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EBRD funds Hystead modernisation
SEE REGION The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Internatioal Finance Corporation have extended loans to Hystead worth EUR 164 mln. Hystead owns Delta City shopping malls in Belgrade and Podgorica as well as Skopje City Mall.
Investment & finance
Globalworth announces plans for Poland
POLAND Globalworth is to rebrand GPRE as Globalworth Poland, and has announced a capital raise of EUR 400 mln to fund its further expansion in Poland.
Investment & finance
Atenor to take University Business Center
POLAND Atenor, through its newly created Polish subsidiary, has signed a preliminary contract to acquire the rights to the two buildings of University Business Center in Warsaw’s Mokotów district with 30,500 sqm of office space.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz with cold feet before CA Immo merger
EUROPE Immofinanz has decided to continue the suspension of detailed discussions over its possible merger with CA Immobilien Anlagen AG (CA Immo) while it evaluates other strategic options.
Investment & finance
Amundi buys Praha City Center
CZECH REPUBLIC The Curzon Capital Partners III (CCP III) fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners, has completed the EUR 64 mlm sale of the Praha City Center office to Amundi Asset Management.
Marienthal acquired by Eften fund
ESTONIA The EfTEN Kinnisvarafond II fund will acquire Marienthal commercial centre in Tallinn from the real estate investment company AS Gildhall for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
PA Nova selling Krosno and Myszków
POLAND PA Nova has accepted the preliminary sales conditions for all the shares of PA Nova Invest Krosno and PA Nova Invest 3, which are the SPV owners of retail parks in Krosno and Myszków.
Investment & finance
Hystead buys two Croatian malls
CROATIA Hystead, which is co-owned by Hyprop Investments and PDI Investment Holdings has acquired a 90 pct interest in two Croatian shopping centres.
Arcona’s bonds redeemed
EUROPE Arcona Property Fund has redeemed its tranche II 2015 convertible bond, due for repayment on February 20th 2018, in full.
Investment & finance
C&W reports record investment for 2017
CEE REGION According to the latest figures from Cushman & Wakefield, investment volumes in Central and Eastern Europe reached nearly EUR 13 bln.
Investment & finance
Colliers breaks record
POLAND The tenant and landlord representation teams of Colliers International closed a total of 200 transactions in Poland in 2017, with 286,000 sqm of office space leased in Warsaw and Poland’s regional cities.
100,000 sqm leased out by Echo Investment
POLAND Echo Investment signed leases with 75 tenants for a total area of over 100,000 sqm in 2017.
Fitch takes a shine to Bydgoszcz
POLAND Ratings agency Fitch has raised its assessment of the city of Bydgoszcz from stable to positive and gave it a BBB+ rating for debts in foreign and domestic currencies with a long-term rating of AA.
Investment boom set to continue
CEE REGION Economic sentiment still suggests a further increase in investment volumes in the CEE-6 (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia) in 2018, after a high of EUR 12.9 bln in 2017, claims Colliers International in its latest ‘Investment Outlook’ report.
Investment & finance
Golub to build Praga student halls
POLAND Golub GetHouse has bought a 1.15 ha investment plot at ul. Jagiellońska 82 in Warsaw’s Praga-Północ district for a student housing project.
Investment & finance
Union on spending spree
POLAND Union Investment is acquiring two Holiday Inn hotels on behalf of its funds in a total investment that comes to app. EUR 80 mln.
Investment & finance
Robyg (almost) taken over
POLAND Bricks Acquisitions Limited has obtained subscriptions for over 98 pct of the shares of Robyg SA, allowing the Goldman Sachs group owned company to take over the developer.
Investment up for Romania
ROMANIA The total investment volume for 2017 was of EUR 930 mln. a 24 pct increase compared to 2016 and the second highest figure since 2008, according to the latest ‘Market View’ report by CBRE.
Investment & finance
Agora disappears from Old Market
POLAND Newspaper publisher Agora is selling the perpetual usufruct to an historic building in Gdańsk’s Old Market for PLN 8.65 mln.
Sharp eyes for real estate
POLAND Corelens, which provides lenses for cataract surgery is to enter the real estate market.
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 ...
