Investment & finance
RSSCPI now the top Czech retailer player
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech investor CPI Group is now the single largest owner of retail space in the country, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield that points to Czech retail returning to local ownership.
Investment & finance
Brno says no – to Amazon
CZECH REPUBLIC Members of Brno city council have voted to reject contracts necessary for the construction of a distribution hub for online retailer Amazon on the outskirts of the city.
Investment & finance
UGL accused of cooking books by former DTZ head
WORLD Australian construction group UGL has been accused of false accounting and racial discrimination in an unfair dismissal lawsuit brought by the former global CEO of DTZ, its property services wing.
Successful Q4 for LPP
CEE REGION The fourth quarter of last year turned out to be a successful one for the LPP clothing store group, the owner of the Reserved, House, Cropp, Mohito and Sinsay chains.
Investment & finance
PKP plans to develop plot near Gdynia station
POLAND The Polish State Railways (PKP) is looking for a joint investor to develop an area close to Gdynia’s main railway station.
Investment & finance
Milanówek wants to sell Turczynek
POLAND Turczynek, a 10 ha plot including two historic villas of the Toeplitz family in Milanówek, has been put up for sale.
Time to invest in Polish property
POLAND The economic stability, the size of the local market, the availability of qualified workers and the broad range of investment possibilities – these are only a few of the advantages of the Polish market that make the country one of the best places to invest in real estate, according to the ‘Investing in Poland’ report published by BNP Paribas Real Estate and the Polish Agency for Foreign Investment (PAIiIZ).
Investment & finance
Valad secures EUR 310 mln refinancing of Polish retail fund
POLAND Diversified property investment manager Valad Europe has completed the EUR 310 mln refinancing of its Valad Polish Retail Fund through three new loan facilities.
Investment & finance
Gdynia Airport forced by EU to return EUR 21.8 mln
POLAND The European Commission has decided that public funding granted by the municipalities of Gdynia and Kosakowo to Gdynia Airport has broken EU competition rules.
Investment & finance
Galeria Ostrowiec changes funds
POLAND Fprop Opportunities, a fund that is 76.2 pct owned by London-based First Property Group, has bought the Galeria Ostrowiec shopping centre in Ostrowiec from USS Fprop Managed Property Portfolio, a fund managed by First Property Asset Management.
Auchan finalises takeover of Real centres
POLAND A wave of retail space renegotiations awaits the owners of shopping centres anchored by Real hypermarkets after the chain’s recent acquisition by Auchan, which has just been finalised.
Investment & finance
Willa Krasicki to be sold as offices
POLAND The Willa Krasicki 2 company has put up for sale its Willa Krasicki building for PLN 25.5 mln.
Polish investor mood buoyant, Ukraine more gloomy – says E&Y report
CEE REGION Poland has the most attractive real estate market in Europe among local investors, according to a survey by Ernst & Young.
Investment & finance
SELP buys EUR 472 mln German, French, Polish portfolio
EUROPE The Segro European Logistics Partnership, which is jointly owned by Segro and PSP Investments, has acquired a portfolio of industrial properties in Germany, France and Poland for EUR 472 mln.
GTC falls out of WIG 20
POLAND Globe Trade Centre has lost its place in the WIG 20 index of the twenty largest companies in terms of capitalisation on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Investment & finance
Rondo 1 set to change hands again
POLAND German-based Rondo 1 UG, a company controlled by Deutsche Bank RREEF, has applied to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to buy the Rondo 1 office building in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Skanska Czech suffers CZK 888 mln loss and blames “distorted accounting”
CZECH REPUBLIC Skanska Group in the Czech Republic has announced that last year it suffered a CZK 888 mln (app. EUR 32.26 mln) loss after a profit after tax of CZK 357 mln in 2012.
Investment & finance
Griffin takes Nordic Park and Bliski Office Center
POLAND Griffin Group has purchased two office buildings in Warsaw: Nordic Park and Bliski Office Center.
Investment & finance
P.A. Nova closer to constructing Galena
POLAND Bank Ochrony Środowiska has agreed to finance the Galeria Galena shopping centre in Jaworzno, which is being developed by P.A. Nova.
Investment & finance
No buyer for ul. Burakowska plot
POLAND An auction on February 5th for a site at the junction of ul. Burakowska and al. Jana Pawła II in Warsaw’s Wola district was cancelled due to lack of interest.
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 ...
