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Neiman Marcus introduces visual search engine
UNITED STATES Sometimes words are just not enough for online shoppers. The US upmarket department store chain Neiman Marcus has launched Snap. Find. Shop., a new mobile app feature that enables customers to perform the image-based-only search and make an immediate purchase.
Technology
ThyssenKrupp uses IoT to preempt elevator breakdowns
WORLD German elevator manufacturer ThyssenKrupp has joined forces with Microsoft to develop a predictive elevator maintenance service that calculates the remaining lifetime of key systems and components in real-time to prevent breakdowns.
Few intelligent houses in Lithuania
LITHUANIA Residential developers active in Lithuania are mainly focusing on lowering costs and are not interested in the construction of intelligent houses, according to a study by Inreal.
Technology
Amazon’s mobile bots expand to Poland
POLAND Amazon has introduced its Kiva mobile robots to its Polish warehouses. Amazon Wrocław distribution centre is the company’s first European location to get the high speed wheeled autonomous robots.
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These goggles are made for shopping
WORLD Fashion retailer Tommy Hilfiger has decided to bring 360 degree 3D virtual reality technology to its selected stores and retail partners globally.
Technology
Digital hotel concierge in action
POLAND Best Western Plus Q Hotel in Kraków has decided to implement the in-room guest servicing system iLumio.
Technology
Amazon introduces crowd-sourced delivery service
UNITED STATES Amazon is hiring local private drivers for delivering express orders, which are set to reach the customer within an hour after they have been placed.
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A truly desktop computer
WORLD Switzerland-based company Remago has developed a meeting room table with built-in computers that allows users to work collaboratively.
Technology
Social commerce is here
WORLD As it becomes easier to buy goods directly from social media sites, a new form of shopping is being born. Online and mobile payment services provider Stripe has launched Relay, a set of APIs (application programming interfaces) that allows retailers to embed a buy button next to their products in a range of mobile apps, including Twitter.
Technology
Parcel lockers taken to another level
ESTONIA Estonia-based parcel locker manufacturer Cleveron has developed an automated parcel terminal that uses 3D lift to pick and deliver parcels to a delivery spot, accommodating three times more parcels per sqm than traditional parcel lockers.
Technology
Marriott brings virtual reality to guests
WORLD Marriott is testing VRoom, a new hotel service that allows guests to order a Samsung Gear virtual reality kit for in-room use.
Technology
Mennica Legacy Tower as seen through goggles
POLAND Mennica Legacy Tower, the Warsaw office project currently being developed by a company established by the Polish Mint (Mennica Polska) and Golub GetHouse, will soon be able to present itself to tenants from a different perspective. From October the project will be available for viewing on a mobile application using virtual reality, among others.
Technology
Why smart retailing matters
WORLD While currently eight out of ten customers globally use a computer, smartphone, tablet or in-store technology in shopping, it’s not shipping policies or pricing that frustrates the ‘omni-shoppers’ the most, but inventory, which is more important (73 pct) than information security (59 pct), according to the latest survey by Mastercard.
Technology
Google to revive public phones
UNITED STATES Sidewalk Labs, a newly-launched Google-owned urban technology company, is co-creating a network of up to 10,000 Wi-Fi booths that will replace old New York City payphones providing free public gigabit Internet, free nationwide phone and video calls as well as access to information and municipal services instead.
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Tesco’s online sales improve
POLAND “The value of the average order of Tesco’s Polish online stores is a few per cent higher every year and 4–5 times higher on average compared to the average basket value in a traditional store,” reports the British grocery chain.
Technology
Meet Crowne Plaza's robotic butler, Dash
WORLD Crowne Plaza, an InterContinental Hotels Group chain, is trialling an autonomous delivery bot at its 300-guest room San Jose-Silicon Valley hotel.
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LOT to spice up courier market?
POLAND Polska Grupa Pocztowa is to use the LOT Polish Airlines airplanes and a chain of parcel lockers at all domestic airports and at some of the largest airports in the European Union to deliver parcels in a new, reportedly quicker way. Called PostInAir, the airmail service is to be launched within the next weeks.
Technology
Home automation attracts resi developers
POLAND As developers increasingly implement smart home management systems in their project, an Israeli-based company has come up with a multifaceted app-supported platform that has already lured such residential development companies as Robyg, Ronson, Okam, DOR and Mill-Yon.
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New Look mobile orders up 97 pct
WORLD In the first quarter of its 2015/2016 fiscal year, the UK-based fashion retail group New Look has seen a 97 pct y-o-y boost in the number of online orders placed on mobile devices.
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Silesia City Center tests out beacons
POLAND The Silesia City Center shopping centre is Katowice is introducing beacons and has seen the opening of a new outlet.
Conferences
Schedule 2026
12th Commercial Real Estate Investment Conference
25th Eurobuild Golf Tournament
2st EurobuildCEE Summer Tennis Tournament
3rd EurobuildCEE Running Tournament
The 22nd CEE Warehouse & Logistics Conference
Data Center – Real Estate, Technology, Investments
32nd Polish Commercial Real Estate Market Conference
The 16th Central & Eastern Europe EurobuildCEE Awards 2026
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Architecture and urban planning
Dance centre opens in Warsaw
The Dance and Performing Arts Pavilion has opened in Warsaw's Powiśle district.
Public consultations held for Park Wilanów
Need for clarity introducing reforms
Construction
Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park
Dekpol Budownictwo is eentering Romania. In December 2025, the company signed an agreement with a developer to carry out design work for the first sta ...
Construction industry waiting to boom
Warsaw returns another building to its prime
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
Retro Office now accessible
The Retro Office House office building in Wrocław, owned by Globalworth, has received a Building Without Barriers certificate from the Integracja Foun ...
Platinum for Premium Point and Plaza
PPA for Signum Work Station
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 latest issue of Eurobuild has hit the shelves!
The latest issue of Eurobuild CEE magazine is now out, in print, web and flipbook versions! And it contains the usual mix of hot news, analysis, trend ...
The December issue of Eurobuild hits the shelves!
The latest issue of Eurobuild hits the shelves!
Events
The night is worth billions
Why nighttime is no longer just a time for entertainment but is becoming part of urban, investment, and climate policy was discussed during the ULI Po ...
Register now for bieg na szczyt
MIPIM finalists announced
Exclusive
Our plans are ambitious
Recently, Martin Ohly was appointed to the newly created position of head of Germany at 7R, so what better opportunity could there be to find out abou ...
Our plans are ambitious
From Tallinn to Dubrovnik
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
Lithuanians construct hotel in Gdańsk
Construction work on a hotel has been launched in the Wrzeszcz district of Gdańsk. Lithuanian 1 Asset Management is the investor and the developer is ...
ibis Styles open in Tbilisi
Mercure opens in Bucharest
Human resources
Change at the top for ULI Europe
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Simon Durkin as Chief Executive Officer Europe, ULI, succeeding Lisette van Doorn, commencing early March ...
ULI announces new chairs
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Infrastructure
Intercor to build Piaski-Dorohucza
Intercor has obtained a permit for a road project for the Piaski-Dorohucza section of the S12 expressway. The design-build contract, worth PLN 357 mln ...
Połaniec 2 substation under construction
Budimex builds more roads
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Park Center portfolio disposal completed
Revetas Capital, acting on behalf of Magyar Posta Takarék Real Estate Investment Fund, has announced the finalisation of the sale of the Park Center H ...
Fidurock buys two Prague townhouses
Family Office Noack consolidates ownership of Zeitgeist
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
Il Tramonto 2.0 opens in West Gate
The Il Tramonto 2.0 restaurant has opened in the West Gate office building, part of the Globalworth portfolio. This is the brand's second Wrocław loca ...
No new office space
Ford stays in Diuna
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
Oleśnica railway station restored
The reconstruction of the historic Oleśnica railway station, dating back to 1868, is nearing completion. A dedicated passenger area has been created, ...
Warsaw Uni building underway
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Residential
Antczak given the go-ahead for Twarda 7
A modern residential and commercial building will be built at ul. Twarda 7 in Warsaw. The Antczak Group has been granted a building permit for the pro ...
IMV to manage Słowackiego
Strabag to build for Alesonor
Retail & leisure
Pasaż Dominikański to open soon
Pasaż Dominikański in Tarnobrzeg has been granted an occupancy permit and is scheduled to open in mid-March.
Lee Cooper expands in Designer Outlet Gdańsk
Worldbox enters Focus Mall
Technology
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Polish technology company Rentujemy, which is involved in short-term rental management, is launching a co-hosting service. With this solution, the com ...
Velis has a new name
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Warehouse & industrial
Sportano increases lease size with Panattoni and Accolade
Panattoni and Accolade have signed a new agreement with Sportano, one of the fastest growing Polish e-commerce platforms in the sports segment. The ag ...
