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Investment & finance
Echo finalises Zakopianka purchase
POLAND Echo Polska Properties has acquired the Zakopianka retail park in Kraków for EUR 53.3 mln.
Investment & finance
Przystanek to be sold
POLAND Two Ghelamco subsidiaries, Laboka and Ghelamco GP 1/Esturia, have signed a preliminary agreement to sell the Przystanek MBank office building in Łódź to LCN Euro Master Dutch Holdings II (LCN).
Investment & finance
Pekao lends money for Koneser
POLAND BBI Development has been granted a PLN 43.2 loan by Pekao to finance the construction of two buildings from the Centrum Praskie Koneser project.
Investment & finance
Futureal sells Skypark
HUNGARY Futureal Group has sold its Skypark office building, which is part of the Corvin Promenade mixed-use development in Budapest, to the OTP Prime Property Investment Fund.
Murapol closer to acquiring Awbud
POLAND the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] has approved the purchase by Abadon Real Estate of all the shares of Petrofox, the company that holds a majority stake in Awbud.
Investment & finance
MBank finances Lublin project
POLAND MBank Hipoteczny has granted a PLN 11.3 mln loan for the next stage of the Sky House estate, which Wikana is building near ul. Jana Pawła II in Lublin.
Investment & finance
Bulgaria takes on MAS
BULGARIA A joint venture majority owned by MAS Real Estate with Prime Kapital has acquired two shopping centres in Burgas and Stara Zagora for EUR 62 mln from Globe Trade Centre and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Investment & finance
Kokotów to be extended with bond financing
POLAND A 7R Logistic subsidiary has raised PLN 12 mln through a bond issue, with the money being earmarked to extend the Kraków-Kokotów logistics park.
Archicom shares profits
POLAND The Archicom group of Wrocław has registered record sales for 2016 and is to pay a larger dividend to its shareholders than in the previous year. Additionally, the company is also preparing to launch an office project.
DTZ Echinox becomes Cushman & Wakefield Echinox
ROMANIA Cushman & Wakefield has signed an exclusive arrangement with DTZ Echinox for the latter to be its affiliate in Romania. The formal affiliate appointment follows the 2015 global merger of Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ. DTZ Echinox had been DTZ’s partner in the country since 2002.
Investment & finance
Europa completes Warsaw Radisson Blu Centrum purchase
Europa Capital and WX Management Services have announced that they have completed the acquisition of the Radisson Blu Centrum Hotel in central Warsaw.
Investment & finance
MMG to invest in regional cities
POLAND Following the EUR 104.5 mln sale of Galeria Młociny in Warsaw, Master Management Group has announced that it has plans to invest in prime locations in Poland’s reginal cities.
Investment & finance
Griffin listing and leasing
POLAND Griffin Premium RE has made its debut on the Warsaw trading floor.
Investment & finance
Bouwfonds buys Apartamenty Novum II
POLAND Netherlands-based Bouwfonds Investment Management (Bouwfonds IM) has bought the three buildings in the second stage of the Apartamenty Novum residential development in Kraków for an undisclosed sum for its Bouwfonds European Residential Fund (BERF).
Murapol launches PLN 200 mln fund
POLAND A minimum of PLN 400 mln in revenue is expected to be generated over the next five years from residential projects developed on plots purchased by the Murapol HRE FIZAN fund, which has just been launched.
Investment & finance
Czech takes lion’s share of Q1 investment
CEE REGION Around EUR 2.3 bln was invested in CEE properties in Q1, a 41 pct y-o-y and 45 pct m-o-m increase, according to a report just published by Colliers International and CMS.
Investment & finance
Marvipol heads for Soho
POLAND Following an exceptionally successful 2016, stock exchange-listed development and automotive group Murapol’s is now negotiating the purchase of a large stake in Soho Development.
Investment & finance
Dino to offer PLN 1.65 bln of shares
POLAND Dino Polska has revealed the share price for its upcoming public offer – the final price for institutional investors, as established during the bookbuilding, is PLN 34.5 per share, while those to be offered to individual investors will cost PLN 33.5 per share.
Good results for Polnord
POLAND In the first quarter of the year, Polnord sold 278 apartments net (219 apartments in Q1 2016). Including its percentage share of apartment sales by companies that are not wholly owned by the group, the company had sales that were equivalent to 335 apartments.
Investment & finance
Caerus buys Futurama
CZECH REPUBLIC Caerus Investment Management on behalf of Safichem has acquired the first phase of the Futurama Business Park in Prague 8 from Invesco Real Estate (IRE).
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
GTC teams up with Paul
GTC, together with PAUL Tech AG, has announced a strategic partnership to sustainably upgrade GTC’s residential portfolio in Germany. Almost 4,800 res ...
Well comes to Panattoni
LightOn with Outstanding design
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
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
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
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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 hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
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
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
CPK has already acquired over 2,000 ha under the Voluntary Acquisition Programme. This means that more than half of the land required for the CPK Airp ...
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
Grand station in little Brzeziny
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
Santander loans EUR 10 mln to Panattoni
Panattoni has secured a loan of EUR 10 mln from Santander Bank Polska for the construction of the second stage of City Logistics Warsaw Airport IV.
Strong start to 2025
European RE investment rebounds
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
Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao
Atlas Estates has been granted a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA. The loan will primarily be used for the refinancing of the Hilton Warsa ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Bucharest office market down 31 pct on H1 2024
Crosspoint Real Estate, the international associate of Savills in Romania, brokered office lease transactions totalling over 6,000 sqm in the first ha ...
Construction of U•Center 3 begins
First new tenant for V Office building
Property and Facility Management
Savills to manage for Yareal
Savills has taken over the comprehensive management of a portfolio of properties in Warsaw owned by Yareal Polska. The portfolio includes buildings C, ...
Studio B under new management
Cushman feels the Vibe
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
Zeitraum – Racławicka to open for next semester
The Zeitraum – Racławicka student residence is to open in Krakow's Krowodrza district.
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
Retail & leisure
Romania now attractive to foreign retailers
Romania’s retail market continues to attract a growing number of international brands, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real est ...
Supernova expansion for Eleport
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
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
Third centre for MSK Pharma
After developing MSK Bensheim I and MSK Bensheim II, Panattoni has been commissioned to build a third centre for pharmaceutical company MSK Pharma Gro ...
