Wild days are over

Retail & leisure
Fewer greenfields, some brownfields, more redevelopments and probably residential projects. These are the niches Acteeum Group is now interested in in Poland. ‘Eurobuild CEE’ talks to Arne Bongenaar, the company’s managing director, on what is now happening.
Recently you have bought two Polish retail projects together with Rockcastle: Galeria Tomaszów in Tomaszów Mazowiecki and Fabryka Wołomin in Wołomin, so now you co-own a total of five projects in the country. Why is the Polish retail market attractive to you? Arne Bongenaar, the managing director of Acteeum Group: For us the Polish retail market is very interesting. There are still some areas where supply of modern retail space stands below international standards and there is a need for mo
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Retail & leisure

Poland iLunch comes to Poland

schedule 02 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Lithuanian chain iLunch has opened its first Polish restaurant in the Olivia Centre in Gdańsk. iLunch is a concept with fully automated ordering of the dishes, which are prepared on-site and delivered in less than two minutes.

Residential

Poland Work begins on Liberty Tower

schedule 02 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Construction of the Liberty Tower apartment building has begun in the centre of Warsaw, at ul. Grzybowska 54. The building will have 43 storeys and a height of 140m with 587 units ranging in size from 26 to 124 sqm.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Studio A comes to market

schedule 02 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The second and final stage of the Studio project, the Studio A office building has received its occupancy permit and over 20,000 sqm has already been leased.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Mindspace to be largest tenant of Skyliner complex

schedule 02 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Flexible office space provider Mindspace has signed a long-term lease with Karimpol Polska for nearly 4,500 sqm in the second building of the Skyliner complex on Rondo Daszyńskiego.

Residential

Poland New life for Moniuszki 8

schedule 02 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

LivUp, a company operating in the Polish PRS market, has begun renovations to the building at ul. Moniuszki 8 in Warsaw, converting the building that once housed the Café Adria dancehall and restaurant into rental apartments.

Investment & finance

Hungary CA Immo sells Millennium 1

schedule 02 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

CA Immo has sold the Millennium Tower I office building in Budapest's Central Pest district.

Residential

Poland RRH completes work on Apartamenty Stawowa

schedule 30 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Polish construction company RRH Group has completed its Apartamenty Stawowa project in Opole, the company's first residential project.

Retail & leisure

Poland Worldbox opens in Legnica

schedule 30 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Auchan Legnica shopping centre in Lower Silesia has announced new tenants, including Worldbox, which has occupied a space of over 450 sqm.

Retail & leisure

Poland DM opens in Piła

schedule 30 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

DM will open its first store in Piła. The 478 sqm drugstore will be located in Galeria Kasztanowa, on al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich.

Investment & finance

Poland Shelters could change the market

schedule 30 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Recently, the topic of the Shelter Act has been increasingly featured in discussions concerning the real estate market and investment security. Since January 2026, public safety has become a permanent part of the industry's agenda, says Colliers.

Retail & leisure

Poland Seeing better in Wołomin

schedule 30 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

A  Fielmann opltician's has opened in Galeria Wołomin, selling frames, sunglasses, contact lenses, and comprehensive ophthalmological services.

Retail & leisure

Poland More tenants announced for Oto Park Siemianowice

schedule 30 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

New tenants have signed leases in the Oto Park complex in Siemianowice Śląskie, including a Smyk children's goods store, a Zajawka children's play centre, and an Itaka travel agency.

Retail & leisure

Poland Bikes in M1

schedule 30 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Bicycle store CentrumRowerowe.pl has leased a 2,000 sqm store in M1 Zabrze to open in the first half of this year.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Record high leasing levels

schedule 30 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

According to the 'Office Occupier – Warsaw Office Market' report published by real estate advisory firm Newmark Polska, leasing activity in the Warsaw office market remained strong throughout 2025, with the fourth quarter setting a record high.

Investment & finance

Romania Land transactions reach EUR 450 mln

schedule 29 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Romania’s land market closed 2025 with an estimated transaction volume broadly in line with 2024 levels, when deals totalled nearly EUR 450 mln, according to data from Colliers. The market was shaped by political uncertainty and fiscal adjustments in the first part of the year. However, sentiment improved visibly after the elections, with the final months of 2025 delivering some of the strongest transactional results seen in recent years.

Infrastructure

Poland Połaniec 2 substation under construction

schedule 29 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

A new 110/15 kV substation and power lines are under construction in Połaniec. The contractor for the project is Natipol Energy, part of the Olikol Group. Completion of all the work is scheduled for May 2026.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Qair stays on in Stratos

schedule 29 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Qair Polska has extended its 500 sqm office lease in the Stratos Office Center in Warsaw for another three years.

Investment & finance

Poland LCP Poland acquires another MPark

schedule 29 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

LCP Poland, part of M Core, has announced its second purchase this year of an MPark development project. After Zawiercie in Silesia, it's now the turn for Nasielsk in Masovia.

Office & mixed-use development

Rolls Royce comes to Kraków

schedule 29 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Aviation industry giant Rolls-Royce has leased over 2,100 sqm of office space in Kraków's Unity Tower for its new Global Capability Centre.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland MLP to extend MLP Business Park Poznań

schedule 29 January 2026
Opr./edited by AH

MLP Group is to build three more office and warehouse buildings with a total area of ​​around 14,000 sqm as part of the MLP Business Park Poznań complex.

Latest in Retail & leisure

schedule 02 February 2026

iLunch comes to Poland

Lithuanian chain iLunch has opened its first Polish restaurant in the Olivia Centre in Gdańsk. iLunch is a concept with fully automated ordering of the dishes, which are prepared on-site and delivered in less than two minutes.

schedule 30 January 2026

Worldbox opens in Legnica

The Auchan Legnica shopping centre in Lower Silesia has announced new tenants, including Worldbox, which has occupied a space of over 450 sqm.

schedule 30 January 2026

DM opens in Piła

DM will open its first store in Piła. The 478 sqm drugstore will be located in Galeria Kasztanowa, on al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich.

schedule 30 January 2026

Seeing better in Wołomin

A  Fielmann opltician's has opened in Galeria Wołomin, selling frames, sunglasses, contact lenses, and comprehensive ophthalmological services.

schedule 30 January 2026

More tenants announced for Oto Park Siemianowice

New tenants have signed leases in the Oto Park complex in Siemianowice Śląskie, including a Smyk children's goods store, a Zajawka children's play centre, and an Itaka travel agency.

schedule 30 January 2026

Bikes in M1

Bicycle store CentrumRowerowe.pl has leased a 2,000 sqm store in M1 Zabrze to open in the first half of this year.

schedule 26 January 2026

Record high construction

Around 500,000 sqm of new retail space will be delivered to the Polish market in 2025, with the new supply, largely driven by the development of retail parks, according to data from Colliers.

schedule 26 January 2026

OTO Park Kłodzko now bigger

Falcon Investment Management has completed the expansion of the OTO Park Kłodzko retail park. The entire complex, including the adjacent Castorama, currently has a gla of over 19,000 sqm.

schedule 26 January 2026

Smart Play to come to Aleja Bielany

Smart Kids Planet and Aleja Bielany in Wrocław have signed an agreement to create a modern Smart Play Centre (Centrum Mądrej Zabawy). Design work is already underway, and the opening is planned for the fourth quarter of 2026.

schedule 26 January 2026

More tenants in M1

The EPP-managed M1 Łódź shopping centre has announced new tenants with a HalfPrice store (2,200 sqm) and an Itaka travel agency have opened in the centre.

schedule 23 January 2026

Cars come to Osowa

Vehicle dealership Janisz Group has entered the Osowa Shopping Centre in Gdańsk, opening a showroom in a 150 sqm unit.

schedule 23 January 2026

dm opens third Łódź store

The dm drugstore chain has opened its third store in Łódź in the Górna Corner Shopping Center on ul. Gen. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego. This is the 73rd dm drugstore in Poland. The store comprises 450 sqm with free parking.

schedule 23 January 2026

Pan Materac comes to Suwalki

The first Pan Materac store in Suwałki has opened in the Suwałki  Big retail park. This is Pan Materac's third store in a Big Poland retail park, having already opened stores in BIG Gorzów and BIG Włocławek.

schedule 23 January 2026

Historic building opens as Biedronka

Centerscape has opened a Biedronka store after the modernisation historic modernist pavilion at ul. Uniwersytecka 12 in Katowice.

schedule 22 January 2026

TK Maxx stays in Renoma

TJX Poland has extended its lease at the Renoma shopping centre in Wrocław for another five years. The two-storey TK Maxx store occupies over 3,000 sqm.

schedule 19 January 2026

Leroy Merlin to open in Projekt Góraszka development

Leroy Merlin has acquired a site in Góraszka with the transaction organised by Nhood Services Poland on behalf of Ceetrus Polska. A DIY store will be built on the 55,000 sqm site.

schedule 19 January 2026

Good year for retail

Last year the retail real estate market was booming, according to the latest figures from Cushman & Wakefield.

schedule 19 January 2026

Scallier builds in Zabrze

Scallier has begun construction work on a new retail park on ul. Wolności in Zabrze, comprising two buildings with around 3,000 sqmeters gla.

schedule 16 January 2026

Half Price grows larger

HalfPrice has more than doubled in size in the Focus Mall in Piotrków Trybunalski. The discount chain now occupies over 3,300 sqm on the first floor.

schedule 16 January 2026

Outlet Park announces new leases

The EPP-owned Szczecin Outlet Park has added a HalfPrice store to its tenants. Additionally, Starbucks has opened a coffee shop, while several tenants have also decided to extend and enlarge their leases.

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