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Poland Retail continues to recover
Cushman & Wakefield has summarized the situation on the Polish retail market in 2023, which saw heightened development activity, with about 450,000 sqm of new retail space delivered. The Polish retail sector continued to recover, as confirmed by the number of debuts. Meanwhile, the slower price growth bolstered consumer sentiment, leading to higher retail turnover levels.
Retail & leisure
Czech Republic Record number of new brands
39 new brands entered the Czech retail market last year, a record number achieved in the past ten years, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s monitoring. Some of the most notable brands include Victoria's Secret, Popeyes, Signorvino, Rossopomodoro and Zadig & Voltaire.
Retail & leisure
CEE Pařížská is the most expensive
In this year's 33rd edition of the Cushman & Wakefield Main Streets Across the World ranking, the Czech Pařížská street has been ranked 11th in Europe and the first in the CEE region. The survey compares nearly 50 countries around the world by the level of retail rents on the most expensive shopping street in each country.
Retail & leisure
Romania For the sixth time in Romania
Scallier has opened another retail park in Romania. The 8,500 sqm development was built in Mosnita, a town on the outskirts of Timisoara. The facility is almost fully leased.
Retail & leisure
Poland Karuzela spins into Biała Podlaska
Mitiska REIM and Karuzela Holding have opened their ninth Karuzela retail park in Poland – in the eastern city of Biała Podlaska.
Retail & leisure
ROMANIA Cosmic expansion for Opus
Opus Land Development has opened the extension of Cosmopolis Plaza in Ștefăneștii de Jos on the northern outskirts of Bucharest.
Retail & leisure
ROMANIA Wittchen opens 1st Romanian store
Polish fashion brand Wittchen has opened its first Romanian store in the ParkLake shopping centre in Bucharest.
Retail & leisure
Romania Largest CEE retail complex opens in Craiova
NEPI Rockcastle’s Promenada Craiova shopping complex in central southern Romania has been officially opened. The EUR 136 mln project is the largest retail development by size and investment value to open in the CEE region in 2023, according to CBRE.
Retail & leisure
POLAND Popeyes pops into Złote Tarasy
The first Popeyes restaurant in Warsaw has opened in Złote Tarasy. The Louisiana-based fast food chain is the seventh new tenant of the shopping centre this year.
Retail & leisure
Poland Street in the passage
Street Restaurant has opened in the Lixa office complex. The restaurant occupies approx. 470 sqm on the ground floor of the Lixa C building, facing the pedestrian walkway between ul. Kasprzaka and Giełdowa.
Retail & leisure
Poland Answear.com debuts in Warsaw
The owners of Answear.com and the Capital Park Group have signed a contract to lease space in the Norblin Factory complex in Warsaw. In the developer's flagship investment, the first stationary store of the digital platform will be established.
Retail & leisure
CZECH REPUBLIC Biggest buy for Fidurock
Czech-Dutch investor Fidurock has acquired Retail Park Trutnov in the Hradec Králové region from Czech Fund, which is managed by Brno-based Investiční skupina DRFG.
Retail & leisure
Czech Republic 13 new brands and more to come
According to Cushman & Wakefield, 13 new brands have arrived on the Czech retail market in the first six months of this year. Most of them are in the fashion segment and culinary concepts.
Retail & leisure
Croatia Big make-over for One Split
CC Real, the international investment and asset management company, has commenced its extensive EUR 20 mln refurbishment of City Center one Split, due for completion by the end of Q2 2024.
Retail & leisure
Czech Republic CBRE on the state of Czech retail
The rapid rise in prices (inflation increased by 15.1 pct y-o-y) and energy expenses have been met by a further decline in already weakened customer confidence. How did this affect shopping centres in the Czech Republic?
Retail & leisure
ROMANIA Carrefour adds Cora Romania to portfolio
French grocery operator Carrefour has signed an agreement with Belgian retail group Louis Delhaize for the acquisition of its activities in Romania, which includes ten Cora hypermarkets and eight Cora Urban stores, as well as an e-commerce platform, logistics and central services.
Retail & leisure
Czech Republic G City buys final 25% of Arkády Pankrác
G City Europe has completed the acquisition of the remaining 25 pct stake it did not previously own in the Arkády Pankrác shopping centre in Prague 4 (Nusle) for EUR 60.5 mln.
Retail & leisure
Romania Multiple attractions in Colosseum Mall
Colosseum Mall in Bucharest has announced the signing of a lease agreement with Hype by Kiddo for the opening of large entertainment centre. The centre will have an area of approx. 2,500 sqm, and the tenant's investment will amount to EUR 1.5 mln.
Retail & leisure
Poland First Polish M Park opens – in Świdnik
UK-based M Core, through its subsidiary LCP Properties, is to develop Świdnik M Park in an investment of EUR 10 mln. The 7,700 sqm retail park is the group’s largest development so far in Poland and the first under the M Park brand.
Retail & leisure
Romania Mitiska opens on the banks of the Danube
Mitiska REIM has announced the opening of a new retail park development in the city of Giurgiu, located in southern Romania.
Conferences
Schedule 2026
12th Commercial Real Estate Investment Conference
25th Eurobuild Golf Tournament
2st EurobuildCEE Summer Tennis Tournament
3rd EurobuildCEE Running Tournament
The 22nd CEE Warehouse & Logistics Conference
Data Center – Real Estate, Technology, Investments
32nd Polish Commercial Real Estate Market Conference
The 16th Central & Eastern Europe EurobuildCEE Awards 2026
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Architecture and urban planning
Świecie remodelled around castle
The Teutonic Castle in Świecie is undergoing a restoration as part of a broader plan to redevelop the town, providing space for education, culture and ...
Dance centre opens in Warsaw
Public consultations held for Park Wilanów
Construction
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
Dekpol Budownictwo is eentering Romania. In December 2025, the company signed an agreement with a developer to carry out design work for the first sta ...
Construction industry waiting to boom
Warsaw returns another building to its prime
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
Idea Aurora takes BREEAM
The Idea Aurora residential development, being developed by Unidevelopment in Radom, has received BREEAM Final certification, which is awarded upon co ...
Retro Office now accessible
Platinum for Premium Point and Plaza
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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
Kazimierz Krupa takes the helm of Eurobuild magazine!
We are pleased to announce that Kazimierz Krupa, an economic journalist and capital market analyst, has been appointed editor-in-chief of Eurobuild CE ...
The March (MIPIM) issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The latest issue of Eurobuild has hit the shelves!
Events
Let’s meet in Cannes
Eurobuild CEE is in Cannes for MIPIM, where on Wednesday it will be the media partner for one of the top discussion panels on the Polish market!
The night is worth billions
Register now for bieg na szczyt
Exclusive
Our plans are ambitious
Recently, Martin Ohly was appointed to the newly created position of head of Germany at 7R, so what better opportunity could there be to find out abou ...
Our plans are ambitious
From Tallinn to Dubrovnik
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
Lithuanians construct hotel in Gdańsk
Construction work on a hotel has been launched in the Wrzeszcz district of Gdańsk. Lithuanian 1 Asset Management is the investor and the developer is ...
ibis Styles open in Tbilisi
Mercure opens in Bucharest
Human resources
Change at the top for ULI Europe
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Simon Durkin as Chief Executive Officer Europe, ULI, succeeding Lisette van Doorn, commencing early March ...
ULI announces new chairs
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Infrastructure
One step closer to atomic power
Bechtel, the general contractor for the construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant, as part of the Bechtel-Westinghouse consortium, has signed ...
Intercor to build Piaski-Dorohucza
Połaniec 2 substation under construction
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
CEE ready for the rebound
Real estate investment activity across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is gaining momentum, with total volumes reaching EUR 11.3 bln in 2025, up 34 p ...
Ceetrus and Auchan sell to Adventum
7R goes into partnership
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
Tenants stay on in Skyliner
Global fintech group Capital.com has extended its lease agreement until 2032 for 3,000 sqm of office space on the 32nd and 33rd floors of the Skyliner ...
Office market set to grow
Metro increases office rents
Property and Facility Management
Sicore stays with MVGM
MVGM Polska has extended its property management agreement with SICORE Real Assets. Under the renewed agreement, MVGM Polska will continue to provide ...
Balmain takes on Adventum
Savills to manage for Yareal
Public buildings
Oleśnica railway station restored
The reconstruction of the historic Oleśnica railway station, dating back to 1868, is nearing completion. A dedicated passenger area has been created, ...
Warsaw Uni building underway
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Residential
Antczak given the go-ahead for Twarda 7
A modern residential and commercial building will be built at ul. Twarda 7 in Warsaw. The Antczak Group has been granted a building permit for the pro ...
IMV to manage Słowackiego
Strabag to build for Alesonor
Retail & leisure
Four openings for Popeyes
The Popeyes restaurant chain plans to open four new locations in Poland in the spring of 2026 in Łódź, Lublin, Białystok, and Mszana.
New tenants for Plejada
Tedi enters Plejada
Technology
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Polish technology company Rentujemy, which is involved in short-term rental management, is launching a co-hosting service. With this solution, the com ...
Velis has a new name
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Warehouse & industrial
Warehousing stays strong
According to the 'Warehouse Market in Poland 2025' report by Axi Immo, the warehouse and manufacturing sector remains strong despite a slowdown in th ...
