At MIPIM, developers from Western Europe seemed proud to proclaim their future projects. This was a new experience for this visitor from Poland, because the preferred method which our developers still use is not to say anything to the press and to hide their planned projects from the public until the last possible moment. I sometimes get the impression that they would prefer to deliver ready buildings to construction sites under the cover of night Radosław GóreckiPolish developers are afraid. Very afraid. When I try to find out something about a big new project, many of them keep their lips firmly sealed. "It is better not to make this project public... the neighbours will probably only start protesting against it," they say. There is some truth in this. Looking at the statistics for construction disputes, a dismal picture of the reality in Poland emerges. There are protests against nearly every project, which are organised by either residents, environmentalists, the competition,