Investment & finance
RSSMoody's optimistic over CEE
CEE REGION The credit ratings of retail landlords in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) should remain stable or improve over the next 12-18 months, according to the latest report be Moody's Investors Service.
Investment & finance
Baltic Horizon completes Galerija Centrs purchase
LATVIA The Baltic Horizon Fund has purchased the Galerija Centrs shopping centre in Riga from Linstow by acquiring all the shares of of Tampere Invest.
Investment & finance
Saller buys Radom shopping centre
POLAND Saller Group has signed a contract for the purchase of Galeria nad Potokiem in Radom for PLN 24.6 mln.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz splashes out on Warsaw Spire
POLAND Immofinanz is to acquire the Warsaw Spire skyscraper (building A of the complex) in the Polish capital for app. EUR 386 mln, subject to approval from the Polish competition authority, in what could be the biggest office investment transaction in Poland this year.
Investment & finance
Koreans buy Twin City Tower
SLOVAKIA London-based real estate investment manager Valesco together with Seoul-based AIP Asset Management have purchased the Twin City Tower office building in Bratislava’s Nové Nivy district for EUR 120 mln with South Korean capital.
Investment & finance
Just Gym enters Warsaw in Moje Miejsce
POLAND A Just Gym fitness club is to open in Echo Investment’s Moje Miejsce mixed-use complex in Warsaw’s Dolny Mokotów district in Q3 2019.
Investment & finance
Trei buys land for two Vendo Parks
POLAND Trei Real Estate has purchased land for the construction of a Vendo retail park in Kobyłka near Warsaw, which is to be completed by the end of the year, and for a Vendo Park in Kutno near Łódź to be delivered in 2020.
Investment & finance
Reino teams up with RF Corval
CEE REGION Reino Capital, a commercial real estate holding company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Australian investment company RF Corval to invest EUR 750 mln in a common asset management platform for the CEE region.
Orbis sells itself to Accor
CEE REGION Following previous announcements regarding the separation of its business lines, Orbis has decided to dispose of its service business, which includes its franchise and management agreements and has started exclusive negotiations to sell the businesses to its majority stakeholder Accor.
Łódź looking for investors
POLAND The Łódź city authorities are launching promotional services for owners of investment properties in the city centre.
CDRL grows through acquisitions
POLAND CDRL Group, the Polish owner of the Coccodrillo fashion chain, saw an increase in its sales revenues to PLN 108 mln in Q1, which when compared to PLN 57.1 mln a year earlier represents an increase of more than 89 pct.
Investment & finance
Mas and Prime Kapital with big plans
ROMANIA Mas REI with its partner Prime Kapital have announced that they are currently working on a number of projects.
PHN launches PLN 160 mln bond issue
POLAND Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has issued A series bonds with a nominal value of up to PLN 160 mln.
Investment & finance
Echo plans further offensives after Q1 results
POLAND Echo Investment started the construction of six new projects in Q1. During the same period the company sold 351 units and bought land for construction of more than 75,000 sqm of residential and office space. Its net profit amounted to almost PLN 32 mln.
Investment & finance
Renaissance Building taken by Leading Cities Invest
POLAND Leading Cities Invest, a fund managed by the KanAm Grund Group, has purchased the Renaissance Building in Warsaw from a fund managed by GLL Real Estate Partners.
Investment 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).
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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
Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices
The façade is now fully closed at Skanska’s H₂Offices Phase 2 in Budapest, while roof waterproofing is also complete. The building is now weather-tigh ...
Łódź City Council to move to University Business Park
Unimot renews lease in DL Jagiellońska 1
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
Mill-Yon launches sales at Osiedle Brzechwy in Pruszków
Mill-Yon has launched sales at Osiedle Brzechwy in Pruszków. The development will comprise five four-storey buildings with 289 apartments ranging from ...
OKAM brings SiDLY telecare to PRESTIA senior residences
Dantex plans Nurt residential project in Wilanów
Retail & leisure
Xtreme Fitness Gyms to open at Gemini Park Tarnów
Gemini Park Tarnów is adding a new fitness and leisure concept. Xtreme Fitness Gyms, Poland’s largest fitness club network, will join the centre’s ten ...
Castorama Studio Projektowe opens in Galeria Świdnicka
Retail parks strengthen their position in Poland
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
Phoenix Pharma stays with Segro
Phoenix Pharma Polska has renewed its lease at Segro Logistics Park Warsaw, Pruszków, where it occupies 8,635 sqm of warehouse space and around 700 sq ...
