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Warsaw Okęcie plot up for sale
POLAND Airport Village, a subsidiary of the Military Property Agency (Agencja Mienia Wojskowego), has put up for sale a 1,660 sqm land plot situated by the Warsaw Chopin Airport in Warsaw’s Okęcie area.
CEE attracts investors despite Russian-Ukrainian tension
CEE REGION While global investors expect Western European investment volumes to continue to grow this year (59 pct) and next year (56 pct), their sentiment over CEE investment conditions is not as positive: 52 pct expect the CEE market conditions to deteriorate, as compared to 32 pct last year, while app. 40 pct expect CEE volumes to fall in 2014 and 2015, according to a Colliers International study.
Investment & finance
Globalworth acquires new Skanska office building for EUR 44 mln
ROMANIA Guernsey-registered investment company Globalworth has bought the first of the three office buildings that make up Green Court, a 52,000 sqm office complex that is currently being developed in Bucharest, for EUR 44 mln. The newly-acquired Building A offers 19,500 sqm gla of Class A office space.
Investment & finance
X5 to turn Oriflame warehouse into supermarket
RUSSIA Russian retail giant X5 Retail Group has bought a Krasnogorsk warehousing and distribution complex from the Swedish cosmetics manufacturer and retailer Oriflame for EUR 36 mln.
Investment & finance
Kleba Invest obtains loan for Warsaw retail project
POLAND Kleba Invest has received a PLN 14.4 mln loan to finance the construction of the Prima retail park in Marki near Warsaw.
MLP Group has PLN 1 bln properties
POLAND In Q3 2014, the warehouse developer MLP Group has seen a 9.2 pct y-o-y surge in revenue, to PLN 75.3 mln. The net value of MLP assets increased by 25.3 pct y-o-y, to PLN 546.7 mln, while the company’s investment properties exceeded PLN 1 bln, a PLN 78.7 mln increase y-o-y.
Griffin Property Finance II gives first loan
POLAND Griffin Group has launched the Griffin Property Finance II platform, a debt fund financing real estate projects, of which ‘Eurobuild CEE’ informed at the beginning of July. The fund’s first transaction has already taken place: GPF II provided a EUR 46 mln financing to Rosehill Investment.
Bydgoszcz’s Zielone Arkady secured as seed asset
POLAND ECE’s European Prime Shopping Centre Fund II has closed with EUR 500 mln raised. The Zielone Arkady shopping centre, which is currently being developed by ECE in Bydgoszcz, has been secured as the first property for the fund.
Standard Life Investments sells off Brno warehouse
CZECH REPUBLIC Standard Life Investments’ European Property Growth Fund has sold a 13,000 sqm retail warehouse in Brno to its tenant, Sconto Immobilien.
Investment & finance
Cedet’s financing sorted
POLAND Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) has granted the Cedet redevelopment project with a EUR 56.5 mln loan as part of the Polish Investments programme it supports. The Cedet project redevelops and extends the historical CDT building in Warsaw, which used to house the iconic Smyk children’s department store.
Investment & finance
C-Mec sells off 10,000 sqm industrial building
CZECH REPUBLIC Belgian-Czech industrial equipment manufacturer C-Mec Holding has sold a 10,000 sqm office and warehousing building in Kladno to a private Czech investor through a sell-and- leaseback transaction.
Investment & finance
Hammerson and VIA Outlets buys Freeport outlets
CZECH REPUBLIC The Carlyle Group has sold its Freeport Portfolio of outlet centres in Portugal, Sweden and the Czech Republic to Hammerson, VIA Outlets, APG, Meyer Bergman and Value Retail.
Orco resumes buying for projects
CZECH REPUBLIC Orco Property Group has acquired four development projects in Prague and Central Bohemia.
PLN 60 mln bond issue for Robyg
POLAND The Robyg group has issued PLN 60 mln of unsecured ‘L’ series bonds.
Transneft close to buying Evolution Tower
RUSSIA Oil giant Transneft is planning to acquire the Evolution Tower office building in Moscow Intenational Business Center, according to undisclosed market sources cited by Vedomosti.
Hungarian central bank with distressed assets manager
HUNGARY Hungary’s central bank (MNB) is setting up an asset management agency, the MARK Group, that will have HUF 300 bln (EUR 980 mln) to buyout toxic commercial property loans from local banks.
Investment & finance
Brazilian banking tycoon buys The Gherkin
UNITED KINGDOM The Gherkin, London’s second-tallest building, has new owner. The 180-meter office tower located at 30 St Mary Axe has been sold to Safra Group, a Brazilian financial holding controlled by Joseph Safra.
Investment & finance
Ronson increases sales in Q3
POLAND In the first three quarters of the year, Polish residential developer Ronson has sold 565 units, a 36 pct y-o-y increase. The company now expects its 2014 sales to exceed the number of 700 apartments, 50 units more than earlier anticipated.
Investment & finance
Atrium buys AFI Palác Pardubice for EUR 83 mln
CZECH REPUBLIC Atrium European Real Estate has acquired the AFI Palác shopping centre in Pardubice from AFI Europe for EUR 83 mln.
Investment & finance
UGL completes sale of DTZ
WORLD UGL has finalised the sale of its property services business DTZ for AUD 1.215 bln to the TPG and PAG Consortium.
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
Skanska sells Equilibrium 2
Skanska has sold the second building of the Equilibrium office complex in Bucharest to Magyar Posta Takarék Real Estate Investment Fund (MPTIA), a pub ...
Real Estate market remains stable
BNP Paribas backs Panattoni in Szczecin
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
EY GDS comes to Katowice
EY GDS, a provider of advisory and audit services, has launched an EY Global Delivery Services centre in Katowice, its third in Poland.
Sygnity changes offices in West Forum
CTP moves into Varso Tower
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
NRF grows with Panattoni
Automotive parts producer NRF Group has expanded its warehouse and office footprint at Panattoni Park Gdańsk West II by 7,000 sqm to a total of 52,000 ...
