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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
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Poland heading for a two-tier market
The value of the 960 largest construction projects in Poland is already more than PLN 1 tln and continues to rise, driven by a wave of infrastructure ...
Poland underestimates Building site crime
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
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
Data centres
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
Outstanding for Prologis
Prologis has been awarded a BREEAM International New Construction certificate with a rating of Outstanding for its new warehouse development in Ujazd ...
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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 June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
August 7th – mark the date
Once again, for the 15th time, the real estate sector is to come together for a worthy cause in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation ...
Investment given the green light
SIMA grows internationally
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Green light for Port of Poland
The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of P ...
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Apsys shares Posnania with Trigea
Apsys is selling a portion of its shares in the Posnania shopping centre in Poznań to Trigea, a Czech investment fund specialising in commercial real ...
Land shortage changing market
SCF enters Romania with purchase of two parks
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
Hungary's office market returns
The outlook for the Budapest office market no longer depends solely on traditional real estate indicators. The direction of the sector's development w ...
The Shire comes to Poznań
Four signings for B4B
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
Polish State Railways (PKP) is to modernise the station in Gronów Elbląski. The design is ready, and the company has now announced a tender to select ...
A new look for central Warsaw
Oleśnica railway station restored
Residential
Poland unprepared for ageing population
JLL's latest report, 'TheSenior Housing Market in Poland', reveals a deep supply gap, coupled with a solid demand base. Poland is aging the fastest in ...
Quorum Tower reaches final height
Moja Oszmiańska arises in Warsaw
Retail & leisure
Xtreme Fitness enters Karuzela
The Karuzela Ełk Retail Park will be expanding its offerings with the addition of a fitness club. On June 16th, Xtreme Fitness Gyms will join the tena ...
Supersam to gain a foodcourt
More stores open in Sosnowiec Plaza
Technology
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Velis has a new name
Warehouse & industrial
Free space to dry up
According to SQM Advisory experts, the warehouse market will face a sharp decline in available space over the coming quarters. A return in demand coup ...
