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Żabka jumps into another portfolio again
POLAND The CVC Capital Partners fund has announced that it has reached an agreement with Mid Europa Partners for the acquisition of the Żabka grocery chain.
Investment & finance
Westin sale done and dusted
POLAND Skanska has finalised the sale of the Westin hotel in Warsaw to Al Sraiya of Qatar. The hotel changed hands on February 15th in a transaction worth EUR 65 mln.
Investment & finance
Invesco buys Sheraton in Kraków
POLAND Invesco Real Estate has acquired Wawel Holding, the owner of the five star Sheraton Grand Kraków Hotel, for EUR 70 mln.
Hyatt in search of investor
BELARUS The unfinished Hyatt Regency hotel has been put up for auction in Minsk with as statrting price of just over USD 40 mln.
Investment & finance
Cromwell Property Group globally rebranded
CEE Cromwell Property Group, the ASX listed REIT, has completed the global process to integrate Valad Europe into the wider group.
Investment & finance
Griffin prepares to float its platform
POLAND Griffin Real Estate’s property platform Griffin Premium RE is planning an initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Marvipol and Panattoni have a loan
POLAND PDC Industrial Center 60 – an SPV company of Marvipol and Panattoni – has obtained a loan for a warehouse project in Warsaw. The loan for the construction of a logistic and warehouse centre was provided by MBank. It consists of a construction loan of EUR 26.8 mln (or 70 pct of the property’s market value), an investment loan of up to EUR 29 mln (or 70 pct of the property’s market value) and a VAT loan of up to PLN 20 mln.
Investment & finance
Former embassy of Japan is nearly sold
POLAND The building of the former Sanssouci hotel in Karpacz Górny, where the Embassy of the Japanese Empire was located during the Second World War, has a buyer, ‘Eurobuild CEE’ found out.
Investment & finance
Slovaks to invest EUR 60 mln in Polish ski resort
POLAND Slovak company Tatry mountain resorts is planning to invest over EUR 60 mln in the Szczyrkowski Ośrodek Narciarski ski resort in the Beskid Śląski mountains of southern Poland.
Investment & finance
Warimpex sells CEE hotel portfolio
CEE REGION Warimpex has sold a portfolio of eight hotels in the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania to the Thai investor U City. The portfolio comprises app. 50 percent of Warimpex's total real estate assets and has a property value of app. EUR 180 mln (excluding 50 pct stakes of UBM in two of the sold hotels in that portfolio).
Investment & finance
Alma: liquidation motion
POLAND The popular chain of delicatessen has reported the submission of a simplified liquidation motion which includes the liquidation of the company’s assets.
Investment & finance
UBM sells office building in Kraków
POLAND UBM has found a party interested in the Pilot Tower office building in Kraków (which used to be called Alma Tower) at the price of EUR 22 mln.
Investment & finance
New player on the RE market
CEE The advisory part of Balmain Asset Management and Sharman Church have agreed to form a new wide-ranging business, BSC Real Estate Advisors.
Investment & finance
190 metres on ul. Srebrna
POLAND Srebrna, a company owned by the Lech Kaczyński Institute, has applied for the environmental conditions for a 190m office building in Warsaw’s Wola district.
Europa Capital busy in Central Europe
CEE Europa Capital, during 2016, managed over 15,000 sqm of lease transactions across the office markets in Warsaw, Prague and Budapest.
EUR 7.8 bln in 2016
WORLD CBRE Global Investors completed EUR 7.8 bln transactions in EMEA during 2016. This includes EUR 4.9 bln acquisitions and EUR 2.9 bln disposals on behalf of the direct business and CBRE Global Investment Partners.
Investment & finance
Saller shops in Olsztynek
POLAND The Saller group purchased a retail park on ul. Mrongowiusza in Olsztynek.
Two hotels change owner
POLAND Orbis has found a party interested in the purchase of Mercure Jelenia Góra which is located at ul. Sudecka 63 in Jelenia Góra and Mercure Karpacz Resort located at ul. Obrońców Pokoju 5 in Karpacz.
Investment & finance
Loan for skyscraper in Szczecin
POLAND Alior Bank is to provide a loan for the construction of Hanza Tower in Szczecin. The loan of PLN 138.8 mln (plus PLN 3 mln for VAT) will be used to finance and refinance the expenditure related to the project.
Investment & finance
Skanska to build 12,000 sqm project in Karlín
CZECH REPUBLIC Skanska Property is planning to build the Praga Studios office building in Prague's former industrial district of Karlín.
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
Poland heading for a two-tier market
The value of the 960 largest construction projects in Poland is already more than PLN 1 tln and continues to rise, driven by a wave of infrastructure ...
Poland underestimates Building site crime
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
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
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
Outstanding for Prologis
Prologis has been awarded a BREEAM International New Construction certificate with a rating of Outstanding for its new warehouse development in Ujazd ...
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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
August 7th – mark the date
Once again, for the 15th time, the real estate sector is to come together for a worthy cause in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation ...
Investment given the green light
SIMA grows internationally
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Green light for Port of Poland
The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of P ...
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Land shortage changing market
The investment land market in Poland is entering a phase of structural shortage in prime locations. With continued developer demand, this translates i ...
SCF enters Romania with purchase of two parks
Panattoni secures financing for Park Poznań West Gate I
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
The Shire comes to Poznań
The Shire - Beyond Coworking, a nationwide operator of premium serviced offices, has signed a lease for approximately 2,000 sqm for space in the Pozna ...
Four signings for B4B
Skyliner II topped
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
Polish State Railways (PKP) is to modernise the station in Gronów Elbląski. The design is ready, and the company has now announced a tender to select ...
A new look for central Warsaw
Oleśnica railway station restored
Residential
Moja Oszmiańska arises in Warsaw
The Moja Oszmiańska residential project is being jointly developed by Grupo Lar Polska and Hanner in Warsaw's Targówek district. The investors have no ...
Ageing population requires fewer barriers
Villa Zlotno under construction in Łódź
Retail & leisure
Xtreme Fitness enters Karuzela
The Karuzela Ełk Retail Park will be expanding its offerings with the addition of a fitness club. On June 16th, Xtreme Fitness Gyms will join the tena ...
Supersam to gain a foodcourt
More stores open in Sosnowiec Plaza
Technology
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Velis has a new name
Warehouse & industrial
Six markets dominate Poland
Despite the rise of new warehouse hubs over the past 10 years, Poland’s logistics and industrial market remains highly concentrated in six regions, wh ...
