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Poland Imagine to be refinanced
Avestus Real Estate has signed a loan agreement for the refinancing of the Imagine office complex in Łódź. The loan, totalling EUR 23.9 mln, was provided by mBank.
Investment & finance
World In search of higher risk
According to the 2024 Investment Intentions Survey – published by Anrev, Inrev and Prea – on a weighted AUM basis, the current average allocation to real estate globally is 10.6 pct, just slightly above the average target allocation of 10.4 pct.
Investment & finance
Germany BlueRock has sold everything
BlueRock Group has succeeded in selling the remaining properties in the BlueRock Fund PCC Cell H - Berlin Residential Growth to individual private investors. The fund is therefore being liquidated.
Investment & finance
Poland Wiśniowy Business Park changes hands
One of the buildings in Warsaw's Wiśniowy Business Park complex has changed ownership. The name the buyer, as well as the amount of the transaction were not disclosed.
Investment & finance
Poland Investment activity set to regain equilibrium
Uncertainty and volatility have been the two dominant trends shaping the commercial real estate market and buyer sentiment in recent months. However, according to Trends Radar, the latest report from Cushman & Wakefield, the Polish market, whose fundamentals remain strong, is broadly expected to regain equilibrium.
Investment & finance
Poland Yareal obtains financing for Lixa
Yareal Polska and BNP Paribas Bank Polska have successfully concluded credit agreements totaling EUR 63.8 mln, enabling the development of the Lixa office project.
Investment & finance
Poland Millions for Panattoni
Panattoni has been awarded bank financing of around EUR 10 mln from Santander for the BTS development in Łubowo. The project will serve as the main European production plant for Maxcess.
Investment & finance
Serbia The largest single transaction in SEE
Diofa Fund Management acquired Indotek’s Belgrade office portfolio including 11 premium office buildings in 5 business parks in Belgrade’s central business district.
Investment & finance
CEE 2024 will be better than expected
Moody’s Investors Service in its latest report has maintained a stable outlook for CEE sovereigns' creditworthiness in 2024. This is driven by a robust macroeconomic outlook, limited economic scarring from Europe's energy crisis and the roughly unchanged fiscal strength of the region.
Investment & finance
Poland Suntago changes hands
Centerbridge Partners is going to take control of Global Parks Poland, the owner of Suntago – the largest water entertainment park in Europe, located in Wręcza near Warsaw. The U.S. company has filed an application to the OCCP in this regard.
Investment & finance
Europe Another hundreds of millions on retail
Mitiska REIM has announced the sale of five Belgian and five Portuguese retail parks to First Retail Partners, a newly established fund backed by Partners Group. The new fund has a gross asset value of around EUR 280 million and will be managed by Mitiska REIM and backed by Partners Group.
Investment & finance
Czech Republic Olympia changes hands
Immofinanz took over two properties from its majority shareholder, CPI Property Group – the Olympia Plzen shopping center and the adjacent retail park, the total value of both properties is EUR 165.5 million.
Investment & finance
Romania Drim joins Żabka Group
Żabka Group concluded the acquisition of a majority stake, forming a partnership with one of the leading FMCG distribution players in Romania – Drim Daniel Distributie. The transaction is subject to the customary regulatory approvals.
Investment & finance
Poland 25 million for Panattoni
Panattoni has been awarded financing to develop Panattoni Park Łódź West II – one of the biggest industrial projects in the western part of Łódź. A loan of EUR 25 mln has been granted by mBank.
Investment & finance
Poland Panattoni sells two industrial parks
Panattoni has finalised the sale of two industrial developments near to the administrative capital of the Lower Silesian region. Together, Panattoni Park Wrocław East, and Panattoni Park Wrocław S8 South comprise a total area of almost 43,000 sqm.
Investment & finance
Poland Ghelamco sells Warsaw Hub hotel tower
Ghelamco has finalised the sale a high-rise building forming part of The Warsaw Hub complex, which houses the Crowne Plaza and Holiday Express Inn hotels, to French fund Corum XL for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Poland Vastint set to buy Arkady Wrocławskie
Develia and Vastint Poland have signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of Arkady Wrocławskie. The net sale price was set at EUR 42.9 mln, or app. PLN 185.6 mln. The transaction is expected to be finalised by the end of August 2025.
Investment & finance
Poland Murapol makes its WSE debut
Murapol has listed on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange as of today. The debut on the Warsaw trading floor, which took place on Friday, is the culmination of the public offering of its shares, the value of which reached app. PLN 404 mln at the end of trading.
Investment & finance
Poland Karuzela and Mitiska REIM make plans together
Karuzela Holding, together with its Belgian partner Mitiska REIM, plans to open six more joint developments between 2024 and 25. The new projects will bring the joint portfolio to 160,000 sqm of retail space.
Investment & finance
Poland Alior lends for the second time
Panattoni has received its second loan in quick succession from Alior Bank. This time, the developer was granted financing of almost EUR 6.5 mln to build a BTS project for Air Spiralo, manufacturer of ventilation systems.
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
LightOn with Outstanding design
LightOn – the latest office project being developed by CPI Property Group at ul. Prosta 69 in central Warsaw – has been awarded BREEAM design stage ce ...
Gold for Polona 68
Six buildings certified
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
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The latest issue of Eurobuild is now out – and, as always, it’s packed with timely analysis, expert forecasts, industry commentary... and a good dose ...
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Time to read Eurobuild's spring issue!
Events
CPK arises
We invite you to join us on June 10th in Łódź at our conference entitled ‘CPK - A new era for Poland and the commercial real estate market’ where we s ...
Back to the Future Conference
Race to the top
Exclusive
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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 hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
Human resources
Five new board members at JLL
Five new members are joining JLL's management board, and will take on their new roles from the beginning of July.
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Changes at the helm of Dom Development
Infrastructure
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the ...
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
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
Sale and leaseback for Cavatina Hall
Cavatina Holding has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with BPS Leasing for over EUR 22 mln for the Cavatina Hall, building A in Bielsko-Biała.
Budapest Marriott sold
City2 sold
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
Equilibrium 2 awarded WiredScore Platinum certification
Skanska’s Equilibrium 2 building in Bucharest has been awarded the highest-level WiredScore certification for an operational building.
PZU stays in Konstruktorska
Office sizes growing
Property and Facility Management
Studio B under new management
Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district. The property is owned by Stena Real Estate ...
Cushman feels the Vibe
CBRE will rule in Skyliner II
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
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Noli Studios is to open its latest project in the Tricity in July. The Czerwone Koszary barracks has been transformed into a PRS project with hotel se ...
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
EBRD supports Resi4Rent
Retail & leisure
M Park opens in Ropczyce
M Core subsidiary LCP Poland has officially opened M Park Ropczyce 35 km from Rzeszów.
Sixteen brands enter the market
Karuzela to grow
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
Work begins on Westside Szczecin Neo by LemonTree
LemonTree has launched Westside Szczecin Neo by LemonTree, its second project in Szczecin. The centre will provide 34,000 sqm of warehouse and office ...
