Investment & finance
RSSInvestment still rising in the Baltics
LATVIA/LITHUANIA/ESTONIA The combined real estate investment volume in the Baltic states last year totalled EUR 810 mln according to figures published by Newsec in its “Baltic Investment Outlook 2019” report.
Investment & finance
Spar buys Piotr i Paweł
POLAND Wasz Sklep Spar, a subsidiary of the Spar Group has signed a purchase agreement for a majority stake in the financially troubled Piotr i Paweł grocery chain from funds managed by TFI Capital Partners.
LPP feeling chuffed with results
POLAND LPP group has registered a 15.7 pct increase in sales to PLN 1.8 bln for Q1 this year. This year the company is targeting online sales in excess of PLN 1 bln with a single online store for the entire EU as well for Ukraine and has plans to debut in Finland.
Delta changes the owner
POLAND VD Invest from the Vantage Development group has finalised the sale of the Delta 44 office building in Wrocław for PLN 28.7 mln.
Investment & finance
Rustonka in Korean-Polish hands
CZECH REPUBLIC An investment trust fund established by Korean investor Hana Alternative Asset Management and Polish property manager White Star Real Estate has bought the Rustonka office centre in Prague’s Karlín district from J&T Real Estate for an estimated CZK 4.2 bln (app. EUR 163 mln).
Investment & finance
Savills IM buys Warsaw warehouse park
POLAND Savills Investment Management has finalised the acquisition for its Savills IM European Logistics Fund 2 of a 42,000 sqm logistics property in the Warsaw area.
Marvipol shops for Sopot site
POLAND Marvipol Development has purchased a number of developed plots in Sopot for PLN 27.7 mln net.
Technology to change the modern workspace
POLAND Innovation over the next few years will result in a better quality of life, lower labour costs, an improvement in the environment, and the saving of time and resources according to the ‘Women Write the Future’ report published by the Ladies First Business Leaders Association.
Baltona looks for investor
POLAND Przedsiębiorstwa Handlu Zagranicznego Baltona has announced that it received a letter from Flemingo Dutyfree Shop Private and Flemingo International on May 23rd, which announces the launch of a review of strategic options by Flemingo and Ashdod Holding, the two largest shareholders in the company.
Investment & finance
Q Hotel takes over party headquarters
POLAND Polish Q Hotel chain has purchased the headquarters of the Law and Justice [PiS] party at ul. Nowogrodzka 84/86 in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Yit starts project of over EUR 300 mln
SLOVAKIA Yit Slovakia has bought a 3.9 ha plot in the Nivy area of Bratislava. The plot is the site of a former prefabricated concrete factory in the city’s Ružinov district.
Baltic to buy Galerija Centrs
LATVIA The Baltic Horizon Fund, managed by Northern Horizon Capital, has signed a preliminary agreement to buy all the shares of Tampere Invest SIA, which owns the Galerija Centrs shopping centre in Riga’s Old Town from Linstow for EUR 75 mln.
Warimpex sees profits rise
EUROPE Warimpex has regestered a EUR 11.8 mln profit for Q1 2019, which compares to a EUR 3 mln loss in the same period of the previous year. The company attributes the improvement to higher gains on property sales and exchange rate gains.
Investment & finance
Focus plans expansion
POLAND/SLOVAKIA/CZECH REPUBLIC Focus Estate Fund has announced its plans to enter the Slovak market as well as to double the size of its current portfolio over the next two years.
Strong Q1 for Immofinanz
EUROPE Immofinanz has recorded a rental income of EUR 65.2 mln in Q1 2019, up 10.5 pct y-o-y.
Investment & finance
Why invest in Poland?
POLAND Foreign investment in Polish cities is mainly dependent on their labour, their infrastructure, the availability of office space and how well the market supports local businesses according to the ‘Business Environment Assessment Study’ published by Antal, which examined the business environments of Warsaw, Wrocław, Poznań, Łódź, the Tri-City, Kraków, Szczecin and Lublin.
Investment & finance
Cinema 3D joins Multikino
POLAND The final sale agreement of the Cinema 3D cinema portfolio has been signed.
Cresa buys PSG
WORLD Cresa has completed the acquisition of Portfolio Solutions Group (PSG), a full service lease administration, accounting and abstracting services company, which is to be renamed Cresa Lease Administration (CLA).
Investment & finance
Futureal sells Advance Tower
HUNGARY Futureal Group has sold its Advance Tower building to the Erste Real Estate Fund. The second stage of the same project could also be sold to the fund under a forward purchase agreement.
Investment & finance
Warimpex invests more in Airportcity
RUSSIA Warimpex has increased its stake in the Airportcity business complex near the Pulkovo 2 international airport in St Petersburg from 55 to 90 pct.
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
Poland heading for a two-tier market
The value of the 960 largest construction projects in Poland is already more than PLN 1 tln and continues to rise, driven by a wave of infrastructure ...
Poland underestimates Building site crime
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
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
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 for Prologis
Prologis has been awarded a BREEAM International New Construction certificate with a rating of Outstanding for its new warehouse development in Ujazd ...
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park
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
August 7th – mark the date
Once again, for the 15th time, the real estate sector is to come together for a worthy cause in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation ...
Investment given the green light
SIMA grows internationally
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Strong Warsaw hotel growth
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
Green light for Port of Poland
The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of P ...
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Hill International to work on Central Communication Port
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
Land shortage changing market
The investment land market in Poland is entering a phase of structural shortage in prime locations. With continued developer demand, this translates i ...
SCF enters Romania with purchase of two parks
Panattoni secures financing for Park Poznań West Gate I
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
The Shire comes to Poznań
The Shire - Beyond Coworking, a nationwide operator of premium serviced offices, has signed a lease for approximately 2,000 sqm for space in the Pozna ...
Four signings for B4B
Skyliner II topped
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
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
Polish State Railways (PKP) is to modernise the station in Gronów Elbląski. The design is ready, and the company has now announced a tender to select ...
A new look for central Warsaw
Oleśnica railway station restored
Residential
Moja Oszmiańska arises in Warsaw
The Moja Oszmiańska residential project is being jointly developed by Grupo Lar Polska and Hanner in Warsaw's Targówek district. The investors have no ...
Ageing population requires fewer barriers
Villa Zlotno under construction in Łódź
Retail & leisure
Xtreme Fitness enters Karuzela
The Karuzela Ełk Retail Park will be expanding its offerings with the addition of a fitness club. On June 16th, Xtreme Fitness Gyms will join the tena ...
Supersam to gain a foodcourt
More stores open in Sosnowiec Plaza
Technology
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Velis has a new name
Warehouse & industrial
Zátiší barracks becomes CTPark Plzeň Kasárny
CTP has completed the first phase of the transformation of the former Zátiší barracks in Plzeň into a modern mixed-use business park.
