Going local

Most new office buildings and retail centres in Warsaw are leased by international agencies and only rarely by those of Polish origin. We took a closer look at the differences between local agencies and the Polish branches of large international real estate companies One of the quaint buildings on Krakowskie Przedmieście is the headquarters of Kancelaria Brochocki Nieruchomości. Its avant-garde interior and the casual dress of its employees mark a contrast with both the modern office buildings, western real estate companies tend to make their homes in, and the dress code their employees have to comply with even in summer. "You aren't coach drivers," is how one boss of an international agency puts it to his staff. These are perhaps the most apparent differences. Hello, my name is ... However, Andrzej Brochocki, head of Kancelaria Brochocki, places the distinction elsewhere. In his view, while most of the Polish agencies focus on the housing market, the internat