Investment & finance
RSSGood October for Etalon
RUSSIA In October, Etalon recorded RUB 4.96 bln of new contract sales, up 35 pct y-o-y.
Retail investment to reach EUR 2 bln
POLAND Investment on the Polish retail market this year is expected to reach app. EUR 2 bln, which is similar to last year’s EUR 1.96 bln result, according to JLL.
Investment & finance
Stage set for Czech portfolio sale
CZECH REPUBLIC Stage Capital has announced that it has sold a 151,000 sqm portfolio of Czech logistics assets to CBRE Global Investors for EUR 125 mln.
Investment & finance
Lone Star offloads Oasis Florenc
CZECH REPUBLIC Corpus Sireo Real Estate has acquired the Oasis Florenc office building in Prague 8 from Lone Star Real Estate Fund for an undisclosed sum.
Bankers like shopping
POLAND Banks lent EUR 950 mln in H1 2017 to the retail segment of the real estate industry, according to the KPMG Property Lending Barometer 2017, while total real estate lending came to over EUR 1.5 bln.
Investment & finance
Bank financing for Libero
POLAND Echo Investment has acquired financing for the construction of the Libero shopping centre in Katowice.
Investment not getting any weaker
CEE REGION Last year’s EUR 12.2 bln investment in six CEE countries including Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary, is likely to be matched this year or beaten, according to Colliers International.
Amrest borrows from three banks
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC AmRest has signed a loan agreement for EUR 430 mln with Bank Pekao, PKO Bank Polski, ING Bank Śląski and Česką spořitelną for its Polish and Czech operations.
CTP granted EUR 160 mln loan
CZECH REPUBLIC CTP Group has obtained a EUR 160 mln loan from Allianz Group and ING Bank to finance a portfolio of industrial properties in the Czech Republic.
Investment & finance
Alchemia sold
POLAND REINO Dywidenda Plus and the Bluehouse Capital Advisor fund have sold the first stage of the Alchemia office complex in Gdańsk to Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (part of RREEF Property Trust from the Deutsche Bank group).
Atal sees profits rise
POLAND Over the first nine months of 2017 Atal handed over 1,668 apartments compared to 1,260 over the same period a year earlier representing a rise of 32 pct y-o-y.
BMO buys Prague department store
CZECH REPUBLIC BMO Real Estate Partners has acquired a 12,000 sqm department store on Václavské náměstí in Prague’s historic centre from MTK Developments, a Vienna-based European real estate firm.
Echo raises PLN 300 mln from bond issue
POLAND Echo Investment has completed its second public bond issue programme, raising a total of PLN 300 mln.
Berlin Hyp’s EUR 500 mln green bond oversubscribed
EUROPE In just two and a half hours 138 orders worth around EUR 1.3 bln were made for Berlin Hyp’s ten year green bond. The bond issue worth EUR 500 mln offers a coupon of 1.125 pct and was rated A1 and A+ by Moody’s and Fitch respectively.
Investment & finance
Money for Galeria Młociny
POLAND Echo Investment and Echo Polska Properties have been granted a loan worth EUR 175 mln as well as a VAT loan of PLN 34 mln by a consortium of banks including Bank Zachodni WBK (which acted as the agent) as well as PKO Bank Polski and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.
Prologis sets up megafund
EUROPE Prologis has combined two of its warehouse funds – Prologis Targeted Europe Logistics Fund (PTELF) and Prologis European Property Fund II (PEPF II) – into Prologis European Logistics Fund (PELF), an EUR 8.2 bln open-ended fund.
Another EUR 500 mln raised by Self II
EUROPE AEW and Natixis Asset Management have completed the third closing of their pan European debt fund SELF II with commitments of over EUR 500 mln.
Investment & finance
Focus goes on shopping
CZECH REPUBLIC Focus Estate Fund has acquired Most Retail Park in Most from TK Development.
Vantage sees 50 pct improvement
POLAND Vantage Development has reported that it sold 257 apartments in Q3 this year, 50 pct more than in 2016.
Investment & finance
Capital Park not selling
POLAND Capital Park has announced that it intends to start issuing dividends with the first payment to be made either in 2018 or 2019 and that it has no intention of selling its assets.
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 ...
