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Edition 6 (241) June 2019

Editorial

Human is fickle

Woman is fickle. Whether we treat that as a hackneyed and chauvinistic term for the capriciousness of the fairer sex or the title of an aria in a Verdi opera [‘La donna è mobile’], I’ve decided to change it, to: human is fickle!

Ewa Andrzejewska
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15,500

is to be the seating capacity of the Polonia Warszawa football stadium, according to the winning design by JSK in the competition for the concept of the new complex. JSK’s design was commended for its cohesion and simplicity as well as how it fits into the rest of the city’s Muranów district.

Retail & leisure

Playing while the sun shines

Fikołki now has seven playrooms in Poland with four in Warsaw, and one each in Płock, Pruszków and Wrocław. What is the company planning now?

Rafał Ostrowski
Retail & leisure

Major modernisation planned for Manufaktura

POLAND The Manufaktura shopping centre in Łódź is to be modernised in what the owner, Union Investment Real Estate, claims to be an “exceptional” investment. At a cost of PLN 90 mln, this will be the largest investment in the centre’s 13-year history. Union Investment Real Estate has been planning the renovations with property manager Apsys Polska for a number of years.

Construction

Why invest in Poland?

POLAND Foreign investment in Polish cities is mainly dependent on their labour, their infrastructure, the availability of office space and how well the market supports local businesses according to the ‘Business Environment Assessment Study’ published by Antal, which looks at the business environments of Warsaw, Wrocław, Poznań, Łódź, the TriCity, Kraków, Szczecin and Lublin. Cushman & Wakefield and Vastint also contributed to the report.

Warehouse & industrial

Panattoni raises the tempo

POLAND Around 250,000 sqm of warehouse space has already been delivered in the Central European Logistics Hub on ul. Jędrzejowska in Łódź.

Hotels

Six-hundred hectare resort from scratch

MONTENEGRO Work is continuing on the first phase of Luštica Bay, a 600 ha holiday resort that is being built from scratch on the rim of Trašte bay on the Montenegrin coast.

Anna Pakulniewicz
Stock market report

Trade… war! What is it good for?

As the US-China trade flare-up continues to cast a shadow over the world’s bourses, it has been the emerging markets that have been hit the hardest. The development sector, though, still managed to record another great quarter

Feature

Checking in to the future

The latest tech is now becoming the most vital tool for the hospitality sector. It is helping not only to attract guests but also in building long-term relationships with them

Agnieszka Zielińska, Anna Pakulniewicz
Office & mixed-use development

Not just another day at the office

International Workplace Group (IWG) has brought its Spaces brand to Poland, opening flexible workspace centre in the Centrum Marszałkowska building in Warsaw. We caught up with Klaus Koponen, IWG’s regional general manager and country manager for Finland and Poland, to ask him about the development of the flexible workspace market and the company’s plans for Poland

Alex Hayes
Office & mixed-use development

Aboard a speeding ship

The location – the Metropolitan building on pl. Piłsudskiego in Warsaw for a meeting with Krzysztof Misiak, the head of Cushman & Wakefield’s office agency. The reason – to talk about the real estate world. And also more existential issues...

Ewa Andrzejewska
Construction

Clouds gather above the building site

The last year and a half has not been an easy time for the construction sector. Although many firms are still in the black, it’s too early to talk about happy days being here again

Rafał Ostrowski
Retail & leisure

How to win friends by influencing people

As new media and digital tech becomes ever more central to our lives, greater possibilities are also opening up for marketing to enhance brand and product recognition. one increasingly popular technique is influencer marketing, which taps into the reach of youtubers, bloggers and vloggers. among the sectors most keen on channelling the power of influencers are retail and e-commerce

Green projects

Marshals of the green army

Polish provincial government buildings often still tend to be gloomy, outmoded places – unwelcoming and unfriendly for the general public, employees and the environment. However, the latest projects are heralding a change in approach to the design and operation of such facilities

Tomasz Cudowski
Events

Hotelling it as it is

The hotel market in Poland may still be booming, but it is also facing rising construction costs, labour shortages and growing competition from new formats, such as Airbnb. These were the main issues discussed on April 25th at the 10th Hotel Investment Conference, organised by Eurobuild CEE together with Hotel Professionals Management Group

Events

Wet suits on bikes

According to some wags on this year’s Suits on Bikes ride through Warsaw, the organisers had in their great wisdom only gone and chosen the wettest day of the month and the most traffic-congested time of the day to hold the event

Rafał Ostrowski
Endpiece

Technological breakdown

Technology can do lots of stuff. Picking things up, moving them around, putting them down again… the possibilities are endless. You’ve probably come across technology yourself from time-to-time

Nathan North

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