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Three successful quarters for Ronson
POLAND In the first three quarters of 2015, Ronson Europe sold 658 apartments – 16 pct more than in the same period last year, when 565 apartments found buyers.
Synergy Finance to launch latest fund
LITHUANIA Synergy Finance is to set up another fund to invest in commercial real estate.
Investment & finance
Germans given consent for Stary Browar
POLAND RREEF Investment, which is owned by Deutsche Bank, has been given the go-ahead for the acquisition of the Stary Browar shopping centre in Poznań by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).
Investment & finance
30 football pitches for development
POLAND An economic zone with an area equalling 30 football pitches has been opened on ul. Dąbrowa Miejska in Bytom.
Investment & finance
Pekao provides loan for Warsaw Sheraton acquisition
POLAND Pekao bank has provided the finance for the acquisition of the five-star Sheraton Warsaw hotel. Lawyers from the banking and finance team of the Dentons law office advised the bank for the loan, which was closed on October 28th 2015.
Investment & finance
Valad logistics fund to change hands?
CEE REGION The Central European Industrial Fund (CEIF), which is managed by Valad Europe and Aviva Investors, could see a change of ownership.
Central European investment doubles
CE REGION Investment activity in the core Central European markets of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania accelerated significantly in the third quarter, with over EUR 1.8 bln invested, compared to EUR 889 mln in the previous quarter, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
Investment & finance
PRCH joins EPF
POLAND The Polish Council of Shopping Centres (Polska Rada Centrów Handlowych – or PRCH) has joined the European Property Federation (EPF).
Yareal buys plot from Polish Post
POLAND French developer Yareal has bought a plot of over 1.5 ha including some buildings from the Polish Post [Polska Poczta] in Warsaw’s Praga district.
Investment & finance
Griffin and Starwood set to join Skanska as Westin owners
POLAND Griffin and Starwood could be forming a joint venture with Skanska (the present owner), to take over the Westin hotel in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
J&T “acquires part of Klingerka”
SLOVAKIA J&T Real Estate has bought part of the Klingerka project in Bratislava from Koruna Reality, according to Reality.Trend.sk.
Investment & finance
GLL “buys Floreasca Park”
ROMANIA The acquisition by German investment fund GLL Real Estate Partners of the Floreasca Park office building from Portland Trust, in a transaction of worth almost EUR 100 mln, has been approved by the Romanian competition authorities, according to Profit.ro.
Investment & finance
Orbis investing and expanding
POLAND Over the next three years the Orbis hotel group is to expand with another 21 hotels operating on the basis of franchise and management agreements as well as three own hotels which are currently under construction. In Q3 of this year the company opened five new facilities, which operate on a franchise basis. These include hotels in Poland, Romania and Lithuania.
Strongest H1 since crunch
WORLD Global commercial real estate investment reached USD 407 bln in the first half of the year, the strongest first half since 2007, according to the latest research from global property advisor CBRE Group.
Investment & finance
Hotel Moskva sold
RUSSIA Russian multimillionaire Suleyman Kerimov has sold The Four Seasons Hotel near Red Square in Moscow to two businessmen, Yuri and Alexey Khotyn, according to Russian daily RBK.
Investment & finance
Skanska sells Corso Court to Invesco
CZECH REPUBLIC Swedish developer Skanska has sold its 17,200 sqm gla Corso Court building in Prague to the investment fund manager Invesco Real Estate for EUR 55 mln.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz sells EUR 536 mln warehouse portfolio to Blackstone
EUROPE Immofinanz has signed a contract to sell its entire logistics portfolio to Blackstone.
Orion sets up new fund
LITHUANIA Orion Asset Management of Vilnius is establishing its fourth real estate fund.
Investment & finance
Victoria sold off
ROMANIA Private equity real estate investment company Bluehouse has sold the 8,300 gla sqm Victoria office building in Bucharest to GLL Real Estate Partners, a German-based asset management firm for about EUR 27 mln.
Colliers sees another strong quarter
WORLD In the third quarter of 2015 Colliers International Group recorded a 13 pct y-o-y increase in revenues, to over USD 420 mln.
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
GTC teams up with Paul
GTC, together with PAUL Tech AG, has announced a strategic partnership to sustainably upgrade GTC’s residential portfolio in Germany. Almost 4,800 res ...
Well comes to Panattoni
LightOn with Outstanding design
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
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
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
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
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
Most the land now acquired for CPK
CPK has already acquired over 2,000 ha under the Voluntary Acquisition Program. This means that more than half of the land required for CPK Airport a ...
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
Grand station in little Brzeziny
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
Strong start to 2025
The first half of 2025 brought a surge of activity to Poland’s commercial real estate market, with a total investment volume of around EUR 1.7 bln acr ...
Investment on the return
real estate investment booms
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
Atlas Estates Secures Major Loan from Bank Pekao SA
Atlas Estates is pleased to announce the successful securing of a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA, one of Poland’s leading financial inst ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Construction of U•Center 3 begins
Forte Partners has begun construction work on the office component of U Center 3, after the building permit was issued at the end of June 2025. Locate ...
First new tenant for V Office building
Warsaw offices squeezed by fewer deliveries
Property and Facility Management
Savills to manage for Yareal
Savills has taken over the comprehensive management of a portfolio of properties in Warsaw owned by Yareal Polska. The portfolio includes buildings C, ...
Studio B under new management
Cushman feels the Vibe
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
Zeitraum – Racławicka to open for next semester
The Zeitraum – Racławicka student residence is to open in Krakow's Krowodrza district.
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
Retail & leisure
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
Scallier has obtained the exclusive rights to commercialise five new retail parks in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Ruda Śląska, Zabrze, and Darłowo. Construction ...
Andersa retail park to open in 2026
Redkom to open Białystok retail park
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
Nemera expands in Western Pomerania
Nemera, a supplier of drug delivery devices, has opened a second manufacturing plant in Szczecin, with an area of 9,000 sqm, doubling its production s ...
