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Skanska wants to take over five star hotel in Warsaw
POLAND/EUROPE Skanska Central Europe Holding is about to take over SPS Investment, the majority stake owner of Warsaw’s Westin hotel.
Czarnecki takes over Hajdarowicz land plots in Kraków
POLAND Not Murapol but LC Corp, a company owned by the Polish millionaire Leszek Czarnecki, will buy a 6.4 ha Kraków land plot. The seller is the Jupiter fund, a part of the Gremi group that is owned by Grzegorz Hajdarowicz.
Investment & finance
Czerwona Torebka sees improved sales in H1 2014
POLAND In the first half of 2014, Czerwona Torebka has managed to sell 54 units worth nearly PLN 31 mln. Their total leasable area reached 4,900 sqm, a three-fold y-o-y increase, the company informed
Bad-debt weakened Erste posts EUR 930 mln loss in H1
CEE REGION Austrian banking group Erste has seen a EUR 929.7 mln loss in the first half of 2014 driven by the writedowns and tax regulations across the CEE markets.
OTP Group acquires Romanian Millennium Bank for EUR 39 mln
ROMANIA Portuguese commercial bank Banco Comercial Português is selling its Romanian unit, Millennium Bank, to the Hungarian OTP Bank that operates across eight CEE markets.
Investment & finance
NEPI buys Piatra Neamț plot for mall
ROMANIA South African-owned investor in the Romanian property market NEPI have announced in an annual report that it has bought a 7.4 ha site in Piatra Neamț in the north-east of the country.
Investment & finance
CEE office yields harden in H1 2014
CEE REGION The first half of the year has seen many European office rentals improving, along with the prime yields hardening in some of the CEE cities, including Bucharest (-50 bps), Budapest (-25 bps) and Prague (-25 bps), a study by Colliers International shows.
Investment & finance
Echo Investment in talks to sell two shopping malls
POLAND Warsaw-listed developer Echo Investment is negotiating a sale of two Polish shopping centres: Pasaż Grunwaldzki in Wrocław and Galaxy in Szczecin.
CBRE revenue up 22 pct
WORLD CBRE generated USD 2.1 bln in revenue in the second quarter of the year, representing a 22 pct increase from the figure of USD 1.7 bln recorded in Q2 2013.
Robyg buys Żoliborz plot
POLAND Robyg Żoliborz Investment has finalised the purchase of a plot in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district.
Investment & finance
PKP publishes list of parties interested in Warszawa Główna Osobowa
POLAND Six entities are interested in the development of the area of the former Warszawa Główna Osobowa railway station, the Polish State Railways (PKP) has announced.
South Korea’s pension fund to invest USD 800 mln in Poland
POLAND South Korea’s state-run pension fund is set to invest 820 bln South Korean won (USD 800 mln) in a portfolio of real estate assets in Poland, including "two shopping malls and a power transmission tower,” according to Reuters.
Office and retail plots go under the hammer
POLAND Warsaw city council has invited tenders for plots with combined area of 3,800 sqm in Warsaw’s Bielany district.
Investment & finance
Rank Progress secures loan for retail park
POLAND Rank Progress has been granted a loan by MBank Hipoteczny for the construction of a retail park near Krosno.
Investment & finance
Foncière Euris to finance construction of Serenada
POLAND Mayland Real Estate, the developer of Kraków’s Serenada shopping centre, has found a partner for the project.
ING loans EUR 33.5 mln for IFP Erste building in Warsaw
POLAND ING Bank Śląski has provided a EUR 33.5 mln loan to IFP Erste Immobielenfonds für Polen to refinance a building at Al. Jerozolimskie 156 in Warsaw.
Volksbank Romania offloads EUR 490 mln in loans
ROMANIA Deutsche Bank, H.I.G. and AnaCap Financial Partners LLP have jointly acquired a EUR 495 mln portfolio of non-performing and sub-performing loans from Volksbank Romania, whose strategic shareholders include the Austrian bank Volksbanken Holding eGen (51.6 pct) and the Republic of Austria (43.3 pct).
Investment & finance
Hines buys Ambassador
POLAND US property investor Hines has announced that the Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF) has bought the Warsaw office building Ambassador from Spanish-owned Kronos Real Estate for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz sells Czech and Polish parks
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Immofinanz Group has sold two logistics properties – Bokserska Distribution Park in Warsaw and Westpoint Distribution Park in Prague.
Accor Group raises EUR 900 mln from bond issue
EUROPE French hotel giant Accor Group has issued perpetual hybrid bonds estimated at EUR 900 mln. Although the securities have no maturity date, they will be first callable after June 30th, 2020, with yield reaching 4.125 pct.
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 ...
