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Colliers to manage Warsaw’s Metropolitan
POLAND Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management-owned and Cushman & Wakefield-managed Metropolitan, a 38,000 sqm gla office building in central Warsaw, will now be managed by Colliers International.
Investment & finance
Atrium agrees to buy Arkády Pankrác
CZECH REPUBLIC Atrium European Real Estate Limited has signed an agreement to acquire a 75 pct stake in the Arkády Pankrác shopping centre in Prague for EUR 162 mln.
Gazit-Globe becomes Atrium’s majority shareholder
WORLD Gazit-Globe, an Israeli real estate investor that holds a 39.99-pct stake in Atrium European Real Estate (AERE), is acquiring 52,069,622 ordinary shares of AERE, which account for an app. 13.87 pct stake in the company. The shares are being taken over from a consortium managed by CPI CEE Management, which will now have no AERE shares, for a total of app. EUR 229 mln in an off-market transaction.
Warsaw continues to dominate the region
POLAND Warsaw has been ranked 14th in the most attractive places in Europe for investing in real estate, in the Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2015 survey that has just been published by PwC and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
Murapol planning another Kraków project
POLAND Murapol has finalised the purchase of a 0.85 ha site on ul. Poznańska in Kraków.
Investment & finance
Kingstown goes to court over Orco
CEE REGION CPI Group and Orco Property Group (OPG) have both announced that they have been served with a legal summons by Delaware-based Kingstown Partners and affiliated companies for damages due to alleged violation of minority OPG shareholder rights.
Auchan given green light to buy 12 Romanian assets
ROMANIA French retailer and real estate investor Groupe Auchan has received an approval of the Romanian Competition Council to acquire a portfolio of twelve retail properties, in which the company has been running some of its 32 Romanian supermarkets.
Investment & finance
Third Vivo! to open in Krosno
POLAND Immofinanz group has secured a 6 ha site in Krosno in the south-eastern Subcarpathian province for the construction of its latest Vivo! shopping centre.
Investment & finance
Standard Life buys Palác I.P. Pavlova 5
CZECH REPUBLIC Standard Life Investments has acquired the Palác I.P. Pavlova 5 office and mixed-use building in central Prague for its Global Real Estate Fund.
Government-backed mortgages see 16,000 applications
POLAND It has been a year since the Apartment for the Young ("Mieszkanie dla Młodych") governmental programme has launched in Poland. The state-owned Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), which coordinates the initiative, received a total of 15,972 applications and granted PLN 366 mln of subsidized mortgages over that time.
Investment & finance
Tesco closes down CEE stores
CZECH REPUBLIC/HUNGARY Tesco is set to shut down another hypermarket in the Czech Republic along with 13 Hungarian stores, as the company is implementing an international recovery program that aims to dramatically cut costs.
Investment & finance
Griffin to buy PKO BP developer
POLAND A Griffin Group-managed investment fund has signed a letter of intent with PKO Bank Polski on buying Qualia Development, a real estate company owned by the PKO BP bank.
Auchan allowed to buy Piaseczno plots
POLAND The town council of Piaseczno has passed a resolution which allows Auchan Polska to bypass a tender procedure when buying three plots adjacent to the company’s shopping centre.
PHN buys office building
POLAND The Management Board of Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has signed a letter of intent concerning the purchase of an app. 15,000 sqm office building.
CPI to invest in Polish retail projects
CZECH REPUBLIC CEE investment and development company CPI Property Group aims to buy five retail assets in Poland for a total amount of app. CZK 500 mln (PLN 70 mln) as it sees retail investment opportunities in the Czech Republic dry up and turns its eyes towards the Polish market, reports the Hospodářské noviny daily.
Russian investment market to hit 10-year low
RUSSIA Russian real estate investment volumes will not exceed USD 3 bln this year, which will equal the lowest level of the last 10 years, says JLL in its latest forecast.
Investment & finance
Atrium sells 177,000 sqm retail portfolio to Peakside
CZECH REPUBLIC Atrium European Real Estate has completed the sale of 72 small-format retail assets (supermarkets) located in the Czech Republic to a private client account managed by Peakside Capital Advisors for app. EUR 68.5 mln.
Investment & finance
Nestlé sells Nupaky warehouse
CZECH REPUBLIC Nestlé Česko has sold its 6,500 sqm site with 2,500 sqm built-up area in Nupaky near Prague. Comprised of office and warehouse space, the property was bought by Levné potraviny.
Investment & finance
Orco to get less for Złota
POLAND Orco Property Group has informed that its earnings from the sale of the Złota 44 luxury apartment building in Warsaw to BBI Development and the US fund Amstar Global Partners will be in fact EUR 13 mln lower due to the claims made by the building’s general contractor, Inso.
Investment & finance
Hines acquires Warsaw’s Sky Office Center
POLAND Luxembourg-based Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF), which is managed by the US property investor Hines, has acquired the Sky Office Center office building in Warsaw from the 5th Avenue Holding.
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 ...
