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The industrial sector - one of the most resilient in this crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic has definitely forced more people online and buyers who may not have shopped online previously could now become accustomed to having goods delivered directly ...

John Palmer, The head of industrial investment
Savills

Pandemic: Threats and opportunities for the economy

In the face of the fight with coronavirus, it is easy to become pessimistic because difficult times lie ahead for the Polish and global economy. Stock exchanges both overseas and i ...

Marcin Rudziński,
Higasa Properties

How the coronavirus crisis will affect EMEA markets

It is difficult to estimate the final impact of the coronavirus on the real estate market in the EMEA region at this point in time, but the tourism, trade and leisure industries ar ...

Monika Rajska-Wolińska, managing partner
Colliers International

An overview of the Warehouse sector for 2019

In 2019, the investment transaction volume for the warehouse sector came to EUR 1.48 bln, 17 pct lower than the record set in 2018. It was lower because a number of negotiations we ...

Anna Głowacz, Head of industrial
Axi Immo

Sustainable development changes our thinking about buildings

I can see two main trends. The first, in an era when data is everything, will be greater efficiency in generating and collating the data for a building or office, thus leading to b ...

Arkadiusz Rudzki, executive vice-president for leasing and sales
Skanska

Customers expect ever faster deliveries

We are very pleased that the warehouse sector ended 2019 on a big plus on both the demand and supply side, but it does not give us a chance to rest but rather pushes us to further ...

Lukáš Répal, chief operating officer
Accolade

A golden age for retail parks

The end of the year and the run-up to Christmas is an intense period for the retail market. However, in terms of large shopping centres there’s no room for further investment ...

Jacek Wesołowski, the managing director
Trei Real Estate Polska

The best period in history

Warsaw’s office investment market is experiencing its best period in history. At the end of Q3 2019, the total investment volume in the capital city amounted to EUR 1.71bn, v ...

Soren Rodian Olsen, Partner, Head of Capital Markets Poland at Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield

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