Greater Polish potential

Whenever consultancies publish reports on Polish cities and different sectors of the investment market, you can be sure that Warsaw will come out on top in terms of volumes. Usually, Kraków or Wrocław are in second place, but Poznań is normally tucked into the middle of the pack. And while the analysts agree that the whole of Poland is right now an extremely important location for European nearshoring, there are regions that fulfil this role especially well, such as Wielkopolska. According to Marta Gorońska-Wiercioch, an associate director at BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland: “Due to its geography, Wielkopolska is a very attractive region to locate nearshoring operations. Being in the west of Poland, it has excellent communications via its network of new roads and rail links with Western Europe and has attracted many foreign investors in recent times.” Monika Dębska-Pastakia, a partner and associate in the deal advisory department and the head of the real estate advisory