Autumn reveille

The acquisitions of Mokotów Business Park (USD 287 mln), Warsaw Trade Tower EUR 150 mln), Wola Park shopping centre (EUR 140 mln) and the Simon Ivanhoe property portfolio (EUR 232 mln) are only a few of the largest transactions finalized on the Polish property market since the latest Expo Real trade fair. Looking at the market through the eyes of a regular visitor to the Munich event is often surprisingThis year’s 10th meeting of the Expo Real International Investment Properties Trade Fair in Munich serves as a good opportunity to take a closer look at the investment transactions and investors active in Poland. Last year was anything but boring, although the early optimism has now turned into a cool realism.This February, Michał Ćwikliński of King Sturge predicted that investments would keep on surging upwards, when he then remarking that: “It is difficult to forecast whether investment transaction will be of a greater value than in 2006, though I feel this will be the