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Apsys: 286 contracts signed in 2018
POLAND Apsys Polska, which manages 25 shopping centres in Poland, signed 286 lease agreements in 2018, half of which were new contracts for a total of 27,600 sqm.
Retail & leisure
LPP signs up in Pomerania Outlet
POLAND Four brands from the LPP group will remainin the Galeria Rumia centre in Rumia near the Tricity after the completion of its redevelopment into the Pomerania Outlet outlet centre.
Retail & leisure
Reserved comes to Sieradz
POLAND A 2,000 sqm Reserved store is to open in the Dekada shopping centre in Sieradz in central Poland.
Retail & leisure
Another store for Maxima
LITHUANIA A Maxima store has been opened in Vilnius’ Balsiai district in an investment of EUR 310,000.
Retail & leisure
KiK to open more stores
POLAND In 2019, KiK will expand by another 50-60 stores, which compares with 60 openings in 2018, with a combined sales area of 36,000 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Ten openings for Starbucks in 2019
POLAND Starbucks had 70 cafés in its Polish chain at the end of 2018.
Retail & leisure
Multishop to open in Suwałki
POLAND Construction work on the third Multishop retail park will start in Q1 2019 on ul. Armii Krajowej in Suwałki.
Retail & leisure
Makarun opens in Dubai
DUBAI Polish-owned spaghetteria franchise Makarun is opening a bar on Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai.
Retail & leisure
Multimedia Baltona takes off at Chopin
POLAND Baltona has opened a Baltona DutyFree store at Fryderyk Chopin Airport in Warsaw’s Okęcie district.
CCC on two floors in Płock
POLAND A two-storey CCC footwear store is to be added to the tenant mix of Galeria Wisła in Płock.
Retail & leisure
Ikea comes to central Moscow
RUSSIA Moscow is to become one of the first capitals to have an Ikea store located close to the city centre.
Retail & leisure
Cuisine gets streetwise in Sky Tower
POLAND Sky Kitchen, the new restaurant zone in the Sky Tower building in Wrocław, has now opened
Retail & leisure
Decathlon gets phygital
POLAND A phygital store, which integrates traditional retail formats with digital systems – is what you could call the new Decathlon store in the Vis à Vis retail park in Warsaw’s Wilanów district.
Empik hits the gas
POLAND Empik wants to increase the the size of its chain to 370 stores by 2023. Last year, the group opened 18 and a further ten had major refurbishments.
Retail & leisure
Biedronka props up Portuguese parent
POLAND In 2018 sales in Biedronka discount grocery stores increased to almost EUR 11.7 bln – a 5.6 pct increase on 2017.
Retail & leisure
LPP moves into Nysa
POLAND Four brands of the LPP clothing group are to enter the retail market of Nysa in Opole province.
Retail & leisure
More Domar with more parking
POLAND The construction of a car park and additional retail space at Galeria Wnętrz Domar in Wrocław is now nearing completion.
Retail & leisure
CDRL goes East
CEE/EE REGIONS CDRL, the owner of children’s clothing brand Coccodrillo, is to expand into Eastern European markets.
Tesco shutting up shop
POLAND Tesco is closing down 32 stores in Poland. This is part of the company’s plan to reduce operating costs and improve its competitiveness and profitability.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Kupiecka fills with tenants
POLAND More brands are to open in Galeria Kupiecka in Otwock on Warsaw’s south-eastern outskirts, including Media Expert and Top Market.
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 ...
