Investment & finance
RSSCEE and SEE investment more vulnerable to the crisis – RCA
EUROPE The sudden slowdown in real estate investment in March after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic along with the sharp upturn in withdrawn transactions are signals of a significant shrinkage in activity ahead of us – according to Real Capital Analytics’ ‘European Capital Trends’ report for Q1 2020.
Investment & finance
Healthy Q1, not so healthy Q2, healthier Q3? - Colliers
CEE REGION In Q1, the residential sector topped the investment market in a single deal across the CEE region, according to Colliers International’s ‘CEE Investment Scene Q1 2020’ report. Offices maintained their position in the ranking (with a 27 pct share), closely followed by industrial and logistics (26 pct).
Investment & finance
Optimism tentatively returns – Savills
WORLD Savills, in its latest global sentiment survey of the impact of Covid-19, concludes that the outlook has improved slightly.
Investment & finance
Cordia raises Polnord stake above 90 pct
POLAND/HUNGARY Hungarian real estate company Cordia International has raised its stake in Polish residential developer Polnord to 92.92 pct.
Investment & finance
UBS optimistic about CEE
CEE REGION Despite the turbulence surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the prospects remain good for certain segments of the CEE real estate market in terms of returns for investors, according to research by UBS Global Wealth Management.
Investment & finance
Reico buys two Sered’ sheds
SLOVAKIA Reico IS ČS has bought two modern industrial buildings with a total area of 45,000 sqm for EUR 30.6 mln in the PNK Park Sered’ complex near Bratislava.
Investment & finance
CPI revealed as buyer of over half of Warsaw tower
POLAND CPI Property Group has announced that it has acquired a 50.3 pct stake in the Chałubinskiego 8 office tower in central Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz stokes merger rumours with new CEO
CENTRAL EUROPE Ronny Pecik has been appointed to the executive board for three years and to the position of CEO of Austrian real estate group Immofinanz, starting May 4th.
Investment & finance
Record Q1 for Polish investment volumes
POLAND The total investment volume on the Polish real estate market in Q1 2020 came to almost EUR 1.8 bln, the second highest figure on record for the quarter, according to JLL.
Investment & finance
Elite closes first fund with Polish acquisition
POLAND Singapore-based alternative asset managers Elite Partners Capital has announced the first close of its pure play Elite Logistics Fund.
Investment & finance
Amundi enters Poland to buy Nowogrodzka Square
POLAND French investor Amundi Real Estate, on behalf of its managed funds, has completed the acquisition of the Nowogrodzka Square office building in central Warsaw from French developer Yareal.
Investment & finance
Penta sells D48 offices to IAD
POLAND Penta Real Estate has sold the D48 office building in Warsaw’s Służewiec business district to fellow Slovak company IAD Investments for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Aurec acquires PRS tower in Warsaw
POLAND Aurec Capital has completed the acquisition of the Puławska 186 project in Warsaw’s Mokotów district from Matexi Polska for more than PLN 100 mln.
Retail portfolio deals continue to grow
POLAND Portfolio transactions have been increasing on the Polish retail market, according to real estate advisory Cresa’s recent ‘Retail Occupier Economics 2019’ report.
Investment & finance
Optima to take over GTC
CEE REGION The Optimum Ventures Private Equity Fund, which is owned by the National Bank of Hungary’s fund manager Optima, has announced that it has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement to acquire Lone Star's majority shareholding in Globe Trade Centre S.A.
Immofinanz moves AGM to October
CENTRAL EUROPE Austrian-based real estate investor Immofinanz has decided to reschedule the 27th annual general meeting, originally planned for May 22nd, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ups and downs for Budimex
POLAND Budimex’s net revenue from the sales of products and materials amounted to slightly more than PLN 6.9 bln in 2019.
Investment & finance
Generali buys iconic Prague department store
CZECH REPUBLIC Generali Real Estate has acquired the Kotva department store in Prague for an undisclosed sum from Pražská Správa Nemovitostí (PSN) through its pan-European fund Generali Real Estate Asset Repositioning SA (GREAR). According to local media, the property changed hands for CZK 4 bln (app. EUR 150 mln), which would make it the largest real estate deal on the Czech market this year.
Aareal suspends dividends
CENTRAL EUROPE Aareal Bank’s management board has resolved to suspend the payment of dividends for the 2019 and 2020 financial years at least until October 1st 2020.
Investment & finance
Hines sells warehouse portfolio and Nord Point
POLAND Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF), an investment fund managed by Hines Polska, has finalised the sale of a portfolio of six distribution parks and the Nord Point office building in Warsaw’s Białołęka district to CGL Investment Holdings Corporation Limited.
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 wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Building A (31,984 sqm) in VGP Park Split in Dugopolje has been awarded a BREEAM v6 Outstanding rating. The certification was carried out by BuildGree ...
Galeria Jurajska recertified
Westbridge secures green energy for Skanska
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
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
At the beginning of this year, Erste Group, which was already very active in the real estate financing market in Poland and the CEE region, acquired a ...
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
The Bridge to future expansion – Kestutis Sasnauskas of Eastnine
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
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
Saltic, a Polish hotel developer and operator, has appointed Mirbud to construct its Saltic Zieleniec development in Duszniki-Zdrój with work to begin ...
Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg
Pbb refinances Radisson Blu Bucharest
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Tender for Tomaszów Mazowiecki station reconstruction
Polish State Railways (PKP S.A.) is planning the comprehensive modernization of the railway station in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Following the completion o ...
Budimex builds over the Ruda
Grudziądz railway station under renovation
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
CEE real estate investment goes steadily upward
The momentum of the Central and Eastern Europe commercial real estate market picked up markedly in the first half of 2026, according to Colliers' CEE ...
Savills takes over Eastdil
BIG Poland adds Grodzisk Sfera Park to portfolio
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
Savills gets Prime lease contract
Savills' landlord representation team has been appointed co-exclusive agent responsible for the commercialization of the Prime office building on ul G ...
Regional office market growing fast
White Owl expands in Warsaw's Life Building
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Szczecin castle reconstruction completed
Mostostal Warszawa has completed the second stage of the reconstruction of the north wing of the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle (Zamek Książąt Pomorskich) i ...
Dewin–Biberstein–Promnitz Castle to be restored
Budimex rebuilds Szczecin sports centre
Residential
Still too few student beds
The number of beds in Poland's purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector grew by 24 pct year on year in the first half of 2026, reaching 17,90 ...
Mercator ready to begin flagship Kraków project
CeMat sets to work on Moje Bielany 3
Retail & leisure
Intermarché opens new-format supermarket in Radlin
Intermarché has returned to the town of Radlin in southern Poland with the opening of a new-format supermarket. The store comprises 1,000 sqm of retai ...
Bricomarché opens two new stores
North Face opens in Designer Outlet Warszawa
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
DIrect Auto drives straight in to VGP České Budějovice
Car insurer and advisory Direct Auto has leased 4,200 sqm in building B of VGP Park České Budějovice. With this contract, the warehouse facility is no ...
