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Retail & leisure
The commercialisation of the BIG Konstantynów centre, developed by Acteeum Group and BIG Poland, is drawing to a close. One of the latest tenants to be announced is Smyk. The 21,000 sqm project is scheduled to open in October.
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Office & mixed-use development
According to the ‘Office Occupier – Office Market in Regions’ report published by Newmark Polska, the first quarter of 2026 saw relatively low occupier demand in Poland’s regional city office markets, with new leases prevailing. Although new supply more than doubled the full-year 2025 total, office completions this year are expected to fall to the second-lowest level in 20 years.
Retail & leisure
The Green Caffè Nero chain has joined the ranks of tenants at the Plac Wiślany shopping centre under construction in Warsaw's Siekierki district. The café will enhance the project's lifestyle offerings.
Retail & leisure
The redevelopment of the Matarnia retail park in Gdańsk has begun. The project includes the renovation of the outdoor passage and the creation of a more welcoming and orderly environment.
Warehouse & industrial
DPD Polska is to expand its operations in Hillwood Ruda Śląska. The tenant has expanded its 13,200 sqm lease by an additional 4,700 sqm with Hillwood to develop the extra space for the tenant.
Investment & finance
Prologis has signed an agreement to purchase a warehouse of around 17,500 sqm in a sale and leaseback agreement with logistics operator DSV. The building is to be integrated into Prologis Park Prague-Rudná.
Warehouse & industrial
Mail order company Walz has extended its 46,000 sqm lease in CTPark Bad Waldsee, Germany for a fifteen year term.
Retail & leisure
Half Price is entering the expanded Sekunda retail park in Jędrzejów, with a 1,500 sqm store in the new section to open in H1 2027. Ochnik and Worldbox will also soon appear.
Retail & leisure
Eleport has been commissioned to install 114 ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations at eleven Polish shopping centres owned by NEPI Rockcastle.
Retail & leisure
A new restaurant tenant has opened in the Fuzja complex in Łódź with a 75-sqm lease. Fuzja Café now operates in the Gardens of Anna, a former factory building.
Warehouse & industrial
The first quarter of 2026 brought a stable, albeit slightly weaker year-on-year start to the Czech industrial and logistics market, according to data from the Industrial Research Forum. At the same time, the largest warehouse facility in the market's history was delivered.
Office & mixed-use development
Czech engineering firm Sterplan has moved into new offices in the Port7 complex in Holešovice. Colliers was responsible for both the design and fit out of the 1,800 sqm interior.
Office & mixed-use development
After a record-breaking year in demand in 2025, tenant activity in Poland's regional office markets has temporarily slowed. The market is increasingly divided between modern projects and older buildings that face growing commercialisation challenges, according to JLL data.
Investment & finance
The value of retail real estate transactions finalised by the end of March 2026 reached EUR 318 mln. This figure was almost 56 pct higher compared to last year, according to the latest data from Cushman & Wakefield.
Investment & finance
The first quarter of 2026 brought a significant revival to the commercial real estate market in Poland. Investment volume was more than EUR 1 bln, representing an increase of over 40 pct year-on-year and the highest figure for this period in several years. Despite a lower number of transactions, their value increased (EUR 635 mln in Q1 2025).
Retail & leisure
LCP Poland, part of M Core, has officially opened M Park Bogatynia, comprising over 8,100 sqm gla with 14 tenants. The centre is fully leased.
Office & mixed-use development
The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published figures for the office markets of eight regional cities in Poland (Kraków, Wrocław, the Tri-City, Katowice, Poznań, Łódź, Lublin, Szczecin) for Q1 2026.
Office & mixed-use development
Swarovski's global services centre will remain in the Yoko office building in the Garnizon complex in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz. Swarovski Global Business Services has been present in this location since 2017.
Office & mixed-use development
An 850 sqm XXS gym will open in the O3 Business Campus office complex in Kraków in the autumn. This will be the brand's seventh centre in the city.
Kempinski Hotels has acquired the Augustine Hotel in Prague. This is the first acquisition for the hospitality group in over 50 years, since it bought the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich in 1970.
The Czech hotel market is building on an exceptionally strong year in 2025, marked by a significant increase in transaction volumes and investor interest. According to Cushman & Wakefield, a total of 16 hotels were sold in the Czech Republic, representing 2,989 rooms and a total transaction volume of EUR 764 mln. Based on available data, this represents the highest annual transaction volume ever recorded on the Czech hotel market.
Mercure has signed a contract to develop a hotel in Craiova and has also announced it is to open the Mercure Oradea hotel.
Construction work on a hotel has been launched in the Wrzeszcz district of Gdańsk. Lithuanian 1 Asset Management is the investor and the developer is the Gdańsk-based Upside Property.
ibis Styles has announced the opening of the ibis Styles Tbilisi Mziuri Park in one of the city's greenest districts, next to the historic Wine Factory district and Chavchavadze Avenue.
Mercure, a brand owned by the Accor Group, has opened the Mercure Bucharest Cantemir in the centre of the city. The brand is also planning to debut in Oradea as well as in Khiva in Uzbekistan in 2026.
The Swissôtel chain has announced the opening of its first hotel in the Czech Republic in the spa town of Mariánské Lázně.
The façade of the Minter townhouse, in the Port Praski development in Warsaw, has been unveiled, restoring its Art Nouveau style.
The comprehensive renovation of the Novotel Praha Wenceslas Square has been completed. The work included 146 guestrooms, the lobby, the fitness centre, the swimming pool, the wellness area, and the conference room.
According to the report, Mediterranean and Southern European markets accounted for 44 pct of all inbound overnight tourist arrivals to Europe last year, according to the latest EMEA Hospitality report published by Colliers.
Accor's Novotel brand is expanding in Southeastern Europe with the opening of Novotel Zagreb, the brand's first hotel in Croatia.
Leading aparthotel operator Staycity Group and international investment firm Solida Capital has announced a strategic partnership for the development of a new Staycity Aparthotel in Warsaw, marking Staycity’s entry into the Polish market.
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox with the figures based on the STR data. The average daily rate (ADR) grew by circa 8 pct in local currency. This resulted in a spectacular 12 pct increase in RevPAR YTD 2025 versus 2024.
Leonardo Hotels Central Europe will manage the entire JM Tower complex on ul. Grzybowska in Warsaw from October this year. Currently, the chain is only responsible for managing the section where the Leonardo Royal Warsaw hotel operates.
The De Silva Inn Opole is now open. This is Poland's largest fully self-service hotel with a usable area of around 4,000 sqm.
The Mercure Hotels & Resorts chain has opened its first hotel in Transylvania. The Mercure Alba Iulia has 118 rooms as well as modular meeting spaces.
The value of the hotel and spa services market in Poland increased by 16.7 pct year-on-year in 2024, reaching PLN 7.8 bln. According to KPMG, this trend is consistent with the broader, global recovery of the tourism sector.
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone of EUR 100.
Peninsula Property has signed a contract with Doraco to build The Elements Resort, a condohotel in Dźwirzyno on the Baltic sea.
Marriott International has announced plans to double its portfolio of Four Points Flex by Sheraton hotels across Europe by the end of 2026.
The Urban Land Institute Poland has published the ‘New Urban Poland’. Using 14 projects from Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Wrocław, the pu ...
According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figur ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
City Point Okęcie Logistics Park, a joint venture between Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors, has achieved BREEAM Outstanding certification ...
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
On the occasion of Easter, we extend our warmest wishes to all our Readers for peace, good health, and the joy that comes from spending time with love ...
ULI Poland is to hold the 'Matrix of Real Estate' conference from April 15th -16th at the Norblin Factory in Warsaw to discuss the impact of geopoliti ...
With the opening of Data4’s second data centre in Jawczyce just outside Warsaw, we took the opportunity to catch up with Olivier Micheli, the presiden ...
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Kempinski Hotels has acquired the Augustine Hotel in Prague. This is the first acquisition for the hospitality group in over 50 years, since it bought ...
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
The Central Communication Port (CPK) has selected the general contract engineer for the new national airport as part of the Port Polska programme. The ...
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
Prologis has signed an agreement to purchase a warehouse of around 17,500 sqm in a sale and leaseback agreement with logistics operator DSV. The build ...
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
SIMA – The Global Hub of Living is the world’s leading investment fair and conference for the residential and living sector, offering a unique and com ...
According to the ‘Office Occupier – Office Market in Regions’ report published by Newmark Polska, the first quarter of 2026 saw relatively low occupie ...
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
The city of Warsaw has allocated PLN 5 million for the construction of al. Centralna, a green passageway between the Warsaw Śródmieście railway statio ...
The Napollo Group has appointed Kalter as the general contractor for a residential project. In the first stage of the Mono estate, two buildings are t ...
The commercialisation of the BIG Konstantynów centre, developed by Acteeum Group and BIG Poland, is drawing to a close. One of the latest tenants to b ...
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
DPD Polska is to expand its operations in Hillwood Ruda Śląska. The tenant has expanded its 13,200 sqm lease by an additional 4,700 sqm with Hillwood ...
Sales up, supply down
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A good foundation from which to grow
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