The future is retail

The retail investment market is unique here in Poland because it is not simply concentrated in Warsaw. If one follows the moves of major funds, one finds attractive investment products in other cities, which soon become involved in deals The American GE Real Estate/Heitman, the Danish FORAS Holding, the German DB Real Estate and the Dutch Rodamco are major players on the Polish retail investment market. Having entered it several years ago they've had access to a wider range of products and can freely pick and choose among retail centres and shopping and hypermarket complexes.  However, though 22 properties have already been sold, either partly or entirely, the real boom is still yet to come. "Investors who have already invested on the Polish market," says Loic de Villard of Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker "will move towards investments such as retail or sale and lease back in order to diversify, or because they are looking for bigger lot size