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Europe CPI Europe seals major sales
CPI Europe successfully completed sales of properties in Austria and Czech Republic. Two office buildings were sold in Vienna, along with the Ramada hotel and the myhive Pankrac House office complex in Prague.
Investment & finance
Poland Capital move for CA Immo
CA Immo has successfully completed the sale of the Bitwy Warszawskiej office complex in Warsaw’s Ochota district., which comprises three seven-storey office buildings with app. 20,000 sqm, to Polski Zwiazek Pilki Noznej (the Polish Football Association).
Investment & finance
Europe Mitiska doesn't stop at 300 mln
Mitiska REIM closed the MEREP 3 European value-add fund at EUR 310 mln, exceeding the initial target of EUR 300 mln and representing a 39 proc. increase in funds raised compared to the preceding fund at final close.
Investment & finance
Romania Solida enters Romania with Victoria Center deal
Dubai-headquartered investor Solida Capital has finalised its first transaction in Romania – the acquisition of the Victoria Center office building in Bucharest from Manova Partners for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Poland Holcim to expand research centre
Holcim Polska has received funding from the National Centre for Research and Development under European Funds for the development of innovative building materials and the expansion of a modern Research and Development Centre in the Kujawy region.
Investment & finance
Romania Western appetite is strong in Romania
Investors from Western Europe, particularly from Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom, spent EUR 1.75 bln on real estate assets in Romania over the past five years, according to data Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Investment & finance
Czech Republic Record hotel deal in Prague
Hilton Prague has been sold to the Czech group PPF, marking the largest single-asset hotel transaction ever recorded in CEE. The hotel comprises 791 rooms.
Investment & finance
Serbia GTC sells in Belgrade
GTC has closed the sale of its GTC X office building in Belgrade for EUR 52 mln. The facility offers nearly 18,000 sqm of space.
Investment & finance
Poland Fortress buys from Panattoni
Fortress Real Estate Investments has acquired Panattoni Park Tricity East V. The complex includes a completed warehouse covering 50,000 sqm.
Investment & finance
Poland Henderson Park & EPP secure EUR 148.6 mln refinancing
Henderson Park, the international private equity real estate firm, and EPP, the asset manager of office properties, have successfully secured a EUR 148.6 mln loan from Berlin Hyp AG and PKO Bank Polski to refinance a Polish office portfolio.
Investment & finance
Poland Millions by the sea
Panattoni has secured EUR 17.3 mln in financing from Santander for Panattoni Park Gdańsk City Airport. The project consists of two speculative distribution facilities.
Investment & finance
Poland IHG invests in urban micro-hotels
IHG Hotels & Resorts acquires the Ruby hotel brand for an initial purchase price of EUR 110.5 mln, or approx. USD 115 mln. Ruby is the 20th brand in the IHG portfolio.
Investment & finance
Poland Office sale in Szczecin
Blackstone has sold the Szczecin office building Piastów Office Center. The buyer is a joint venture of Bud Holdings and Investika Real Estate Fund.
Investment & finance
Slovakia CPI Europe sells property portfolio in Bratislava
CPI Europe Group has agreed to sell an office and retail complex in the Slovak capital to Wood & Company, thus taking another step in its strategic portfolio optimisation.
Investment & finance
Ukraine Arcona acquires a development site in Ukraine
Arcona Property Fund has completed the acquisition of a development site in the central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The seller is AIM London-listed Secure Property Investment and Development PLC (SPDI). This is thought to be the first real estate acquisition by a Western private fund in Ukraine since the Russian invasion of 2022.
Poland Nepi invests in leading properties
Last year, Nepi Rockastle bought Magnolia Park in Wrocław and Silesia City Center in Katowice, properties with a total area of almost 190,000 sqm. We talk to Tomasz Górski, regional asset manager at Nepi Rockastle, about the transactions worth a total of almost EUR 780 mln as well as Nepi's strategy.
Investment & finance
Europe Billions for data centres
Data4 is raising EUR 3.3 bln in funding for the further development of the company across Europe, including the advancement of projects in Poland.
Investment & finance
Romania Lions’ Head acquires a 15-ha plot near Bucharest
Lion’s Head, a real estate investment fund currently owning assets in Romania and Bulgaria, has acquired a 15-ha plot in Popesti Leordeni. The transaction marks the expansion of Lion's Head in the Romanian industrial market, as well as its debut in the real estate development segment.
Investment & finance
Bułgaria Revetas sells shopping centre in Sofia
Revetas Group has sold the Park Center Sofia shopping complex to TSH Investment, a joint venture between Trinity Capital and Hus Invest. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Investment & finance
Poland Santander finances Panattoni's project near Poznań
Panattoni has secured financing for the first phase of Panattoni Park Poznań XIV, a logistics project underway in Głuchowo, near Poznań. The EUR 9.1 mln loan was provided by Santander Bank Polska.
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 ...
