Exit as important as the entry

Rikke Lykke, the European head of asset management, the head of corporate integration and the DACH and CEE regional head of Patrizia: You can definitely say that Poland is an interesting location, there’s no doubt about that. However, in many ways Poland’s market does not differ from other European countries, where we can see areas that are highly interesting to investors and those that are of little interest. Poland seems no different from countries such as France, Germany or the Netherlands. There are cities in Poland that are of interest to investors like us and there are places that we don’t find attractive. What’s most important is how easy it is to exit an investment. If we compare Poland to a country like Finland – which is also a very attractive market for us – there are cities that give us cause for concern and that’s not because of their potential for investment but because they are dominated by a small number of local players and the