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Robyg goes for more
POLAND Residential developer Grupa Robyg has secured contracts for 1,769 apartments since the beginning of the year, of which a net amount of 638 were signed in Q3.
Inpro improves sales
POLAND In Q3 2015, Inpro Capital Group has signed 168 preliminary net contracts for apartments, a 57 pct y-o-y increase.
Investment & finance
Skanska disposes of four Polish properties
POLAND Skanska has sold four office buildings in Poland to a fund managed by the Swedish fund manager Niam for EUR 160 mln.
Investment & finance
Polish online store to help Kappahl improve sales?
EUROPE In its last financial year Swedish fashion retailer KappAhl has seen a 3.3 pct drop in the total net sales, to SEK 4.58 bln (EUR 492.2 mln). Falls were registered across all the markets the merchant currently operates on, namely in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Poland.
Investment & finance
PKP to develop office building on Jerozolimskie?
POLAND The Polish State Railways (PKP) aims to develop an office and retail building worth EUR 134 mln at Al. Jerozolimskie 140 in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Apartments to be built on ul. Szczęśliwicka
POLAND PKP is set to develop a residential and shopping complex at ul. Szczęśliwicka 62 in Warsaw with the help of its Xcity Investment development company.
Investment & finance
PKP looks for investors
POLAND Polish State Railways (PKP) is searching for partners for fifteen new projects that the company plans to start developing by 2022.
TPG raises USD 2 bln in new fund
WORLD TPG Real Estate, the real estate arm of the private equity company TPG, has secured over USD 2 bln of equity commitments for the TPG Real Estate Partners II (TREP II) fund.
Citycon Group to issue Eurobonds
EUROPE Citycon Group, the owner, manager and developer of shopping centres in the Nordic and Baltic region, intends to issue app. EUR 300 mln Eurobonds.
Plaza buys out Liberec mall
CZECH REPUBLIC Israeli-financed Plaza Centers has won a tender to buy a EUR 20.4 mln loan for its Liberec Plaza shopping centre.
Investment & finance
Bluehouse disposes of EUR 60 mln assets
CZECH REPUBLIC The newly established real estate fund Nova Real Estate, which is managed by the Czech-registered Redside, has acquired a 62,000 sqm portfolio of three assets from Bluehouse Capital.
New Blackstone fund raises USD 15.8 bln
WORLD Blackstone has closed fundraising for its global Real Estate Partners VIII opportunistic fund at a staggering USD 15.8 bln.
Investment & finance
GTC subscriptions for K-series shares
POLAND Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has revealed that subscriptions have been made out for almost 100 pct of its K-series shares offered in its latest pre-emptive right exercise.
CVC opens Warsaw office
POLAND CVC Capital Partners, the private equity and investment company that owns the majority stake in the beauty and cosmetics retail chain Douglas, is opening an office in Poland.
TXM Textilmarket heads for the trading floor
POLAND TXM, the company that manages the TXM Textilmarket chain of discount clothing shops, has submitted a share prospectus to the Financial Supervision Authority.
Investment & finance
Obi plans Central European expansion
EUROPE German DIY retailer Obi aims to acquire two thirds (68) of the 105 stores run by its struggling Austrian competitor Baumax. The European Commission has just started a probe for the buyout.
Investment & finance
HB Reavis more than doubles profits
EUROPE Slovak-based developer HB Reavis Group has generated a consolidated net profit of EUR 100 mln in H1 2015, a twofold y-o-y increase.
Investment & finance
Goldberg shops in Arka 2
POLAND Companies of the Bergold Group have purchased a property portfolio from real estate fund Arka BZ WBK Fundusz Rynku Nieruchomości 2 FIZ.
Russian investment at its lowest in decade
RUSSIA After three quarters of the year, the investment volume on the Russian real estate market stands at USD 1.72 bln, which is 35 pct below the same period last year and almost 15 pct below the same period in 2009 – the peak of the global financial crisis, according to JLL.
Investors 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.
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
Logicor opens Serenity Park in Mysłowice
Logicor has officially opened the first public park in the grounds of a logistics centre in Poland. Logicor’s Serenity Park in Mysłowice comprises 4 h ...
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
Outstanding awarded to CTP
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
The power of community
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
EurobuildCEE
The October issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
Last day to register
For the 15th time, we invite you to one of the most important and prestigious events in the commercial real estate calendar in Central and Eastern Eur ...
PBSA enters the mainstream
Let's look into the future!
Exclusive
The voice of the younger generation
In our latest exclusive interview, we spoke with Justyna Glinka, a senior associate at Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy, who has been appointed a ...
EGLS enters the scene
The cost of going green
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
Novotel comes to Croatia
Accor's Novotel brand is expanding in Southeastern Europe with the opening of Novotel Zagreb, the brand's first hotel in Croatia.
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Romanian hotels grow
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
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
DL Invest moves into data centres
DL Invest Group has entered into a joint venture with Boosteroid, a global provider of cloud technologies and cloud gaming to build a network of moder ...
Brain Park Building C sold
ECE Work & Live enters Poland
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
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Aon stays for longer
Aon has extended its lease agreement for office space in Warsaw's Skyliner for another five years. The company first moved into the building owned by ...
Office investment set to reach 1.4 bln
Warta chooses Grundmanna Office Park
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
Student Depot extended in Poznań
Kajima Properties Europe has completed the extension of Student Depot Poznań, adding over 400 new beds to its portfolio. The project, which was deliv ...
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
No drop in price from price transparency act
Retail & leisure
Retail continues to grow
Despite ongoing geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, long-term retail growth is being fueled by urbanisation, tourism, and rapid technology ...
Another Smart Park to come to Wrocław
Explosive growth of retail space in Romania
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
Nonko signs up with MLP
Nonko, a logistics company that serves Chinese clients, has leased 4,100 sqm of modern warehouse space at MLP Wrocław.
