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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.
Robyg shops in Gdańsk again
POLAND Robyg group has signed a conditional for the purchase of plots with a combined area of app. 1.5 ha in Gdańsk.
Investment & finance
PKP plans to invest PLN 350 mln in stations
POLAND In 2014 the Polish State Railways (PKP) made PLN 363 mln on the sale of real estate (PLN 203 mln in 2013). PKP also carried out 21 station projects in an investment of PLN 220 mln. It also sold properties on ul. Targowa in Siedlce (PLN 28.7 mln), ul. Toruńska in Gdańsk (PLN 26.2 mln), ul. Głowackiego in Sochaczew (PLN 12.1 mln), ul. Bokserska in Warsaw (PLN 6.7 mln) and a leisure centre in Jachranka for PLN 13.8 mln, among others.
LafargeHolcim to sell off EUR 6.5 bln assets to CRH
CEE REGION Two merging cement and aggregates suppliers Holcim and Lafarg aim to sell EUR 6.5 bln assets, including plants and other facilities, to the Irish building materials company CRH. These will include Holcim's assets in Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia, as well as Lafarge's properties in Romania.
Investment & finance
CA Immo disposes of two office projects
HUNGARY/ BULGARIA CA Immo has sold two small office assets: the 8,000 sqm gla Europark office building in Sofia and the 6,400 sqm Buda Business Center office building in Budapest, for EUR 17 mln.
Investment & finance
BPT Optima sells Young City site and Baltic assets
POLAND/BALTIC STATES BPT Optima, a fund managed by Northern Horizon Capital, has agreed to sell seven office and retail properties in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, totalling app. 112,000 sqm of leasable space, as well as the large-scale Young City urban regeneration site on the Gdańsk waterfront, including the historic former shipyard.
BBI obtains financing
POLAND BBI Development subsidiary has received two loans from PKO BP for the financing of the next stage of the Małe Błonia residential project in Szczecin.
Unibail-Rodamco reports healthy annual figures
POLAND In its last financial year, the French commercial property investor Unibail-Rodamco has seen its net recurring results reaching EUR 1,06 bln, up 8.3 pct y-o-y. The company attributes the surge to “strong like-for-like growth in shopping centres and offices, the successful deliveries in 2013, the acquisition of a stake in CentrO in May 2014 and a record-low cost of debt of 2.6 pct.”
Investment & finance
Marvipol refinances Prosta Tower and plans land purchases
POLAND MBank has granted the Marvipol group a five-year loan of EUR 13.6 mln for refinancing – with a higher LTV (leverage-to-value) index – a loan taken out for the construction of the Prosta Tower office building in Warsaw.
Home Invest to invest – PLN 80 mln in land
POLAND Home Invest is planning to spend PLN 80 mln on the purchase of land in Warsaw this year.
Investment & finance
Marvipol obtains financing for Warsaw estate
POLAND Warsaw-based developer Marvipol has signed a PLN 30 mln loan agreement with Bank Ochrony Środowiska to finance a large Warsaw project.
Investment & finance
Polish land in demand
POLAND Transactions on the residential land market will be dominant in 2015. They also dominated last year and turned out to be so attractive that investors from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, India, the Republic of South Africa and China have been coming to Poland to survey what is on offer –these are some of the conclusions of Daniel Puchalski, the director of the investment land service department at JLL, while recently discussing the consultancy’s ‘Investment Land Market in Poland’ report.
Russia and Hungary among IKEA’s fastest growing markets
CEE REGION In its last financial year, the Swedish furniture retailer and shopping centre developer IKEA Group has seen a 5.9 pct increase in sales, while registering 270 mln visits to its 14 Russian shopping centres and over 700 mln visits to its 315 IKEA stores worldwide.
Bankrupt developer sells Poznań plot
POLAND Bankruptcy trustee of the Kostrzyn-based developer PBO Anioła has sold a Poznań land plot together with the perpetual usufruct rights to the property to Terra Haus.
CEE investment rose almost by a third
CEE REGION Commercial real estate investment in Central and Eastern Europe excluding Russia reached just over EUR 7.7 bln in 2014, according to research by CBRE.
Investment & finance
GTC gets financing for Fortyone
SERBIA GTC Serbia has signed a EUR 9,5 mln construction loan agreement with Raiffeisen Bank to finance the first stage of its Fortyone office project that is currently being developed in Belgrade.
Investment & finance
Military Property Agency puts Kraków plots up for sale
POLAND The Military Property Agency (AMW) has put some of the most attractive investment plots in Kraków up for sale.
Investment & finance
Cromwell takes over Valad
EUROPE Australian fund manager Cromwell Property Group has today announced the acquisition of pan-European property fund manager Valad Europe for EUR 145 mln.
Investment & finance
European investment to hit record levels in 2015
EUROPE Commercial real estate European investment volumes are set to reach record levels in 2015, fueled by the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Dance centre opens in Warsaw
The Dance and Performing Arts Pavilion has opened in Warsaw's Powiśle district.
Public consultations held for Park Wilanów
Need for clarity introducing reforms
Construction
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
Dekpol Budownictwo is eentering Romania. In December 2025, the company signed an agreement with a developer to carry out design work for the first sta ...
Construction industry waiting to boom
Warsaw returns another building to its prime
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 signs power purchase agreement
GTC has signed a three-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ekovoltis, due to which all of the company's office buildings and shopping centres in ...
ESG to evolve with the regulations
Light On takes Platinum
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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 December issue of Eurobuild hits the shelves!
The December 2025 edition of EurobuildCEE magazine has now been published! And, as usual, it's filled with some fabulous interviews, market analysis, ...
The latest issue of Eurobuild hits the shelves!
The October issue is now out!
Events
Merry Christmas to one and all
May Christmas be a time of peace, reflection, and regeneration after an intense year so full of challenges. May the New Year bring bright prospects, s ...
Jazz for the New Year
The ageing population discussed at the Accessibility Forum
Exclusive
BIM now mainstream
The year 2025 clearly demonstrated that BIM methodology and technology have already entered companies on a large scale. Aleksandra Zielazna-Pawlukiewi ...
What is driving the spate of lease renewals
More than just opening doors
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
Swissôtel opens in The Czech Republic
The Swissôtel chain has announced the opening of its first hotel in the Czech Republic in the spa town of Mariánské Lázně.
AC Hotels to open in Port Praski
New look for Novotel Praha Wenceslas Square
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Budimex builds more roads
Budimex has obtained a permit to build the seventh section of the S10 expressway between Piecnik and Wałcz in the Western Pomerania region.
AI fundamental to future water management
Intercom to construct Jasło bypass
Interior design
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
CPI Property Group has completed the modernisation of the lobby of the Eurocentrum-Alfa building, part of Warsaw's Eurocentrum Office Complex on Al. J ...
New look for Otis offices
Plan B completes fit out for the Association of Polish Cities
Investment & finance
BNP Paribas backs Panattoni in Szczecin
Panattoni has secured EUR 42 mln in financing from BNP Paribas Bank Polska for the construction of two warehouses within the Panattoni Park Szczecin T ...
EIB supports rollout of EV charging stations
Polish capital growing stronger
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
Huge tenant activity in Q4 2025
Record-high demand, coupled with limited new supply, led to a further decline in vacancy rates in the Warsaw office market, with rents stabilising, ac ...
Highest ever Q4 office transactions
One regional office building delivered in Q4 2025
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
Agrobex builds in Poznań
Construction work on 50 municipal apartments has begun on ul. Darzyborska in Poznań. The project has been commissioned by ZKZL, and Agrobex Group is t ...
Entering a two-tier market
Student Depot expands in Gdańsk
Retail & leisure
Record high construction
Around 500,000 sqm of new retail space will be delivered to the Polish market in 2025, with the new supply, largely driven by the development of retai ...
OTO Park Kłodzko now bigger
Smart Play to come to Aleja Bielany
Technology
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Polish technology company Rentujemy, which is involved in short-term rental management, is launching a co-hosting service. With this solution, the com ...
Velis has a new name
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Warehouse & industrial
Warehouse market now stable
Modern industrial stock in the Czech Republic reached 13.28 mln sqm according to figures from the Industrial Research Forum.
