Investment & finance
RSSCEE 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.
Budimex sees all-round improvement
POLAND In the January–September period, Budimex group’s sales increased by 17.8 pct, while its operating profit grew by 47.2 pct in this period compared to the same period last year. Its operating profit margin amounted to 4.7 pct – up by a quarter.
Conferences
Schedule 2026
25th Eurobuild Golf Tournament
2st EurobuildCEE Summer Tennis Tournament
3rd EurobuildCEE Running Tournament
THE 1st EUROBUILD ORIENTEERING RACE
10.Przejazd Garnitury na Rowery
The 22nd CEE Warehouse & Logistics Conference
Data Centers – Real Estate, Technology, Investments
32nd Polish Commercial Real Estate Market Conference
The 16th Central & Eastern Europe EurobuildCEE Awards 2026
Magazine
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Architecture and urban planning
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
The Urban Land Institute Poland has published the ‘New Urban Poland’. Using 14 projects from Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Wrocław, the pu ...
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Świecie remodelled around castle
Construction
Poland underestimates Building site crime
According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figur ...
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
Construction industry waiting to boom
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
Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park
City Point Okęcie Logistics Park, a joint venture between Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors, has achieved BREEAM Outstanding certification ...
Segro continues to certify
Setting out the direction for the real estate industry
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
Happy Easter!
On the occasion of Easter, we extend our warmest wishes to all our Readers for peace, good health, and the joy that comes from spending time with love ...
Kazimierz Krupa takes the helm of Eurobuild magazine!
The March (MIPIM) issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Geopolitics meets capital and energy
ULI Poland is to hold the 'Matrix of Real Estate' conference from April 15th -16th at the Norblin Factory in Warsaw to discuss the impact of geopoliti ...
Bieg Na Szczyt this weekend
Last chance to register for Eurobuild Investment Conference
Exclusive
The French connection
With the opening of Data4’s second data centre in Jawczyce just outside Warsaw, we took the opportunity to catch up with Olivier Micheli, the presiden ...
Compelling reasons to invest in Polish offices
Our plans are ambitious
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
RevPAR up by 12 pct
Bucharest’s hotel market recorded the strongest performances in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in 2025, with revenue per available room (RevPAR) inc ...
Kempinski buys Augustine Hotel, Prague
Hotel transactions boom
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
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
The Central Communication Port (CPK) has selected the general contract engineer for the new national airport as part of the Port Polska programme. The ...
Aviation to drive real estate investment
Budimex to build for CPK
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
Mennica Towers refinanced
BNP Paribas Bank Polska and Bank Pekao have granted a EUR 160 mln investment loan to refinance Mennica Towers. With the funds, Mennica Polska has now ...
Strong start to the year
Poland and Hungary lead the way with investment
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
SIMA – The Global Hub of Living
SIMA – The Global Hub of Living is the world’s leading investment fair and conference for the residential and living sector, offering a unique and com ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
IAG stays in O3
IAG GBS Poland, the shared services centre of the International Airlines Group, has extended its 2,2000 sqm office lease in the O3 Business Campus com ...
Helios to move into Brama Miasta B
Tenant activity slows
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
A new look for central Warsaw
The city of Warsaw has allocated PLN 5 million for the construction of al. Centralna, a green passageway between the Warsaw Śródmieście railway statio ...
Oleśnica railway station restored
Warsaw Uni building underway
Residential
Rezydencja Aleja Fontann to be redeveloped
Capital Park Group is preparing to start construction work in Szczecin. Rezydencja Aleja Fontann, a late 19th-century townhouse, is to be renovated wi ...
Kalter to build for Napollo
Cornerstone laid for Liberty Tower
Retail & leisure
M Park Ozorków now open
LCP Poland, part of M Core, has opened the M Park Ozorków retail park with over 5,600 sqm gla and ten retail units.
Smyk goes BIG in Konstantynów
Green Caffè Nero to open in Plac Wiślany
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
Röhlig Suus bigger in Szczecin
Röhlig Suus Logistics is opening a new logistics centre in Szczecin, combining warehousing facilities with a cross-dock terminal. The operator is to c ...
