Investment & finance
RSSSpecial zones thriving
POLAND The Suwałki Special Economic Zone issued 16 permits for business operations last year
Dekpol extends land bank in Gdańsk
POLAND Construction and development company Dekpol has concluded a conditional agreement with Jaglana 3-5 for the purchase of the perpetual usufruct of a plot on ul. Jaglana in Gdańsk.
Investment & finance
AEW buys Panattoni Prague Airport for EUR 150 mln
CZECH REPUBLIC AEW Europe has acquired the 255,000 sqm Panattoni Park Prague Airport logistics complex close to the city’s Václav Havel Airport for its Logistis fund for EUR 150 mln.
Kleba Invest to develop Białogard project
POLAND KI Projekt 5, a subsidiary of Kleba Invest, has purchased a plot in Białogard. The PLN 2.75 mln net property will houses a retail and service facility.
Investment & finance
BPT sells Warsaw and Gdynia buildings
POLAND BPT Optima has sold two buildings from its Polish office real estate portfolio to the Octava FIZAN investment fund: the Obrzeżna Building in Warsaw and the Baltic Business Center in Gdynia.
Investment & finance
Gliwice to sell A1/A4 land
POLAND Gliwice city council has invited tenders for the purchase of a plot at the interchange of the A1 and A4 motorways.
Investment & finance
GTC: down EUR 132 mln in three months
CEE REGION The management board of Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has informed that the fair value of GTC’s property portfolio which is to be included in the company’s financial report for 2014 (ended December 31st, 2014) would be app. EUR 132 mln lower than the value indicated in the financial statement published at the end of September 2014.
Investment & finance
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.
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.
