Investment & finance
RSSHM Inwest issues shares to speed up
POLAND Polish residential developer HM Inwest plans on issuing PLN 9.5 mln shares. The money raised would help the company with purchasing 3-4 plots for new residential projects in Warsaw and Katowice.
Murapol buys in Katowice
POLAND Bielsko-based developer Murapol is purchasing a land plot in Katowice. The company has signed a preliminary contract for buying a 1.77-ha parcel on ul. Bażantów in Katowice with a net worth of PLN 5 mln.
GTC aims to issue more shares to invest in CEE
CEE REGION Warsaw-listed real estate investor Globe Trade Centre (GTC) is planning to issue 140 mln of new shares. The general meeting of shareholders, when the decision is set to be made, will take place on October 13th, 2014.
Investment & finance
PHN plans major purchases in new strategy
POLAND Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has announced its new strategy to take it up to 2023. By this time the company wants to have increased the net value of its assets by almost 75 pct and spend app. PLN 1 bln on acquiring office buildings that generate revenue from leasing.
Investment & finance
Bullish twelve months ahead for CEE
CEE REGION While in Q2 2014 most of the CEE real estate markets still had to face post crisis challenges, their long-term forecasts have continued to improve, says RICS in its latest report.
Investment & finance
Ghelamco in talks with Hajdarowicz over Kraków project
POLAND Ghelamco Poland is planning to build an office complex with a leasable area of app. 50,000 sqm in Kraków.
Investment & finance
TriGranit sells Millennium Gate
HUNGARY TriGranit has sold the Millennium Gate building in Budapest to Dutch-registered International Medical Centers for an undisclosed sum.
EIB grants CZK 1 bln infrastructure loan for Ostrava
CZECH REPUBLIC The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide a loan of CZK 1 bln (app. EUR 37 mln) to finance the development of municipal infrastructure in Ostrava.
Investment & finance
ECE sells Trio in Vilnius
LITHUANIA Austrian investor ECE European City Estates has sold the Trio office complex in Vilnius to Swedish private investor Nordic and Baltic Property Group (NBP).
Investment & finance
W.P. Carey buys and leases Nokia building in Kraków
POLAND W. P. Carey, through its non-traded REIT CPA®:17–Global, has completed the acquisition in a sale-leaseback of an office/R&D facility in Kraków with Nokia Corporation.
Date set for Orco delisting from PSE
CZECH REPUBLIC The Prague Stock Exchange has accepted Orco Property Group’s request to delist from the bourse.
Polish developers take out less loans
POLAND In the last year, the process of obtaining property bank financing in Poland has become more difficult for developers, while the activity of the cooperative banks in providing this kind of backing decreased. Meanwhile, the largest creditors’ market share improved, according to a study by the Polish Association of Development Companies (PZFD).
Investment & finance
GLL buys Wenceslas Square diamond
CZECH REPUBLIC The Diamant building on Wenceslas Square in Prague has been bought by a German-based fund manager GLL Real Estate Partners (represented by SPI) for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Augustine Hotel sold to Russian investor
CZECH REPUBLIC Russian private investment firm GledenInvest has completed the acquisition of the five-star plus Augustine Hotel in Prague’s Malá Strana district from Raiffeisen Evolution.
East Capital buys Baltic grocer’s EUR 13.4 mln premises
ESTONIA Stockholm-based asset manager East Capital has acquired the logistics centre and offices owned and occupied by the Baltic grocery retailer Rimi Eesti Food near Tallinn, worth EUR 13.4 mln.
AFI completes EUR 32 mln financing for Bucharest project
ROMANIA AFI Europe has finalised a EUR 32 mln loan it was given by Erste Group-owned Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) to develop its two Bucharest office buildings, AFI Park 2 and AFI Park 3.
Alpha Bank buys MLP Bucharest Sud for EUR 14.2 mln
ROMANIA AGI-RRE Hera, a subsidiary of Greek bank Alpha Bank, has paid EUR 14.2 mln to buy the MLP Bucharest Sud logistics park in southern Bucharest.
Cushman & Wakefield in the green
WORLD In H1 2014, Cushman & Wakefield’s gross revenue increased to nearly USD 1.28 bln, a 23.7 pct y-o-y increase. The company’s commission and service fee revenue increased USD 174.2 mln, a 24.2 pct increase, to a record USD 895.2 mln, compared to USD 721 mln in H1 2013.
Echo Investment to issue another tranche of bonds
POLAND Warsaw-based developer Echo Investment has decided to issue another tranche of bonds addressed to individual investors. Series ‘C’ will include 750,000 of 3.5-year bonds worth PLN 100 each, the company informed.
Investment & finance
Offices draw largest investment across Baltics
CEE REGION In H1 2014, the Baltic countries have seen office sector dominating their real estate investment volumes, while their total value reached EUR 385 mln, a 18.4 pct y-o-y drop, says Colliers.
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 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
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 ...
