Sheds full of roses

The largest logistics markets in Poland are still Warsaw and its surrounding districts (accounting for 27 pct of the total stock), Upper Silesia (18 pct), Central Poland (14 pct), the Poznań region (13 pct) and Wrocław (11 pct). Most of the new space was delivered in Central Poland (259,000 sqm), Upper Silesia (131,000 sqm) and Warsaw (114,000 sqm). The strong interest in logistics facilities is down to the healthy economic climate, with GDP growth of 4.6 pct forecast for 2018, along with the continuing evolution of the retail sector towards e-commerce, as well as the expansion of the country’s transport infrastructure, which is helping the development of smaller regional markets and new locations in the main logistics hubs. With the economy in such rude health, there is now 2.25 mln sqm under construction in 66 projects – a record level of development activity. Most of this new stock is being built in the Central Poland region, where eleven projects and a total of ​​628,000