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Investment & finance
African investor buys Opole mall, plans extension
POLAND/ MAURITIUS Gontar, a subsidiary of the Rockcastle Global Real Estate company which operates in South Africa and Mauritius, has concluded an agreement on the purchase of the Coucal-owned Solaris Centre shopping mall in Opole. The total purchase price for the transaction reached EUR 52 mln at an initial yield of 7.7 pct.
Investment & finance
PKP wins financing for Gliwice station
POLAND PKP has signed an app. PLN 81.5 mln contract with the Centre for EU Transport Projects on supplementary financing for the modernization of a railway station in Gliwice.
Investment & finance
Union Investment buys Sarni Stok
POLAND Union Investment has acquired the Sarni Stok shopping centre in Bielsko-Biała from CBRE Property Fund Central Europe, which is managed by CBRE Global Investors.
Tristan is starting new EUR 950 mln fund
EUROPE London-based real estate investment fund manager Tristan Capital is launching a new EUR 950 mln pan-European value-add fund . So far Tristan raised one third of the targeted equity.
Investment & finance
CBRE GI buys Campus Square from AIG/Lincoln
CZECH REPUBLIC A fund managed by CBRE Global Investors has bought the Campus Square retail park in Brno’s Bohunice district from AIG/Lincoln.
MLP looking to double its scale of operations
POLAND The value of MLP Group’s assets increased to PLN 557.9 mln at the end of 2014, almost 10 pct more than for the previous year.
CA Immo and O1 raise bid for Immofinanz
EUROPE Vienna-based developer CA Immo and the Russian investment group O1 are willing to buy 13.5 pct of the total Immofinanz issued shares for EUR 2.80 per share in a voluntary tender offer.
C&W boasts record income
WORLD Cushman & Wakefield has increased its gross revenue by 14 pct y-o-y to USD 2.85 bln and its net income by 33.3 pct to USD 61.6 mln, according to 2014 financial results.
Investment & finance
Echo in Griffin’s hands?
POLAND Michał Sołowow, the largest single shareholder of development company Echo Investment, has called an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.
AXA starts new logistics developer
EUROPE Real estate investment company AXA Real Estate has launched a new pan-European logistics and industrial development company, Baytree Logistics Properties, which has EUR 100 mln already earmarked for its project pipeline.
Investment & finance
CTP obtains EUR 162 mln from the banks
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech warehousing developer and owner CTP has secured a EUR 132 mln loan from its new financial partner pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank to finance CTPark Bor in Bor u Tachova, close to the German border.
Atal to spend PLN 100 mln on land plots
POLAND Development company Atal is aiming to spend PLN 60-100 mln on land purchases this year.
Investment & finance
Hines buys Capital Partners Moscow building
RUSSIA Hines has reportedly acquired a 32,000 sqm office building that makes part of the Capital Partners-developed Metropolis mixed-use complex located by the Leningradskoe highway in Moscow.
Investment & finance
Lithuanian Post puts 60 assets up for sale
LITHUANIA Lithuanian postal operator Lietuvos paštas (LP) will auction off app. 60 domestic properties.
Investment & finance
European investors eye demographic and social trends
EUROPE Berlin, Dublin, Madrid, Hamburg and Athens performed best among the European cities showing the strongest property investment prospects in 2015. Warsaw was ranked 14th, a three place drop compared to the 2014 ranking. Prague took the 18th position, a two place y-o-y fall, while Budapest was ranked 22nd, a five place jump compared to the last year, according to an annual investment prospects survey by PwC.
Investment & finance
TMR mulls switching from Katowice park to Ostrava
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Slovakian resort operator and developer Tatry Mountain Resorts is considering abandoning plans to re-develop the Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko amusement park in Chorzów and to develop another park in Ostrava instead.
Investment & finance
Amrest to run more Starbucks CEE coffee houses
ROMANIA/ BULGARIA Wrocław-based restaurant operator Amrest is acquiring two sole operators of the Starbucks-branded stores in Romania and Bulgaria for app. EUR 16 mln.
Investment & finance
BBI and Liebrecht agree on EUR 120 mln Koneser project
POLAND BBI Development will contribute the land and app. PLN 22 mln of cash while, Liebrecht & Wood will add app. PLN 70 mln for the development of the mixed-use Praga Koneser Center project in Warsaw.
Erbud sees double-digit growth
POLAND In its last financial last year, the Erbud revenues and EBIT have increased by 38.5 pct and 34 pct y-o-y respectively, while the construction company generated PLN 1.69 bln revenues.
Polish real estate market becomes mature
POLAND The Polish real estate market has exited the development phase and entered the mature market phase. This seems to be confirmed by very good 2014 results across all the market sectors, among other things, according to Anna Kicińska, partner, leader of the real estate consultancy group at EY, CSE, who presented the ‘Poland. The Real State of Real Estate 2015’ report.
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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
Poland heading for a two-tier market
The value of the 960 largest construction projects in Poland is already more than PLN 1 tln and continues to rise, driven by a wave of infrastructure ...
Poland underestimates Building site crime
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
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
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
Outstanding for Prologis
Prologis has been awarded a BREEAM International New Construction certificate with a rating of Outstanding for its new warehouse development in Ujazd ...
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park
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 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
August 7th – mark the date
Once again, for the 15th time, the real estate sector is to come together for a worthy cause in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation ...
Investment given the green light
SIMA grows internationally
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Green light for Port of Poland
The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of P ...
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Central Point sold
Greenberg Traurig advised Lewandpol Property on the acquisition of Central Point, a landmark office building in Warsaw's central business district, fr ...
Apsys shares Posnania with Trigea
Land shortage changing market
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
Hungary's office market returns
The outlook for the Budapest office market no longer depends solely on traditional real estate indicators. The direction of the sector's development w ...
The Shire comes to Poznań
Four signings for B4B
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
Polish State Railways (PKP) is to modernise the station in Gronów Elbląski. The design is ready, and the company has now announced a tender to select ...
A new look for central Warsaw
Oleśnica railway station restored
Residential
Poland unprepared for ageing population
JLL's latest report, 'TheSenior Housing Market in Poland', reveals a deep supply gap, coupled with a solid demand base. Poland is aging the fastest in ...
Quorum Tower reaches final height
Moja Oszmiańska arises in Warsaw
Retail & leisure
More tenants join Plaza Rzeszów
A number of new leases have been signed for space in Plaza Rzeszów. Additionally, existing tenants have renewed their leases, relocated stores and exp ...
Big Piła begins to fill
Xtreme Fitness enters Karuzela
Technology
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Velis has a new name
Warehouse & industrial
Rohlig Suus grows in Poznań
Rohlig SUUS Logistics has expanded its operational space in Poznań by 14,000 sqm. Currently, the operator manages nearly 55,000 sqm of modern warehous ...
