Investment & finance
RSSCEE investment volumes hit EUR 7.37 bln
CEE REGION According to Cushman & Wakefield, investment activity in the major CEE markets, namely in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, has increased to EUR 3.16 bln in Q4 2015, surpassing the pre-crisis 2006 levels.
Colliers acquires property management specialist
EUROPE/ NETHERLANDS Colliers International has acquired the Netherlands-based property and asset management company WPM Groep.
Military hotel group privatisation halted
POLAND The Polish state treasury has suspended the privatisation process of Grupa Hoteli WAM – a hotel network owned by the AMW (Military Property Agency).
Consolidation time for property firms
WORLD CBRE is currently conducting negotiations over the acquisition of a Billfinger Real Estate-owned advisory GVA, while it might also want to take over some other Bilfinger real estate units, informs PropertyWeek.com.
Investment & finance
South Africans buy two malls for EUR 200 mln
SERBIA/MONTENEGRO South African shopping centre REIT Hyprop Investments has acquired a 60 pct stake in Serbian mall Delta City Belgrade purchased from Delta Real Estate Group (Delta), and Montenegrin mall, Delta City Podgorica, purchased from Hemslade Trading Limited Cyprus (Hemslade) and Delta. Homestead Group Holdings Limited, a company associated with Louis Norval, a non-executive director of Hyprop, has acquired the remaining 40 pct of both shopping centres.
Skanska maintains momentum in CEE
CEE REGION Skanska completed the sale of eleven office buildings in three CEE countries in 2015, achieving a total transaction volume of almost EUR 500 mln for the year.
Polish real estate set for another good year
POLAND An increasing number of investors entering Poland, almost 1 mln sqm of office space planned for delivery, and a rising supply of hotel facilities – are just some these are among the predictions made by Colliers International for Polish the real estate market in 2016, in its latest Market Insights report.
Half of Erbud’s profits could be paid in dividends
POLAND After its application has been assessed by the supervisory board, the management board of Erbud will recommend a dividend ranging from 30 to 50 pct of the net financial result generated in the previous financial year at a company general meeting.
Investment & finance
Atrium sells ten Czech retail centres
CZECH REPUBLIC Atrium European Real Estate has completed the sale of a portfolio of ten retail assets in the Czech Republic to a private client account managed by Palmer Capital for EUR 102.6 mln.
Investment & finance
E.Leclerc buys Aviator mall
POLAND Pergranso, a subsidiary of the SOFILEC group (the owner of the E.Leclerc grocery chain), has acquired the Galeria Aviator shopping centre project which is currently being developed in Mielec.
Investment & finance
Kotva sold for EUR 80 mln
CZECH REPUBLIC The Kotva department store on Naměstí Republiky in central Prague has been bought by Pražská Správa Nemovitostí, a company owned by property magnate Václav Skala – according to E15.
Foreign investment hits historic lows
RUSSIA In 2015 foreign investment in commercial real estate in Russia amounted to USD 540 mln, according to research by Knight Frank.
Slovakian investment reaches EUR 412 mln in 2015 – JLL
SLOVAKIA The total investment volume for Slovakian real estate in 2015 came to app. EUR 412 mln, according to research by JLL.
Investment & finance
IKEA to develop another Russian mall
RUSSIA IKEA Centres Russia has acquired a 40 ha land plot in the Sosnovskiy district located within the Chelyabinsk region where it plans on developing a new Mega-branded shopping centre.
First Knight Frank fund raises more than GBP 300 mln
UNITED KINGDOM Knight Frank Investment Management, the investment management arm of Knight Frank, has successfully completed its first close on a new open-end fund at the level of over GBP 300 mln.
Colliers sees 9 pct revenue increase
WORLD Colliers International Group recorded USD 1.72 bln in revenue in 2015.
Investment & finance
Redside buys prime Prague office portfolio
CZECH REPUBLIC Local investor Redside has successfully completed the acquisition of four office buildings in Prague from a German investment fund.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz braced for EUR 400 mln Russian write-down
RUSSIA At the end of January, Immofinanz commissioned CBRE, its the newly appointed appraiser for its CEE portfolio, to prepare a special appraisal of Immofinanz’s Russian properties.
Investment & finance
Warsaw Corporate Center sold
POLAND Valad Europe has acquired the MEAG-owned Warsaw Corporate Center on behalf of its VCERP fund.
Investment & finance
Land at the top
POLAND At least PLN 2.5 bln was invested in land for development in Poland in 2015, according to research by JLL, and this year the land market is expected to perform as well if not better.
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
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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 in VGP Park Split
Building A (31,984 sqm) in VGP Park Split in Dugopolje has been awarded a BREEAM v6 Outstanding rating. The certification was carried out by BuildGree ...
Galeria Jurajska recertified
Westbridge secures green energy for Skanska
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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Mercure opens in Oradea
Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by ...
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg
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
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
Ocean Winds has selected Hydrobudowa Gdańsk as the general contractor for adapting part of the port infrastructure in Władysławowo on the Baltic coast ...
Intermodal strengthens Poland’s position on the European logistics map
Orlen buys 216 MW hybrid renewable energy project in Wielkopolska
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
PLN 52 bln developed, but supply not keeping up with demand
July saw a shift in the supply-demand ratio across Poland’s seven largest housing markets. The pool of available developer units fell below the 60,000 ...
Apsys goes shopping for 3 Stawy
CEE real estate investment goes steadily upward
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
Warsaw office market picks up in Q2
After a subdued start to the year, Warsaw’s office market gained significant momentum in Q2 2026, with tenant activity in H1 reaching 420,000 sqm, rep ...
VeloBank renews Citi Handlowy lease in Q22
Knight Frank chosen for Loft Park in Kraków
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
Szczecin castle reconstruction completed
Mostostal Warszawa has completed the second stage of the reconstruction of the north wing of the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle (Zamek Książąt Pomorskich) i ...
Dewin–Biberstein–Promnitz Castle to be restored
Budimex rebuilds Szczecin sports centre
Residential
Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months
Since sales began in February 2026, 122 contracts have been concluded in the Liberty Tower residential building in Warsaw, which is owned by Cavatina. ...
Still too few student beds
Mercator ready to begin flagship Kraków project
Retail & leisure
TK Maxx to debut in Galeria Wiślanka
TK Maxx is to open a 2,200 sqm store in Galeria Wiślanka in Żory, about 30 km southwest of Katowice in Silesia. This will be the British clothing chai ...
Auchan opens in Fuzja
Intermarché opens new-format supermarket in Radlin
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
MLP enters Hamburg market
MLP Group has acquired a 6.8 ha brownfield site from a private owner in Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, near Hamburg – marking the group’s debut in th ...
