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EIB to help modernise Warsaw University Hospital
POLAND The European Investment Bank (EIB) will finance the construction of a PLN 100 mln Medical Simulation Centre for the Medical University of Warsaw (WUM) as well as the modernisation of the university buildings on ul. Litewska and ul. Banacha.
Maxima buys Stokrotka
POLAND Maxima Grupė has acquired a stake of over 93 pct in Emperia Holding, which owns Stokrotka supermarket chain.
Investment & finance
Investors full of optimism
EUROPE Investors are looking at 2018 with even more optimism than they had for last year.
S4 now under Benefit
POLAND A subsidiary of Benefit Systems has bought 14 S4 fitness clubs, mainly located in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
CA Immo jilted
EUROPE Immofinanz has invited bids for its 26 pct stake (25,690,163 bearer shares) in CA Immo, a move which appears to signal that the once mooted merger between the two companies has definitively been cancelled.
Investment & finance
Penta looks to Poland
CEE REGION The overall value of Slovakian real estate group Penta Investments grew to EUR 9 bln last year – up from EUR 8.5 bln at the end of the previous year.
Investment & finance
CPI buys HopStop retail parks
POLAND CPI Property Group has bought a portfolio of five HopStop retail parks from Polish developer Katharsis Development.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz sizes up different bride
EUROPE Immofinanz has purchased a 29.14 pct stake (19,499,437 bearer shares) in S Immo from RPR Group (app. 14.6 mln shares) and Signa Group (around 4.9 mln shares).
Investment & finance
Zeitgeist comes to Budapest
HUNGARY Zeitgeist Asset Management has purchased a historic building in the centre of Budapest on behalf of a German pension fund administered by Institutional Investment Partners.
Pbb provides EUR 74 mln loan to Newbridge
POLAND Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided an investment facility of EUR 74 mln to companies owned by Newbridge for the acquisition of three shopping centres in Poland.
One competitor less for Yit
EUROPE Yit has taken over Finnish-based rival Lemminkäinen Corporation, a company active on the Russian market.
Delayed deals contribute to record Q1 investment
POLAND As a result of large portfolio transactions, the first quarter of 2018 on the Polish real estate investment market closed with a record investment volume of around EUR 2.05 bln, according to figures from Savills.
Investment & finance
Profits rising for BIK
POLAND Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych (BIK) has reported that in 2017 its revenue rose by 5.4 pct y-o-y to PLN 17.7 mln.
Robyg hopes to sell 3,300 apartments
POLAND Over Q1 this year, residential developer Robyg Group signed contracts on 914 units in Warsaw and Gdańsk, 23 fewer units than in the previous year.
LC Corp announces results
POLAND The Wrocław-based developer LC Corp found buyers for a total of 873 apartments in Q1 which compares to 741 for the same period of the previous year.
Investment & finance
Growthpoint to buy into GPRE
POLAND Growthpoint Properties, a REIT listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, has agreed to subscribe for shares in Griffin Premium RE (GPRE).
Real estate investment market in 2018 will see the next record
POLAND "The investment market in Poland is doing well. This year, just like the last three years, will be another record year. There have been a lot of properties put up for sale since the end of 2017," told us Dariusz Forysiak, associate director, retail investment services, Colliers International.
Investment & finance
EPISO 4 reaches for Infinity
POLAND Tristan’s European Property Investors Special Opportunities 4 (EPISO 4) fund has completed the purchase of the Infinity project in Wrocław from Avestus Real Estate, which is acting as the fund’s local operating partner and development manager.
Lokum still expanding rapidly
POLAND Lokum Deweloper has increased its Q1 sales by 160 pct y-o-y with 248 units sold in Wrocław and 56 in Kraków.
Investment & finance
BGK loan for Karuzela
POLAND Financing has been secured for the Karuzela shopping centre development in Biała Podlaska due to an app. PLN 70 mln from Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
Logicor opens Serenity Park in Mysłowice
Logicor has officially opened the first public park in the grounds of a logistics centre in Poland. Logicor’s Serenity Park in Mysłowice comprises 4 h ...
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
Outstanding awarded to CTP
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
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 October issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
The Accessibility Forum is just around the corner
On November 17–18, Poznań will, for the third time, bring together experts, decision-makers, designers, entrepreneurs, and representatives of public a ...
Last day to register
PBSA enters the mainstream
Exclusive
More than machines
Adrian Winiarek, Partner and Development Director at MDC2, shares his expert insights on how technology and infrastructure come together in modern war ...
The voice of the younger generation
EGLS enters the scene
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
Tourism set to boom around the Med
According to the report, Mediterranean and Southern European markets accounted for 44 pct of all inbound overnight tourist arrivals to Europe last yea ...
Novotel comes to Croatia
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
DL Invest moves into data centres
DL Invest Group has entered into a joint venture with Boosteroid, a global provider of cloud technologies and cloud gaming to build a network of moder ...
Brain Park Building C sold
ECE Work & Live enters Poland
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
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
One now full
CA Immo has leased the last remaining offices in the One building in Frankfurt to law firm Kallan Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft and TMF Deutschland, who n ...
Aon stays for longer
Office investment set to reach 1.4 bln
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
AFI starts work on Home V Korytech
AFI Czech Republic has begun work on its AFI Home V Korytech project in the Strašnice district of Prague. The PRS development will comprise 519 apartm ...
Student Depot extended in Poznań
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
Retail & leisure
Westfield Černý Most now new and improved
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has announced the reopening of the Westfield Černý Most shopping centre in Prague, following its expansion by over 9,000 sqm ...
Retail continues to grow
Another Smart Park to come to Wrocław
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
80,000 sqm pre-lease signed for CTPark Budapest–Érd
CTP has announced that a major international logistics business has leased 80,000 sqm of BTS space for a major distribution hub at the new CTPark Buda ...
