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South-African investor buys Obi stores
POLAND South-African investor Marr Holdings has bought two stores leased to DIY store OBI in Gdańsk and Łódź from Chariot Group.
Investment & finance
Weaker results for CCC
POLAND Polish footwear retail chain CCC revenues grew but its profits fell in Q4 2019, according to preliminary figures published by the company.
Investment & finance
Toshiba plant to open in Gniezno
POLSKA Toshiba Carrier Corporation is to invest around EUR 25 mln (over PLN 100,000 mln) in a HVAC manufacturing plant and distribution centre in Gniezno in Poland’s Wielkopolska region.
Investment & finance
Improved sales for LPP
POLAND Polish fashion group LPP generated PLN 483 mln of consolidated operating profit Q4 2019 – an 11 pct increase on the same period in 2018.
Investment & finance
UBM sells two hotels
POLAND Union Investment has signed a contract for the acquisition of two hotels that are currently under development: an Ibis Styles in Kraków and Mercure Katowice City Center.
Investment & finance
Etalon sells more
RUSSIA Etalon’s residential sales in 2019 reached a value of RUB 77.6 bln, up 13 pct y-o-y.
Savills IM advises caution
EUROPE/POLAND Savills Investment Management advises investors to concentrate on long term income streams in Europe because the company believes that occupier markets are now significantly weakening. Economic growth is slowing, while a number of geopolitical risks remain unresolved.
Investment & finance
UBM sells hotels in Katowice and Kraków
POLAND Union Investment Institutional Property has signed a forward purchasing agreement for two hotels in Katowice and Kraków, which it will acquire for its open ended real estate fund UII EuropeanM.
Investment & finance
Apollo-Rida to buy Cavatina park
POLAND Apollo-Rida Poland has signed a preliminary purchase agreement for the Equal Business Park in Kraków's Podgórze district. The complex being developed by Cavatina Holding will eventually have four buildings with a total of 60,641 sqm.
Investment & finance
Chinese buy into Amazon
POLAND Global real estate investment manager Invesco Real Estate has sold two Amazon distribution centres to Chinese investment company CGL Investment Holdings Corporation.
Investment & finance
House prices rise across EU
EUROPE House prices in EU increased by 4.1 pct in the year between Q3 2019 and Q3 2018, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Investment & finance
PureGym takes on Fitness World
EUROPE UK Fitness operator PureGym has completed its takeover of Fitness World and is now has the second largest chain of gym clubs in Europe with 1.7 million members and over 500 branches across the UK, Denmark, Switzerland and Poland.
Investment & finance
Polnord moves closer to Cordia
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection has received an application from Cordia International for approval to take control of Polnord.
Investment & finance
Two buildings acquired for Eften Real Estate Fund III and merger announced
LATVIA/BALTIC STATES Eften Real Estate Fund III has signed conditional purchase agreements to acquire two commercial properties in Latvia. The fund will buy AirBaltic’s headquarters in the grounds of Riga airport, as well as a logistics centre in Ķekava, on the outskirts of city.
Investment & finance
Portiva building up retail porfolio
CZECH REPUBLIC Portiva has purchased a retail centre in Ivančice in South Moravia.
Investment & finance
Star Capital buys Lighthouse Towers
CZECH REPUBLIC Star Capital Investments has bought the Lighthouse Towers centre in Prague’s Holešovice district from Deka Immobilien.
Investment & finance
Funds raise record sums over 2019
WORLD Real estate funds secured a total of USD 151 bln in 2019, with 295 funds reaching a final close according to figures from investment consultancy Preqin.
Investment & finance
Cordia with Polnord in its sites
POLAND Polnord has announced that it has begun negotiations with Futureal residential subsidiary Cordia as a potential investor.
Investment & finance
Round Hill sells property portfolio for EUR 1.3 bln
CZECH REPUBLIC Funds managed by Round Hill Capital and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities have sold Residomo, which includes its portfolio of residential properties, to Heimstaden Bostad for EUR 1.3 bln.
Investment & finance
Buma takeover approved
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] has approved the takeover of the Buma group by a consortium of Reino Capital and RF Corval International.
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
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
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
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 hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
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
More Polish investment in Poland
In the first half of 2025, commercial real estate investment in Poland reached EUR 1.71 bln, broadly in line with the total for the same period in 202 ...
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
Financing for Sosnowiec V
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
Skyliner II shooting up
The construction of the second phase of the Skyliner office complex in Warsaw, owned by the Karimpol Group, has reached the halfway point. At a height ...
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Exact Sciences enters Lixa D
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
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
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Four retail parks set to grow
Karuzela plans to expand four existing retail parks in Września, Lubliniec, Biała Podlaska, and Ełk. These centres were constructed between 2014 and 2 ...
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Ławica Shopping Park opens in Poznań
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
More jeans from Germany
GXO and Levi Strauss & Co. have opened a fully automated 70,000 sqm logistics centre in Dorsten near Essen to support its European distribution networ ...
