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Financing secured for reconstruction of Prudential
POLAND Alior Bank has provided a loan to finance the reconstruction of the first skyscraper in Warsaw – the former Hotel Warszawa and the pre-war Prudential building.
Investment & finance
Finep sells two buildings in City West to JV partner
CZECH REPUBLIC Finep Hilding has agreed to sell the C1 and C2 office buildings of its City West complex in Prague's Stodůlky district to its partner in the development, Ungelt Group, for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
CPI buys Bondy in Mladá Boleslav
CZECH REPUBLIC CPI Property Group has acquired Bondy, the largest shopping centre in the city of Mladá Boleslav in central Bohemia for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Scandinavians come to Tryton
POLAND Scandinavian IT company Ciklum has leased 1,000 sqm in the the Tryton Business House office building, which is being developed by Echo Investment in Gdańsk.
Investment & finance
CCC posts strong results, buys online store
EUROPE Total monthly revenues of the Polish footwear retail group CCC have increased by 36.7 pct y-o-y, to PLN 173.2 mln, in January 2016.
Immofinanz finalizes sale of logistics portfolio
EUROPE Immofinanz has financed the sale of its EUR 536 mln logistics portfolio to Blackstone.
Investment & finance
Annopol Business Park sold
POLAND Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF) has purchased the Annopol Business Park warehouse and office center in Warsaw from Europejskie Centrum Inwestycyjne (ECI).
Slight improvement in investor sentiment
UKRAINE Commercial real estate investment in Ukraine increased in 2015 to USD 65 mln, from USD 47 mln in 2014, according to DTZ Ukraine.
Investment & finance
Echo still in one piece... for now
POLAND At an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of Echo Investment, the decision was taken not to move forward with plans to sell the residential operations of the company to a separate Echo subsidiary, thus dividing the company.
Investment & finance
GTC makes EUR 32 mln acquisition
POLAND GTC has finalised the acquisition of the Pixel office building in Poznań from Garvest Real Estate fund for EUR 32.2 mln.
Construction law major barrier for investors
POLAND Defects in the construction law are among the biggest barriers in the way of direct foreign investment in Poland, claims the latest report by the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ).
Investment & finance
BIK to enter WSE later
POLAND Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych (BIK) has decided to postpone its flotation on the Warsaw trading floor due to unfavourable market conditions.
Investment & finance
Transneft buys Evolution Tower
RUSSIA Oil giant Transneft has bought the Evolution Tower office building in Moscow City. According to CBRE, which included the transaction in its latest office market report, the deal was closed in December.
Investment & finance
Estonians buy and sell in Lithuania
LITHUANIA Eften Real Estate Fund III has acquired the Saulės Miestas shopping centre in Šiauliai.
JLL: Hungarian transactions hit EUR 790 mln
HUNGARY Hungarian commercial real estate investment volumes reached EUR 790 mln in 2015, which was the best result registered since the market peak in 2007, says JLL.
Investment & finance
8,000 sqm office space purchase in Vodny
RUSSIA Online financial services provider Tinkoff Bank has purchased 8,000 sqm of office space in the Vodny mixed-use centre in Moscow. The company will occupy the three top floors of the building.
Investment & finance
Opera Passage sold
UKRAINE The Opera Passage shopping centre on Svobody Prospect, the main avenue in Lviv, has been sold - according to DTZ Ukraine, which represented the seller, companies of Finnish group Hartwall Capital.
Spanish bank sells Poznań plot
POLAND Spanish bank Bankia has sold its plot on ul. Baraniaka in Poznań.
Dentons advises bankers
POLAND The banking and financing team of law firm Kancelaria Dentons law firm has acted as advisor for the financing of holiday properties on the Baltic Sea.
Investment & finance
Regions outstrip Warsaw office volumes for first time
POLAND The volume of investment transactions on the Polish office market outside Warsaw in 2015 amounted to almost EUR 800 mln – for the first time surpassing the volume registered in the capital city, according to research by JLL.
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 ...
