Investment & finance
RSSEcho issues another tranche of bonds
POLAND Warsaw-listed developer Echo Investment has issued another tranche of its public bonds. Series B includes 250,000 two-year bonds priced at PLN 100 (EUR 24) each.
Investment & finance
Unibep continues to support Layetana
POLAND Another stage of construction work on the Mozaika Mokotów residential devlopment, located on ul. Cybernetyki in Warsaw, will be carried out by Unibep, the companies announced.
Investment & finance
Echo buys Warsaw Brewery for EUR 42 mln
POLAND Kielce-based developer Echo Investment has acquired a plot of almost 4.4 ha in the centre of Warsaw. Situated between ul. Grzybowska, ul. Wronia, ul. Chłodna and ul. Krochmalna, the historic area that once accommodated Warsaw Brewery will now be adapted for a multi-million office and residential investment. The value of the transaction is EUR 42 mln.
Riverview plot in Kraków has new owner
POLAND Real estate agency Leach & Lang has sold off a 1.5 ha land plot located on ul Bajeczna in Kraków.
Warsaw obtains EUR 240 mln loan to boost infrastructure
POLAND The European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend EUR 240 mln (PLN 1 bln) for Warsaw municipal infrastructure projects. The funds will support the city’s 2014-2019 investment programme and contribute to creating the long-awaited mobility schemes, education, social and healthcare infrastructure as well as modernizing public and green spaces.
European investment on the rise in Q2
CEE REGION In Q2 2014, the volume of commercial real estate investment across the Central European markets (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania) amounted to EUR 1.14 bln, which represented a 75 pct increase y-o-y, a new report by Cushman & Wakefield shows.
Investment & finance
BGK to provide majority of funding for Bałtyk
POLAND Bałtyk, an office and retail building in Poznań, will be mainly funded by the Polish Investments Programme, coordinated by Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK). A portion of the funding will also come from a European initiative supporting urban development, Jessica.
Investment & finance
Okam eyes large land plot in Praga
POLAND The Polish-Israeli developer Okam is interested in purchasing a 4.3-h plot of land in Warsaw district of Praga. Located on ul. Szwedzka, the parcel has formerly housed Pollena Uroda’s manufacturing facilities. It could now accommodate nearly 1,000 apartments and some office space.
Investment & finance
Blackstone acquires CEE logistics portfolio
CEE REGION The US real estate giant Blackstone has acquired six logistics and distribution parks, located across Poland and the Czech Republic, from Pramerica Real Estate Investors. Meanwhile, Blackstone's logistics platform, Logicor, has bought a portfolio of European logistics facilities, including a Hungarian warehouse.
Wikana exits commercial projects
POLAND In order to better concentrate on residential construction, the Lublin-based developer Wikana, has sold its commercial property in Krasnobród for PLN 4.2 mln. The mini-mall housed a Biedronka store and a few smaller retailers. The new owner is a private person, specialized in running retail facilities.
Mirbud wins two new contracts
POLAND Mirbud, the Polish construction company, will carry out two new projects worth a gross total of PLN 50 mln.
Investment & finance
Wilanów development gets EUR 61 mln funding
POLAND Capital Park, the investor of the Royal Wilanów office project, located at the junction of ul. Klimczaka and ul. Przyczółkowa in Warsaw, has got a loan from PKO BP to further develop the project. “We have reached the required level of commercialization of the facility, and met the requirements over our deposit, which has paved the way for us to get the first tranche of funding. The total amount of the loan granted by PKO Bank Polski amounts to EUR 61.1 mln,” informed Michał Majewski, treasury manager of Capital Park.
Investment & finance
Sołowow selling off Echo Investment?
POLAND Michał Sołowow, the founder and biggest shareholder in Echo Investment, has put his nearly 46 pct stake in the Kielce-based company up for sale. The shares were offered for sale by London branch of Citi. Neither Echo Investment nor Sołowow himself have commented on the news. While Sołowow didn’t find time to answer our questions for over a week, we have confirmed with three independent market sources that the offering is now on.
Investment & finance
Octava buys office buildings, Arka for liquidation
POLAND Octava Fizan, the Polish non-public assets closed investment fund, has finalized the purchase of six office buildings from Arka BZ WBK, the real estate closed investment fund that is set to be liquidated. The office buildings which changed their owner include: FDS Plaza and Light House in Warsaw, Quattro Forum in Wrocław, Winogrady Business Center in Poznań, Red Tower in Łódź and Alfa Plaza in Tricity. Their total leasable area amounts to app. 48,300 sqm.
Capital Park plans PLN 200 mln buying spree
POLAND Capital Park generated PLN 3.2 mln in net profit in the first quarter – app. PLN 9 mln lower than the figure last year. The group is continuing its acquisition policy and is planning purchases worth as much as PLN 200 mln this year.
Ghelamco finds buyer for three office buildings
POLAND American fund SOF-IX International Holdings, which is owned by Starwood Capital Group, is to buy three office buildings developed by Ghelamco. The properties changing hands are Katowice Business Point and two office complexes in Warsaw – Łopuszańska Business Park and T-Mobile Office Park on ul. Marynarska.
Investment & finance
Warimpex disposes of another luxury hotel in Prague
CZECH REPUBLIC Vienna-headquartered property developer Warimpex has sold its last five-star hotel in Prague, the Savoy Hotel, to a private investor, as the company completes the withdrawal from the city’s declining luxury hotel market.
Investment & finance
Polish developer to buy Browary Warszawskie?
POLAND One of the most interesting and largest investment plots in Warsaw’s Wola district will most probably soon be changing hands.
Middle Eastern investors to spend USD 145 bln in Europe
WORLD/EUROPE Middle Eastern investors are expected to spend USD 180 bln in the world’s commercial real estate markets over the next decade, with 80 pct of it (USD 145 bln) to be allocated in Europe, according to the latest research from global property advisor CBRE.
Investment & finance
Vítek merges CPI into GSG
CZECH REPUBLIC Radovan Vítek has decided to merge his Czech real estate investment company CPI Group into GSG Group (formerly Orco Germany), with the intention of further expansion into the European property market.
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 ...
