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UGL announces plans for DTZ demerger
WORLD Australian construction group UGL has today officially announced its plans for a demerger with DTZ. Both companies are to be listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), with UGL to revert to focusing on construction and engineering and DTZ to concentrate on property services.
Investment & finance
Central Group makes bid for Dancing House
CZECH REPUBLIC Residential developer and investor Central Group has today officially offered to buy Tančící dům (the Dancing Building or ‘Fred and Ginger’) in Prague for CZK 250 mln (app. EUR 9.65 mln).
Lower profits for Berlin Hyp
EUROPE Berlin Hyp generated EUR 51.2 mln before tax and profit transfer in the first half, lower than the result for H1 2012 when the company made EUR 57 mln.
Investment & finance
Creditors outline IVG restructuring plan
EUROPE The creditors of IVG Immobilien have put forward a restructuring plan for the company, which among other measures includes a simplified capital reduction down to 0.5 pct of the share capital of the company as well as a debt-to-equity swap (after which the creditors will hold 80 pct of the company's share capital).
Penta poised to buy Mediq Apteka
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Czech private equity group Penta Investments is to takeover Polish pharmacy chain Mediq Apteka.
Inpro preparing bond issue
POLAND Inpro has signed a contract with Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej for a bond issue.
Investment & finance
Fred and Ginger for sale
CZECH REPUBLIC The Dancing Building (Tančící dům) in Prague 2 – also known as “Fred and Ginger – is being put up for sale, according to the E15 website.
Investment & finance
Blackstone to sell Hilton Worldwide in IPO
WORLD Blackstone Group is to sell Hilton Worldwide, a source close to the deal has confirmed. and has hired four banks (Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley) to act as underwriters in the flotation of Hilton Worldwide.
Investment & finance
MirLand secures USD 95 mln financing
RUSSIA Mirland together with its wholly-owned subsidiary Investicionno-Ipotechnaya Kompaniya (IIK) have signed a non-revolving USD 95 mln refinancing loan agreement with SberBank of Russia.
Ghelamco in the frame for Dworzec Zachodni site purchase
POLAND Four tenderers, including Ghelamco GP1 BETA S.K.A., have submitted preliminary offers to buy Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Samochodowej Polonus, which owns the area of the Dworzec Zachodni station in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Former Radisson hotel put up for sale
RUSSIA The building of the Tanais hotel in Rostov-on-Don, which formerly housed the Radisson SAS Hotel Don, is to be sold at auction.
Investment & finance
Danilovsky Fort for sale
RUSSIA Hals Development, a subsidiary of VTB Bank, intends to sell the Danilovsky Fort business centre in Moscow.
Investment & finance
EU approves Multi Corporation takeover
EUROPE The European Commission has approved US asset manager Blackstone Group’s acquisition of sole control over Dutch shopping centre developer Multi Corporation.
Investment & finance
NEPI concludes Aupark Žilina purchase
SLOVAKIA HB Reavis has finalised the sale of the Aupark Žilina shopping centre in Žilina to South African-based New Europe Property Investments (NEPI).
Record investment in Russia
RUSSIA In H1 2013 investment reached USD 3.8 bln – a new record for this period of the year, according to the latest data from CBRE.
Mixed results for Immofinanz
EUROPE Immofinanz Group has announced that its results from operations for the 2012/13 financial year (May 2012–April 2013) totalled EUR 542.1 mln, representing a 15.3 pct increase of EUR 71.9 mln.
Investment & finance
Portico Investments buys in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
POLAND Portico Investments has acquired a retail facility in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki in Warsaw’s northern outskirts.
Renova to buy MLP
RUSSIA Renova Group, owned by Ukrainian-born Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, is planning to become the sole owner of large logistic developer Mezhdunarodnoye Logisticheskoye Partnerstvo (MLP) [Международное логистическое партнерство], according to ‘Kommersant’.
Investment & finance
NEPI buys into Mega Mall
ROMANIA New Europe Property Investments has signed a framework agreement to acquire a 70 pct stake in the Mega Mall project in Bucharest from Real4You.
Jupiter sells Kraków plot for over PLN 45 mln
POLAND Gremi Development-Rybitwy, a company owned by NFI Jupiter, has sold a plot located in Kraków’s Podgórze district to Impo.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
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
Romanian hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
Sale and leaseback specialist Clarion Partners Europe has acquired a 47,000 sqm warehouse in Zatec, Czech Republic, for around EUR 50 mln on behalf of ...
Financing for Sosnowiec V
Scallier sells project to Centerscape
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
Skyliner II shootind up
The construction of the second phase of the Skyliner office complex in Warsaw, owned by the Karimpol Group, has reached the halfway point. At a height ...
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Exact Sciences enters Lixa D
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Agora Mall Arad (formerly Galleria Arad) officially reopened on August 28th following an extensive refurbishment and repositioning.
Ławica Shopping Park opens in Poznań
Retail park to come to Konstantynów Łódzki
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
Industra Park Iași set to grow
Oresa Industra has been granted a building permit for a 15,000 sqm expansion of Industra Park Iași in Lețcani, with delivery scheduled for the first h ...
