Design of new Rotunda revealed

Architecture and urban planning
POLAND The GowinSiuta architectural studio, owned by Bartłomiej Gowin and Krzysztof Siuta, has won the ‘Changing the Face 2013’ architectural competition for the renovation of the Rotunda building on Rondo Dmowskiego in central Warsaw, which is occupied a branch of PKO BP bank.
The design includes the bank on the ground floor while the top floor is to be converted into a public space. The jury of the competition included architects Konrad Kucza-Kuczyński, Andrzej Bulanda, Mateusz Świętorzecki, Marcin Mostafa, Grzegorz Piątek, Rafał Schurma and Maciej Miłobędzki, as well as graphic designer Michał Łojewski, PKO Bank Polski representative Tomasz Marszał and engineering firm DuPont’s strategic programme director Włodzimierz Soboń. Citizens of Warsaw were sur
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Office & mixed-use development

Poland Syrena Real Estate to modernise Warsaw office building

schedule 13 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Syrena Real Estate will refurbish its building at 18 Piękna Street in Warsaw and rebrand it as Elma. The project will modernise the offices, nearly double the retail space and replace the lower floors with a more open, glazed frontage. Work is due to start in Q1 2027 and finish in Q3 2028.

Residential

Poland Poland’s housing market stabilises

schedule 13 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Residential developers sold 12,500 homes across Poland’s seven largest housing markets in the third quarter of 2026, up 5.7 pct from the previous quarter. They launched 12,800 new units, while the number of homes available for sale reached 70,200 at the end of September. According to real estate consultancy JLL, sales and new supply are broadly balanced, but the growing stock of completed unsold homes and shifting buyer sentiment point to a more uncertain outlook.

Construction

Poland BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences

schedule 13 October 2026
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BERGER Bau Polska will modernise the Kredka and Ołówek student residences owned by the University of Wrocław under a contract worth PLN 41.44 mln gross. Work will bring the buildings into compliance with current fire safety regulations and is scheduled to run from October 2026 to April 2029.

Investment & finance

Poland Poland’s Retail Park Market Drives Growth in Portfolio Transactions

schedule 13 October 2026
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Poland’s increasingly mature retail park market is creating opportunities for portfolio transactions, allowing investors to expand their presence more quickly and allocate capital more efficiently. However, as highlighted in Retail Parks Uncovered, an investment report prepared by Avison Young in cooperation with CMS, Newgate Investment and PROH, these deals require careful legal due diligence, transaction structuring and risk management.

Residential

Poland Archicom launches sales for fifth phase of Modern Mokotów in Warsaw

schedule 13 October 2026
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Archicom has launched sales for the fifth phase of its Modern Mokotów residential development in Warsaw, adding 119 apartments and six commercial units to the mixed-use project. The development is transforming the former office district of Służewiec into a residential neighbourhood that will eventually comprise more than 1,400 apartments.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Prime Label’s IPPU Packaging leases 3,000 sqm at Industra Park Iași

schedule 13 October 2026
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IPPU Packaging, part of the European Prime Label Group, has relocated its operations to approximately 3,000 sqm of industrial space at Industra Park Iași, owned by Oresa Industra. Fit-out works were completed in spring 2026, with the facility’s official inauguration scheduled for mid-October.

Retail & leisure

Romania LPP Group to bring four fashion brands to RIVUS

schedule 13 October 2026
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LPP Group will open stores for Reserved, Mohito, House and Cropp at RIVUS, the mixed-use development taking shape in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The four brands will occupy more than 3,500 sqm, expanding the retail offer of the EUR 550 mln project developed by IULIUS and Atterbury Europe.

Events

Poland Will Poland dominate the AI market?

schedule 13 October 2026
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How will AI change the real estate business? Where are the best data centre sites in Poland? Will Europe be able to feed data centres the energy they need, and how will it be generated?

Hotels

Poland Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście

schedule 12 October 2026
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Green House Development has launched pre-sales for Building C, the final phase of its Wave Świnoujście Thermal & SPA development. The building will feature 192 finished apartments, around 2,000 sqm of thermal and spa facilities, massage rooms and a conference room. Completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2030.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Central Poland’s warehouse market grows beyond Łódź

schedule 12 October 2026
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Central Poland has nearly 5.2 mln sqm of warehouse space, with a further 160,000 sqm under construction, according to Newmark Polska. While Łódź remains the region’s main economic centre, developers are increasingly building in nearby towns such as Stryków, Piotrków Trybunalski, Zgierz and Łowicz, where land is more readily available and rents and labour costs are lower.

Residential

Poland Warsaw’s Kamionek district attracts new residential investment

schedule 12 October 2026
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Kamionek, in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district, is transforming from an industrial area into a modern urban neighbourhood. Infrastructure upgrades, cultural projects and the planned M3 metro line are strengthening its residential appeal. Grupo Lar Polska and Galio Group are responding with Symfonia Praga, a residential development at ul. Owsiana 11.

Retail & leisure

Poland Aurum Optics opens its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura

schedule 12 October 2026
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Aurum Optics has opened its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura shopping and leisure centre in Łódź. The new outlet combines eyewear from leading international brands with professional eye examinations and personalised optometric advice.

Residential

Czech Republic YIT Czechia to build 73 apartments in Prague’s Kamýk district

schedule 12 October 2026
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YIT Czechia is developing Kattila Kamýk in Prague 12. The 10-storey building, located at the intersection of Imrychova and Těšíkova streets, will comprise 73 apartments ranging from 30 to 100 sqm. Completion is scheduled for autumn 2028.

Residential

Poland Górskiego rated Very Good

schedule 12 October 2026
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Zeitgeist Asset Management has achieved a BREEAM In-Use ‘Very Good’ certification for its Home by Zeitgeist Górskiego residential rental development in Oliwa, Gdańsk. It is the first PRS (private rented sector) project in the company’s Polish portfolio to undergo certification designed specifically for buildings already in operation.

Exclusive

Poland Leading the renaissance of local investors

schedule 12 October 2026
Nathan North
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One of the more interesting Polish property investors to emerge on the local scene in recent years is Syrena Real Estate. This year, it added the Renaissance building in central Warsaw to its increasingly impressive and diverse portfolio. In our latest exclusive, we ask Witold Zatoński Kotomski, the founding partner of the company, about its plans for the historic property and where it’s planning to invest next.

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Romania Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln

schedule 12 October 2026
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Romania’s commercial real estate investment market recorded EUR 679.9 mln in transactions involving office buildings, retail properties, logistics assets and hotels between January and September 2026, exceeding the total investment volume for the whole of 2025 by 19 pct. Approximately EUR 375 mln was transacted in the third quarter alone, according to an analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

Retail & leisure

Czech Republic Xtreme Fitness Gyms Opens First Club in the Czech Republic

schedule 12 October 2026
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Polish fitness chain Xtreme Fitness Gyms is expanding internationally. On 15 October, the brand will open its first club outside Poland in Opava, Czech Republic. The launch comes as the network reaches 200 clubs in its home market.

Retail & leisure

Poland Bricomarché opens new store in Włoszczowa

schedule 09 October 2026
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Bricomarché opened a new store in Włoszczowa, Poland, on 7 October. Located at 47 Czarnieckiego Street, the store offers around 23,000 products for home and garden and has created 20 jobs.

Office & mixed-use development

Polska Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków

schedule 09 October 2026
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Knight Frank has been appointed exclusive leasing agent for VINCI Office Center at 100 Opolska Street in Kraków. The building, owned by Sharow Capital, offers around 21,000 sqm of office space.

Warehouse & industrial

Polska Zalando rolls out AI-powered returns

schedule 09 October 2026
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Sereact, Zalando and CEVA Logistics have introduced AI-powered robots to process returns at logistics centres in Świebodzin, Poland, and Greven, Germany. The robots identify, pick up and sort returned fashion items, taking over repetitive tasks and easing the physical workload for warehouse staff.

Latest in Architecture and urban planning

schedule 18 May 2026

Praga to tower up over Warsaw

High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division between the left and right banks of the Vistula. The opening of the popular pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Vistula, the ongoing reconstruction of Okrzei Street, and the development of transportation infrastructure – including the planned modernisation of the Eastern Railway Station and the Warsaw-Stadion station – are functionally integrating Praga into the New Center of Warsaw.

schedule 20 April 2026

ULI releases New Urban Poland report

The Urban Land Institute Poland has published the ‘New Urban Poland’. Using 14 projects from Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Wrocław, the publication demonstrates how former industrial city centre areas have been transformed into places with housing, work, entertainment, restaurants, services, and public space.

schedule 20 March 2026

Plans created for Airport City around CPK

CBRE and 4CF have been selected as strategic advisors for the Airport City project, part of the Port Polska development programme. The two companies will develop a vision and operational strategy for the 600,000 sqm project.

schedule 06 March 2026

Świecie remodelled around castle

The Teutonic Castle in Świecie is undergoing a restoration as part of a broader plan to redevelop the town, providing space for education, culture and tourism.

schedule 09 January 2026

Dance centre opens in Warsaw

The Dance and Performing Arts Pavilion has opened in Warsaw's Powiśle district.

schedule 30 December 2025

Public consultations held for Park Wilanów

The Nhood Services Poland team has completed another round of public consultations for its mixed-use Wilanów Park development. Residents voiced their opinions on the proposed uses, services, and surroundings of Wilanów Park.

schedule 17 December 2025

Need for clarity introducing reforms

Polish cities and investors are preparing for the biggest change in spatial planning in two decades. By mid-2026, all municipalities must adopt general plans, which will replace existing zoning studies and become the primary document defining the framework for building location.

schedule 12 December 2025

Competition to modernise former Soviet block announced

Warsaw has announced an architectural and urban planning competition for a development concept for 100 ul. Sobieskiego. The competition results will be announced in June 2026. 

schedule 04 June 2025

MoMA wins architectural grand prix

The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr Studio in the city’s Palace of Culture and Science, with EurobuildCEE being one of the media patrons of the event.

schedule 09 May 2024

Poznań with a green Aura

In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The façade of the building with its organic architecture will be covered with 140,000 plants.

schedule 21 September 2023

Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest

Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Dejvice district (Prague 6).

schedule 20 September 2023

Alto launches Sky Park arch-comp

Alto Real Estate, the owner of the Sky Park complex in Bratislava, has launched an architectural competition for its further development on an adjacent plot.

schedule 12 September 2023

Okam unveils new Warsaw district design

Okam has presented a concept for the development of the former FSO plant site in Warsaw's Żerań. Created in cooperation with the city and the WXCA architectural studio, the masterplan envisages the creation of 12,000 flats as well as a new 10-ha park. 

schedule 04 July 2023

A centre with towers behind

Italian Studio Fuksas has won an international competition to design a trade fair and exhibition centre to be built in Tirana. The planned development is to be built on a 10,000-square-metre site on New Boulevard, in the centre of the city.

schedule 10 February 2023

Love me tender

The City of Helsinki, Finland, has launched a tender competition to sell the Old Customs House in Katajanokka harbour area for redevelopment. The goal of the competition is to find a technically and economically feasible and architecturally outstanding solution for redeveloping the building.

schedule 07 December 2022

Penta holds competition for Dynamitka site

Penta Real Estate is holding an architectural competition for the development of a 4.5 ha brownfield site that formed part of the former Juraj Dimitrov chemical works (known locally as ‘DImitrovka’ or ‘Dynamitka’) in Bratislava.

schedule 17 November 2022

Foster+Partners wins Solidarity Airport design gig

London-based studio Foster+Partners in a consortium with Buro Happold has won the competition to design the Solidarity Airport near Grodzisk Mazowiecki.

schedule 06 October 2022

Modular R&D centre by Chybik+Kristof

A modular construction research centre has been completed for Koma Modular in Vizovice, in the Czech Republic’s eastern Zlín region. The design of the facility is the work of Prague-based architectural studio Chybik+Kristof.

schedule 30 August 2022

Architectural contest launched for Victory Square

An international architectural and urban planning competition has been launched for the development of the ‘4th quadrant’ of Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Prague’s Dejvice district.

schedule 19 August 2022

Penta launches ‘Southbank Bratislava’ architectural competition

Penta Investment has launched an architectural and urban design competition for a site along the southern bank of the Danube River in Bratislava.

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