Retail & leisure
RSSCzech retail the most saturated – CBRE
CZECH REPUBLIC At the end of 2012, 2.9 mln sqm of modern shopping centre space was located in the Czech Republic, 877,800 sqm of which was in Prague, according to the latest report from CBRE.
Larger Mohito in Millenium Hall
POLAND The Mohito clothing store in the Millenium Hall shopping centre in Rzeszów has increased the size of its lease by 200 sqm and is now to occupy an area of 500 sqm.
IKEA awaits building permit
POLAND Inter IKEA Centre Group Poland has applied for a building permit to build a shopping centre in Lublin.
Era retail park ”completed in Q4 2014”
ROMANIA European Convergence Development Company (ECDC) has delayed its proposed 28,000 sqm extension to its Era retail park in Iași pending the finalisation of a debt facility.
Carrefour goes SEE
EUROPE Greek-based Carrefour franchisee Marinopoulos is to bring the French hypermarket chain into a number of South Eastern European markets, according to local media reports.
Corall to open in May
ROMANIA The Corall shopping centre in Constanța is to open on May 15th. Cora, the project’s developer, denies local media reports that the centre is to open two months early (i.e. in April).
Alfa changes in Gdańsk
POLAND A number of new stores are to sign leases in Alfa Centrum in Gdańsk. The new brands are Sinsay, Gerry Weber, Ecco, 4F, Lavard and Subway, which will together occupy an area of around 700 sqm.
Abra focuses on franchising
POLAND Furniture store chain Abra is to open around 10 to 12 new franchise outlets in 2013. By the end of 2013 the chain could number 90 units.
City Center Sofia changes cinemas
BULGARIA The City Center Sofia shopping centre is to change its cinema operator. In June Cine Grand will reopen the recently refurbished 3,800 sqm multiplex, which will have six screens and 1,200 seats.
Mega Image opens in Bucharest
ROMANIA Mega Image, which is owned by the Delhaize group, has today (January 31st) opened its largest grocery store in Romania, in Bucharest, with 1,600 sqm of retail space.
Launch of Angel Wawel
POLAND Angel Wawel, part of the Angel Poland Group, is soon to launch the construction stage of its Angel Wawel residential project in Kraków, which is to include 235 apartments as well as some retail space on the ground floor of the building.
H&M sees strong sales and expands in Eastern Europe
WORLD Fashion retailer H&M Group has announced its results for 2012. The group saw sales increase by 10 pct to around SEK 120.8 bln (app. EUR 14 bln), while gross profit came in at SEK 71.8 bln corresponding to a gross margin of 59.5 pct.
Seven new stores in Galeria Solna
POLAND 4F, Prosport, Reporter, Quiosque, Coccodrillo, Centrum Zoologiczne Lemur and Galeria Kwiatów are to all open stores in the Galeria Solna shopping centre in Inowrocław.
Rossmann enters outlet centres
POLAND Rossmann is to open a drug store in an outlet centre for the first time on Polish market. The store is to be in Factory Warszawa Annopol, which is being built by Neinver Polska.
A plan for Karuzela
POLAND A new local zoning plan for the area where the Karuzela Turek retail park is to be built has come into force.
Work soon to start of Galeria Warmińska
POLAND Construction work should begin within the next few days on the Galeria Warmińska shopping centre in Olsztyn.
Wzgórze extension reaches shell stage
POLAND Mayland Real Estate has finished the shell stage of the extension to the Wzgórze shopping centre in Gdynia.
Manhattan strategy change pays off
POLAND In 2012 the Manhattan shopping centre in Gdańsk registered an increase of over 10 pct in turnover and footfall on the previous year.
Real in Echo project in Jelenia Góra
POLAND An 11,200 sqm Real hypermarket has opened in the CH Echo shopping centre in Jelenia Góra.
High footfall at AFI Palace
ROMANIA AFI Palace Cotroceni was visited 19 mln times in 2012, equivalent to the entire population of the country.
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
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
Public-sector construction has become one of the fastest-growing areas of Dekpol Budownictwo’s business. Over the past two years, the company has sign ...
Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
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
Data centres could supply more heat to Polish cities
Poland’s growing data centre market could create a significant new source of waste heat for heating networks. According to analysis by the Polish Data ...
AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
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
A green office is more than a certificate
More than 97 pct of newly developed office space in Poland is environmentally certified. Certification has therefore become standard, while the buildi ...
Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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 and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!
In this issue, hot off the press in time for Expo Real in Munich, the cover story is an interview with Ugo Giordano and Katarzyna Rzetecka, who are le ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
This sporting real estate life
Events
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
Expo Real kicks off on Monday in Munich, and Eurobuild CEE is the media sponsor for one of the top discussions on the first day: ‘High Speed Connectiv ...
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
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
LemonTree sells second stage of Booster Zabrze
LemonTree has sold the second stage of Booster Zabrze to Vestas Investment Management Europe, which acquired the first stage in February. The transact ...
DL Invest Group secures EUR 95 mln from UniCredit
Warsaw office property sold to owner-occupier
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
Bucharest office demand picks up as companies rethink their workplace needs
New office leasing demand reached more than 93,000 sqm in the first nine months of 2026, up 6 pct year-on-year, while 72 pct of transactions involved ...
eService leases 7,500 sqm in Drucianka Campus
Defence24 leases 1,150 sqm at Warsaw Corporate Center
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
Yareal starts construction of apartment building in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district
Yareal has started construction of an apartment building at ul. Mickiewicza 63 in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district. The intimate development will comprise 6 ...
Murapol Rivo in Bydgoszcz receives occupancy permit
Agrobex completes first stage of Unii Lubelskiej 4
Retail & leisure
BIG Poland to open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22
BIG Poland will open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22. The 13,500 sqm GLA project was developed in cooperation with BOIG The Blue Ocean Investment ...
Alior Bank opens in Manufaktura in Łódź
Fun Park to open in Ferio Legnica
Technology
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Skanska has implemented a digital access control system at Studio A, an office building in Warsaw. The solution uses the company’s proprietary StudioA ...
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Singu takes over QRmaint
Warehouse & industrial
Peakside completes construction of Hall D at City Point Targówek
Peakside Capital Advisors has completed construction of Hall D at the City Point Targówek complex in Warsaw and secured an occupancy permit. The build ...
