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Kraków Old Town building for sale
POLAND Bank Pekao has put up for sale a listed tenement building at the junction of the Rynek Główny main square and ul. Szewska in Kraków’s Old Town.
Warimpex in the green
EUROPE Warimpex Finanz-und Beteiligungs recorded a EUR 17.9 mln profit in H1, compared to a EUR 4.3 mln loss a year earlier. As the company explains, this can be attributed primarily to property sales, valuation gains and exchange rate gains.
Investment & finance
EUR 52 mln loan for Warburg
HUNGARY PBB Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a EUR 52 mln investment and VAT loan to an open-ended special alternative fund managed by Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate for the purchase of the White House office building in Budapest.
Czech investment to exceed EUR 3 bln
CZECH REPUBLIC The commercial real estate investment volume in the Czech Republic could exceed EUR 3 bln this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield. After a good H1, when EUR 1.74 bln in real estate was transacted, the market in the second half of the year is also expected to thrive.
Patisha changes hands
POLAND Bulgarian civil engineering company Patisha AD has sold 90 pct of its shares to Zavodski Stroeji PS Pazardzhik, the oldest construction company in Pazardzhik region.
Romania outperforming the rest of the region
ROMANIA The Romanian real estate market has recorded good results for H1 2019, with more dynamic activity in the office and investment segments than in some of its neighbours in the CEE region, according to Colliers International Romania.
Echo granted EUR 65 mln loan for Face2Face
POLAND Bank Pekao has granted Echo Investment a EUR 65 mln loan for the construction of the Face2Face Business Campus office complex in Katowice.
Investment & finance
EPGC fails in Metro takeover bid
EUROPE EP Global Commerce, the Czech-Slovak holding controlled by Daniel Křetínský, has failed to reach the minimum acceptance threshold of 67.5 pct of its voluntary takeover offer for German retailer Metro AG.
Trade down
EUROPE The Eurostat’s first estimate for the volume of exports from the euro area (EA19) to the rest of the world in June 2019 was EUR 189.9 bln, down 4.7 pct y-o-y.
Atrium undervalued says Letko
CEE REGION Investment manager Letko Brosseau & Associates has declared its intention to vote against Gazit Globe’s buyout of Atrium European Real Estate, in which it controls a 2.4 pct stake making it the second largest shareholder in the company.
Etalon completes Leader-Invest purchase
RUSSIA Etalon Group has completed the purhcase of the remaining 49 pct stake in residential developer Leader-Invest from Sistema for RUB 14.6 bln.
Baltic Horizon increases in value
EUROPE Tallinn based Baltic Horizon Fund has increased its net asset value per unit to EUR 1.3451. As of the end of July the value increased by 0.52 pct m-o-m.
Investment & finance
Rents go up across CEE
EUROPE Office, retail and logistics rents increased in the second quarter of 2019 across the CEE region, according to the DNA of Real Estate report by Cushman & Wakefield.
Investment & finance
Echo takes over Immofinanz office buildings
POLAND Immofinanz has sold a section of its Empark office development in Warsaw's Służewiec business district to Echo Investment. Prior to the deal, the Austrian investor had drawn up a concept design for a number of the buildings on the 1.17 ha plot to be pulled down to make way for a new residential development.
Investment & finance
Skanska sells second Nowy Rynek building
POLAND Skanska has sold the second building that it is developing in its Nowy Rynek office complex in Poznań to Corum Asset Management for EUR 36 mln.
Investment & finance
Centrum Krakov sold
CZECH REPUBLIC Wood & Company has acquired the Centrum Krakov mall in Prague. The sellers were the Syner Group as well as private investors Petr Syrovátko and Karel Zetka.
Investment & finance
Klépierre to sell four malls to Indotek
HUNGARY The competition authorities (GVH) have approved the acquisition by Indotek of a number of shopping centres owned by the Klépierre group.
Investment & finance
CA Immo completes exit from Airportcity
RUSSIA Warimpex has completed its purchase of a 35 pct stake in AO Avielen, the SPV which is responsible for the development and management of the Airportcity mixed-use complex in St Petersburg, bringing its total stake in the project up to 90 pct.
TXM files for bankruptcy of Romanian subsidiary
ROMANIA Polish clothing group TXM, which is undergoing restructuring, has filed for the bankruptcy of its 100 pct Romanian subsidiary Adesso TXM Romania, based in Timişoara.
Investment & finance
EUR 136 mln loan for Warsaw Unit
POLAND Ghelamco has signed a loan agreement with PKO BP, Santander Bank Polska, Pekao and Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń i Reasekuracji Warta for financing the construction of the 45-storey Warsaw Unit office development at Rondo Daszyńskiego in central Warsaw.
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
Apsys goes shopping for 3 Stawy
Apsys has completed the acquisition of the 3 Stawy shopping centre in Katowice. The 38,600 sqm gla mall was acquired from a fund managed by Union Inve ...
CEE real estate investment goes steadily upward
Savills takes over Eastdil
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
PwC Polska takes 20k in AFI Tower
PwC Polska is to be an anchor tenant of AFI Tower, which is under construction in central Warsaw, having leased around 20,000 sqm of office space.
Big bank gets bigger in Advanced Business Center
Savills gets Prime lease contract
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 ...
