Investment & finance
RSSFour Winds changes hands
RUSSIA Capricornus Investments has bought the Westec Four Winds office and residential project in Moscow from AFI Development and S&T Equity.
Strahov Stadium sold to Czech FA
CZECH REPUBLIC The Czech Sports Association (ČSTV) has agreed to sell the massive Velký Strahovský Stadion or Strahov Stadium in Prague, as well as the adjacent Stadion Evžena Rošického football stadium, the Přátelství athletics ground and the Coubertin hotel, to the Czech Football Association (FAČR) – according to local media reports.
PHN with new privatisation plan
POLAND The government has changed its plans to privatise Polski Holding Nieruchomości. The sale is now to take place in two stages.
Local councils to take over health resorts
POLAND The government is proposing to hand over six health resorts that were not included in an earlier privatisation programme to local government authorities.
Polnord restructures debt
POLAND Polnord has redeemed all its bonds that matured in 2012 with a total nominal value of PLN 241.7 mln, using its own funds.
Rzeszów secures financing for exhibition centre
POLAND The construction of the Exhibition and Congress Centre of Podkarpackie Province in Rzeszów will cost more than PLN 102 mln.
Prologis sets up PELP with NIBM
EUROPE Prologis has signed a definitive agreement with Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) to form Prologis European Logistics Partners Sàrl, a euro-denominated joint venture.
Griffin Group buys Renoma and negotiates with Warsaw
POLAND Griffin Group is the new owner of Dom Handlowy Renoma in Wrocław. The fund has bought the department store for EUR 117.6 mln from Centrum Development & Investments.
PHN looking for partner for large Gdynia project
POLAND Polski Holding Nieruchomości is to build the Port Rybacki (Fishermen’s Port) office and residential development on ul. Hryniewickiego in Gdynia.
UOKiK approves sale of Elektromontaż-Poznań
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has approved the takeover of Eletromontaż-Poznań by Budimex.
Polnord merges with subsidiaries
POLAND Polnord has decided to merge with a number of its fully-owned subsidiaries, including Polnord Łódź I, Polnord Łódź III, Polnord Nieruchomości Inwestycyjne and PD Development.
Financing secured for Split port expansion
CROATIA The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to lend the Port of Split Authority EUR 18.8 mln to renovate and extend the port’s passenger wharves.
Polish high street to take off, says Savills
EUROPE The number of high street investment deals has increased from less than 5 pct of total retail investment in 2007 to 37 pct in the first three quarters of 2012 in the top eight continental European markets, according to Savills.
Terms changed for Mercure Zakopane acquisition
POLAND The preliminary purchase conditions for the sale of the Mercure Zakopane hotel have been amended.
EC Harris becomes part of Arcadis
EUROPE The European offices of consultancy EC Harris are to be taken over by international consulting and engineering firm Arcadis from January 2013.
Russia takes over from Poland as CEE investment volumes slip
EUROPE Commercial real estate investment in Europe totalled EUR 28.3 bln in Q3 2012 – a 14 pct increase on the level recorded in Q2 2012 and almost exactly the same as in Q3 2011, according to CBRE.
Redan requests debt reschedule
POLAND Grupa Redan has presented its creditors with a proposal to reschedule its debt repayments. Redan has asked the banks and bond holders to suspend the repayment of the principal until the end of February 2013, which was originally to be repaid before this date.
Futureal joins Gant for three further projects
POLAND Gant Development and Hungarian-based developer Futureal have begun negotiations to jointly develop a further three projects as part of their partnership agreement signed on December 5th.
Successful 2012 for AFI Properties
ROMANIA AFI Properties increased its net operating income by 5 pct last year.
BPT fund buys Coca-Cola Plaza
ESTONIA The BPT Baltic Opportunity Fund has acquired the Coca-Cola Plaza multiplex in Tallinn.
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
LightOn with Outstanding design
LightOn – the latest office project being developed by CPI Property Group at ul. Prosta 69 in central Warsaw – has been awarded BREEAM design stage ce ...
Gold for Polona 68
Six buildings certified
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
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The latest issue of Eurobuild is now out – and, as always, it’s packed with timely analysis, expert forecasts, industry commentary... and a good dose ...
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Time to read Eurobuild's spring issue!
Events
CPK arises
We invite you to join us on June 10th in Łódź at our conference entitled ‘CPK - A new era for Poland and the commercial real estate market’ where we s ...
Back to the Future Conference
Race to the top
Exclusive
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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 hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
Human resources
Five new board members at JLL
Five new members are joining JLL's management board, and will take on their new roles from the beginning of July.
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Changes at the helm of Dom Development
Infrastructure
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the ...
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
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
Sale and leaseback for Cavatina Hall
Cavatina Holding has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with BPS Leasing for over EUR 22 mln for the Cavatina Hall, building A in Bielsko-Biała.
Budapest Marriott sold
City2 sold
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
Equilibrium 2 awarded WiredScore Platinum certification
Skanska’s Equilibrium 2 building in Bucharest has been awarded the highest-level WiredScore certification for an operational building.
PZU stays in Konstruktorska
Office sizes growing
Property and Facility Management
Studio B under new management
Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district. The property is owned by Stena Real Estate ...
Cushman feels the Vibe
CBRE will rule in Skyliner II
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
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Noli Studios is to open its latest project in the Tricity in July. The Czerwone Koszary barracks has been transformed into a PRS project with hotel se ...
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
EBRD supports Resi4Rent
Retail & leisure
M Park opens in Ropczyce
M Core subsidiary LCP Poland has officially opened M Park Ropczyce 35 km from Rzeszów.
Sixteen brands enter the market
Karuzela to grow
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
Work begins on Westside Szczecin Neo by LemonTree
LemonTree has launched Westside Szczecin Neo by LemonTree, its second project in Szczecin. The centre will provide 34,000 sqm of warehouse and office ...
