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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.
Retail & leisure
Forever 21 expands southward
CEE REGION US young fashion retailer Forever 21 will open its first Romanian store this year.
Retail & leisure
Apple to open in Galeria Północna
POLAND iSpot Apple Premium Reseller is the latest tenant to sign up for space in GTC’s Galeria Pólnocna shopping centre in Warsaw’s Białołęka district.
Retail & leisure
More fashion and footwear in Forum Gdańsk
POLAND Forum Gdańsk, a shopping centre which is being developed as part the revitalisation of Targ Sienny and Targ Rakowy in Gdańsk, has acquired two new tenants. Clothes retalier New Look has leased 600 sqm in the centre and footwear brand Ryłko will be opening on 170 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Starbucks stores to debut in Slovakia
SLOVAKIA Warsaw-listed restaurant operator Amrest has signed an agreement on launching a network of Starbucks-branded coffee shops in Slovakia in 2016.
Retail & leisure
Nysa Dekada moves closer to launch
POLAND Nysa town council has passed an amendment to a land use conditions and directions study to allow the construction of the Dekada shopping centre on a plot on ul. Kolejowa in the town.
Retail & leisure
Russian retail market attracts tenants despite odds
RUSSIA Both sales revenues and retailers’ margins have declined in Russia in 2015 due to higher pricing and lower consumer purchasing power, says CBRE.
Retail & leisure
CCC a shoe-in for Quick Park in Mysłowice
POLAND A 632 sqm CCC footwear store is to open in the Quick Park centre in Mysłowice, which is currently under construction.
Vacancy grows in Moscow shopping centres
RUSSIA In 2015, the vacancy rate on the Moscow retail market increased by 2.3 percentage points reaching 8.3 pct, according to JLL.
Retail & leisure
Fort Group looking at 116,000 sqm mall in St Petersburg
RUSSIA Fort Group, owned by Russian businessmen Maxim Levchenko and Boris Paikin, is carrying out due diligence on the Leto shopping centre on Pulkovskoe Shosse in St Petersburg, according to Russian daily 'Kommersant'.
Retail & leisure
Rivera obtains occupancy permit
RUSSIA Rivera, the newly completed shopping centre developed by Praktika Development in Moscow’s Danilovsky district, has been granted an occupancy permit.
Retail & leisure
Lords secures new faces for PC Arena
LITHUANIA Lords LB Baltic Fund III has signed three new leases for its PC Arena shopping centre in Klaipėda.
Retail & leisure
Polish retailer plans massive Abu Dhabi expansion
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Polish fashion retail group LPP has opened its first Abu Dhabi store. By 2020, the company, which owns such chains as Reserved, House, Cropp, Mohito and Sinsay, aims to launch a network of 70 stores in the emirate.
Retail & leisure
St Petersburg retail space supply slumps
RUSSIA St Petersburg's new retail space supply has hit a six-year low, according to JLL.
Retail & leisure
More Lidl stores to be built
LITHUANIA Mitnija is currently building stores in Vilnius and Kaunas to be added to Lidl's network.
Retail & leisure
RTV Euro AGD signs GTC contracts
POLAND Consumer electronics chain RTV Euro AGD has leased space in GTC’s two shopping centres in Warsaw. The retailer will occupy 1,200 sqm in Galeria Północna and 1,300 sqm in Galeria Wilanów.
Record breaking retail investment in 2015 - JLL
POLAND In 2015, the Polish retail market grew by a total of 651,400 sqm in terms of retail space, including shopping centres (502,000 sqm), outlet centres (21,300 sqm), retail parks (30,800 sqm) and stand-alone warehouses (97,300 sqm) – according to the latest report from JLL.
Retail & leisure
Newcomers to Zakopianka mall
POLAND Two new tenants have signed leases for space in the Zakopianka retail park in Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Three new restaurants for Silesia CC
POLAND Silesia City Center in Katowice has extended its catering offer. The group of tenants of its food court has been joined by Sevi Kebab (67.3 sqm), Mega Pierogi (82.8 sqm) and Mega Café (70 sqm).
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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
Data centres
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Building A (31,984 sqm) in VGP Park Split in Dugopolje has been awarded a BREEAM v6 Outstanding rating. The certification was carried out by BuildGree ...
Galeria Jurajska recertified
Westbridge secures green energy for Skanska
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
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Mercure opens in Oradea
Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by ...
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
Ocean Winds has selected Hydrobudowa Gdańsk as the general contractor for adapting part of the port infrastructure in Władysławowo on the Baltic coast ...
Intermodal strengthens Poland’s position on the European logistics map
Orlen buys 216 MW hybrid renewable energy project in Wielkopolska
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
PLN 52 bln developed, but supply not keeping up with demand
July saw a shift in the supply-demand ratio across Poland’s seven largest housing markets. The pool of available developer units fell below the 60,000 ...
Apsys goes shopping for 3 Stawy
CEE real estate investment goes steadily upward
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
Warsaw office market picks up in Q2
After a subdued start to the year, Warsaw’s office market gained significant momentum in Q2 2026, with tenant activity in H1 reaching 420,000 sqm, rep ...
VeloBank renews Citi Handlowy lease in Q22
Knight Frank chosen for Loft Park in Kraków
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Szczecin castle reconstruction completed
Mostostal Warszawa has completed the second stage of the reconstruction of the north wing of the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle (Zamek Książąt Pomorskich) i ...
Dewin–Biberstein–Promnitz Castle to be restored
Budimex rebuilds Szczecin sports centre
Residential
Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months
Since sales began in February 2026, 122 contracts have been concluded in the Liberty Tower residential building in Warsaw, which is owned by Cavatina. ...
Still too few student beds
Mercator ready to begin flagship Kraków project
Retail & leisure
TK Maxx to debut in Galeria Wiślanka
TK Maxx is to open a 2,200 sqm store in Galeria Wiślanka in Żory, about 30 km southwest of Katowice in Silesia. This will be the British clothing chai ...
Auchan opens in Fuzja
Intermarché opens new-format supermarket in Radlin
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
MLP enters Hamburg market
MLP Group has acquired a 6.8 ha brownfield site from a private owner in Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, near Hamburg – marking the group’s debut in th ...
