Investment & finance
RSSEcho buys Warsaw plot
POLAND Echo Investment has bought a 3.08 ha site on ul. Taśmowa in Warsaw’s Służewiec business district for PLN 60 mln from the Industrial Development Agency (Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu).
Alterco avoids liquidation
POLAND The Warsaw district court has decided to prevent the seizure of Alterco’s assets and halt the seizure of the firm’s bank accounts.
Government to sell tech park stake
POLAND The Polish state intends to sell a 25.09 pct stake in KCI Park Technologiczny Krowodrza.
Bankers like offices
EUROPE Offices are the most attractive asset class for European banks interested in property financing, according to a study by EC Harris.
ERBD mulls funding Zemun retail park
SERBIA The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering financing the development and construction of the first phase of a retail park in Zemun, Belgrade, with a net leasable area of 15,309 sqm.
Regulatory approval for WFC sale
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has approved the sale by CA Immo and Pramerica Real Estate Investors of the Warsaw Financial Center on ul. Emilii Plater in central Warsaw to a consortium made up of Allianz (with an 87.5 pct stake) and Curzon Capital Partners III (a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners).
Inpro posts Q3 results
POLAND In Q3 Inpro Capital Group signed 122 preliminary sales contracts for apartments, 17 pct more than in the same period of 2011.
Bankruptcy too close for Confort
ROMANIA Construction company Confort, which is part of the Izometal Confort group, has filed for bankruptcy.
Polish pride for Neinver
POLAND Neinver has revealed that sales in its Polish outlet centres increased by 27 pct y-o-y in H1, the highest growth in any country it operates in.
GTC becomes sole owner of Galeria Wilanów
POLAND Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has purchased the remaining 50 pct stake in the Galeria Wilanów shopping centre project in Warsaw from Polnord.
Bankruptcy petition against Polimex “thrown out”
POLAND Eurometal has had its application for the bankruptcy of Polimex-Mostostal thrown out by a Szczecin court, according to the latter company.
Wysowa health-resort almost privatised
POLAND Negotiations, which began in May, between the Polish state and investors wishing to purchase an 87.4 pct stake in the Uzdrowisko Wysowa health resort in Wysowa-Zdrój, are now nearing completion.
Embassy goes under the hammer
POLAND The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania has put its former embassy building on al. Szucha in Warsaw up for sale.
Poland to lose star status
CEE REGION Russia and Poland will continue to cope with the economic and financial crisis better than many other countries in the CEE, CE and SEE regions, according to the ‘Eastern European Outlook’ analysis published by Nordic financial services group SEB.
Investment continues for Czechs and Poles
POLAND Preliminary figures for Q3 from Jones Lang LaSalle show EUR 450 mln was transacted in property deals in the three active CEE countries (excluding Russia) over the quarter: Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania.
Hines buys Prologis Park Sosnowiec
POLAND Hines Global REIT has bought Prologis Park Sosnowiec from Prologis for app. EUR 19.9 mln.
Murapol debut on WSE postponed
POLAND Murapol has postponed a public share offer planned for Q4. The reason given for delaying the flotation until the end of January 2013 is the excessively large price discount expected by institutional investors.
Investors and tenants looking for stability
POLAND/HUNGARY Limiting costs and increasing the productivity and the flexibility of operations are the most important tasks that investors and tenants are focusing on, according to the ‘Corporate Real Estate: investment and EU Cities’ report by RICS.
Share issue for Secure Property Development and Investment
CEE REGION Secure Property Development and Investment Limited has announced that it has successfully placed 666,000 new ordinary shares at a price of 95 pence each with institutional investor Narrowpeak Consultants.
Marvipol issues ‘I’ series shares
POLAND Marvipol is to issue up to 7.4 mln ‘I’ series shares with no right of pre-emption in a public offering.
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 ...
