Investment & finance
RSS
Investment & finance
Union Investment buys Sarni Stok
POLAND Union Investment has acquired the Sarni Stok shopping centre in Bielsko-Biała from CBRE Property Fund Central Europe, which is managed by CBRE Global Investors.
Tristan is starting new EUR 950 mln fund
EUROPE London-based real estate investment fund manager Tristan Capital is launching a new EUR 950 mln pan-European value-add fund . So far Tristan raised one third of the targeted equity.
Investment & finance
CBRE GI buys Campus Square from AIG/Lincoln
CZECH REPUBLIC A fund managed by CBRE Global Investors has bought the Campus Square retail park in Brno’s Bohunice district from AIG/Lincoln.
MLP looking to double its scale of operations
POLAND The value of MLP Group’s assets increased to PLN 557.9 mln at the end of 2014, almost 10 pct more than for the previous year.
CA Immo and O1 raise bid for Immofinanz
EUROPE Vienna-based developer CA Immo and the Russian investment group O1 are willing to buy 13.5 pct of the total Immofinanz issued shares for EUR 2.80 per share in a voluntary tender offer.
C&W boasts record income
WORLD Cushman & Wakefield has increased its gross revenue by 14 pct y-o-y to USD 2.85 bln and its net income by 33.3 pct to USD 61.6 mln, according to 2014 financial results.
Investment & finance
Echo in Griffin’s hands?
POLAND Michał Sołowow, the largest single shareholder of development company Echo Investment, has called an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.
AXA starts new logistics developer
EUROPE Real estate investment company AXA Real Estate has launched a new pan-European logistics and industrial development company, Baytree Logistics Properties, which has EUR 100 mln already earmarked for its project pipeline.
Investment & finance
CTP obtains EUR 162 mln from the banks
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech warehousing developer and owner CTP has secured a EUR 132 mln loan from its new financial partner pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank to finance CTPark Bor in Bor u Tachova, close to the German border.
Atal to spend PLN 100 mln on land plots
POLAND Development company Atal is aiming to spend PLN 60-100 mln on land purchases this year.
Investment & finance
Hines buys Capital Partners Moscow building
RUSSIA Hines has reportedly acquired a 32,000 sqm office building that makes part of the Capital Partners-developed Metropolis mixed-use complex located by the Leningradskoe highway in Moscow.
Investment & finance
Lithuanian Post puts 60 assets up for sale
LITHUANIA Lithuanian postal operator Lietuvos paštas (LP) will auction off app. 60 domestic properties.
Investment & finance
European investors eye demographic and social trends
EUROPE Berlin, Dublin, Madrid, Hamburg and Athens performed best among the European cities showing the strongest property investment prospects in 2015. Warsaw was ranked 14th, a three place drop compared to the 2014 ranking. Prague took the 18th position, a two place y-o-y fall, while Budapest was ranked 22nd, a five place jump compared to the last year, according to an annual investment prospects survey by PwC.
Investment & finance
TMR mulls switching from Katowice park to Ostrava
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Slovakian resort operator and developer Tatry Mountain Resorts is considering abandoning plans to re-develop the Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko amusement park in Chorzów and to develop another park in Ostrava instead.
Investment & finance
Amrest to run more Starbucks CEE coffee houses
ROMANIA/ BULGARIA Wrocław-based restaurant operator Amrest is acquiring two sole operators of the Starbucks-branded stores in Romania and Bulgaria for app. EUR 16 mln.
Investment & finance
BBI and Liebrecht agree on EUR 120 mln Koneser project
POLAND BBI Development will contribute the land and app. PLN 22 mln of cash while, Liebrecht & Wood will add app. PLN 70 mln for the development of the mixed-use Praga Koneser Center project in Warsaw.
Erbud sees double-digit growth
POLAND In its last financial last year, the Erbud revenues and EBIT have increased by 38.5 pct and 34 pct y-o-y respectively, while the construction company generated PLN 1.69 bln revenues.
Polish real estate market becomes mature
POLAND The Polish real estate market has exited the development phase and entered the mature market phase. This seems to be confirmed by very good 2014 results across all the market sectors, among other things, according to Anna Kicińska, partner, leader of the real estate consultancy group at EY, CSE, who presented the ‘Poland. The Real State of Real Estate 2015’ report.
Investment & finance
EUR 100 mln refinancing loan for Galeria Słoneczna
POLAND German real estate bank Helaba has agreed, as arranger and underwriter, to provide a EUR 100 mln medium-term investment loan to AIG/Lincoln Polska for Galeria Sloneczna in Radom.
Magnum sells St Petersburg business centre
RUSSIA Magnum, a company owned by Russian businessman Victor Loktinov, has sold the Enigma class ‘B’ business centre in St Petersburg’s Kirovsky district to an undisclosed private investor.
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
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
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
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 hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
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
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
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
More Polish investment in Poland
In the first half of 2025, commercial real estate investment in Poland reached EUR 1.71 bln, broadly in line with the total for the same period in 202 ...
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
Financing for Sosnowiec V
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
Skyliner II shooting up
The construction of the second phase of the Skyliner office complex in Warsaw, owned by the Karimpol Group, has reached the halfway point. At a height ...
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Exact Sciences enters Lixa D
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
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Four retail parks set to grow
Karuzela plans to expand four existing retail parks in Września, Lubliniec, Biała Podlaska, and Ełk. These centres were constructed between 2014 and 2 ...
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Ławica Shopping Park opens in Poznań
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
More jeans from Germany
GXO and Levi Strauss & Co. have opened a fully automated 70,000 sqm logistics centre in Dorsten near Essen to support its European distribution networ ...
