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Developer profits still rocketing

The aggregate net profit of the 30 largest commercial property developers in Poland hit an all-time high of PLN 985 mln (EUR 230 mln) in 2018, which translated into a net profit ma ...

Bartłomiej Sosna,
Spectis

The new regulations on payment bottlenecks will not be much help to the construction industry

The amendments to the regulations on limiting payment bottlenecks that take effect at the start of next year won’t bring with them any significant improvement in liquidity fo ...

Joanna Gąsowski, counsel
Wolf Theiss

Air conditioning without CAPEX

Utilities whose production you don't expect in your investment costs: heat (usually), electricity, gas ... air conditioning. CAPEX / OPEX calculation is the basis of every investme ...

Maurycy Szwajkajzer ,
Enreco

The Polish industrial market has a wide range of different types of warehouse space to let, with negotiable rents still being some of the lowest across Europe. Several factors are ...

Urszula Rasmussen, senior negotiator
Cushman & Wakefield

Sun rising in the East

Eastern Poland continues to attract increasing interest from both Polish and overseas investors. Its main cities, such as Lublin, Białystok and Suwałki, are also becoming more temp ...

Kamil Żach, Land Specialist, Industrial and Logistics Agency
Cushman & Wakefield

Forty hotels on their way to Warsaw

Forty hotels on their way to Warsaw More than 40 hotels are either planned or now under construction in Warsaw. In the next few years the accommodation on offer in the city will i ...

Andrzej Szymczyk, Associate Director, hospitality department
Walter Herz

What is a yield?

The Polish Real Estate Management Act established four methods to value real estate. On the retail, office and industrial investment markets, the use of the income method is one of ...

Aleksandra Sierocińska,
Cushman & Wakefield

No signs of slow-down

Occupier activity shows no sign of slowing down on the Warsaw office market after the first half of 2019 – the leasing volume in the second quarter of 2019 alone hit the high ...

Jan Szulborski, consultant, consulting and research, Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield

Changes in usage to real estate held under perpetual usufruct

On 2 July 2019 the president of Poland signed an amendment to the Act on National Property. The changes to the law have important implications for the application o ...

Karol Brzoskowski, local partner / Katarzyna Dziewulska, associate,
Greenberg Traurig

Soon to breach the 1 mln sqm mark

The TriCity is one of Poland’s fastest-growing office markets. More than 230,000 sqm is in the pipeline with Skanska and Polski Holding Nieruchomości soon to break ground on ...

Michał Rafałowicz, Head for the Pomeranian Region
Cresa Polska

The benefits of synergy are obvious

The JLL Property Management team in Poland has developed a very strong market position including being involved in flagship office towers in Warsaw such as Rondo I and Warsaw Spire ...

Tomasz Trzósło,
JLL

Office space now shaped by workstyle changes

It’s hard to keep up with trends as it takes several years to complete an office project from its design to its actual delivery. The office market is however doing its best t ...

Aleksandra Chojnacka, a negotiator in the office agency
Cushman & Wakefield

Warsaw landlords eager for early lease renewals

Landlords of Warsaw’s office buildings don’t want to stand idly by as hundreds of thousands of square metres of new office space are comes onto the market in upcoming m ...

Kamil Komoński, senior advisor
Cresa Polska

Threat of "Retail Apocalypse". Not as Black as it is Painted

The "retail apocalypse" wave across the pond claims more and more victims. Economists and analysts warn that the effects of changes will sooner or later start to affect the Old Con ...

Michał Ciapka, member of the board
Higasa Properties

Seeking added value

Rising occupier expectations and high-tech developments are forcing industrial and logistics developers to continually deliver cutting-edge facilities that incorporate disruptive t ...

Maciej Szczepański, business development manager in the Industrial and Logistics Agency
Cushman & Wakefield

E-commerce still rocketing up

Back in 2000, Poland had just a few hundred thousand square metres of modern warehouse space and e-commerce was only budding with Polish złoty retail sales in the tens of millions. ...

Damian Kolata, associate in the industrial and logistics department
Cushman & Wakefield

What is the future of the hotel market in Poland

In Poland, Boutique hotels as well as those that offer a limited service for short-stay travellers, will continue to be developed, while large cities will continue to attract more ...

Andrzej Szymczyk, Associate Director, hospitality department
Walter Herz

Retail Apocalypse

Retail Apocalypse is a term that refers to a revolution sweeping through the American retail ecosystem resulting in bankruptcies or serious problems for many retail chains. Such co ...

Sławomir Lisiecki, legal advisor, partner
Argon

Taking the side-exit from energy price rises

Most of the expenses of using any type of building for any user are made up of the electricity, gas and heating costs. For some time now, there has been much talk about the price i ...

Maurycy Szwajkajzer ,
Enreco

How hotel brands are responding to the changing needs of their customers

An app that allows you to order room service by tapping an emoji, a hotel lobby that resembles a co-working office, a bar that serves regional beers, and spaces for the local commu ...

Agata Janda, head of hotel advisory
JLL