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Europe Uniqa opens EUR 3 bln real estate platform to outside investors
Uniqa is opening its EUR 3 bln real estate platform to third-party investors, marking a new push into external capital after five decades of managing property for its own group.
Investment & finance
Poland Planning reform redraws the land market
Poland’s planning reform is changing the way land is valued, according to Walter Herz. Plots covered by a local zoning plan (MPZP), a legally binding zoning decision (WZ) or with secured development potential are gaining value, while sites without a clear path to development are becoming increasingly risky. As a result, planning risk is emerging as a key factor in land values, with investors increasingly willing to pay for greater certainty over the development process.
Investment & finance
Romania Nusco secures EUR 21.4 mln financing from Exim Banca Românească
Romanian developer Nusco has signed a EUR 21.4 mln financing agreement with Exim Banca Românească.
Investment & finance
CEE region CEECAT Capital raises EUR 135m at first close of third fund
CEECAT Capital has raised EUR 135 mln at the first close of its third fund, targeting EUR 200 million and with a EUR 250 million hard cap.
Investment & finance
Poland attracts EUR 3.06 bln in commercial real estate investment in H1
Poland’s commercial real estate market attracted EUR 3.06 bln in investment in the first half of 2026, up 72 pct from a year earlier. According to Colliers’ 'Market Insights H1 2026' report, Poland was once again the largest investment market in Central and Eastern Europe, accounting for more than half of the region’s total investment volume.
Investment & finance
Romania Bucharest’s appeal rises
Bucharest is gaining ground among Europe’s more attractive real estate markets, supported by rental growth across major sectors and investment yields that remain well above Western European levels, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s ‘DNA of Real Estate Europe Q2 2026’ report.
Investment & finance
Poland Poland strengthens its position among developed markets
Poland is strengthening its position among developed markets. S&P Dow Jones Indices has decided to reclassify the country from an emerging to a developed market. The change will take effect in September 2027, when Poland will join the S&P Developed BMI as the 27th country in the index. FTSE Russell and STOXX already classify Poland as a developed market.
Investment & finance
Romania Romanian Investors Step Up Commercial Real Estate Activity
Romanian investors have acquired commercial real estate worth a combined EUR 2.066 bln over the past 20 years, with 69 pct of that capital invested since 2020, according to Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.
Investment & finance
Poland De Silva City acquires four hotels from Essendi Poland
Polish hotel company De Silva City has acquired four hotels from Essendi Poland in Warsaw and Szczecin. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
Investment & finance
Poland W. P. Carey completes EUR 52 mln sale-leaseback with Purmo
W. P. Carey has completed a EUR 52 mln sale-leaseback of two industrial properties in Wałcz and Rybnik, Poland, used by Purmo Group. Totalling approximately 83,400 sqm, the properties have been leased back to Purmo under a 20-year triple-net agreement with annual CPI-linked rent increases.
Investment & finance
CEE region CEE commercial real estate market sees strong rebound
The first half of 2026 brought a clear recovery in the Central and Eastern European commercial real estate market. Investors in the six countries analysed completed transactions worth a combined EUR 5.5 bln, up 20 pct year on year. More important than the increase in volume, however, is the return of large deals across multiple sectors and most markets in the region.
Investment & finance
Romania Global Vision Acquires Two Office Towers in Charles de Gaulle–Dorobanți Area
Global Vision has acquired a property comprising two office towers in Bucharest’s Charles de Gaulle–Dorobanți area, in a deal worth several tens of millions of euros.
Investment & finance
European real estate investment picks up pace
Investment in European real estate reached around EUR 53 bln in Q2 2026, up 6 pct year on year. The transaction volume came to more than EUR 100 bln in the first half of the year. Poland was among the countries where investment activity grew fastest.
Investment & finance
Romania Romania’s new planning code could reshape real estate development
Romania’s new Territorial Planning, Urbanism and Construction Code (CATUC) changes how real estate projects are planned, approved and developed. For Dan Craciunescu, founder of West Group, which operates in both Romania and Germany, the new Code introduces principles that bring Romania closer to practices used in the German market and could provide a more predictable framework for urban planning.
Investment & finance
Poland Henley sells Poznań shopping centre Galeria Pestka
Henley has completed the sale of Galeria Pestka, a 41,658 sqm shopping centre in Poznań, Poland, to OPAL CENTRES, part of DromeStar Group. During Henley’s ownership, annual footfall rose from 4.8 mln to 5.1 mln, returning above pre-pandemic levels, while occupancy remained above 95 pct.
Investment & finance
Poland Retail takes a third of Q2 investment
Retail accounted for 36 pct of total commercial real estate investment in both Poland and Italy in Q2 2026, the highest share among the eight European markets reviewed in the latest Focus Estate Fund ‘Quarterly Litmus Paper’. The report points to sustained investor demand for retail parks and food-anchored assets, supported by low vacancy, resilient consumer spending and a constrained supply of high-quality space.
Investment & finance
Poland Lett takes Gdańsk PRS portfolio to 646 units
Cavare by Cavatina will develop a 310-unit PRS project in Gdańsk for Urban Partners’ Lett platform. Once completed, Palio D1 will operate as Lett Stocznia, bringing Lett’s portfolio at the Palio complex to 646 units.
Investment & finance
Poland EPP takes EUR 106 mln in financing
EPP has completed the EUR 106 mln refinancing of four M1 shopping centres in Bytom, Częstochowa, Poznań and Radom. The refinancing supports the company’s efforts to optimise its capital structure. Absa Corporate and Investment Banking and Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB) provided the financing in equal shares.
Investment & finance
Romania Horizon City wins financing
Horizon City, a residential being project developed by British investor Ghai Sant Ram in northern Bucharest, has secured EUR 36.5 mln in financing from Libra Internet Bank. The funds will be used to continue and accelerate construction works, with full project completion targeted for the first half of 2027, six months earlier than initially announced.
Investment & finance
Poland Polish office investment market sees strong first-half recovery
The first half of 2026 saw a clear recovery in investment activity on Poland’s office market. Total transaction volume reached around EUR 594 mln, up 38 pct year-on-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
BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences
BERGER Bau Polska will modernise the Kredka and Ołówek student residences owned by the University of Wrocław under a contract worth PLN 41.44 mln gros ...
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko
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 centres could supply more heat to Polish cities
Poland’s growing data centre market could create a significant new source of waste heat for heating networks. According to analysis by the Polish Data ...
AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
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
A green office is more than a certificate
More than 97 pct of newly developed office space in Poland is environmentally certified. Certification has therefore become standard, while the buildi ...
Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
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 October and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!
In this issue, hot off the press in time for Expo Real in Munich, the cover story is an interview with Ugo Giordano and Katarzyna Rzetecka, who are le ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
This sporting real estate life
Events
Will Poland dominate the AI market?
How will AI change the real estate business? Where are the best data centre sites in Poland? Will Europe be able to feed data centres the energy they ...
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Exclusive
Leading the renaissance of local investors
One of the more interesting Polish property investors to emerge on the local scene in recent years is Syrena Real Estate. This year, it added the Rena ...
The man from NASA
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
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
Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście
Green House Development has launched pre-sales for Building C, the final phase of its Wave Świnoujście Thermal & SPA development. The building will fe ...
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
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
Poland’s Retail Park Market Drives Growth in Portfolio Transactions
Poland’s increasingly mature retail park market is creating opportunities for portfolio transactions, allowing investors to expand their presence more ...
Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
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
Syrena Real Estate to modernise Warsaw office building
Syrena Real Estate will refurbish its building at 18 Piękna Street in Warsaw and rebrand it as Elma. The project will modernise the offices, nearly do ...
Central Poland’s warehouse market grows beyond Łódź
Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków
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
Poland’s housing market stabilises
Residential developers sold 12,500 homes across Poland’s seven largest housing markets in the third quarter of 2026, up 5.7 pct from the previous quar ...
Archicom launches sales for fifth phase of Modern Mokotów in Warsaw
Warsaw’s Kamionek district attracts new residential investment
Retail & leisure
LPP Group to bring four fashion brands to RIVUS
LPP Group will open stores for Reserved, Mohito, House and Cropp at RIVUS, the mixed-use development taking shape in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The four br ...
Aurum Optics opens its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura
Xtreme Fitness Gyms Opens First Club in the Czech Republic
Technology
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Skanska has implemented a digital access control system at Studio A, an office building in Warsaw. The solution uses the company’s proprietary StudioA ...
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Singu takes over QRmaint
Warehouse & industrial
Prime Label’s IPPU Packaging leases 3,000 sqm at Industra Park Iași
IPPU Packaging, part of the European Prime Label Group, has relocated its operations to approximately 3,000 sqm of industrial space at Industra Park I ...
