Office &amp; mixed-use development

POLAND Echo Investment has received a building permit for its first office building in the Browary Warszawskie mixed-use project in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Work starts on UBC 3

20 June 2017

ROMANIA Iulius has started construction work on a class A office building in its Openville mixed-use project in Timişoara.

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

Swarovski in loco in Yoko

20 June 2017

POLAND The Yoko office building in the Garnizon complex in Gdańsk has been officially opened. The investor behind the project is Grupa Inwestycyjna Hossa, while the exclusive tenant of the building is Swarovski Global Business Services. Swarovski was advised by CBRE in the process of choosing the location for its global service centre.

Polish BPO/SSC sector in bloom

20 June 2017

POLAND According to the latest ABSL report, the employment in the modern business service sector in Poland increased by 32,000 (15 pct) from Q1 2016 to Q1 2017.

City Level looks to expand after Vector +

POLAND Infinity subsidiary City Level has budgeted around PLN 100 mln to develop its flagship project, the Vector+ office building at the junction of al. Prymasa Tysiąclecia and ul. Obozowa in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Tikkurila to build factory in St Petersburg

RUSSIA Finish paint producer Tikkurila has signed a letter or intent to buy a 7 ha plot in the Greenstate Industrial Park, 2 km south of St Petersburg.

Plaza sells up to Ryszard Grzyb

POLAND Plaza Centers has announced that it has signed the final sale agreement for a 2.47 ha plot in the centre of Kielce for EUR 2.28 mln.

Koneser expands office section

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND More office space is to be added to the commercial section of Centrum Praskie Koneser in Warsaw’s Praga Północ district.

Polidea in Astoria

16 June 2017

POLAND Software developer Polidea will occupy more than 800 sqm of office space on the fourth floor of the Astoria Premium Offices building on ul. Przeskok in Warsaw.

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

Exhibition complex under construction

16 June 2017

POLAND Construction work has started on the site of the former Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych [Passenger Car Factory] in Warsaw. A multifunctional complex with a useable area of 60,000 sqm is to be built, which will include a fair and conference centre, a fixed exhibition area with a range of construction and interior design goods and services as well as a business class hotel, office space and more than 1,400 parking spaces.

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

No leavers for Kliwer

16 June 2017

POLAND Leases totalling 2,800 sqm have been renewed in the Kliwer office building in Warsaw’s Mokotów district – 45 pct of the total leasable area of the building.

Topping off at Wilanowska

POLAND The structural work has been completed and the topping off has taken place on the Villa Metro office project at ul. Puławska 145 near the Wilanowska metro station in Warsaw’s Mokotów district.

Equator IV rises from the ground

POLAND General contractor Warbud has started construction work on the ground floor of the Equator IV building being developed by Karimpol on Aleje Jerozolimskie in Warsaw's Ochota district.

Yareal delivers first Neopark building

POLAND The first of two buildings in the Neopark business park being developed by Yareal in Warsaw’s Mokotów district has been granted an occupancy permit.

Co-working and Brexit boost offices

Eurobuild CEE

POLAND The real estate advisor Savills has listed trends in the office market in Warsaw. The most important observation is the creation of a new group of tenants – co-working space operators, which generate an increasing share of demand. Also, as a result of Brexit, up to 4,000 new jobs can be created in Warsaw and the falling unemployment rate will increase the importance of office space in attracting best talents.

Leases on ul. Sienna

12 June 2017

POLAND Directpl has leased 828 sqm in the Warsaw Towers office building in Warsaw while a number of other tenants have chosen to increase the size of their offices.

Glass SSC in Katowice

12 June 2017

POLAND American glass manufacturer Guardian Industries has opened the Guardian Business Solutions shared service centre in Katowice to service its Polish and Russian affiliates.

Koneser nears completion

12 June 2017

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND The Koneser mixed-use project, which is being developed jointly by Liebrecht & Wood and residential developer BBI Development, in Warsaw’s Praga district is now to include additional office space on ul. Nieporęckiej.

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

War games in Florenc

09 June 2017

CZECH REPUBLIC Online gaming company Wargaming has leased app. 1,300 sqm on the fourth floor of Oasis Florenc in Prague for an engineering centre.

Hemmersbach chooses Wrocław

09 June 2017