Investment & finance
RSS
Investment & finance
POLAND Kingstone IM enters Poland with Katowice purchase
Munich-based Kingstone Investment Management has entered the Polish market with the acquisition of a site in Katowice.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC IBC sold to Generali for EUR 70.3 mln
Mint Investments has announced that it has sold the International Business Center office building in Prague’s Karlín district to Generali Real Estate Core+ Fund for a reported CZK 1.9 bln (app. EUR 70.3 mln).
Investment & finance
CTP issues bonds worth EUR 650 mln
CTP issued green bonds worth EUR 650 mln on October 1st 2020 – the largest debut issue by a CEE real estate company.
Investment & finance
SLOVAKIA Tatra Banka selling Bratislava offices
Tatra Banka has put up for sale one of the office buildings of its TatraCity complex near Bratislava city centre.
Investment & finance
Croatia CA Immo sells Zagrebtower
CA Immo has exited the country with the sale of the Zagrebtower office building to S Immo.
Investment & finance
ROMANIA EUR 170 mln loan for AFI Europe’s record transaction
AFI Europe’s recent EUR 307 mln acquisition of four Romanian office complexes from Nepi Rockcastle – the biggest deal in the history of the sector in the country – was part-financed by a syndicated EUR 170 mln loan from Erste Bank Group AG, Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Banca Comercială Română.
Investment & finance
CEE Europe CTP to issue green bonds
Czech-based industrial developer CTP Invest is planning to issue fixed rate senior unsecured notes and has mandated several banks to arrange a series of fixed income investor meetings across Europe.
Investment & finance
POLAND Echo enjoys 17 pct rise in portfolio value over H1
Polish developer Echo Investment generated a net profit of PLN 10.4 mln in Q2 2020, mainly due to the appreciation in the value of its projects under construction and the handover of 222 apartments to buyers.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC Portivo picks up Brno Mall
Czech investment group Portiva and Micronix have bought the Central Kladno shopping centre in Brno from Crestyl for CZK 2 bln (app. EUR 74.8 mln).
Investment & finance
CZECH/ SLOVAKIA/ UK Vesa starts buying at Sainsbury’s
Prague-based Vesa Equity Investment has announced the acquisition of a 3.05 pct share in British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, becoming its fourth largest shareholder.
Investment & finance
POLAND Madison buys Chmielna 89 stake
A fund managed by US investor Madison International Realty has bought a 65 pct stake in the newly completed Chmielna 89 office project in central Warsaw from Cavatina Holding.
Investment & finance
CENTRAL EUROPE Trei takes out EUR 54 mln loan from Helaba
Düsseldorf-based retail park developer Trei Real Estate has been granted an unsecured EUR 42 mln loan from German bank Helaba.
Investment & finance
ROMANIA Romanian RE investment rockets despite the pandemic
More than EUR 400 mln worth of real estate transactions closed in Romania the last weeks, confirming both that the investment market in the country has remained vigorous during the pandemic and that it is no longer just seen as a fringe Central European market, according to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Investment & finance
ROMANIA SIF Banat-Crișana makes largest ever land purchase
Closed-end investment company SIF Banat-Crișana has agreed to buy for an undisclosed sum a 99.92 pct stake in South Korean-owned metallurgical firm Doosan IMGB.
Investment & finance
SLOVAKIA HB Reavis issues 15,000 five-year bonds
HB Reavis Group has launched its latest bond issue through Slovenská sporiteľňa bank.
Investment & finance
CEE REGION CEE real estate volumes up in H1 – Savills
Real estate investment turnover grew across the CEE region in H1 2020, despite the impact of Covid-19 in Q2, according to Savills’ latest European Investment Spotlight report.
Investment & finance
CEE REGION NY court throws out suit over CPI’s Orco takeover
A New York court has dismissed the lawsuit against CPI Property Group brought by Kingstown group companies Investhold and Verali, concerning CPI’s takeover of Orco in 2013/14.
Investment & finance
EUROPE Immofinanz invests EUR 2 mln in SpaceOS
Immofinanz has invested EUR 2 mln in connected workspace platform provider SpaceOS.
Investment & finance
Poland Savills IM buys again in Łódź
Savills Investment Management has acquired a 38,000 sqm logistics building in the Central European Logistics Hub in Łódź.
Investment & finance
Europe ECE to become ECE Group
ECE is restructuring and, from January 1st 2021, will become ECE Group: an integrated group of companies operating in the real estate and investment sectors, offering services including asset management, development expertise and investment management.
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 ...
