Investment & finance
RSSMirland earning more
RUSSIA Mirland Development Corporation has recorded USD 23.8 mln in revenues in the first half of this year, which represents a 19 pct increase compared to USD 20 mln in H1 2012.
Pessimism but some positivity, says RICS
EUROPE Poland is one of the most attractive markets for investors, according to the Global Commercial Property Survey by the RICS, despite Polish market experts being more pessimistic than those in Germany.
UOKiK says thrice yes
POLAND UOKiK, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, has issued three decisions impacting on the real estate market.
Slide in land prices slows
POLAND Around 80–85 pct of Polish land acquisitions were for sites in Warsaw in H1, according to a report by Colliers International.
Profit growth for X5
RUSSIA Food retailer X5 Retail Group recorded app. USD 4.2 bln in net sales in the second quarter, representing a growth of 5.9 pct y-o-y.
Investment & finance
Twierdza Modlin sold... at last
POLAND A buyer has finally been found for Twierdza Modlin in the ninth auction of the 19th century fortress.
PIK Group buys land for residential complex
RUSSIA PIK Group has acquired 96.2 pct of the shares of the Tretii Taksomotorny Park [3-ий таксомоторныйпарк] taxi company, the owner of a 1,6 haplot located on Vavilov street in an upmarket district to the southwest of Moscow’s historic centre.
Investment & finance
Altus sold to Izera
POLAND A buyer has finally been found for the Altus building in Katowice: Izera, which has bought the property for PLN 185 mln after three public auctions.
Mostostal Warszawa borrows PLN 38 mln
POLAND Mostostal Warszawa has borrowed EUR 9 mln (app. PLN 38 mln) from Acciona Infraestructuras.
Investment & finance
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.
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
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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
Poland to be the new data hub
During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak ...
Data centres to transform Polish economy
Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment
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
Punkt goes Platinum
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
Outstanding for Prologis
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The even ...
Let's play volleyball again
August 7th – mark the date
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
Griffin and Primestar join forces
Warsaw-based private equity investment manager Griffin Capital Partners and Berlin-based hospitality operator Primestar Group have launched Prime Grif ...
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Budimex builds in Slovakia
Budimex has handed over the motorway junction of the D1 and D4 roads in Slovakia, 90 days ahead of the deadline specified by the consgtruction contrac ...
Green light for Port of Poland
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
WING buys Capital Square
The 34,000 sqm Capital Square office building completed in 2009 has been sold to Wing. As of February 2026, occupancy was about 85 pct with a WAULT o ...
Robyg IPO underway
Welcome loan for Wita
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
Metro stations boost rents
Being close to a metro station remains a key factor in rents, availability, and the attractiveness of office locations in Prague, according to the lat ...
10,000 sqm for Rohde & Schwarz Topex
UniCredit in Prime position
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
A new look for central Warsaw
Residential
Torus opens all.inn
The all.inn student residence hall has officially opened on ul. Konarskiego in Gdańsk's Wrzeszcz district. The four-storey building features 35 fully ...
Neighbourhood becoming more important in home purchases
Warsaw fourth most unaffordable European city
Retail & leisure
Kasztelania continues to grow
The second stage of the Kasztelania Retail Park has opened in Chrzanów, adding 1,300 sqm gla to the centre, which first opened in 2020.
Castorama refreshed
Gym City opens in Siemianowice Śląskie
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
Warehouses must adapt to an ageing population
Demographics are no longer a backdrop to business decisions, but are becoming one of the main factors shaping the economy and the commercial real esta ...
