Investment & finance
RSSInvestors and occupiers in gloomy mood
POLAND The oversupply of space is weighing upon occupier and investment sentiment despite the economic strength of the country, according to the latest Poland Commercial Property Monitor for Q2 2015 by the RICS.
Investment & finance
New Panorama for Mint Investment
CZECH REPUBLIC Deka Immobilien has sold the Panorama Business Center in Prague 2 to local property group Mint Investment for around EUR 15 mln.
Investment & finance
Złote Tarasy acquisition under further examination
POLAND Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection has decided to extend the ongoing procedure concerning the ZT General Partner and Warsaw III takeover by Unibail Rodamco by up to four months. ZT General Partner and Warsaw III hold rights for Warsaw's Złote Tarasy.
Investment & finance
Finnish player comes to Poland
POLAND YIT group, one of the largest European developers, plans on debuting on the Warsaw residential market.
Investment & finance
Warimpex develops new Łódź project
POLAND Warimpex has concluded an agreement with the city of Łódź on the sale of a land plot located near the junction of ul. Zachodnia and ul. Ogrodowa. The Vienna-based developer aims to erect a 29,000 sqm office building there.
Investment & finance
CTP grows Slovak presence
SLOVAKIA CTP has purchased DNV Logistics Park, a 87,000 sqm warehouse and industrial property in the Bratislava area, from three co-owners: Aviva Investors, J&T Real Estate and SachsenFonds Asset Management.
Investment & finance
Strabag to make profit in Romania
ROMANIA Strabag has taken over the Bucharest-based development team of Raiffeisen to start operations on the Romanian market.
Investment & finance
Inditex expands, revamps store portfolio
WORLD In the first half of its 2015 financial year, the multi-format Spanish fashion retailer Inditex has opened 94 new stores across 35 markets, increasing the total store count to 6,777 locations in 88 countries.
Bumpy Immofinanz-CA Immo relationship continues
EUROPE Vienna-based developer Immofinanz aims to sell its 1 mln sqm logistics portfolio to a sole buyer. The company also does not rule out merging with its Austrian competitor and minority shareholder CA Immo, Immofinanz’s CEO, Oliver Schumy, said in an interview given to the Austrian daily Wirtschaftsblatt.
Investment & finance
CBRE GI buys another chunk of Warsaw logistics project
POLAND CBRE Global Investors has acquired the second stage of the Ideal Idea Logistics Park in Warsaw from an investment fund managed by BPH Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych.
PNK sells warehouse parks
RUSSIA Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Abu Dhabi government-owned Mubadala fund are in talks with the Russian developer PNK as they aim to purchase the PNK-Chekhov 3 and PNK-Severnoye Sheremetyevo logistic parks near Moscow, according to the Russian daily Kommersant.
Investment & finance
UBM becomes Poleczki Business Park’s sole owner
POLAND Austrian real estate investor CA Immo has sold its 50 pct share in the Poleczki Business Park office complex, which is currently being developed at the junction of ul. Poleczki and ul. Hołubcowa near the Okęcie Airport in Warsaw, to UBM, the owner of the remaining stake in the property.
Investment & finance
New projects by the Palace of Culture to finally start?
POLAND Warsaw’s City Hall and the Polish State Railways (PKP) are set to sign an agreement on the use of plots located in the very city centre of Warsaw soon.
Investment & finance
BaltCap buys BPT
EUROPE A private equity fund owned by BaltCap, an investment fund from the Baltics region, has acquired BPT Real Estate, a regional commercial property manager.
PKP sees successful H1
POLAND The construction of new projects, plans for new ones, the modernization of existing stations, a record property sales and proposals for cost-cutting and improving the company’s reputation – all these activities dominated the Polish State Railways development operations in 2015.
Investment & finance
Porr now has two faces
POLAND Bilfinger Infrastructure, which was taken over by Porr, has become the second Polish company of Porr. And it has ambitious development plans as the two companies will not merge.
Investment & finance
B&B Wrocław Centrum refinanced
POLAND B&B Hotel Polska and MLeasing have entered into a sale-and-leaseback agreement on the B&B Wrocław Centrum hotel.
Investment & finance
PHN restructuring bears fruits
POLAND In H1 2015 Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has seen its profit increasing to PLN 29.2 mln, while the company’s revenues decreased.
Investment & finance
Multi-channel IKEA on the green
WORLD In the 2015 financial year IKEA Group’s total sales reached EUR 31.9 bln, an 11.2 pct y-o-y boost, exclusive of a foreign exchange impact.
European investment volumes to hit EUR 230 bln
EUROPE In H1 2015 European real estate transaction volumes have reached EUR 104.9 bln, a 29 y-o-y increase, according to Knight Frank.
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
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
Investment on the return
A clear recovery can be seen in the investment market, according to the latest research by Savills. The transaction volume in Europe increased by 11 p ...
real estate investment booms
Strong Romanian volumes in H1
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
First new tenant for V Office building
The refurbishment of the V Tower office building in Warsaw is nearing completion with the first tenant to move into the building in the autumn. The St ...
Warsaw offices squeezed by fewer deliveries
Landlord’s market begins for Warsaw offices
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
7R Park Gdańsk IV extended
Work has been completed on the second stage of 7R Park Gdańsk IV in Barniewice, in the Tricity area. Dekpol Budownictwo was the general contractor.
