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Europe Between uncertainty and optimism
According to the latest report from PwC and the Urban Land Institute, 75 pct of real estate leaders agree current valuations “do not accurately reflect” all the challenges and opportunities in real estate, as a wedge continues to be driven between market price expectations and book valuations.
Investment & finance
Poland Stokado acquires Top Box
Stokado, owned by Redefine Properties and Griffin Capital Partners, has acquired Top Box self-storage rental company. As a result, Stokado has added 4,500 sqm to its portfolio of operating assets and further 4,500 sqm to development pipeline.
Investment & finance
Poland Brownfield projects get millions
Hillwood Poland has signed a loan agreement worth more than EUR 13 million with BNP Paribas Bank for the development of a logistics park in Syców, as well as an agreement worth more than EUR 35 million for the development of a park in Rawa Mazowiecka.
Investment & finance
Czech Republic LOI signed for Czech portfolio acquisition
S Immo has signed a non-binding letter of intent with Czech Property Investments, a subsidiary of CPI Property Group, to acquire a property portfolio in the Czech Republic.
Investment & finance
CEE Fundamentals in CEE remain fairly robust
The pricing gap between buyers’ and sellers' expectations remains a significant barrier to seeing volumes return to the 5 and 10-year average levels of EUR 10-11 bln, however, lower levels of vacancy are being recorded and some good levels of rental growth in certain sectors have been noted, reveals Colliers in its latest “Q3 2023 CEE Investment Scene” report.
Investment & finance
Poland Crestyl takes control of Spravia
Crestyl has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50 pct stake in Spravia from Cornerstone Partners, giving it full control of the company.
Investment & finance
Germany GGC sells to Sonar
Sonar Real Estate has secured an office property in Munich in a joint venture with a global institutional investor. The seller, Global Gate Capital, is an international investment firm that invests across alternative asset classes and public markets.
Investment & finance
Romania Profi sale breaks record
MidEuropa, a European private equity investor, has entered into an agreement to sell Romanian food retailer Profi Rom Food to Ahold Delhaize. The value of the enterprise was estimated at about EUR 1.3 bln pre-IFRS16 (EUR1.8 bln post-IFRS 16).
Investment & finance
Poland Octava sells Warsaw airport plot
Octava Property Trust (OPT) has sold a 1.3 ha development site for an SBU warehouse project near Chopin Airport in Warsaw to an Austrian investment fund, which now plans to develop an 8,000 sqm small business unit facility on it.
Investment & finance
SLOVAKIA BHM buys second Slovak park
Prague-based investment group BHM group has acquired the Trenčín Industrial Park logistics and production centre in western Slovakia, which has a leasable area of more than 120,000 sqm, for an undisclosed sum. The seller was Fond Nova Real Estate, a fund managed by Prague-based Redside investiční společnost.
Investment & finance
Germany SVP to acquire Apcoa
Apcoa Parking Holdings and Strategic Value Partners, LLC and its affiliates (together, SVP), a global alternative investment firm with over USD 18 bln of assets under management, has announced that SVP-managed funds have entered into an agreement to acquire 100 pct of Apcoa, Europe’s leading parking infrastructure operator.
Investment & finance
Poland mBank finances Panattoni in TriCity
Panattoni has been awarded a loan of over EUR 32 mln from mBank for the development of a 50,000 sqm building in Panattoni Park Tricity East V. Regesta is to operate its largest logistics centre in Poland from the new hall.
Investment & finance
POLAND Octava offloads Obrzeżna Center
Warsaw-based investor Octava Property Trust has sold the Obrzeżna Center office building in Warsaw to an undisclosed Polish company.
Investment & finance
Romania Real estate benefiting from foreign capital inflow
The real estate and construction sector attracted app. EUR 1.2 bln of foreign direct investments in 2022, as the share of this economic activity in the overall FDI stock stood at 17.2 pct at the end of 2022, according to the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Investment & finance
POLAND Archicom raises 220m in share issue
Echo Investment Group’s residential division Archicom has raised PLN 220 mln in a new share issue. Archicom will use most of the capital raised to purchase plots for its future projects.
Investment & finance
POLAND Yareal Polska obtains €45m investment loan
Yareal Polska has secured a EUR 45 mln five-year investment loan from Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, part of which is to be used to refinance the company’s Lixa C office development in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC Upvest and Lincoln strike for Zirkon
Českomoravská Nemovitostní (ČMN) has sold the Zirkon Office Center in Prague's Karlín district to a joint venture between local investment platform Upvest and US investor Lincoln Property Company for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Europe Fundraising for MEREP 3 reaches EUR 168 mln
Mitiska REIM, the investor in European convenience real estate, has announced that fundraising for its third flagship fund, Mitiska European Real Estate Partners 3, has now reached EUR 168 mln. The fund has already closed three investments since the beginning of this year, representing a third of capital raised so far.
Investment & finance
Poland & Baltics AEI issues more green bonds for solar plants
Atsinaujinančios Energetikos Investicijos has announced a EUR 13.22 mln green bond issue with a 10 pct yield and which is to mature in December 2025. The company will invest the money to build solar power plants in Poland.
Investment & finance
Poland Partners and Peakside pick up Okęcie site
Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors have successfully completed the purchase of a 5 ha plot in Warsaw’s Okęcie district for the development of a last-mile urban logistics project.
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
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Atlas Estates, which invests in real estate across the CEE region, recently secured a major refinancing loan for the Warsaw Hilton Hotel. And so, we s ...
Not just for the rich
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
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
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Leonardo Hotels Central Europe will manage the entire JM Tower complex on ul. Grzybowska in Warsaw from October this year. Currently, the chain is onl ...
Self service in Opole
Mercure comes to Transylvania
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
Scallier sells project to Centerscape
Poznań-based Scallier has sold a commercial property in Nowa Wieś near Pruszków within the Warsaw urban area to Centerscape.
AFI buys out Echo's share of Office House
Dom Dochodowy sold
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
Exact Sciences enters Lixa D
Exact Sciences, a global leader in molecular diagnostics and early-stage cancer detection, has opened its international support centre in Warsaw. The ...
Offices Are Making a Comeback
Astellas comes to the Bridge
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
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Agora Mall Arad (formerly Galleria Arad) officially reopened on August 28th following an extensive refurbishment and repositioning.
Ławica Shopping Park opens in Poznań
Retail park to come to Konstantynów Łódzki
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
Hopi stays on with P3
P3 has extended its long-term lease for nearly 34,000 sqm of warehouse and office space with Hopi in its P3 Mszczonów park. Hopi is involved in wareh ...
