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Inditex expands, revamps store portfolio
WORLD In the first half of its 2015 financial year, the multi-format Spanish fashion retailer Inditex has opened 94 new stores across 35 markets, increasing the total store count to 6,777 locations in 88 countries.
Bumpy Immofinanz-CA Immo relationship continues
EUROPE Vienna-based developer Immofinanz aims to sell its 1 mln sqm logistics portfolio to a sole buyer. The company also does not rule out merging with its Austrian competitor and minority shareholder CA Immo, Immofinanz’s CEO, Oliver Schumy, said in an interview given to the Austrian daily Wirtschaftsblatt.
Investment & finance
CBRE GI buys another chunk of Warsaw logistics project
POLAND CBRE Global Investors has acquired the second stage of the Ideal Idea Logistics Park in Warsaw from an investment fund managed by BPH Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych.
PNK sells warehouse parks
RUSSIA Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Abu Dhabi government-owned Mubadala fund are in talks with the Russian developer PNK as they aim to purchase the PNK-Chekhov 3 and PNK-Severnoye Sheremetyevo logistic parks near Moscow, according to the Russian daily Kommersant.
Investment & finance
UBM becomes Poleczki Business Park’s sole owner
POLAND Austrian real estate investor CA Immo has sold its 50 pct share in the Poleczki Business Park office complex, which is currently being developed at the junction of ul. Poleczki and ul. Hołubcowa near the Okęcie Airport in Warsaw, to UBM, the owner of the remaining stake in the property.
Investment & finance
New projects by the Palace of Culture to finally start?
POLAND Warsaw’s City Hall and the Polish State Railways (PKP) are set to sign an agreement on the use of plots located in the very city centre of Warsaw soon.
Investment & finance
BaltCap buys BPT
EUROPE A private equity fund owned by BaltCap, an investment fund from the Baltics region, has acquired BPT Real Estate, a regional commercial property manager.
PKP sees successful H1
POLAND The construction of new projects, plans for new ones, the modernization of existing stations, a record property sales and proposals for cost-cutting and improving the company’s reputation – all these activities dominated the Polish State Railways development operations in 2015.
Investment & finance
Porr now has two faces
POLAND Bilfinger Infrastructure, which was taken over by Porr, has become the second Polish company of Porr. And it has ambitious development plans as the two companies will not merge.
Investment & finance
B&B Wrocław Centrum refinanced
POLAND B&B Hotel Polska and MLeasing have entered into a sale-and-leaseback agreement on the B&B Wrocław Centrum hotel.
Investment & finance
PHN restructuring bears fruits
POLAND In H1 2015 Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has seen its profit increasing to PLN 29.2 mln, while the company’s revenues decreased.
Investment & finance
Multi-channel IKEA on the green
WORLD In the 2015 financial year IKEA Group’s total sales reached EUR 31.9 bln, an 11.2 pct y-o-y boost, exclusive of a foreign exchange impact.
European investment volumes to hit EUR 230 bln
EUROPE In H1 2015 European real estate transaction volumes have reached EUR 104.9 bln, a 29 y-o-y increase, according to Knight Frank.
Investment & finance
CA Immo disposes of massive H&M logistics centre
EUROPE Vienna-based developer CA Immo has sold the 114,500 sqm key regional H&M distribution hub in Hamburg to funds controlled and managed by ADF Asset Management for over EUR 100 mln.
Investment & finance
Segro extends Czech portfolio
CZECH REPUBLIC Segro has completed the EUR 8.4 mln acquisition of a 11,800 sqm warehousing property from Damco Czech Republic, which is a part of the Maersk Group.
Good year for Goodman
CEE REGION As of the end of the 2015 fiscal year, Goodman’s CEE assets under management have reached 833,000 sqm, up 68 pct on the previous year.
Tender for Bemowo site at Military University of Technology
POLAND The Military University of Technology (WAT) has invited tenders for the sale of a 5.3 ha site in Warsaw’s Bemowo district.
GTC to raise PLN 0.5 bln from the market
CEE REGION Warsaw-listed developer GTC plans on issuing over 108 mln Series K shares potenitally worth app. PLN 590 mln in total. The company’s prospectus has been already approved by the Securities Commission and publicized.
Piast to change owner
POLAND Mostostal Zabrze Gliwickie Przedsiębiorstwo Budownictwa Przemysłowego is to sell the Piast hotel as part of the restructuring of the assets of the Mostostal Zabrze group.
Investment & finance
Tesco to wind down CEE operations?
WORLD/ CEE REGION Struggling British grocer Tesco is reportedly considering selling off its CEE business, according to the sources approached by Bloomberg.
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
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
Mirbud has signed a contract with Warsaw University of Technology to build a sports and events hall next to the Syrenka Stadium in Warsaw. The design- ...
Budimex to build archive for Adam Mickiewicz University
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
BRE launches BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V7
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has launched the seventh version of its BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out Commercial standard (BREEAM RFO V7) ...
Ocean Winds starts BC-Wind service base in Władysławowo
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
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
Skanska to sell second stage of H2Offices in Budapest to ERSTE fund
Skanska has agreed to sell the second stage of its H₂Offices complex in Budapest to the ERSTE Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented by E ...
AYA Properties Fund and Curtis Group acquire Chmielna 13A
Hillwood sells four logistics properties for EUR 150 mln
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
Prime space comes harder to find
Price is no longer the only issue in Warsaw office negotiations. Finding the right space is becoming a challenge in its own right, with vacancy in the ...
BNP Paribas expands in Avatar
Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
Nova Wola Park receives occupancy permit
The first stage of Nova Wola Park in Nowa Wola near Warsaw has received its occupancy permit. CK Development has started handing over apartments and k ...
Sandberg Capital enters Prague residential market
Archicom signs PLN 87 mln contract for Poznań housing project
Retail & leisure
Primark to open first store in Podlaskie
Primark is preparing to open a store in G City Biała in Białystok. The nearly 3,500 sqm store will be the retailer’s first in the Podlaskie region.
HDREY opens first Katowice store
Two-thirds of CEE retail stock is over 15 years old
Technology
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Logicor is set to complete the rollout of smart metering across all 18 of its logistics parks in Poland by the end of 2026, giving tenants real-time v ...
Singu takes over QRmaint
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Warehouse & industrial
Hippocampus signs for 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen
CTP has signed a lease with third-party logistics (3PL) provider Hippocampus GmbH for around 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen in Germany. The deal covers ...
