Investment & finance
RSSLords LB launches EUR 50 mln fund
LITHUANIA Lords LB Asset Management has begun raising funds for its Lords Baltic Fund III.
HB Reavis loaned EUR 64.5 mln for City Business Center
SLOVAKIA HB Reavis has been granted a EUR 64.5 mln loan to refinance its City Business Center in Bratislava from Erste Group and another undisclosed lender.
Silesian properties of PKP up for grabs
POLAND The Polish State Railways (PKP) has sold a property on ul. Braniborska in Wrocław for PLN 12.6 mln. The buyer of the two plots with an area of 1.21 ha is a private company. The transaction was finalised in January.
Kielce SEZ to grow
POLAND Kielce city council has decided that a number of plots on ul. Olszewskiego and ul. Pakosz will be added to the local Special Economic Zone.
Record year for CBRE
WORLD CBRE has reported a record result for 2012 with global revenue of USD 6 bln, up by 10 pct on 2011.Revenue in Q4 came in at USD 2 bln, up by 14 pct on Q4 2011.
Orco sells shares and fund stake
EUROPE Orco Property Group has sold its units in the office sub-fund of the Endurance Real Estate Fund to J&T Banka for EUR 8.7 mln.
ECM finally laid to rest
CZECH REPUBLIC The Prague municipal court has finally declared developer ECM Real Estate Investments bankrupt. On February 7th, Astin Capital Management, the main group of creditors, pulled out of the reorganisation plan it had originally favoured.
FRI buys stake in retail park portfolio
ROMANIA First Retail International (FRI), which is managed by Mitiska Ventures, has bought a 50 pct stake in the InterCora retail park portfolio from Alpha Property Development.
VTB lends RUB 2.7 bln to MR Group
RUSSIA VTB Bank has provided a RUB 2.7 bln (app. EUR 66.3 mln) three-year credit line for Business Park Savelovsky, a subsidiary of MR Group, to finance the first phase of Savelovsky City, a class ‘B’ mixed-use complex in Moscow.
EBRD finances Belgrade retail park
SERBIA The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to provide EUR 13.5 mln in financing for a 15,309 sqm retail park in Belgrade.
Horyniec health resort talks continue
POLAND After extending exclusive negotiations with potential investors for the Horyniec health resort in Horyniec-Zdrój – Specjalistyczny Gabinet Reumatologiczny Lekarz Medycyny Beata Bogusz-Dukacz and Przedsiębiorstwo Handlowo-Usługowe Dukat Witold Dukacz – the Polish government has now opened talks with another party, Eskulap G. Czarnecki of Rachanie.
BPT fund buys Sky
LATVIA In a sale and lease-back transaction, the BPT Baltic Opportunity fund has acquired its second asset, the Sky shopping centre in Riga’s Mežciems district.
TUP sells over 11 ha
POLAND TUP Property, a subsidiary of TUP, has signed a preliminary agreement to sell 11.2 ha in POLAND TUP Property (Mazowieckie) to Warsaw company Inter Cars.
PHN to be sold for PLN 22 per share
POLAND Subscriptions by private individuals have been concluded for shares in Polski Holding Nieruchomości, while the book building process for institutional investors has also closed.
Czerwona Torebka to acquire Merlin.pl
POLAND Czerwona Torebka has signed a letter of intent to purchase internet retailer Merlin.pl and is shortly to carry out due diligence and apply for regulatory approval from the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).
P.A. Nova pulls out of Selgros property purchase
POLAND Gliwice-based developer P.A. Nova has cancelled its preliminary contract with Selgros to purchase of a property for PLN 30 mln after Selgros refused to amend the agreement.
Blue Tower Residence for sale
ROMANIA RVA Insolvency Specialists are to auction the uncompleted Blue Tower Residence on Strada Fabrica de Gheata in Bucharest on February 15th.
Arco Vara breaks ties with Nordecon
ESTONIA Tivoli Arendus, a company jointly owned by Arco Vara subsidiary Arco Investeeringute and International Invest Project, has cancelled its construction contract with Nordecon to develop an apartment building on Narva maantee in Tallinn.
More former military land up for sale
POLAND The Polish government has sold Fort Traugutta, a former military property built on a 2,300 sqm site on ul. Międzyparkowa in Warsaw, to a private individual for PLN 3.03 mln.
Imtech Polska investigated over Adventure Park Warsaw irregularities
POLAND The board of directors of Imtech Polska has been suspended pending an investigation by the mother company into possible irregularities regarding four contracts – including three signed with Adventure World Warsaw, a project for which Imtech was appointed general contractor.
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 to build archive for Adam Mickiewicz University
Budimex has signed a contract with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań to design and build a new university archive. The contract is worth more than ...
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
Budimex to complete Bydgoszcz hospital expansion
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
BRE launches BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V7
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has launched the seventh version of its BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out Commercial standard (BREEAM RFO V7) ...
Ocean Winds starts BC-Wind service base in Władysławowo
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
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
WDP expands with EUR 19 mln Krefeld acquisition
WDP has acquired a logistics property in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, for approximately EUR 19 mln, expanding its German platform through a select ...
Panattoni sells 150,000 sqm logistics park near Poznań
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
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
Prime space comes harder to find
Price is no longer the only issue in Warsaw office negotiations. Finding the right space is becoming a challenge in its own right, with vacancy in the ...
BNP Paribas expands in Avatar
Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
Archicom signs PLN 87 mln contract for Poznań housing project
Archicom has signed an agreement with Unibep for the construction of the first two buildings at its Kolektyw residential project in Poznań. The contra ...
Rutkowski Group buys site for 39 apartments in Warsaw
Warsaw residential yields reach up to 6 pct
Retail & leisure
Two-thirds of CEE retail stock is over 15 years old
Around 20 mln sqm of modern retail stock across Central and Eastern Europe is more than 15 years old, pointing to a growing cycle of refurbishment, re ...
DJI to open first store in Kraków
Castorama Studio Projektowe opens in Galeria Świdnicka
Technology
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Logicor is set to complete the rollout of smart metering across all 18 of its logistics parks in Poland by the end of 2026, giving tenants real-time v ...
Singu takes over QRmaint
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Warehouse & industrial
Hippocampus signs for 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen
CTP has signed a lease with third-party logistics (3PL) provider Hippocampus GmbH for around 16,700 sqm at CTPark Solingen in Germany. The deal covers ...
