISO 4) fund has completed the purchase of the Infinity project in Wrocław from Avestus Real Estate, which is acting as the fund’s local operating partner and development manager.
Lokum still expanding rapidly
POLAND Lokum Deweloper has increased its Q1 sales by 160 pct y-o-y with 248 units sold in Wrocław and 56 in Kraków.
Investment & finance
BGK loan for Karuzela
POLAND Financing has been secured for the Karuzela shopping centre development in Biała Podlaska due to an app. PLN 70 mln from Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.
Investment & finance
GTC now on sale?
EUROPE Lone Star is considering the sale of the 61.1 pct stake valued at PLN 2.5 bln in mall developer Globe Trade Center (GTC) held by its fund LSREF III GTC Investments.
Investment & finance
Banks turn to Hogan Lovells
POLAND Law firm Hogan Lovells advised Bank Pekao and MBank on deals that have been signed with BBI Development. Pekao was advised on financing the Centrum Marszałkowska project and MBank was advised on organising a BBI bond issue.
Musketeers all for one – and profits
EUROPE Société Les Mousquetaires (SLM) – known as Grupa Muszkieterów in Poland – a group of independent businesses operating supermarket and DIY chains, generated a total turnover from its Intermarché and Netto chains in Europe of EUR 25.4 bln (excluding from petrol stations).
Etalon profits grow by 60 pct
RUSSIA Etalon Group has recorded a profit of RUB 7.9 bln (EUR 108,000 mln) for 2017, up 61 pct y-o-y.
Investment & finance
Eastnine closes acquisition in Riga
LATVIA Eastnine has completed the previously announced acquisition of Alojas Biznesa Centrs, a class A office property in Riga.
Investment & finance
CPI buys Futurum Hradec Králové
CZECH REPUBLIC CPI Property Group has acquired the Futurum Hradec Králové shopping centre from Meyer Bergman.
Strong performance from Warimpex
CEE REGION Warimpex Finanz-Und Beteiligungs has reported a preliminary profit of EUR 41.5 mln for 2017, compared to EUR 22.9 mln in 2016.
Bonds on the Horizon
ESTONIA/BALTIC STATES Management company Northern Horizon Capital (NHC) is planning to issue of unsecured bonds for its Baltic Horizon Fund worth up to EUR 30 mln.
Kefirek to become Spar
POLAND Spar has applied to UOKiK (the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection) for permission to take over the Kefirek chain.
Investment & finance
Eden into Focus
POLAND Ukrainian investor Focus Estate Fund has acquired the Park Handlowy Eden (Galeria Eden) retail park in Zgorzelec in Lower Silesia for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Echo making even more noise
POLAND Echo Investment Group generated a gross profit PLN 363 mln and a net profit of PLN 312 mln in 2017.
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 to rebuild the I/43 Road
Budimex has begun reconstructing a more than 2-kilometre section of the I/43 road near Černá Hora in the Czech Republic. The CZK 250.2 mln contract (E ...
Budimex to complete Bydgoszcz hospital expansion
Berger Bau to modernise Wrocław police headquarters
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Signum Work Station, an office building on Domaniewska Street in Warsaw, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Buildi ...
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
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
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
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
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
Vilea Property Boutique has become the exclusive Christie’s International Real Estate partner in Poland. The partnership brings the Polish firm into t ...
PGIM sells data centre development
Mint rezidenční fond buys 306 apartments in Prague
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
Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices
The façade is now fully closed at Skanska’s H₂Offices Phase 2 in Budapest, while roof waterproofing is also complete. The building is now weather-tigh ...
Łódź City Council to move to University Business Park
Unimot renews lease in DL Jagiellońska 1
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
Mill-Yon launches sales at Osiedle Brzechwy in Pruszków
Mill-Yon has launched sales at Osiedle Brzechwy in Pruszków. The development will comprise five four-storey buildings with 289 apartments ranging from ...
OKAM brings SiDLY telecare to PRESTIA senior residences
Dantex plans Nurt residential project in Wilanów
Retail & leisure
Xtreme Fitness Gyms to open at Gemini Park Tarnów
Gemini Park Tarnów is adding a new fitness and leisure concept. Xtreme Fitness Gyms, Poland’s largest fitness club network, will join the centre’s ten ...
Castorama Studio Projektowe opens in Galeria Świdnicka
Retail parks strengthen their position in Poland
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
Phoenix Pharma stays with Segro
Phoenix Pharma Polska has renewed its lease at Segro Logistics Park Warsaw, Pruszków, where it occupies 8,635 sqm of warehouse space and around 700 sq ...
