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PRCH pleads for return of Sunday trading
POLAND The Polish Council of Shopping Centres (PRCH) has appealed to the Polish government to raise the ban on Sunday trading and to redeem and cancel 2020/21 property and shopping centre taxes payment to allow the retail sector to recover from the Covid-19 lockdown.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Chełm (partly) opens
POLAND Only three stores have been able to open in the Galeria Chełm shopping centre, which had been scheduled to open in its entirety March 26th.
Retail & leisure
Siedlce Stop Shop opens with three stores
POLAND Biedronka, Hebe and Dealz opened their first stores in Siedlce with the official opening of the Stop Shop Siedlce retail park on March 26th.
Retail & leisure
Gulliver's latest adventure
BELARUS At the end of April, there will be a second tender for the completion of one of the most famous unfinished projects in Minsk – the Gulliver[n1] shopping and entertainment centre. The tender will take place on the Economy Ministry’s internet platform. [n1]check
Retail & leisure
Saller starts Kutno project second stage
POLAND Wrocław-based Saller Group has started development work on the second stage of a retail park in Kutno.
Douglas goes more virtual
WORLD Douglas now uses SAP software systems for personalising its online range and updating it in real time.
Retail & leisure
Better February for small shops
POLAND The Polish Chamber of Commerce [PIH] has announced that this year’s turnover for small-format stores increased by 11.2 pct in February y-o-y and the total number of transactions went up by 3 pct.
Retail & leisure
Coronavirus strikes down Vapiano
EUROPE The Vapiano restaurant chain has announced its insolvency.
Retail & leisure
Go Sports closes too
POLAND From March 15th, 2020, Go Sport closed all its brick and mortar stores until further notice.
Retail & leisure
Inditex shuts up shop
WORLD Inditex closed 3,785 stores in 39 markets on March 17th. Following official recommendation, all but 11 stores are open in China.
Retail & leisure
Apsys reveals which stores to stay open
POLAND Apsys Polska has revealed details of how the shopping centres managed by the company will be able to operate during the emergency restrictions imposed on retail and services die to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Retail & leisure
Media Markt shuts up shop
POLAND Electronic goods supermarket chain Media Markt has closed all its 88 stores in Poland until further notice.
Retail & leisure
LPP on the impact of coronavirus
EUROPE Polish clothing group LPP has issued a statement on the potential impact of the spread of the Covid-19 virus on its operations, financial results and prospects.
Retail & leisure
Agata closes stores
POLAND The Agata furniture supermarket chain closed all its stores on March 14th, when emergency restrictions on retail and services were imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Retail & leisure
Ikea shuts down brick-and-mortar operations
POLAND All eleven Ikea stores in Poland were closed to customers on March 14th, when emergency restrictions on retail and services were imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Retail & leisure
Cracovia changes into Designer Outlet
POLSKA KG Group has rebranded its Cracovia outlet centre, which it is developing on ul. Nowohucka in Kraków as Designer Outlet Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Dino revenues rise
POLAND Grocery chain Dino Polska has recorded a sales revenue of PLN 7.6 bln with an 11.6 pct increase in like for like sales.
Retail & leisure
Intersport spells out its growth plans
POLAND Intersport Polska has published its strategy for 2020-2024 and intends to be the leading premium sports goods retailer. Its product range will focus on the best brands with the highest quality goods.
Retail & leisure
Olimpia changes Tesco for Carrefour
POLAND A Carrefour hypermarket will be the new grocery anchor of the Galeria Olimpia shopping centre in Bełchatów (around 55 km south of Łódź) and will take over an area of 4,500 sqm that has recently been freed by Tesco.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Chełm prepares to open
POLAND The Galeria Chełm shopping centre has been issued with an occupancy permit.
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
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
The south tower of GTC's City Gate office complex in Bucharest has become the first building in Romania to be awarded LEED Gold v5 certification with ...
Outstanding awarded to CTP
Homepark goes Excellent
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
Last day to register
For the 15th time, we invite you to one of the most important and prestigious events in the commercial real estate calendar in Central and Eastern Eur ...
PBSA enters the mainstream
Let's look into the future!
Exclusive
The voice of the younger generation
In our latest exclusive interview, we spoke with Justyna Glinka, a senior associate at Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy, who has been appointed a ...
EGLS enters the scene
The cost of going green
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
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Leading aparthotel operator Staycity Group and international investment firm Solida Capital has announced a strategic partnership for the development ...
Romanian hotels grow
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
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
Now's the time to buy
The investment market in Poland for Q1-Q3 2025 reflects stable market conditions, with year-to-date volume aligning closely with the Q1-Q3 of 2024. By ...
Onde enters Romania
Croatia growing fast
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
High demand but low supply
The supply of modern office space in Poland's eight largest regional cities reached 6.73 mln sqm. Although the market is showing signs of stabilisatio ...
Construction underway on AFI Tower
AI park to be built in Heilbronn
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
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
StudentSpace, the student housing platform created by Signal Capital Partners, Griffin Capital Partners, and Echo Investment, has begun construction o ...
No drop in price from price transparency act
Kraków PRS continues to grow
Retail & leisure
Grand Department Store in Pardubice reopens
PSN has completed the reconstruction of the Grand Department Store in Pardubice. The historic building has been transformed into a modern, mixed-use r ...
Consumer spending accelerates GDP growth
Osada to open in Łask
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
Industrial market booming
In Q3 2025, industrial construction volume in the Czech Republic reached a two-year high, and demand was significantly stronger than in the previous y ...
