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Segro posts 72 pct revenue drop in Poland
CEE REGION In its last financial year, Segro has seen its Central European portfolio growing by 5.9 pct y-o-y, while the UK-based warehouse developer’s revenues from the Polish business fell by app. 72 pct, to GBP 8.2 mln, as compared to GBP 30.1 mln in 2013.
Investment & finance
Galeria Metropolia gets PLN 91 mln
POLAND Przedsiębiorstwo Budowlane Górski, which is the developer of the Galeria Metropolia shopping centre that is currently being developed in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz, has been given a PLN 91 mln financing for the construction of the project.
Investment & finance
Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank goes private again
EUROPE German state-owned Hypo Real Estate Holding has put up for sale a 100-pct stake in Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, which had been nationalized after the financial turmoil caused by the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Investment & finance
BIK announces new projects
POLAND Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych (BIK) is planning to start the construction of two logistic parks and a shopping centre. The new facilities are to be located in the southern part of the country.
Wikana sells Piaseczno plot
POLAND Wikana Property, a subsidiary of Wikana, has signed PLN 4.3 mln preliminary sales agreement concerning a land plot located on ul. Żeromskiego in Piaseczno near Warsaw, where it intended to build the Osiedle Żeromskiego residential building. The buyer is Bud-Rim Development.
Investment & finance
Kleba Invest finds buyer for Marki project
POLAND Kleba Invest has received a letter of intent concerning the purchase of Prima Park Marki, the company informed.
Investment & finance
CA Immo keeps selling off non-core assets
CZECH REPUBLIC Vienna-based developer CA Immo has disposed of two Czech hotel assets, Prague’s Europort Airport Center and Pilsen’s Diplomat Center, as the company continues to withdraw from the logistics, hotel and residential property segments.
Aareal Bank Group acquires WestImmo for EUR 350 mln
EUROPE German-based Aareal Bank Group has taken over all of the shares of Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG (WestImmo), which specialises in commercial property financing, from Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA) for EUR 350 mln.
Skanska optimistic about 2015
CEE REGION Skanska will aim to sell off five office complexes located in Prague, Bucharest, Kraków, Poznań and Katowice this year.
Investment & finance
Czerwona Torebka sells three retail assets
POLAND Czerwona Torebka has sold three retail facilities worth jointly PLN 31.9 mln to private investors.
Belgians enter Wrocław
POLAND The Polish branch of BPI, a company from the CFE group has finalised the purchase of a plot in the centre of Wrocław.
Investment & finance
Acteeum and Rockcastle buy in Tomaszów
POLAND Acteeum group and Rockcastle Global Real Estate have purchased a plot located at the junction of ul. Warszawska and ul. Barlickiego in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, where the investors plan to build Galeria Tomaszów. Formerly, the property was occupied by a textile manufacturer.
Echo and the moneymen
POLAND Echo Investment has obtained a EUR 165 mln plus a PLN 14 mln loan (over PLN 700 mln in total) from UK bank HSBC and HSBC Bank Polska.
Investment & finance
PZU satisfied with real estate investment
POLAND In 2014, the rate on return on PZU Fundusz Inwestycyjny Zamknięty Sektora Nieruchomości 2, which is managed by TFI PZU, exceeded 11 pct.
Great year for Budimex
POLAND 2014 has turned out to be the best ever year for the Budimex group in terms of the value of contracts signed, which amounted to PLN 6.3 bln, a nearly two-fold increase compared to 2013. As of the end of 2014, the value of the company’s real estate portfolio reached PLN 6.1 bln, a 41 pct surge y-o-y.
Investment & finance
AFI back in the game, buys Warsaw’s ‘Pekin’
POLAND Kraków-based company Czerwone Maki, which belongs to the AFI Europe Poland group, has purchased a historical Wolf Krongold tenement house located near Warsaw's city centre. The company now eyes further acquisitions in Poland, according to what ‘Eurobuild CEE’ has found.
Investment & finance
Something old and something new for Budizol
POLAND Włocławek-based company Budizol has acquired another historic property in Warsaw that it is now plans to restore. The company is also planning an entirely new project in the south of the city.
Investment & finance
Skanska operations on the rise in CEE
CEE REGION In its last financial year, the Swedish construction and development company Skanska has seen its operating income in construction increasing by 16 pct y-o-y, to SEK 4.5 bln (EUR 470 mln), while the company’s revenues increased by 6 pct and amounted to SEK 145.0 bln (EUR 15 bln).
Investment & finance
Dubai investor to pour EUR 2.3 bln into SEE resort
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Dubai-based developer Buroj Property Development plans on developing a EUR 2.3 bln (BAM 4.5 bln) residential, hotel, retail and sports complex in Trnovo near Sarajevo in a move to turn the former Winter Olympics site into a luxury regional mountain resort.
Investment & finance
Ares buys two Warsaw office assets
EUROPE An Ares Real Estate Group fund has acquired two Warsaw office properties from IVG Institutional Funds: the app. 8,000 sqm gla three-building Jerozolimskie Business Park complex and the app. 8,000 sqm gla Jerozolimskie Offices building.
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
Strong Romanian volumes in H1
The total volume invested in income-producing real estate assets in Romania reached around EUR 391 mln in H1 2025, down by 6.5 pct on the same period ...
Santander finances Panattoni Poznań XIV
Adventum acquires four industrial assets
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.
