Where is the promised land?

The greatest number of modern warehouses are located in the Greater Warsaw area, i.e. within a 70 km radius from the capital. Investors, developers and agents still consider the Mazowsze region (which includes Warsaw) to be the best area to invest in. Why is this the case? What makes a particular region more attractive than another? We tried to answer all these questions in a survey we prepared on the most popular warehouse locations in Poland. Firstly (secondly and  thirdly) What makes a particular location attractive for warehouse developers? Interestingly, the price of land is not the most important factor. In the east of the country, where arable land can be bought from USD 3 per sqm (in comparison with Warsaw where prices can reach USD 60 per sqm), modern warehouses are rarely seen. All the specialists who took part in our survey emphasised the importance of infrastructure: quality and proximity of roads and railways; telephone lines, gas, electricity and s