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POLAND Yareal sells two Lixa buildings to Koreans for EUR 82.2 mln
Yareal has finalised the sale of the first phase the Lixa office complex in central Warsaw for EUR 82.2 mln to Hana Investment, a South Korean consortium represented by Commerz Real.
Investment & finance
CEE REGION GTC coping with portfolio value slide
The value of Globe Trade Centre’s real estate portfolio is expected by the group to have decreased by app. EUR 74 mln in the three-month period ending December 31st, 2020 – a decline of 3.4 pct on the appraised value of EUR 2.161 bln at the end of September.
Investment & finance
CEE REGION Poland and Romania weather the storm
The real estate investment volume for 2020 in the main CEE countries is expected to reach EUR 9.4 bln, a third down on last year’s figure, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
Investment & finance
POLAND GalCap picks up Koszykowa 54
Viennese real estate investor Galleon Capital Management (GalCap) has acquired the Koszykowa 54 office building in central Warsaw from the UBS Real Estate Kapitalanlagegesellschaft fund for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC Churchill Square sold in largest office deal of 2020
Penta Real Estate has sold the Churchill Square office complex in Prague to a joint venture between Českomoravská Nemovitostní (ČMN) and Middle Eastern investor Corporate Finance House Group (CFH) for more than CZK 4 bln (app. EUR 152 mln).
Investment & finance
Poland MIRA invests over EUR 300 mln in 2020
MIRA Real Estate, which includes the former GLL Real Estate Partners, has continued to expand its presence in logistics real estate with more than EUR 300 mln in European transactions agreed over 2020.
Investment & finance
Czech Republic Aareal refinances two CTP parks
Aareal Bank has arranged and underwritten the EUR 403.5 mln refinancing of two logistics and industrial parks in the Czech Republic on behalf of CTP.
Investment & finance
LITHUANIA Lords sells Vilnius SEB HQ to Luxembourg fund
Closed-ended real estate investment fund Lords LB Special Fund II has sold SEB Bank’s headquarter building in Vilnius to DEREIF SICAV FIS, which is managed by Luxembourgish asset and investment specialist REInvest Asset Management.
Investment & finance
Poland Warehouses stay top of the investment charts
This year’s total commercial property investment volume in Poland is likely to be around EUR 5.5 bln, a 30 pct decrease year-on-year, according to the latest figures from Savills.
Investment & finance
Poland EIB supports Poland in battle with Covid
The Polish Development Fund (Polski Fundusz Rozwoju - PFR) has issued debt securities with a nominal value of PLN 500 mln, which have been fully subscribed by the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Investment & finance
CEE region Office market in the doldrums
The first three quarters of 2020 across the CEE saw a 37.5 pct decrease in overall office investment volumes compared to the same period of 2019, according to figures published by Colliers International.
Investment & finance
ROMANIA S Immo to buy Campus 6 second stage
Austrian-based real estate company S Immo is to acquire the Campus 6.2 and 6.3 office buildings in Bucharest from Skanska for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
POLAND AFI buys T-Mobile Office Park for EUR 100 mln
AFI Properties has signed an agreement to acquire T-Mobile Office Park in Warsaw for around EUR 100 mln.
Investment & finance
Czech Republic Accolade refinances four parks
Česká Spořitelna bank has provided a refinancing loan to the Accolade Industrial Fund worth CZK 2 bln (app. EUR 76 mln) while Slovenská Sporiteľňa bank is helping the fund with its expansion in Slovakia.
Investment & finance
CEE REGION Cromwell buys EUR 113.2 mln Czech-Slovak portfolio
Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust has announced that it will be acquiring a portfolio comprising eleven Czech and Slovak logistics and light industrial properties with almost 125,500 sqm for EUR 113.2 mln from Arete Invest.
Investment & finance
Poland TDJ to remove PGO from stock exchange
TDJ is to purchase the 30,157,629 outstanding shares in PGO for PLN 1.25 a share, which represents a 9.6 pct premium on the six-month average price.
Investment & finance
Europe EQT snaps up Apleona
Apleona is to be acquired by French private-equity company PAI Partners from Swedish-based investment company EQT.
Investment & finance
Poland Land purchases to begin for Port Solidarność
The government has announced its Voluntary Acquisition Programme (PDN) for purchasing the land on which the Port Solidarność, airport and transport hub is to be built. Those wishing to sell land within the designated area should apply to public company CPK. Land purchases are expected to continue until 2023.
Investment & finance
CEE REGION GTC issues EUR 110 mln of green bonds
Globe Trade Centre’s Hungarian subsidiary, GTC Real Estate Development Hungary, has issued 792 senior unsecured ‘green bonds’ with a nominal value of HUF 50 mln each (app. EUR 140,000) and a total value of HUF 39.6 bln (app. EUR 110 mln).
Investment & finance
Waiting for the rebound
By the end of the year, the Polish economy is expected to have contracted by 3-3.5 pct compared to 2019. Nevertheless, Poland’s GDP is expected to start growing again in 2021 and expand by around 4 pct in 2021, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
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 rebuild the I/43 Road
Budimex has begun reconstructing a more than 2-kilometre section of the I/43 road near Černá Hora in the Czech Republic. The CZK 250.2 mln contract (E ...
Budimex to complete Bydgoszcz hospital expansion
Berger Bau to modernise Wrocław police headquarters
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
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Signum Work Station, an office building on Domaniewska Street in Warsaw, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Buildi ...
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
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
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
Vilea Property Boutique has become the exclusive Christie’s International Real Estate partner in Poland. The partnership brings the Polish firm into t ...
PGIM sells data centre development
Mint rezidenční fond buys 306 apartments in Prague
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
Łódź City Council to move to University Business Park
Łódź City Council has leased 23,000 sqm at University Business Park on ul. Wólczańska. The move, planned for late 2027 or early 2028, will bring toget ...
Unimot renews lease in DL Jagiellońska 1
Diuna now 93 pct leased
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
OKAM brings SiDLY telecare to PRESTIA senior residences
PRESTIA, a senior living project under development in Łódź, will offer residents SiDLY telecare services. Developer OKAM has partnered with the Polish ...
Dantex plans Nurt residential project in Wilanów
Trust Investment launches sales for final Sky Trust phase
Retail & leisure
4,750 sqm Modernised at Galeria Jurajska
Tenants at Galeria Jurajska in Częstochowa have modernised a total of 4,750 sqm of space since the start of 2026. Zara, Apart, Pitbull, Itaka and Wyją ...
Karuzela Ełk expands with HalfPrice
M1 Poznań sees over 3,200 sqm of leasing activity
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
Sonepar extends 13,000 sqm lease
Sonepar Polska has extended its lease for more than 13,000 sqm of warehouse space at Prologis Park Chorzów. The facility serves as the company’s distr ...
