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Investment & finance
Poland Erste lends to DL Invest
DL Invest Group has secured over EUR 146 mln in financing from Erste Group and Erste Bank Polska to refinance a portfolio of six logistics parks with a total area of around 260,000 sqm. The banks were advised by the law firm CMS.
Investment & finance
Germany Bad Hersfeld Ost logistics centre refinanced
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) is providing EUR 42 mln in refinancing for the Bad Hersfeld Ost logistics centre.
Investment & finance
Romania Commercial real estate financing increased by 15 pct
Romania’s commercial real estate sector accounts for 54 pct of the loans granted to non-financial companies and recorded a 15 pct annual increase in financing, while the non-performing loan (NPL) ratio, which stands at 6.2 pct, remains below the levels reported for certain segments considered more exposed to risk, according to an analysis performed by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company based on data published by the National Bank of Romania (NBR).
Investment & finance
Poland Hines sells Sky Office Center
The Sky Office Center has been sold by Hines to a private Polish investor. For this deal the seller was represented by Avison Young.
Investment & finance
POLAND MNK Partners enters Poland with Lubin acquisition
French fund manager MNK Partners has entered the Polish market with the EUR 2.8 mln acquisition of a 4,000 sqm warehouse and office complex in Lubin.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC Invesco sells Riverview to Amundi
Invesco Real Estate has sold the Riverview office building in Prague’s Smíchov district to Amundi Real Estate Fund KB 4 (REF4).
Investment & finance
CEE Region Goodbye Tesco?
According to reports by the Financial Times, Tesco is looking for ways to sell off its remaining European businesses.
Investment & finance
Romania AFI completes Mas retail park purchase
AFI Romania has completed the acquisition of six retail parks from Mas, the largest retail park transaction in Romania.
Investment & finance
Germany Alstom leases 31,000 sqm
Garbe Industrial has leased 31,000 sqm in Salzgitter to rail vehicle manufacturer Alstom.
Investment & finance
Croatia InterCapital buys Avenue Mall
The InterCapital Real Estate Fund is to acquire Avenue Mall and the adjacent Avenue Center office building in Zagreb for EUR 100 mln.
Investment & finance
Romania Radisson Blu refinanced
The Radisson Blu Hotel Complex in the heart of Bucharest has been refinanced with a EUR 123 mln loan. The hotel complex is owned by Revetas Capital together with funds and accounts managed by Cerberus Capital Management. The facility was underwritten by Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) with whom Revetas has a long-standing relationship.
Investment & finance
Poland Faedra enters Poland
Hungarian developer Faedra Group has opened its first office outside its home market, with the establishment of Faedra Polska in Warsaw. The company will primarily focus on the residential sector while simultaneously exploring opportunities in other real estate market segments.
Investment & finance
Poland Eastnine acquires The Bridge in Warsaw
Eastnine has entered into an agreement with Ghelamco to acquire the 40-storey office property The Bridge in Warsaw for EUR 300 mln. The transaction, which is subject to financing, is expected to close in Q4 2026.
Investment & finance
Hungary Sino Logistics to take over Logicor in Hungary
Logicor is exiting Hungary with the sale of its operations to Singapore-based Sino Logistics.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC Aurelia buys two office buildings from Pimco
Czech real estate fund Aurelia has acquired the Trimaran and City Element office buildings in Prague’s Pankrác district from Pimco Prime Real Estate for EUR 90 mln.
Investment & finance
Poland Poles turning online for mortgages
Poles are taking out mortgages online while the memory of Swiss Franc loans is fading with each generation. This is the result of a new study by Business Growth Review commissioned by Otodom, conducted in May of this year, on a sample of 1,328 people.
Investment & finance
Poland Strabag snaps up Olivia Star
Strabag Group has purchased the Olivia Star office tower in Gdańsk. This is the largest office building in a regional city with 40,000 sqm gla and the purchase price came to around EUR 150 mln. Kingstone RE represented the purchaser during the transaction and has been mandated with the long-term asset management of the property.
Investment & finance
Europe Spain now most attractive European economy
According to a report prepared by PlayersTime indicates that Spain is currently the most promising economy in Europe in terms of growth, innovation, and investment. The study, covering 31 countries, considered factors such as startup activity, the real estate market, productivity, income, demographics, and the labour market.
Investment & finance
POLAND Skanska sells Studio A to Stena
Skanska has sold Studio A, the second phase of its Studio office development in Warsaw, for EUR 159 mln to fellow Swedish group Stena Real Estate, which has now become the owner of both phases of the complex.
Investment & finance
Austria First acquisition for Pearl
Revetas Capital has acquired a building at Reschgasse 20 in Vienna's Meidling district. This is the first transaction completed for Pearl, a new investment platform focused on residential projects in the DACH countries.
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
Polish construction sector faces growing labour shortage
Poland’s construction sector is facing increasing labour shortages, with the industry short of around 150,000 workers. Turnover among engineers has re ...
Carbon Counts in Construction
Polish construction sector under pressure
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
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
EPP has already met the emissions reduction targets it set for 2030 under the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which helps companies set emiss ...
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
The Grand Pardubice 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
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
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Bob W has signed a long-term deal to operate a new aparthotel at Krulli Kvartal, part of the 10.2 ha regeneration of the historic Krulli industrial qu ...
Prague moves into top 10 for hotel investment
Mövenpick opens first Croatian hotel on Adriatic coast
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
Real estate remains a key source of bank credit risk
Commercial real estate remains a significant source of credit risk for German banks, with the sector expected to maintain an elevated non-performing l ...
Uniqa opens EUR 3 bln real estate platform to outside investors
Planning reform redraws the land market
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
CEE office markets tighten as vacancy falls
JLL and iO Partners say Central and Eastern Europe’s office market is tightening, with net take-up across six regional capitals reaching 565,000 sqm i ...
Pazim modernises courtyard at its Szczecin complex
Skanska builds Nowy Format
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
ATAL launches sales of 72 apartments in second phase of Gdansk project
ATAL has launched sales of 72 apartments in the second phase of its ATAL Jasieny project in Gdansk. Located on Stężycka Street, the development compri ...
Apartments remain a top investment
MTX plans Katowice tower
Retail & leisure
Retailers rethink the role of technology
Consumers are increasingly tired of technology overload and excessive personalisation, while physical stores can benefit from offering something the d ...
Retail parks become local hubs
M Core acquires Galeria Chełm
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
Warehouse vacancy falls to three-year low
The vacancy rate in Poland’s warehouse market fell to 6.6 pct at the end of June, its lowest level in three years. At the same time, gross take-up ros ...
