Investment & finance
RSSBBI obtains financing
POLAND BBI Development subsidiary has received two loans from PKO BP for the financing of the next stage of the Małe Błonia residential project in Szczecin.
Unibail-Rodamco reports healthy annual figures
POLAND In its last financial year, the French commercial property investor Unibail-Rodamco has seen its net recurring results reaching EUR 1,06 bln, up 8.3 pct y-o-y. The company attributes the surge to “strong like-for-like growth in shopping centres and offices, the successful deliveries in 2013, the acquisition of a stake in CentrO in May 2014 and a record-low cost of debt of 2.6 pct.”
Investment & finance
Marvipol refinances Prosta Tower and plans land purchases
POLAND MBank has granted the Marvipol group a five-year loan of EUR 13.6 mln for refinancing – with a higher LTV (leverage-to-value) index – a loan taken out for the construction of the Prosta Tower office building in Warsaw.
Home Invest to invest – PLN 80 mln in land
POLAND Home Invest is planning to spend PLN 80 mln on the purchase of land in Warsaw this year.
Investment & finance
Marvipol obtains financing for Warsaw estate
POLAND Warsaw-based developer Marvipol has signed a PLN 30 mln loan agreement with Bank Ochrony Środowiska to finance a large Warsaw project.
Investment & finance
Polish land in demand
POLAND Transactions on the residential land market will be dominant in 2015. They also dominated last year and turned out to be so attractive that investors from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, India, the Republic of South Africa and China have been coming to Poland to survey what is on offer –these are some of the conclusions of Daniel Puchalski, the director of the investment land service department at JLL, while recently discussing the consultancy’s ‘Investment Land Market in Poland’ report.
Russia and Hungary among IKEA’s fastest growing markets
CEE REGION In its last financial year, the Swedish furniture retailer and shopping centre developer IKEA Group has seen a 5.9 pct increase in sales, while registering 270 mln visits to its 14 Russian shopping centres and over 700 mln visits to its 315 IKEA stores worldwide.
Bankrupt developer sells Poznań plot
POLAND Bankruptcy trustee of the Kostrzyn-based developer PBO Anioła has sold a Poznań land plot together with the perpetual usufruct rights to the property to Terra Haus.
CEE investment rose almost by a third
CEE REGION Commercial real estate investment in Central and Eastern Europe excluding Russia reached just over EUR 7.7 bln in 2014, according to research by CBRE.
Investment & finance
GTC gets financing for Fortyone
SERBIA GTC Serbia has signed a EUR 9,5 mln construction loan agreement with Raiffeisen Bank to finance the first stage of its Fortyone office project that is currently being developed in Belgrade.
Investment & finance
Military Property Agency puts Kraków plots up for sale
POLAND The Military Property Agency (AMW) has put some of the most attractive investment plots in Kraków up for sale.
Investment & finance
Cromwell takes over Valad
EUROPE Australian fund manager Cromwell Property Group has today announced the acquisition of pan-European property fund manager Valad Europe for EUR 145 mln.
Investment & finance
European investment to hit record levels in 2015
EUROPE Commercial real estate European investment volumes are set to reach record levels in 2015, fueled by the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme.
Special zones thriving
POLAND The Suwałki Special Economic Zone issued 16 permits for business operations last year
Dekpol extends land bank in Gdańsk
POLAND Construction and development company Dekpol has concluded a conditional agreement with Jaglana 3-5 for the purchase of the perpetual usufruct of a plot on ul. Jaglana in Gdańsk.
Investment & finance
AEW buys Panattoni Prague Airport for EUR 150 mln
CZECH REPUBLIC AEW Europe has acquired the 255,000 sqm Panattoni Park Prague Airport logistics complex close to the city’s Václav Havel Airport for its Logistis fund for EUR 150 mln.
Kleba Invest to develop Białogard project
POLAND KI Projekt 5, a subsidiary of Kleba Invest, has purchased a plot in Białogard. The PLN 2.75 mln net property will houses a retail and service facility.
Investment & finance
BPT sells Warsaw and Gdynia buildings
POLAND BPT Optima has sold two buildings from its Polish office real estate portfolio to the Octava FIZAN investment fund: the Obrzeżna Building in Warsaw and the Baltic Business Center in Gdynia.
Investment & finance
Gliwice to sell A1/A4 land
POLAND Gliwice city council has invited tenders for the purchase of a plot at the interchange of the A1 and A4 motorways.
Investment & finance
GTC: down EUR 132 mln in three months
CEE REGION The management board of Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has informed that the fair value of GTC’s property portfolio which is to be included in the company’s financial report for 2014 (ended December 31st, 2014) would be app. EUR 132 mln lower than the value indicated in the financial statement published at the end of September 2014.
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 ...
