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Offices of former ‘Rzeczpospolita’ publisher up for sale
POLAND State-owned company Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnicze Rzeczpospolita (PWR) has put up for sale the plot that includes a tenement building where its office is located.
Gant can’t even afford to be bankrupt
POLAND The Wrocław bankruptcy court has dismissed Gant Development’s case for bankruptcy open to arrangements.
Russian real estate investment hit USD 1.4 bln in H1
RUSSIA In the first half of the year, the Russian real estate investment volumes have amounted to USD 1.4 bln, a 59 pct y-o-y drop, according to a study conducted by JLL.
Griffin with EUR 200 mln to lend
POLAND Griffin Group has just closed its EUR 200 mln debt fund. The investment group, known for its opportunistic approach towards new purchases and a long record of large developments in Poland, will now be competing with banks by lending money to the real estate borrowers.
Investment & finance
Czech investment up 36 pct in H1 – CBRE
CZECH REPUBLIC Total investment volumes in Czech real estate increased by 36 pct y-o-y in the first half of the year to EUR 673 mln, according to CBRE.
UBM sells Warsaw property
POLAND Austrian developer UBM has sold a property located next to its Parkur Tower office building in Warsaw’s Służewiec district for app. EUR 4 mln.
Investment & finance
Inpro group sales grows 40 pct in H1 2014
POLAND In the first half of the year, the Inpro Group have seen a 40 pct y-o-y growth in apartment pre-sales (a net number of all preliminary contracts signed).
Investment & finance
Plaza Centers rescue plan given green light
CEE REGION Struggling shopping-centre developer Plaza Centers has received court approval for its debt restructuring plan, the company announced.
Investment & finance
Revetas acquires City Center Sofia
BULGARIA Real estate investment fund Revetas I has purchased the City Center Sofia shopping mall (CCS) in Sofia.
Investment & finance
Orco to delist from Prague Stock Exchange
CZECH REPUBLIC Orco Property Group has decided to delist all of its 114,507,629 ordinary shares from the regulated market of the Prague Stock Exchange.
EUR 215 mln refinancing for P3 portfolio
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and UniCredit Bank Austria have jointly underwritten a EUR 215 mln loan to refinance PointPark Properties´ (P3’s) existing logistics portfolio in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
Investment & finance
EU provides funds for Bydgoszcz station
POLAND Centrum Unijnych Projektów Transportowych (the Centre for EU Transport Projects) has agreed to provide EU funds to the Polish State Railways (PKP) for the modernisation of the Bydgoszcz Główna railway station.
Kleba Invest not only building but selling
POLAND Kleba Invest, a developer of small retail facilities, has sold one of its properties.
EFH faces repudiation of PKO BP loan
POLAND Hotel operator Europejski Fundusz Hipoteczny (EFH) will have to repay its PKO BP loan. The bank has just repudiated its investment loan contract with the EFH's subsidiary, Masuria Hotel. The loan was supposed to finance the repayment of liabilities and extension of a hotel facility in Worliny.
Echo 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.
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 ...
