Service sector still all the rage

Human resources
POLAND A total of 279,000 people were employed in business service centres in Poland at the end of Q1 2018, according to the latest report by the Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL).
This is app. 35,000 (13 pct) more than a year ago. Around 81 pct of the 279,000 people thus employed work in foreign-owned centres and 19 pct work in Polish centres. The total number of service centres in Poland comes to 1,236 – 54 of which are very large, employing more than 1,000 people. ABSL estimates that between Q1 2016 and Q1 2018, the BPO, SSC, IT and R&D sectors generated on average 90 new jobs per day. “Today we employ almost four times more people in Poland than in mining,” claim
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Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Logistics terminal in Panattoni Kraków East V

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Panattoni has completed the development of a dedicated logistics terminal for a leading e-commerce player. The almost 8,000 sqm BTS facility, which is part of the Panattoni Park Kraków East V, will handle parcel sorting and management of a network of parcel vending machines in southern Poland.

Residential

POLAND Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Since sales began in February 2026, 122 contracts have been concluded in the Liberty Tower residential building in Warsaw, which is owned by Cavatina. The total value of the transactions for units in the development on ul. Grzybowska exceeded PLN 250 mln.

Investment & finance

POLAND PLN 52 bln developed, but supply not keeping up with demand

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

July saw a shift in the supply-demand ratio across Poland’s seven largest housing markets. The pool of available developer units fell below the 60,000 threshold, and sales increased by 12 pct y-o-y, while the number of new projects declined significantly.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Automated warehouse for Lorenz in Stanowice

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

A new warehouse with an area of app. 16,000 sqm is being built at the Lorenz production facility in Stanowice, about 23 km southeast of Wrocław. Bremer is the general contractor for the project. The distribution centre is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2027.

Infrastructure

POLAND Intermodal strengthens Poland’s position on the European logistics map

schedule 05 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

In the first quarter of 2026, Polish railways transported almost 790,000 TEUs in intermodal transport. This segment's share of total rail transport reached a record 19.2 pct. Further development of services depends on investments in linear and point infrastructure.

Hotels

ROMANIA Mercure opens in Oradea

schedule 05 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by local company Grand Hotel West under a franchise agreement, with Spark Hospitality as its operator.

Exclusive

CEE REGION The man from NASA

schedule 05 August 2026
Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Poland with a new investment fund for Polish investors – and it has just made its market debut with the acquisition of Jerozolimskie Business Park in Warsaw. And that’s why EurobuildCEE spoke to the man at the centre of the deal, Marc Safari, the chief operating officer of NASA Capital, about how the company plans to build its Polish portfolio from here.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Over 67k leased at DL Invest Park Bielsko-Biała

schedule 05 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

In recent months, DL Invest Group has signed lease agreements covering over 67,000 sqm in its DL Invest Park Bielsko-Biała complex. The transactions include long-term contract extensions with existing clients and new agreements with companies in the manufacturing and logistics sectors.

Interior design

POLAND ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm of offices, designed by the MIXD architectural studio, are located on the former premises of the Dom Słowa Polskiego printing plant.

Infrastructure

POLAND Orlen buys 216 MW hybrid renewable energy project in Wielkopolska

schedule 04 August 2026

Orlen Group has finalised the purchase of a hybrid renewable energy farm project with a total capacity of 216 MW in Kazimierz Biskupi in Wielkopolska. The complex, combining solar and wind power, will generate around 315 Gwh of electricity, meeting the needs of almost 143,000 households.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND New conference centre for Diuna

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

A new, 460 sqm conference centre has opened in building D of the Diuna office complex in Warsaw’s Służewiec district, which is owned by Syrena Real Estate.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND M4B chooses MLP Pruszków II

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Polish tech firm M4B has leased app. 3,600 sqm of industrial space in a newly constructed building in MLP Pruszków II, in Warsaw’s western outskirts.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND PwC Polska takes 20k in AFI Tower

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

PwC Polska is to be an anchor tenant of AFI Tower, which is under construction in central Warsaw, having leased around 20,000 sqm of office space.

Investment & finance

POLAND Apsys goes shopping for 3 Stawy

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Apsys has completed the acquisition of the 3 Stawy shopping centre in Katowice. The 38,600 sqm gla mall was acquired from a fund managed by Union Investment.

Office & mixed-use development

BULGARIA Big bank gets bigger in Advanced Business Center

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

A leading investor and manager of CEE commercial real estate has renewed its lease and expanded its area to more than 5,500 sqm in the Advance Business Center in Sofia, the developer and the owner of which is Globe Trade Centre.

Infrastructure

POLAND Tender for Tomaszów Mazowiecki station reconstruction

schedule 03 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Polish State Railways (PKP S.A.) is planning the comprehensive modernization of the railway station in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Following the completion of the design phase, the PKP has announced a tender for the selection of a general contractor. Bids can be submitted until August 21st of this year.

Warehouse & industrial

CZECH REPUBLIC DIrect Auto drives straight in to VGP České Budějovice

schedule 03 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Car insurer and advisory Direct Auto has leased 4,200 sqm in building B of VGP Park České Budějovice. With this contract, the warehouse facility is now fully leased.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Savills gets Prime lease contract

schedule 03 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Savills' landlord representation team has been appointed co-exclusive agent responsible for the commercialization of the Prime office building on ul Grzybowska in Warsaw's Wola-Centrum business district.

Investment & finance

CEE REGION CEE real estate investment goes steadily upward

schedule 03 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

The momentum of the Central and Eastern Europe commercial real estate market picked up markedly in the first half of 2026, according to Colliers' CEE Investment Scene H1 2026' report. Total investment volume across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 bln - up from EUR 5.4 bln a year earlier, confirming that capital is returning to the region however in a more selective and disciplined way than in previous cycles.

Investment & finance

WORLD Savills takes over Eastdil

schedule 03 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Savills has completed its acquisition of global real estate investment bank Eastdil Secured for app. GBP 827 mln. The bank will now act as Savills Group's real estate investment bank and has already been rebranded as Eastdil Secured Savills.

Latest in Human resources

schedule 01 April 2026

Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle

Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.

schedule 10 February 2026

Change at the top for ULI Europe

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Simon Durkin as Chief Executive Officer Europe, ULI, succeeding Lisette van Doorn, commencing early March 2026.

schedule 07 October 2025

ULI announces new chairs

ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shaping ULI Poland’s agenda is joined by Ilona Otoka (Savills Poland), Michał Witkowski (Colliers), Waldemar Grabka (EQT Exeter), Rafał Stoparczyk (Skanska Commercial Development Europe) and Justyna Glinka (Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy), who, as the newly appointed chair of young leaders, also becomes a member of the ULI Poland Executive Committee.

schedule 10 July 2025

Panattoni bets big on data centres

Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists have been hired to implement the project.

schedule 27 June 2025

Five new board members at JLL

Five new members are joining JLL's management board, and will take on their new roles from the beginning of July.

schedule 03 June 2025

A change of guard at Eurobuild

From the beginning of June this year, Anna Korólczyk-Lewandowska takes over the position of Editor in Chief of Eurobuild magazine.

schedule 29 August 2024

Changes at the helm of Dom Development

Jarosław Szanajca plans to resign from the position of president of the management board of Dom Development at the end of the year and join the supervisory board. From the beginning of 2025, Mikołaj Konopka, current member of the management board and co-founder and president of Euro Styl, will take over the reins of the company.

schedule 08 January 2024

Savills has new CEO

Kamil Kowa has become the new CEO of Savills in Poland. He is a member of the management board of the company, and for the past nine years has held the position of head of Corporate Finance and Valuation at Savills. 

schedule 17 October 2023

New head of retail at Cushman & Wakefield

Michał Masztakowski has taken up the position of the head of the retail agency in Poland at Cushman & Wakefield. He will be responsible for preparing and implementing the department's business strategy, expanding the firm's client portfolio and leading a team advising tenants and investors.

schedule 30 August 2023

Savills appoints CEE CEO

Savills has appointed Stuart Jordan, the current managing director of the consultancy in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as CEO of the entire CEE region.

schedule 12 December 2022

Hotel Gellért changes hands

BDPST Group has acquired the Hotel Gellért Szálló in central Budapest from Danubius Hotel Group for an undisclosed sum.

schedule 08 September 2022

Ettenauer steps down as S Immo CEO after CPI takeover

Austrian real estate investor S Immo, following the successful completion of the mandatory takeover offer by Prague-based CPI Property Group, has by mutual consent terminated the contract of S Immo’s CEO, Bruno Ettenauer.

schedule 18 July 2022

Changes at the top for 7R

Łukasz Jachna, the current member of the board and the chief capital markets officer of Polish warehouse developer 7R, has decided to leave the company. He will remain the head of the capital markets team until the end of September this year.

schedule 05 July 2022

Colliers goes West in Serbia

Colliers has entered into an affiliate agreement with Serbian real estate services company West Properties.

schedule 25 April 2022

Generation Park Y awarded gold

The Generation Park Y office tower, which was developed by Skanska in Warsaw's Wola-Centrum district and is now owned by Hansainvest Real Assets, has received a Well Core & Shell ‘Gold’ certificate.

schedule 15 April 2022

Meet Klara the constructor of the future

Polish construction firm Erbud has published a book aimed at encouraging girls to think about a career in the building industry.

schedule 11 January 2022

New CDO at MDC2

Maciej Madejak has been appointed chief development officer, founder, and member of the management board of MDC2. Previously, he held management-level positions at Prologis, Goodman and Panattoni.

schedule 02 August 2021

Avison Young branches out with Valuation

Avison Young has broadened its range of services with valuation and advisory.

schedule 02 July 2021

Monika Rajska-Wolińska promoted to Colliers’ CEE head

Monika Rajska-Wolińska has been promoted from managing partner for Poland to the position of CEO of Colliers in Central and Eastern Europe, which now covers Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria, effective from August 1st, 2021.

schedule 01 July 2021

Silvia Schmitten-Walgenbach to lead CA Immo

Silvia Schmitten-Walgenbach has been chosen to be the next CEO of Austrian real estate investor and developer CA Immo.

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