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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
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
Mirbud has signed a contract with Warsaw University of Technology to build a sports and events hall next to the Syrenka Stadium in Warsaw. The design- ...
Budimex to build archive for Adam Mickiewicz University
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
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
BRE launches BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V7
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has launched the seventh version of its BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out Commercial standard (BREEAM RFO V7) ...
Ocean Winds starts BC-Wind service base in Władysławowo
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
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
Skanska to sell second stage of H2Offices in Budapest to ERSTE fund
Skanska has agreed to sell the second stage of its H₂Offices complex in Budapest to the ERSTE Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented by E ...
AYA Properties Fund and Curtis Group acquire Chmielna 13A
Hillwood sells four logistics properties for EUR 150 mln
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
Prime space comes harder to find
Price is no longer the only issue in Warsaw office negotiations. Finding the right space is becoming a challenge in its own right, with vacancy in the ...
BNP Paribas expands in Avatar
Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices
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
Nova Wola Park receives occupancy permit
The first stage of Nova Wola Park in Nowa Wola near Warsaw has received its occupancy permit. CK Development has started handing over apartments and k ...
Sandberg Capital enters Prague residential market
Archicom signs PLN 87 mln contract for Poznań housing project
Retail & leisure
Primark to open first store in Podlaskie
Primark is preparing to open a store in G City Biała in Białystok. The nearly 3,500 sqm store will be the retailer’s first in the Podlaskie region.
HDREY opens first Katowice store
Two-thirds of CEE retail stock is over 15 years old
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
Hippocampus signs for 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen
CTP has signed a lease with third-party logistics (3PL) provider Hippocampus GmbH for around 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen in Germany. The deal covers ...
