Investment & finance
RSSGriffin 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.
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.
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 ...
