Westfield immerses customers in virtual reality

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UNITED KINGDOM Global shopping centre developer Westfield has teamed up with the London-based technology studio Inition to offer clients a digital pop-up experience at two Westfield London shopping malls.
The companies developed a concept for three immersive activities, each of which engaged visitors into the exploration of the upcoming trends using either virtual reality or via a personalised avatar. The first used virtual reality goggles in conjunction with gesture tracking technology to enable guests to enter a virtual, futuristic landscape where they could have used specific gestures to browse different trend pieces. The second experience involved guests approaching a large scale video wall w
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schedule 24 August 2026
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Elanders Polska has taken nearly 5,600 sqm at Hillwood Wrocław East in Dobrzykowice, just outside Wrocław. The deal covers more than 5,000 sqm of warehouse space and around 600 sqm of offices. Only one 4,200 sqm unit remains available at the park.

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schedule 24 August 2026
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Poland’s overall warehouse vacancy rate is around 7 pct, but large, well-located warehouse space is becoming much harder to find. Companies looking for more than 15,000 sqm are increasingly competing for the same buildings. According to SQM Advisory, the squeeze is no longer confined to the very largest warehouses; availability of mid-sized units is also tightening.

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schedule 24 August 2026
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Office & mixed-use development

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schedule 24 August 2026
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schedule 24 August 2026
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schedule 24 August 2026
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schedule 24 August 2026
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Poland Henley sells Poznań shopping centre Galeria Pestka

schedule 24 August 2026
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schedule 21 August 2026
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schedule 21 August 2026
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schedule 21 August 2026
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schedule 21 August 2026
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schedule 21 August 2026
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schedule 21 August 2026
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schedule 21 August 2026
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schedule 21 August 2026
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schedule 20 August 2026
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schedule 20 August 2026
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schedule 20 August 2026
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schedule 20 August 2026
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schedule 20 July 2026

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schedule 17 June 2026

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schedule 18 March 2026

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schedule 09 December 2025

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schedule 12 September 2024

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schedule 26 January 2024

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schedule 07 December 2023

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schedule 31 August 2022

Bright Spaces and digital future for CA Immo Hungary

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schedule 26 August 2022

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schedule 17 June 2022

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schedule 12 May 2022

Hi Tech bicycle storage comes to Norblin Factory

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schedule 27 October 2021

Workthere comes to Poland

Savills has launched a Polish version of its Workthere online platform to help potential tenants find flexible workspace and optimise how they use their space.

schedule 17 August 2021

Eobuwie rolls out foot scanning app abroad

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schedule 14 June 2021

Atrium work ten times quicker

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schedule 31 May 2021

Cushman & Wakefield start droning on

Cushman & Wakefield has teamed up with FairFleet to offer drone surveillance services throughout the EMEA as well as across the Asia Pacific region and Canada.

schedule 01 April 2021

Esoleo embraces AI for solar farm

US company AI Clearing is to provide its fully automated construction progress tracking solution for Esoleo, which is building Poland’s largest solar farm on the site of a former brown coal mine in Brudzew in central Poland.

schedule 26 March 2021

Segro becomes part of Proptech Foundation

Segro has joined the Proptech Foundation.

schedule 29 December 2020

AI Clearing raises USD 2 mln in seed funding

AI Clearing, Inc. has raised USD 2 mln in seed funding to accelerate the development – at its R&D centre in Warsaw – of its artificial intelligence system for monitoring the progress of construction projects.

schedule 08 December 2020

Cushman teams up with Future2

Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, has entered into a partnership with leading proptech advisor Future2.

schedule 03 December 2020

Bicycles come to Norblin

The Norblin Factory complex in Warsaw being developed by Capital Park Group through the renovation and conversion of a former metal plating plant is to have an automated bicycle storage centre created by MA-Sistemas, a Spanish company active in Switzerland, Singapore and Israel.

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