Investment & finance
RSSUBM in the money
POLAND Over 2017, UBM sold Polish real estate assets worth over EUR 160 mln, including the Kotlarska office building in Krakow to Slovakian investor IAD Investments, for app. EUR 30 mln.
Investment & finance
Hansainvest growing larger
WORLD Hamburg-based asset manager Hansainvest Real Assets, which bought the Generation Park X building in Warsaw last year, has announced its 2017 results.
Investment & finance
Volkswagen to spend EUR 450 mln in Poland
POLAND Volkswagen will invest EUR 200 mln in the construction of a new production hall and the extension of its welding plant in Antoninek near Poznań.
Turto Bankas sells Vilnius land
LITHUANIA Turto Bankas has put two plots in Vilnius up for sale, on which commercial and residential projects could be built.
Bank lending stays strong
POLAND In 2017, real estate transactions hit a record-breaking volume of EUR 5 bln, up by nearly 10 pct y-o-y, according to figures from Cushman & Wakefield.
Investment & finance
CPI sells Budaörs Office Park
HUNGARY Czech real estate investor CPI Property Group has announced that it has sold the Budaörs Office Park in Pest county on the western outskirts of Budapest.
Arcona property fund reports record growth
CEE REGION The valuation of the Arcona Property Fund closed 2017 up by 3.7 pct y-o-y. This was largely due to a rise in value of the fund’s four-building Czech portfolio of 5.7 pct and a rise of 2.8 pct in the value of its eight properties in Slovakia. The value of its twelve properties in Poland remained stable.
Investment & finance
Knight Frank: investment hit EUR 4.7 bln in 2017
POLAND According to Knight Frank, in 2017 investors invested 3 pct more funds in Polish real estate than in 2016.
Investment & finance
Cromwell sells Warsaw Corporate Center
POLAND Cromwell Property Group has sold the Warsaw Corporate Center to Raiffeisen Immobilien Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft (Raiffeisen Capital Management) for EUR 27.8 mln.
Łódź pockets PLN 74 mln from real estate
POLAND In 2017 the city of Łódź sold 60 properties and raised over PLN 74 mln.
Europa Capital raises EUR 716 mln
EUROPA Europa Capital has raised EUR 716 mln for its fifth European value-add fund and associated co-investment vehicles.
Slovak investment below EUR 600 mln
SLOVAKIA The total investment volume in Slovakia for 2017 was recorded by JLL at just under EUR 525 mln, which was below the company’s EUR 600 mln expectation, since several deals failed to close before the year-end and will be completed in 2018.
Investment & finance
Delta ups investment
CEE REGION Serbian-based Delta Holding has announced that it is to Invest EUR 600 mln in real estate projects over the next two years.
Inreal sells for Ergo
LITHUANIA Inreal is to act as agent in the sale of 23 properties across the country by insurance company Ergo.
Investment & finance
Loan for Marina
POLAND Ronson has obtained PLN 33 mln and a VAT loan of PLN 2 mln from Alior Bank for a residential estate development in Wrocław.
Alior gives Echo more money
POLAND Alior Bank has agreed to lend PLN 75 mln to Echo Investment, which represents the extension of a revolving loan as well as an increase in its value.
Military sells Lublin land
POLAND Warsaw-based developer Wartico is to pay PLN 7.3 mln for 0.5 ha plot on Al. Racławickie in Lublin.
Investment & finance
CEE investment hits record high
CEE REGION With EUR 12.98 bln transacted in 2017 the CEE real estate investment market set a new record high, according to JLL.
Investment & finance
Second best result for Polish investment
POLAND Polish real estate Investment market saw EUR 5.03 bln transacted in 2017, the second highest volume result ever after the EUR 5.05 bln transacted in 2006, according to JLL.
Investment & finance
Three malls for Newbridge
POLAND Newbridge has acquired three neighbourhood shopping centres from a fund managed by Aerium: Bielawy in Toruń, Guliwer in Łódź and Czyżyny in Kraków.
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 ...
