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 begins earthworks on Poland's first nuclear power plant
The construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant has reached an important milestone. Bechtel, the project’s general contractor, is taking over m ...
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
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 benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
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
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
Mercure opens in Oradea
Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by ...
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg
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
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Contracts worth more than PLN 14 bln have already been awarded in announced tenders for the Port Polska air and transport hub development in central P ...
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
Intermodal strengthens Poland’s position on the European logistics map
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
NEPI Rockcastle expands beyond CEE
NEPI Rockcastle has acquired MegaPark Barakaldo — one of northern Spain's leading shopping and leisure destinations — from Le Retail Hiper Ondara, par ...
EBRD lends NEPI Rockcastle EUR 250 mln
Trade Estates buys into Sofia South RIng Mall
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
Warsaw now a landlord market
The era of comfortable office leasing conditions in Warsaw has come to an end, according to Walter Herz. Record-high demand, combined with the lowest ...
Tatra Bank chooses Pribinova 1
Bucharest office demand picks up
Property and Facility Management
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Savills, which already manages an office portfolio in Poland for TFI PZU, has now also been appointed to manage three of the fund's retail assets.
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Public buildings
Budimex wins PLN 86 mln Białystok hospital contract
Budimex has been awarded an PLN 86 mln gross contract for the construction of a new specialist outpatient clinic at the L. Zamenhof University Childre ...
Szczecin castle reconstruction completed
Dewin–Biberstein–Promnitz Castle to be restored
Residential
Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months
Since sales began in February 2026, 122 contracts have been concluded in the Liberty Tower residential building in Warsaw, which is owned by Cavatina. ...
Still too few student beds
Mercator ready to begin flagship Kraków project
Retail & leisure
Work begins of Park Kaszuby
Finarto Investments has appointed Allcon as the general contractor for Park Kaszuby, a new retail park in Wejherowo. The construction site is due to b ...
Retail stock breaches 14 mln sqm
Retail market revives
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
MDC2 Park Ruda Śląska on its way
MDC2 has launched its latest project – MDC2 Park Ruda Śląska, which will have a total area of 48,000 sqm, with a particular focus on production and lo ...
