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Investment & finance
Accor attains its goals
THE WORLD AccorHotels group has finalised the acquisition of FRHI Hotels & Resorts and three brands of luxury hotels owned by the company, Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel, in a transaction Eurobuild has previously published information on, in December 2015.
CBRE enjoys 34 pct revenue boost
WORLD CBRE Group recorded a 34 pct revenue increase (35 pct in local currency) to USD 3.2 bln in Q2 2016.
Losses for Immofinanz
CE REGION Immofinanz recorded net loss of EUR 390.4 mln for the 2015/16 financial year (2014/15: a loss of EUR 376.6 mln).
Investment & finance
Baltic Horizon adds Riga offices to portfolio
LATVIA Baltic Horizon has signed a binding agreement to acquire the Upmala Biroji office building from Bauplan Nord in Riga.
EU loan of EUR 59 mln for Zielona Góra
POLAND The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending PLN 250 mln (app. EUR 59 mln) to finance municipal infrastructure projects in Zielona Góra in western Poland.
Investment & finance
Valad swoops for Wiśniowy Business Park
POLAND Valad Europe in partnership with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management has acquired the Wiśniowy Business Park (buildings ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘F’) in Warsaw for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Deutsche Hypo finances PCC purchase
POLAND Deutsche Hypothekenbank as the sole lender is providing a loan for the purchase of the Prime Corporate Center office building in Warsaw.
Tower Investments lists and plans ahead
POLAND Tower Investments has listed on Warsaw’s NewConnect stock exchange and is now planning new projects.
Marvipol buys Praga plot
POLAND Marvipol has issued a stock exchange announcement for the purchase of the perpetual usufruct right of a 0.88 ha plot in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district.
Investment & finance
Echo sets sights on Jo’burg and Lux listing
POLAND Echo Polska Properties (EPP), which is jointly owned by Echo Investment and South Africa’s Redefine Properties, is aiming to list on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) in August 2016 followed by a listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in September 2016.
CEE investment volume set to top EUR 10 bln – JLL
CEE REGION/POLAND According to JLL, the volume of real estate investment transactions concluded across Central and Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) in H1 2016 amounted to app. EUR 5.1 bln, with Poland accounting for EUR 2.07 bln of the total, followed by the Czech Republic (EUR 950 mln), Hungary (EUR 910 mln), Romania (EUR 340 mln) and Slovakia (EUR 310 mln). The remaining SEE markets registered EUR 540 mln in finalised deals.
Unibep issues bonds for development
POLAND Unibep has issued D-series bonds with a total value of PLN 30 mln.
Investment & finance
Record loan for Eurovea
SLOVAKIA Tatra Banka has granted a EUR 250 mln syndicated loan to refinance the Eurovea multifunctional complex in Bratislava – the largest real estate loan in the history of the Slovakian market.
Lokum Deweloper issues C-series bonds
POLAND Lokum Deweloper has carried out a private issue of three-year C-series bonds with a total nominal value of PLN 40 mln.
Investment & finance
German fund buys Kraków offices
POLAND Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate (Warburg-HIH Invest) has acquired the Aleja Pokoju 5 office building in Kraków’s CBD from Polish developer Grupa Buma.
Investment & finance
Foreign investor buys Polish rental apartments
POLAND Open-ended public real estate fund Bouwfonds European Residential Fund (BERF) has acquired the Apartamenty Perca rental apartments project at ul. Pereca 5 in Warsaw’s Wola district from Matexi Poland for app. PLN 100 mln (EUR 23 mln).
Buyer for Panattoni Park Warsaw
POLAND Marvipol has reported that it managed to find a buyer for the Panattoni Park Warsaw warehouse and logistics park in Jawczyce, which was built in cooperation with Panattoni.
Investment & finance
GTC refinances Budapest projects
HUNGARY GTC has been granted loans by OTP Bank Nyrt to refinance its the Duna Tower and CenterPoint projects in Budapest.
Investment & finance
Rockcastle enters Czech market
CZECH REPUBLIC Rockcastle, a South African retail investor registered in Mauritius, has entered the Czech property market with the acquisition of Forum Liberec in North Bohemia.
Investment & finance
Great H1 for CEE investment
CEE REGION Central and Eastern European countries, excluding Russia, saw a 59 pct increase in investment for the first half of the year compared to same period in 2015, according to CBRE.
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
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
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
The September edition of Eurobuild welcomes autumn with fresh insights and inspiration. While the weather cools down, the real estate market is heatin ...
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
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
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
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 hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
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
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
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
Quantum acquires Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd
Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd has been sold to Hamburg-based project developer and investment manager Quantum for an undisclosed price. The busines ...
More Polish investment in Poland
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
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
BlmA stays on in Potsdam
The Federal Agency for Real Estate (BImA) has extended its lease for 8,000 sqm of office space at Behlertstrasse 3A in Potsdam with Sonar Real Estate. ...
Skyliner II shooting up
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
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
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Pasaż Łańcucki to open in 2027
Refield is to develop another retail centre in the Podkarpackie region. Pasaż Łańcucki will comprise over 11,000 sqm of gla, and the anchor tenant wil ...
Four retail parks set to grow
Agora Mall Arad reopens
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
More jeans from Germany
GXO and Levi Strauss & Co. have opened a fully automated 70,000 sqm logistics centre in Dorsten near Essen to support its European distribution networ ...
