Investment & finance
RSSBond issue for Globalworth with planned Polish market entry
CEE REGION Globalworth Real Estate Investment has successfully priced EUR 550 mln Eurobond issue, which is to mature on 20th June 2022 and carries a fixed interest rate of 2.875 pct payable annually beginning on 20th June 2018.
AEW to spend pensioners’ money
EUROPE AEW is to set up a pan-European portfolio of commercial and residential real estate assets for a German pension fund, which has made an initial commitment of EUR 100 mln.
First closing of Internos Hotel Fund II
EUROPE Fund manager Internos Global Investors has announced the first closing of its second hotel real estate fund with EUR 133 mln in equity from seven German institutional investors. All but one of these seven investors had already invested in Internos’ first hotel real estate fund which has recently reached EUR 500 mln of assets under management.
Murapol in Skarbiec
POLAND The Murapol group has purchased a stake of over 32.9 pct totalling 2,251,152 shares in Skarbiec Holding, which owns the associated Skarbiec TFI investment funds.
Investment & finance
Penta refinances Mokotów project
POLAND Penta Investments has obtained financing for D48 office building, which is under construction on ul. Domaniewska in Warsaw’s Służewiec district.
Archicom poised to take over Mlocum
POLAND Archicom has signed a preliminary contract to buy an 80 pct stake in developer Mlocum, which has branches in Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, the TriCity, Poznań and Łódź.
Investment & finance
Orbis in grand Budapest hotel purchase
HUNGARY Orbis has bought the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge hotel from Universale International in a transaction valued at EUR 42.25 mln.
Investment & finance
Echo bond issue “heavily over-subscribed”
POLAND Investors have subscribed for all E-series public bonds Echo Investment plans to list on the Warsaw Stock Exchange’s Catalyst market in July.
Xcity returns to investor search
POLAND At the end of September or in early October this year, the Polish State Railways’ (PKP) real estate investment division Xcity Investment is planning to restart the process for choosing investors for development projects in seven locations across the country.
Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe V Raises EUR 7.8 bln
EUROPE Blackstone has held its final close for its fifth European opportunistic real estate fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe V.
Last 12 months set CEE investment record
CEE REGION The one-year period between Q2 2016 to Q1 2017 set an all time record for CEE real estate investment with a total of EUR 12.2 bln according to CBRE.
Investment & finance
Danes near Zielona Góra
POLAND A Danish company has purchased a 20 ha plot in Nowa Sól, within the area of the Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone, where it is planning to build a factory.
Echo prepares PLN 300 mln bond issue
POLAND Echo Investment has announced its Q1 financial results as well as plans for a PLN 300 mln bond issue.
M7 still not stopped shopping
HUNGARY/CZECH REPUBLIC M7 Real Estate has acquired a portfolio of eleven light industrial assets in Hungary and the Czech Republic for its CEREF I fund from a joint venture of Partners Group and Cromwell Property Group.
Polnord signs conditional purchase agreement
POLAND Polnord has signed a conditional purchase agreement for the right of perpetual usufruct to two plots in Gdańsk.
Warimpex finalises hotel portfolio sale
CEE REGION Warimpex has finalised the sale of a hotel portfolio consisting of eight hotels in the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania to the Thai investor U City. The company announced the sale in February, when the purchase contract was still pending subject to the fulfilment of the standard closing conditions for such real estate transactions.
Investment & finance
Echo without Tęcza
POLAND The Office of Competition of Consumer Protection [UOKiK] has approved the Echo Polska Properties takeover of shopping centres in Kłodzko, Wrocław and Zamość, however it has not consented to the takeover of Galeria Tęcza in Kalisz.
Investment & finance
LaSalle buys RiGa I for EUR 57 mln
CZECH REPUBLIC LaSalle Investment Management has acquired the River Garden I (RiGa I) office complex in Prague’s Karlín business district on behalf of its LaVA mandate for app. EUR 57 mln.
Investment & finance
Chinese buy Logicor for EUR 12.25 bln
EUROPE Blackstone has sold its European logistics platform Logicor, to China Investment Corporation for EUR12.25 bln.
Investment & finance
Echo seals deal for Galeria Młociny
POLAND EPP and Echo Investment have finalised the EUR 42 mln purchase from Rosehill Investments of the Galeria Młociny shopping centre, which is under construction in the northern suburbs of Warsaw.
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 build archive for Adam Mickiewicz University
Budimex has signed a contract with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań to design and build a new university archive. The contract is worth more than ...
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
Budimex to complete Bydgoszcz hospital expansion
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
Panattoni sells 150,000 sqm logistics park near Poznań
Panattoni has completed the sale of Panattoni Park Poznań A2, a 150,000 sqm logistics complex in Robakowo, near Poznań. The property is fully leased t ...
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
PGIM sells data centre development
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
BNP Paribas expands in Avatar
BNP Paribas’ lease has renewed its lease for space in the Avatar office building in Kraków and signed a further lease for additional space. The group ...
Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices
Łódź City Council to move to University Business Park
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
Rutkowski Group buys site for 39 apartments in Warsaw
Rutkowski Group has acquired a site in Warsaw’s Białołęka district, where it plans to build 39 apartments. Located at the junction of ul Daniszewska a ...
Warsaw residential yields reach up to 6 pct
Liberty Tower apartments sell for more than PLN 85,000 per sqm
Retail & leisure
DJI to open first store in Kraków
DJI, a global manufacturer of drones, action cameras and content-creation equipment, will open its first store in Kraków on September 26. The store wi ...
Castorama Studio Projektowe opens in Galeria Świdnicka
Retail parks strengthen their position in Poland
Technology
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Logicor is set to complete the rollout of smart metering across all 18 of its logistics parks in Poland by the end of 2026, giving tenants real-time v ...
Singu takes over QRmaint
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
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 ...
