Retail & leisure
RSSPolish ministries bash new retail tax
POLAND Seven Polish ministries have submitted their reviews of the new retail tax law proposed by the Ministry of Finance. They criticise the scope of the new legal regulations and the way the new levy is to be charged, and worry about the negative impact it could have on Polish businesses and customers.
Mall in Kyiv to shut down
UKRAINE The Alta Center shopping centre on Moskovs'kyi Ave in Kyiv will soon be closing down, according to Ukrainian web portal Retail Community.
Retail & leisure
New Inditex brand launches in Poland and Romania
CEE REGION From April all Inditex brands: Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe, will sell online across 28 EU member states.
Retail & leisure
Maxima Grupė to invest EUR 99.5 mln
LITHUANIA/LATVIA/ESTONIA/POLAND/BULGARIA The turnover of Lithuanian supermarket group Maxima Grupė in 2015 rose by 3.6 pct y-o-y to EUR 2.677 bln. In 2014 it rose by 2.5 pct.
Retail & leisure
Fitness "point" for FamilyPoint
POLAND A Fitarena fitness club is to be opened in mid-February in the FamilyPoint shopping centre in Głogów.
Retail & leisure
Longer lasting Komfort in Zielony Targówek
POLAND Komfort has extended the 1,200 sqm lease for its flagship store in the Zielony Targówek retail park in the north-east of Warsaw.
Biedronka tops new retail tax payers
POLAND According to money.pl, Biedronka will be the largest payer of the new retail tax of any retail chain, with a tax bill of app. PLN 0.5 bln.
Retail & leisure
H&M to open 425 stores, further expand in CEE
WORLD H&M Group's store portfolio, which currently reaches 3,924 locations in 61 countries, is to be enlarged by 10-15 pct a year. In FY 2016 the company plans to open 425 new stores net.
Estonia the clear leader for Baltic retail
THE BALTIC STATES Estonia is the retail property leader and will continue to grow, according to a report by Ober-Haus Real Estate Advisors, while Lithuania is experiencing moderate growth but many Latvian projects still remain on paper. The stable growth in consumption in the Baltic states continues to boost the development of retail, both in the capital cities and in other regions of the three countries.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Północna 60 pct leased
POLAND The Galeria Północna shopping centre development in Warsaw’s Białołęka district is now 60 pct leased.
Retail & leisure
Thousand metres in Lublin for Royal Collection
POLAND A Royal Collection boutique has opened in Złote Zamkowe in Lublin. The 1,000 sqm multi-brand store is the first of the chain in the city.
Retail & leisure
Dunkin’ Donuts’ ventures forth in Wilanów
POLAND The Dunkin’ Donuts café chain has opened an outlet in the Royal Wilanów office building which belongs to Capital Park.
Retail & leisure
Polish brands break into Slovak market
SLOVAKIA Polish fashion brands Simple and Gino Rossi are to open stores in the Centrál shopping centre in Bratislava.
Retail & leisure
CH Bażantowo to get larger
POLAND The Bażantowo shopping centre in Katowice is to be extended.
Retail & leisure
Bydgoszcz outlet centre to get underway in H1
POLAND The design work has started on Metropolitan Outlet Bydgoszcz – the latest project by Carrefour and White Star Real Estate and the first outlet centre in the town.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Morena getting more sporty
POLAND Three new sports brands have leased space in the Galeria Morena shopping centre, which is currently undergoing extension work in Gdańsk.
Desigual chain grows in Romania
ROMANIA Fashion retailer Desigual is to open its first Romanian location beyond Bucharest.
Retail & leisure
American Eagle flies away from Poland?
POLAND US fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters has closed down Polish locations.
Retail & leisure
PRCH writes open letter to finance minister
POLAND The Polish Council of Shopping Centres (PRCH) has written an open letter to minister of finance Paweł Szałamacha concerning the planned introduction of the turnover tax for the retail sector.
Retail & leisure
Two new retail projects in the Warsaw area
POLAND The Outlet Atmosfera centre is to be built in Jawczyce west of Warsaw, while Galeria Pod Dębami on ul. Pasłęcka in the capital’s Tarchomin district is to be extended.
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Architecture and urban planning
Competition to modernise former Soviet block announced
Warsaw has announced an architectural and urban planning competition for a development concept for 100 ul. Sobieskiego. The competition results will b ...
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
Poznań with a green Aura
Construction
Construction industry waiting to boom
According to the report 'Polish Construction Companies 2025' prepared by Deloitte, the construction industry continues to play a major role in Poland’ ...
Warsaw returns another building to its prime
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
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
Light On takes Platinum
The LightOn office project, under construction on ul. Prosta in Warsaw, has been awarded WiredScore Platinum certification. The building received 98 p ...
Budapest One ranked Outstanding
Prologis contracts Engie Zielona Energia as electricity provider
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
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EurobuildCEE
The December issue of Eurobuild hits the shelves!
The December 2025 edition of EurobuildCEE magazine has now been published! And, as usual, it's filled with some fabulous interviews, market analysis, ...
The latest issue of Eurobuild hits the shelves!
The October issue is now out!
Events
Jazz for the New Year
We are delighted to announce that we are the media patron of The Jazz Stars New Year’s Concert, an exceptional event bringing together outstanding int ...
The ageing population discussed at the Accessibility Forum
Fly to see FC Barcelona live after the Eurobuild Gala
Exclusive
More than machines
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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
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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
Pleszew station renovated
Polish State Railways (PKP) has completed the renovation of the Pleszew train station in Wielkopolska. The station is to serve both as a passenger ser ...
Baltic Towers sets up in Gdańsk
Concrete over the S6 expressway
Interior design
Plan B completes Tetos fit-out
Plan B has just handed over a newly completed 650 sqm office for Tetos in the office building 16 at ul. Pastelowa in Poznań, completing the fit-out in ...
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
Grainy effect for Viterra
Investment & finance
EMEA investment on a rising trend
European commercial real estate markets are entering 2026 with momentum building across offices, industrial assets, and specialist sectors, according ...
Sperry partners with CREAM for Europe entry
Cybernetyki Office Center changes hands
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
Construction at the edge of the world
The implementation team for the next stage of the construction of the new main building of the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station has reached K ...
BNM Landlord Representation – the numbers tell the story
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
Office & mixed-use development
ABB comes to Poznań
Engineering firm ABB, has opened a new office in Poznań of over 300 sqm in the Maraton Business Center.
Stable office market performance for year
More space leased in Oxygen Park
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
Warsaw's Wola now the most exclusive district
The premium housing market in Poland is concentrated primarily in Warsaw, where 19 developments offer apartments priced above PLN 35,000 per sqm, acco ...
Syrena Invest acquires more land for residential project
Three buildings completed in Poznań
Retail & leisure
M Park Raciborz now open
LCP Poland, part of M Core, has opened a retail centre in Silesia. c comprises 9,500 sqm of gla.
BIG Konstantynów 80 pct commercialised
Newgate teams up with Genesis Property
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
Garbe signs up Amtoimport Electronic Commerce
Garbe Industrial has leased an existing logistics centre in Nittendorf. Amtoimport Electronic Commerce is to move into the 17,700 sqm building.
