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Palladium sale to Union Investment goes through
CZECH REPUBLIC Hamburg-based Union Investment has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in the Palladium building on Náměstí Republiky in Prague 1 for around EUR 570 mln.
Investment & finance
TriGranit secures EUR 193 mln loan for BCC
POLAND TriGranit Development Corporation has been granted a EUR 193 mln term loan facility from ING Bank Śląski S.A. and ING Bank N.V. to refinance senior debt related to the Bonarka City Center in Kraków.
Investment & finance
Europa shopping centre changes hands
LITHUANIA The Baltic Opportunity Fund, which is managed by Northern Horizon Capital, has acquired the Europa shopping centre in Vilnius CBD from Baltic Property Trust Secura A/S for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Skanska puts four Polish office assets up for sale
POLAND Skanska Property Poland is seeking for buyers for four of its Polish office buildings with a total of 62,000 sqm gla.
Investment & finance
TREI sells Penny Market centre
CZECH REPUBLIC TREI Real Estate Czech Republic has signed an agreement for the sale of the Penny Market distribution centre in Radonice (Prague-East) to a company controlled by ZFP Investments, acting on behalf of the ZFP realitní fond.
Investment & finance
Trinfico completes Airportcity purchase
RUSSIA A subsidiary of the Trinfico Investment Group-managed private Russian pension fund Blagosostoyanie has completed the EUR 70 mln acquisition of two buildings located within the Airportcity business centre in St Petersburg.
New retail park to open in Kamienna Góra
POLAND Gliwice-based developer P.A. Nova has received a PLN 37.5 mln financing for a retail park which is being developed on the post-industrial area of Kamienna Góra.
Warsaw Chopin Airport gets PLN 600 mln
POLAND Bank Pekao and Przedsiębiorstwo Porty Lotnicze (PPL) have signed a contract on the financing of the extension of the Warsaw Chopin Airport. The planned work will be financed with the support of a PLN 600 mln bond issue, with the final redemption date set for 2022, arranged by the Bank.
Investment & finance
Slovak property investment volumes hit record high
SLOVAKIA In 2014, the real estate investment activity in Slovakia increased to over EUR 610 mln, the highest level since 2005, says JLL.
CA Immo and O1 Group to buy 15 pct Immofinanz stake
EUROPE CA Immobilien Anlagen and O1 Group are considering the joint acquisition of a 15 pct stake in Immofinanz AG.
Investment & finance
Cushman & Wakefield to be sold off?
WORLD Real estate agent Cushman & Wakefield is being put up for sale in the face of growing property prices and competition, according sources cited by the World Street Journal. The company’s majority owner has reportedly hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to find buyer for its stake.
Investment & finance
Kapelanka goes green and golden
POLAND The Kapelanka 42 office complex which was developed by Skanska Property Poland in Kraków has been awarded LEED Core&Shell certificate with ‘Gold’ rating.
O1 raises its stake in CA Immo to 26 pct
EUROPE Russian investment holding O1 Group has increased its stake in the Austrian commercial real estate investor CA Immo from 16.1 pct to 26 pct.
Ronson to spend PLN 50 mln on land
POLAND Ronson is planning to spend a total of PLN 50 mln on extending its land bank in 2015. The residential developer, which has already concluded a PLN 21 mln preliminary agreement on the purchase in Warsaw’s Wola district this year, is mostly interested in the Warsaw market.
Investment & finance
Prosperus Real Estate Fund I buys North Star
LITHUANIA Real estate company MG Valda has sold its shares in BCU2, the owner of the North Star business center in Vilnius, to the real estate investment fund Prosperus Real Estate Fund I.
Investment & finance
Segro posts 72 pct revenue drop in Poland
CEE REGION In its last financial year, Segro has seen its Central European portfolio growing by 5.9 pct y-o-y, while the UK-based warehouse developer’s revenues from the Polish business fell by app. 72 pct, to GBP 8.2 mln, as compared to GBP 30.1 mln in 2013.
Investment & finance
Galeria Metropolia gets PLN 91 mln
POLAND Przedsiębiorstwo Budowlane Górski, which is the developer of the Galeria Metropolia shopping centre that is currently being developed in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz, has been given a PLN 91 mln financing for the construction of the project.
Investment & finance
Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank goes private again
EUROPE German state-owned Hypo Real Estate Holding has put up for sale a 100-pct stake in Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, which had been nationalized after the financial turmoil caused by the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Investment & finance
BIK announces new projects
POLAND Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych (BIK) is planning to start the construction of two logistic parks and a shopping centre. The new facilities are to be located in the southern part of the country.
Wikana sells Piaseczno plot
POLAND Wikana Property, a subsidiary of Wikana, has signed PLN 4.3 mln preliminary sales agreement concerning a land plot located on ul. Żeromskiego in Piaseczno near Warsaw, where it intended to build the Osiedle Żeromskiego residential building. The buyer is Bud-Rim Development.
Categories
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
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
Mirbud has signed a contract with Warsaw University of Technology to build a sports and events hall next to the Syrenka Stadium in Warsaw. The design- ...
Budimex to build archive for Adam Mickiewicz University
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
BRE launches BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V7
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has launched the seventh version of its BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out Commercial standard (BREEAM RFO V7) ...
Ocean Winds starts BC-Wind service base in Władysławowo
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Skanska to sell second stage of H2Offices in Budapest to ERSTE fund
Skanska has agreed to sell the second stage of its H₂Offices complex in Budapest to the ERSTE Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented by E ...
AYA Properties Fund and Curtis Group acquire Chmielna 13A
Hillwood sells four logistics properties for EUR 150 mln
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
Prime space comes harder to find
Price is no longer the only issue in Warsaw office negotiations. Finding the right space is becoming a challenge in its own right, with vacancy in the ...
BNP Paribas expands in Avatar
Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
Nova Wola Park receives occupancy permit
The first stage of Nova Wola Park in Nowa Wola near Warsaw has received its occupancy permit. CK Development has started handing over apartments and k ...
Sandberg Capital enters Prague residential market
Archicom signs PLN 87 mln contract for Poznań housing project
Retail & leisure
Primark to open first store in Podlaskie
Primark is preparing to open a store in G City Biała in Białystok. The nearly 3,500 sqm store will be the retailer’s first in the Podlaskie region.
HDREY opens first Katowice store
Two-thirds of CEE retail stock is over 15 years old
Technology
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Logicor is set to complete the rollout of smart metering across all 18 of its logistics parks in Poland by the end of 2026, giving tenants real-time v ...
Singu takes over QRmaint
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Warehouse & industrial
Hippocampus signs for 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen
CTP has signed a lease with third-party logistics (3PL) provider Hippocampus GmbH for around 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen in Germany. The deal covers ...
