Investment & finance
RSSApsys buys CFI
EUROPE Financière Apsys, which specialises in the development, holding and management of retail properties in France and in Poland, has acquired a 89.11 pct stake in Euronext-listed Compagnie Foncière Internationale (CFI) from Yellow Grafton SC.
Investment & finance
Union Investment assets grow
POLAND/EUROPE Union Investment Real Estate carried out acquisitions and sales transactions with a total value of EUR 3.8 bln last year, while the value of the assets managed by its real estate funds also increased last year, from EUR 31.8 to 34.5 bln.
Investment & finance
Krych steps down from Griffin
POLAND Przemysław Krych has resigned from all the positions he held at Griffin Real Estate and affiliated entities following his detention on corruption charges, the company has announced.
Fitch and Moody's Warsaw love-in
POLAND Fitch has included Warsaw on its long term international rating for the first time, giving the city the highest possible score.
EY sets up WAM advisory
CZECH REPUBLIC EY in the Czech Republic has expanded its services with the addition of a wealth and asset management (WAM) advisory.
Postimaja sold
ESTONIA Northern Horizon Capital, as the manager of the Baltic Horizon Fund, has signed an agreement with Osaühing Letona Properties to acquire the Postimaja shopping centre in Tallinn.
Zalando revenue up by almost a quarter
EUROPE Online fashion platform Zalando SE recorded revenues in the range of EUR 1.32 bln to EUR 1.34 bln for Q4 2017, according to preliminary unaudited results.
Investment & finance
WDP aiming to double value of portfolio
ROMANIA Belgian industrial investor WDP is planning to increase the value of its Romanian property portfolio from EUR 230 mln to EUR 500 mln after restructuring its shareholder structure.
Investment & finance
HB Reavis sells final warehouse to P3
CZECH REPUBLIC P3 has acquired a 43,500 sqm warehouse near Lovosice in the Ústí nad Labem region of northern Bohemia from HB Reavis for app. EUR 33 mln.
Investment & finance
PBB provides EUR 41.4 mln for Amesbury parks
CZECH REPUBLIC PBB Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided an investment facility of EUR 41.4 mln to companies managed by Czech development and investment company Amesbury.
Etalon buys Petrovska Island plot
RUSSIA The Etalon group has purchased a 2.8 ha plot on Petrovska Island in St Petersburg for a residential project.
Investment land in Romania in high demand
ROMANIA The value of investment land transactions in Romania (excluding the industrial segment) exceeded EUR 350 mln in 2017 and the market sees one of its best periods in the past ten years, according to Colliers International.
Investment & finance
Erste buys Market Central Ferihegy
HUNGARY Erste’s real estate fund Erste Ingatlan Alap has acquired the Market Central Ferihegy retail park together with the adjacent Quadrum office complex from AIG/Lincoln.
Investment & finance
First FLE acquisition in Poland
POLAND Luxembourg-based investment fund FLE SICAV FIS has acquired the Wratislavia Center mixed-use complex in Wrocław’s Old Town.
Dragon to buy office building and shopping centre
UKRAINE The Ukrainian competition authorities has approved Ukrainian investor Dragon Capital to acquire stakes in two Ukrainian companies, which own the Eco Tower business centre in Zaporizhia and the Victoria Gardens shopping centre in Lviv, writes commercialproperty.ua.
E-Muzyka changes pocket
POLAND Empik has purchased an 80.25 pct majority stake in the E-Muzyka service from its mother company Cypriot-based Bookzz Holdings (part of the Penta group) for PLN 12.85 mln.
Białystok on museum map
POLAND The city council of Białystok has announced a tender to find a general contractor to build the shell of the Siberian Memorial Museum in a former military complex on ul. Węglowa.
LPP hits PLN 7 biln
POLAND LPP sales revenue for 2017 came to PLN 7.03 bln up by 17 pct higher on 2016.
Archicom sees rising sales
POLAND In Q4 2017 Archicom sold 437 apartments, representing an 84 pct increase y-o-y.
Murapol to take over Polnord?
POLAND “Murapol is thinking of buying more Polnord shares,” Michał Sapota of Murapol’s supervisory board has announced.
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
GTC teams up with Paul
GTC, together with PAUL Tech AG, has announced a strategic partnership to sustainably upgrade GTC’s residential portfolio in Germany. Almost 4,800 res ...
Well comes to Panattoni
LightOn with Outstanding design
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
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the ...
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
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
real estate investment booms
The commercial real estate investment market in the Czech Republic is experiencing an exceptionally strong period. The transaction volume in H1 2025 r ...
Strong Romanian volumes in H1
Santander finances Panattoni Poznań XIV
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
First new tenant for V Office building
The refurbishment of the V Tower office building in Warsaw is nearing completion with the first tenant to move into the building in the autumn. The St ...
Warsaw offices squeezed by fewer deliveries
Landlord’s market begins for Warsaw offices
Property and Facility Management
Savills to manage for Yareal
Savills has taken over the comprehensive management of a portfolio of properties in Warsaw owned by Yareal Polska. The portfolio includes buildings C, ...
Studio B under new management
Cushman feels the Vibe
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
Zeitraum – Racławicka to open for next semester
The Zeitraum – Racławicka student residence is to open in Krakow's Krowodrza district.
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
Retail & leisure
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
Scallier has obtained the exclusive rights to commercialise five new retail parks in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Ruda Śląska, Zabrze, and Darłowo. Construction ...
Andersa retail park to open in 2026
Redkom to open Białystok retail park
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
7R Park Gdańsk IV extended
Work has been completed on the second stage of 7R Park Gdańsk IV in Barniewice, in the Tricity area. Dekpol Budownictwo was the general contractor.
