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Retail & leisure
Żabka still growing fast
POLAND Grocery chain Żabka now numbers over 6,000 stores having opened its 600th Warsaw outlet on ul. Prymasa Tysiąclecia over 85 sqm in the service section of the Bliska Wola Tower office building.
Retail & leisure
Many tenants in Sandecja
POLAND Eight tenants have entered Galeria Sandecja in Nowy Sącz in southern Poland this year and a further eight have signed lease extensions.
Retail & leisure
Mohito to come to Żory
POLAND Mohito is the third store owned by the LPP group to sign a lease in the Galeria Wiślanka mall, which is under development by Błysk in Żory near the Czech border.
Retail & leisure
Strong trade for Galeria Kazimierz
POLAND This year an 8 pct increase in footfall has been recorded in the Galeria Kazimierz shopping centre in Kraków and fashion retailer Weekday opened its first Central European store in the centre on November 29th with a lease of 305 sqm. The mall is owned by Invesco Real Estate.
Retail & leisure
Włoski Temat in Sukcesja
POLAND An 800 sqm Italian restaurant has opened on the ground floor of the Sukcesja shopping centre in Łódź.
Retail & leisure
Navigator mall now bigger
POLAND Galeria Navigator in Mielec (over 60 km northwest of Rzeszów) is to be extended by 4,000 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Trowels out for Karuzela
POLAND Dekpol is to start construction work on the Karuzela shopping centre in Kołobrzeg at the beginning of 2020.
Retail & leisure
New life for Lublin Vivo!
POLAND Vivo! shopping centre in Lublin has been refurbished.
Retail & leisure
Leroy takes on Tesco
POLAND The Polish competition authorities have approved the takeover of three Tesco stores by Leroy Merlin in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Gdynia and Bydgoszcz.
Retail & leisure
Kik expanding rapidly
POLAND By the end of the year just under 70 Kik stores will have been opened with around 13,000 sqm of space having been opened in December alone.
Retail & leisure
Castorama reaches 80
POLAND Castorama Polska has just opened its 80th store. Its other stores are undergoing modernisation to enable the chain to expand its range of products and introduce more shopping services.
Retail & leisure
Focus completes Eden Park redevelopment
POLAND Ukrainian investor Focus Estate Fund has completed the extension and redevelopment of the Eden retail park in Zgorzelec in western Poland.
Retail & leisure
Fitness World to become PureGym
EUROPE PureGym, the largest gym operator in the UK, is to take over Fitness World with the deal to be finalised at the beginning of 2020.
Retail & leisure
An Island of Dreams – but not a cheap one
RUSSIA Admission tickets are now on sale for Europe’s largest indoor amusement park: Island of Dreams [Остров Мечты], a USD 1.5 bln project in Moscow, which is to open on February 29th.
Retail & leisure
Piotr i Paweł restructuring moves forward
POLAND Piotr i Paweł subsidiaries have submitted updated restructuring plans to the court of administration following the acquisition of the then bankrupt deli-supermarket group by Spar Group.
Retail & leisure
Eperia to be extended by 11,000 sqm
SLOVAKIA Construction work on the expansion of the Eperia mall in Prešov is to begin and a further 25 retail units are to be added with the addition of 11,000 sqm across three floors.
Retail & leisure
More fashion in Bielsko-Biała
POLAND New brands are to appear in Gemini Park in Bielsko-Biała, while Diverse has extended the space it leases in the shopping centre.
Retail & leisure
Puławy to gain Karuzela
POLAND A Karuzela shopping centre is to be built in Puławy and together with a Leroy Merlin store and McDonald’s restaurant the retail complex will take up a total of around 24,000 sqm.
Retail & leisure
The vegans are coming - in electric cars
POLAND The Mihiderka chain of vegan restaurants, a relatively young brand on the Polish market, already has ten locations across Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia and Małopolska, but it is now planning further expansion. We spoke to Marcin Krysiński, one of the co-owners of Mihiderka, about the number of restaurants they are looking to open in Poland, the need to find an investor and its distinctly environmental approach.
Retail & leisure
Czyżyny renewed
POLAND Czyżyny, one of the first modern shopping centres to be built in Kraków, back in 2002, has been renamed Nowe Czyżyny.
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 ...
