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Footfall up in Blue City
POLAND A Helios cinema, a Tepfactor sports and entertainment park, seven new stores (including the city’s first Eurospar supermarket, replacing Piotr i Paweł), and eight new food & beverage operators opened in the Blue City shopping centre in Warsaw in 2019.
Retail & leisure
New flavours in an old fort
POLAND A new restaurant, Forty, has opened in Fort Mokotów in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
Kontigo to open in Gemini centres
POLAND Kontigo cosmetics stores are to open in all three Gemini shopping centres in Poland.
Retail & leisure
Primark to open second Polish store
POLAND Irish fashion retailer Primark has signed a lease to open a store in Poznań, which is to be the chain’s second opening in Poland.
Retail & leisure
Agora Bytom rings in the changes
POLAND The Agora Bytom shopping centre in Silesia gained ten new tenants in 2019, which have occupied a total area of 1,600 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Polish retail moves towards convenience
POLAND A total of 210,000 sqm in retail parks and stand-alone large stores were completed in Poland in 2019, according to JLL – up by 29 pct y-o-y.
Retail & leisure
Vis à Vis with Lidl
POLAND A 2,000 sqm Lidl supermarket is to open in the Vis à Vis Łódź shopping arcade in H2.
Retail & leisure
Medicine now available in Plaza
POLAND A 570 sqm Medicine clothes store has opened in the Plaza shopping centre in Poznań, which is owned by the Klépierre group.
Retail & leisure
Konsimo to open in Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała
POLAND A Konsimo discount furniture and home furnishings store is to open in Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała.
Retail & leisure
Taxing times for big retailers
POLAND A retail sales tax came into force from January 1st. The act introducing the tax was first passed in July 2016 but was suspended when the European Union investigated its legality.
Retail & leisure
EDS Park Debrzno opens
POLAND EDS Retail Park and Higasa Properties have opened an EDS retail park in Debrzno on the southern border of the Pomeranian province.
Retail & leisure
Estrada replaced by shopping
POLAND Panova has completed the construction of the Estrada retail park in Zielona Góra.
Retail & leisure
Strong results for VRG
POLAND The consolidated sales revenues of VRG came to around PLN 156.3 mln in December around 5.6-pct higher than in December 2018.
Retail & leisure
Franke comes to HomePark
POLAND Kitchen equipment retailer Franke has leased 292 sqm in HomePark Janki owned by Pradera European Retail Parks.
Retail & leisure
Changes in Galeria Echo
POLAND Recently Pako Lorente has opened a 100 sqm store in the Galeria Echo shopping centre in Kielce owned by EPP.
Retail & leisure
Vacancy down on Moscow high streets
RUSSIA The vacancy rate on Moscow’s main high streets fell to 9.5 pct in the fourth quarter of 2019. The vacancy rate on fanous Stoleshnikov Lane was down by 6.4 ppt q-o-q and 1.9 ppt y-o-y hitting a four year-low.
Retail & leisure
Bowling in Metropolia
POLAND Centrum U7 has opened in the Galeria Metropolia mall in Gdańsk.
Retail & leisure
Młociny is alive with the sound of Music
POLAND The Warsztatow Academia Musicalowa [Musical Workshop Academy] has leased over 1,100 sqm in the Galeria Młociny shopping centre where it will teach dance, singing and acting.
Retail & leisure
Wildberries comes to Poland
POLAND Wildberries, the biggest online retailer in the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan), has debuted in Poland.
Retail & leisure
Saller set to extend Kutno retail park
POLAND Wrocław-based Saller Group has started the demolition and reconstruction of a building next to one of its retail parks in Kutno in central Poland.
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
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
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Atlas Estates, which invests in real estate across the CEE region, recently secured a major refinancing loan for the Warsaw Hilton Hotel. And so, we s ...
Not just for the rich
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
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
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Leonardo Hotels Central Europe will manage the entire JM Tower complex on ul. Grzybowska in Warsaw from October this year. Currently, the chain is onl ...
Self service in Opole
Mercure comes to Transylvania
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
The Central Communication Port (CPK) has awarded a tender for track layout changes in the Retkinia area of Łódź to Multiconsult Polska, who bid PLN ...
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
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
Scallier sells project to Centerscape
Poznań-based Scallier has sold a commercial property in Nowa Wieś near Pruszków within the Warsaw urban area to Centerscape.
AFI buys out Echo's share of Office House
Dom Dochodowy sold
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
Offices Are Making a Comeback
Demand for office space in Poland is on the rise, particularly in regional cities. The trend of downsizing office footprints is reversing, as companie ...
Astellas comes to the Bridge
Rockwool grows bigger in Nowy Rynek
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
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Agora Mall Arad (formerly Galleria Arad) officially reopened on August 28th following an extensive refurbishment and repositioning.
Ławica Shopping Park opens in Poznań
Retail park to come to Konstantynów Łódzki
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
VGP builds in Bucharest
VGP has begun construction on the first building of VGP Park Bucharest 2. The project will comprise over 114,000 sqm.
