Investment & finance
RSSMagyar Telekom trims office space, builds 55,000 sqm headquarters
HUNGARY Hungary’s largest telecommunications company Magyar Telekom, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has signed an agreement with the Hungarian development company Wing Group on the construction of its new 55,000 sqm Budapest headquarters and the sale of the existing main offices.
Investment & finance
UBM to sell large office and hotel portfolio
POLAND/EUROPE Vienna-based development company UBM is putting up for sale a portfolio of 17 non-core European properties, which include Warsaw’s Poleczki Business Park office complex.
Investment & finance
European Commission OKs Echo Investment acquisition
EUROPE European Commission has approved Griffin Topco III’s and LVS II Lux XX’s joint acquisition of 41.55 pct of the Echo Investment shares that currently belong to the development company’s founder, Michał Sołowow.
Investment & finance
Tristan seeks buyers for GBP 1.5 bln retail portfolio
EUROPE London-based real estate investment fund manager Tristan Capital is exploring the option of selling a GBP 1.5 bln European retail portfolio comprised of 35 properties, a fifth of which is located in Poland, on an off-market basis, informs ‘Property Week’.
Investment & finance
Hard working Q1 for Capital Park
POLAND The Capital Park group launched a number of new projects in Q1.
Investment & finance
German co-op banks to take over Riviera
POLAND Union Investment Real Estate is about to acquire the Riviera shopping centre on ul. Kazimierza Gróskiego 2 in Gdynia.
Investment & finance
Secure Property buys Romanian and Bulgarian portfolio
ROMANIA/ BULGARIA Secure Property Development & Investment, a Cyprus-based SEE-focused real estate investment company is acquiring a series of retail, residential and office assets across Romania and Bulgaria.
Robyg redeems bonds
POLAND The Robyg group is to prematurely redeem some of J-series bonds secured by the mortgage on a property owned by Robyg Mokotów Investment (a company set up to carry out a residential project on a plot between ul. Puławska and al. Wilanowska).
Investment & finance
Enterprise Park sold to Tristan fund
POLAND The European Property Investors Special Opportunities 3 LP (EPISO 3) fund, advised by Tristan Capital Partners, in a joint venture with Avestus Real Estate Avestus, has acquired the Enterprise Park office building in Kraków.
AXA starts flexible equity and debt property fund
WORLD Asset management company AXA Investment Managers has launched the AXA WF Global Flexible Property fund that aims to mimic the liability side of a real estate company's balance sheet and enable fund managers to seek a return profile similar to that of a direct real estate investment.
Murapol shops for plots in Łódź
POLAND Bielsko-Biała based developer Murapol has finalised a preliminary purchase agreement for a plot on al. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego and ul. Sobolowa in Łódź.
Investment & finance
GTC sees healthy Q1 growth
CEE REGION In the first quarter 2015, GTC’s net profit increased to EUR 8 mln, from a net loss of EUR 2 mln registered in Q1 2014, as the company disposed of three Polish and Romanian assets.
LPP suffers losses on currencies, renegotiates rentals
POLAND In Q1 2015, the LPP fashion retail group has seen its total sales increasing by 6 pct y-o-y, to PLN 1 bln. At the same time LPP generated a PLN 23.7-mln operational profit, a significant drop from PLN 48.4 mln last year, while the group’s revenues from comparable stores fell by 0.7 pct, excluding changes in local currency rates.
Investment & finance
Małpka lands in Forteam portfolio
POLAND The sales of Małpka, the operator of the Małpka Express food store chain, has now been completed. Its new owner is Forteam Investments.
EUR 2.9 bln Romanian fund debuts on LSE
ROMANIA/ UNITED KINGDOM Fondul Proprietatea, a EUR 2.9 bln Romanian closed-end fund managed and co-owned by Franklin Templeton Investments, has floated on the London Stock Exchange.
Wrocław granary to house apartments and offices
POLAND Wrocław-based developer i2 Development has purchased a plot with a historical granary at ul. Księcia Witolda 46 in Wrocław. The company now plans on modernizing the building which previously belonged to the city of Wrocław and developing a residential and office complex on the 0.5-ha plot.
Investment & finance
Investor found for first part of Gdynia Waterfront
POLAND Around 2 ha of the former Nauta ship repair yard in Gdynia, which is to be revitalised as the Gdynia Waterfront project, has been sold and the sale of the remaining area of Stocznia Remontowej Nauta is currently being negotiated.
Marvipol buys Białołęka plots
POLAND Marvipol has signed a PLN 25 mln preliminary purchase agreement on app. 5.3-ha parcels located in Warsaw’s Białołęka district.
Investment & finance
Warsaw Europlex changes hands
POLAND The AICEE II fund, which is managed by Akron Group, has sold the Europlex office and retail complex on ul. Puławska to Lone Star.
Investment & finance
Deal struck to merge DTZ with C&W after Agnellis sell out
WORLD Cushman & Wakefield has been sold by Italian investment group Exor to the consortium that owns DTZ in a deal worth USD 2.042 bln. The real estate services company is now to be merged with DTZ under the Cushman & Wakefield brand, forming a company that will have revenues of over USD 5.5 bln, more than 43,000 employees and will manage more than 370 mln sqm globally on behalf of institutional, corporate and private clients.
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
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
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.
