Investment & finance
RSSHB Reavis issues EUR 30 mln of bonds
SLOVAKIA HB Reavis has closed its inaugural bond transaction on the Bratislava stock market by raising EUR 30 mln, bringing the total funds of HB Reavis raised on the capital markets since November 2013 to over EUR 63 mln.
EM&F to close fashion franchise by year-end
POLAND Empik Media & Fashion wants to close down its franchise of 90 fashion stores by the end of the year.
CEE markets co-determine Auchan’s H1 surge
EUROPE/CEE REGION In H1 2014, French grocer Auchan has posted a healthy growth, driven mostly by its Eastern European and Chinese operations. From running a total of 1,006 hyper- and 2,746 super- markets around the globe, Groupe Auchan generated a consolidated revenue incl. tax of EUR 31.2 bln, up 4.7 pct y-o-y.
Investment & finance
Mint Investments buys Astra and Euro
CZECH REPUBLIC Mint Investments has announced the acquisition of Palác Euro and Palác Astra in Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí) in Prague for EUR 40 mln.
Redan secures investor for Textilmarket
POLAND Clothing group Redan has signed an investment contract to sell a minority stake in Adesso – the owner of the Textilmarket chain of discount stores.
Investment & finance
Asbud takes over Karolkowa Business Park
POLAND Israeli development group Asbud has become the sole owner of Karolkowa Business Park in Warsaw’s Wola district.
Investment & finance
Israeli developer sees increased rental income in Russia, profit dips
RUSSIA AFI Development, a Russian subsidiary of the Israeli-based Africa Israel Investments development and construction holding, has seen a 9 pct y-o-y increase in rental and hotel operating income in the first half of the year, to US 74.8 mln (EUR 56.9 mln). However, the company’s revenues plunged to US 76.2 mln (EUR 58 mln), compared to US 123.9 mln (EUR 94.3 mln) in H1 2013.
Global City Holdings profits up to EUR 13.9 mln
POLAND The net profit of Global City Holdings (formerly Cinema City International) for the first half of the year increased to EUR 13.9 mln from EUR 8.1 mln in H1 2013.
Investment & finance
Warimpex hotels hit by Russian-Ukrainian crisis
CEE REGION In H1 2014, Vienna-headquartered developer Warimpex has seen a EUR 10.8 mln loss y-o-y with a 7 pct y-o-y decrease in total revenues. The latter broke down into a 9 pct y-o-y drop in the company's hotels revenues dropping, a 33 pct y-o-y slide in the development & services revenues and a 19 pct y-o-y surge in the investment properties revenues.
Investment & finance
Revenue boost for P.A. Nova
POLAND Construction and development company P.A. Nova’s sales revenue increased by app. PLN 12 mln, from PLN 67 mln after the first six months in 2013 to almost PLN 79 mln in the January–June 2014 period.
Orco value plummets after disposals
CEE REGION Orco Property Group registered as loss of EUR 63 mln for the first half of the year, which the company attributes mostly to the loss of revenue and impairments due to the disposal of shares in its German residential subsidiary GSG Group and the site for its proposed Bubny retail development in Prague.
Echo profits grow by 40 pct
POLAND Echo Investment closed the first half of the year with a net profit of PLN 424.8 mln, which constitutes a growth of almost 40 pct on the same period in 2013.
Investment & finance
Mirbud increases revenue and issues bonds
POLAND In the first half of the financial year Mirbud group generated revenue of PLN 501.3 mln, representing an almost twofold growth on the PLN 267.5 mln registered in H1 2013.
Orbis sees growth in profits
POLAND The profit generated by Grupa Orbis in the first half of the year amounted to PLN 22 mln – an almost 20 pct increase on H1 2013.
Goldman Sachs doubles its stake in O1 Properties
RUSSIA Goldman Sachs International has bought another 6 pct of O1 Properties’ shares, thus increasing its stake in the Russian developer to 12 pct.
Warsaw and Budapest drive CEE office performance
EUROPE/ CEE REGION In Q2 2014, European prime office rents have increased by 0.4 pct, slightly lower than at the beginning of the year when they hit 1.1 pct. Meanwhile, leasing volumes in Europe reached 2.8 mln sqm, a 19 pct quarter-over-quarter increase and an 11 pct year-over-year surge, according to the latest study by JLL.
Orco to delist from Prague next month
CZECH REPUBLIC Orco Property Group has announced a date for the delisting of all its 114,507,629 ordinary shares from the Prague Stock Exchange: September 22nd.
Investment & finance
Rank Progress sells Galeria Piła to Austrians
POLAND The Legnica-based developer Rank Progress has finalised the sales of Galeria Piła to Austrian property investor Immofinanz. The transaction was worth almost PLN 57.7 mln net.
Investment & finance
Jaguar sales push up Marvipol profits
POLAND Automotive company and developer Marvipol generated a net profit of over PLN 29 mln in H1 – three times more than the figure for the same period in 2013 and the best semi-annual result in the group’s history.
Growth in profits for Erbud
POLAND Erbud group generated profits of PLN 8.3 mln in H1, a more than threefold growth on the same period last year.
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
Poland heading for a two-tier market
The value of the 960 largest construction projects in Poland is already more than PLN 1 tln and continues to rise, driven by a wave of infrastructure ...
Poland underestimates Building site crime
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
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
Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment
By 2030, Data4 plans to invest over EUR 20 bln in the development of its European campuses. Data4 will invest EUR 5 bln to transform a brownfield site ...
EU targets Poland for rapid Data centre growth
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 Prologis
Prologis has been awarded a BREEAM International New Construction certificate with a rating of Outstanding for its new warehouse development in Ujazd ...
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park
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 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
August 7th – mark the date
Once again, for the 15th time, the real estate sector is to come together for a worthy cause in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation ...
Investment given the green light
SIMA grows internationally
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
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
Green light for Port of Poland
The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of P ...
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
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
YIT partners again with One Family Office
YIT Czechia, in a joint venture with One Family Office, has completed the purchase of development land in Prague 4 through the acquisition of DH Tower ...
Central Point sold to Lewandpol
Apsys shares Posnania with Trigea
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
Foundever expands in Campus 6.3
Foundever, a global leader in customer experience solutions, has expanded its office space in Bucharest to 3,500 sqm, doubling its footprint within th ...
Hungary's office market returns
The Shire comes to Poznań
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
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
Polish State Railways (PKP) is to modernise the station in Gronów Elbląski. The design is ready, and the company has now announced a tender to select ...
A new look for central Warsaw
Oleśnica railway station restored
Residential
Poland unprepared for ageing population
JLL's latest report, 'TheSenior Housing Market in Poland', reveals a deep supply gap, coupled with a solid demand base. Poland is aging the fastest in ...
Quorum Tower reaches final height
Moja Oszmiańska arises in Warsaw
Retail & leisure
Wroclavia becomes Westfield
The Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Group is rebranding the Wroclavia shopping centre to Westfield Wroclavia. The name change is to take effect from S ...
Enter the Zone
EUR 9 mln to modernise Iulius Mall
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
Battswap comes to Prologis Park Prague-Rudná
Prologis has signed a new lease with innovative Czech technology company BattSwap. The startup will occupy around 2,200 sqm at Prologis Park Prague-Ru ...
