Zara reorganises online sales

E-commerce
WORLD The Zara store chain is to complete and send out online orders directly from its brick and mortar stores. The Spanish-based Inditex group, which owns the Zara brand, believes it can make online orders easier for shoppers by processing individual orders in their stores. Whenever a product is unavailable online, but can be found in stock at a local store, it can be ordered immediately with home delivery.
The use of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags code allows precise data on the exact stock of each store to be collected. By the end of the year 2,000 stores will take part in the programme across the US and Europe. The system is part of Zara’s omnichannel strategy and it should result in better stock management with fewer mistakes made when sending clothing to distribution centres, which should allow the brand to better compete with online retailers such as Zalando and Amazon. Accordi
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Office & mixed-use development

Poland Defence24 leases 1,150 sqm at Warsaw Corporate Center

schedule 05 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Media and research group Defence24 has signed a long-term lease for 1,150 sqm of office space at Warsaw Corporate Center (WCC) on ul. Emilii Plater in Warsaw. The company will occupy the entire seventh floor and part of the eighth floor.

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Poland The FORM builds on proven performance at Rondo Daszyńskiego

schedule 09 September 2026

With occupier demand increasingly focused on prime, well-located buildings, Warsaw’s office market is becoming more selective. Around Rondo Daszyńskiego, one of the city’s most established business locations, this trend is particularly visible. The FORM is among the office assets benefiting from this shift: since opening in early 2025, it has become fully leased, attracted a diversified mix of public- and private-sector occupiers, and demonstrated substantial day-to-day use. Its performance to date, combined with the continued evolution of the surrounding district, reinforces its position as a trophy office asset.

ESG

Poland Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct

schedule 05 October 2026
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Wrocław Fashion Outlet has reduced energy usage by 14 pct since 2022, while continuing to develop ESG initiatives focused on energy efficiency, the circular economy and community engagement.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland CBRE appointed to lease AFI V

schedule 05 October 2026
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AFI Poland has appointed CBRE as the leasing agent for AFI V., a prominent office building in Kraków. CBRE will be responsible for attracting new tenants and advising AFI Poland on the leasing strategy.

Residential

Poland AKIPIA joins Roma Tower as investor; construction contract signed

schedule 05 October 2026
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Czech investment group AKIPIA has joined the Roma Tower project in Warsaw, while the investors have signed a construction agreement with the general contractor. The 170-metre residential tower at the junction of ul. Emilii Plater and ul. Nowogrodzka will comprise 357 ultra-luxury apartments.

Investment & finance

Poland DL Invest Group secures EUR 95 mln from UniCredit

schedule 05 October 2026
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DL Invest Group has signed a revolving credit agreement of up to EUR 95m with UniCredit. The facility was provided directly to the group’s operating company, DL Invest Group PM S.A., and can be used for general corporate purposes and further growth.

Investment & finance

Poland Warsaw office property sold to owner-occupier

schedule 05 October 2026
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A 2,500 sqm plot with a 1,600 sqm office building at 359 Puławska Street in Warsaw has changed hands, with Agencja Nieruchomości Locus advising on the sale.

Retail & leisure

Poland BIG Bolesławiec fully leased ahead of opening

schedule 05 October 2026
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BIG Poland has secured all 14 tenants for its new BIG Bolesławiec retail park, which will offer around 18,000 sqm of GLA. The project is scheduled to open at the end of Q4 2026.

Residential

Germany Empira buys Berlin estate

schedule 05 October 2026
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Empira Group has acquired Bärenpark, an 875-unit PRS residential estate in Berlin-Tempelhof, with EUR 62.5 mln in acquisition financing from BayernLB.

Data centres

Poland AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market

schedule 02 October 2026
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Demand for computing power is rising rapidly, driven by artificial intelligence and cloud services. This is accelerating growth in Europe’s data centre market. The sector’s total capacity could reach 13 GW by the end of 2026, up 20 pct year on year, according to CBRE’s 'Europe Data Centres Q2 2026' report. Rising demand is also changing where data centres are being built. Investors are increasingly looking beyond the largest hubs, creating new opportunities for Poland, where data centre capacity could grow from around 200 MW today to 500 MW by 2030.

Warehouse & industrial

Polska P3 Logistic Parks starts construction of first building at P3 Gliwice

schedule 02 October 2026
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P3 Logistic Parks has started construction of the first warehouse building at P3 Gliwice in Upper Silesia. The speculative development will provide almost 40,000 sqm of warehouse space and around 1,900 sqm of office and staff facilities.

Retail & leisure

Poland Aleja Bielany now 98 pct leased

schedule 02 October 2026
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Aleja Bielany in Wrocław, managed by Ingka Centres, is now 98 pct leased. The centre has recently signed 10 new lease agreements covering almost 4,000 sqm.

Retail & leisure

Poland Pocco Italia to open restaurant in DL Shopping Siemianowice Śląskie

schedule 02 October 2026
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Pocco Italia has taken 400 sqm at DL Shopping Siemianowice Śląskie for a new Italian restaurant. The new tenant will add to the food and beverage section at the centre, which is part of DL Invest Group’s portfolio.

Retail & leisure

Poland OTO Park Lubin to open on 22 October

schedule 02 October 2026
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OTO Park, a new retail park on ul. Jana Pawła II in Lubin, will open on 22 October. The centre has more than 14,000 sqm of retail space, around 30 stores and service outlets, plus more than 400 parking spaces. It is expected to create more than 200 jobs.

Investment & finance

Germany CA Immo sells IntercityHotel

schedule 02 October 2026
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CA Immo has sold the IntercityHotel Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof Süd to a fund managed by Art-Invest Real Estate. The transaction marks the sale of the last hotel in CA Immo’s portfolio.

Warehouse & industrial

EMEA region Tighter supply reshapes EMEA logistics market

schedule 02 October 2026
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The EMEA industrial and logistics market is showing signs of recovery as demand from occupiers picks up, construction slows and vacancy rates level off, according to Colliers’ 'EMEA Industrial & Logistics Hubs Snapshot H1 2026'.

Events

POLAND / GERMANY Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!

schedule 02 October 2026
Nathan North
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Expo Real kicks off on Monday in Munich, and Eurobuild CEE is the media sponsor for one of the top discussions on the first day: ‘High Speed Connectivity: Shaping the Next Generation of Metropolises’. The panel, organised by Invest in Łódź, will be devoted to discussing the importance of high-speed rail infrastructure to real estate investment and the growth of Poland’s cities.

Retail & leisure

Germany ECE to manage Neumarkt Galerie Cologne

schedule 02 October 2026
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Deka Immobilien has appointed ECE to manage and lease Neumarkt Galerie in Cologne from January 1, 2027. ECE was selected following a tender.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Unibep moves into DL Tower

schedule 30 September 2026
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Unibep has leased around 200 sqm at DL Tower in Katowice. The space was handed over on 1 September 2026.

Retail & leisure

Poland Tenant mix expands in Focus

schedule 30 September 2026
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Focus Bydgoszcz has added several new tenants in recent weeks, with 21 openings planned at the centre in 2026. Occupancy currently stands at 99 pct. New arrivals include a second Apart store, Komputronik, WOKy by Thai Wok, Beverly Hills Polo Club, TOUS and Shock Price.

Latest in E-commerce

schedule 12 January 2023

This is the end

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 regions of the world.

schedule 22 September 2020

Wildberries now growing in Ukraine

Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries has entered the Ukrainian market.

schedule 21 May 2020

Wildberries growing in April

POLAND Wildberries, the Russian online retailer that debuted on the Polish market in January, has revealed some of its initial Polish sales figures.

schedule 12 May 2020

Wildberries growing in Slovakia

SLOVAKIA Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, has entered the Slovakian market. The company has also anounced that it is considering investing EUR 200 mln in the development of a distribution centre in the country.

schedule 18 March 2020

E-commerce set to accelerate with Coronavirus

POLAND Cushman & Wakefield is cautious about predicting how the coronavirus pandemic will change online shopping habits but notes that many Polish companies are expecting a massive increase in their online orders.

schedule 30 January 2020

How much CO2 does your fashion sense generate?

WORLD Online second had clothes store Thredup store has created a Fashion Footprint Calculator to calculate the carbon footprint of your purchasing habits.

schedule 04 October 2019

A thousand new DHL Parcel pick-up points

POLAND DHL Parcel will this year have opened 1,000 new locations for despatching and collecting courier parcels.

schedule 26 September 2019

Logistics firms feeling the heat from e-commerce

POLAND According to the recent ‘Supply Chain for E-commerce. How to Meet the Challenges’ report published by DHL Supply Chain, most logistics companies in the contract logistics sector have yet to implement a strategy for the online retail segment.

schedule 28 August 2019

E-commerce is still a big challenge

WORLD Majority of companies have failed to fully implement an e-commerce strategy despite recognizing its importance, according to DHL’s global survey of nearly 900 decision-makers responsible for logistics or supply chain management and e-commerce.

schedule 29 July 2019

Hebe hits the net

POLAND Drugstore chain Hebe has officially launched its online store. Orders across Poland are delivered by courier. In Warsaw, parcels can also be picked up free of charge also in a chosen Hebe store.

schedule 18 July 2019

Airbnb modifies its practices

EUROPE The European Commission has announced that, as a result of negotiations with Airbnb, the platform has improved and fully clarified the accommodation and pricing offered to consumers on its site so that its standards meet EU consumer law.

schedule 17 July 2019

Europe points its big guns at Amazon

EUROPE The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon's use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of EU competition rules.

schedule 16 April 2019

Lidl goes online in Poland

POLAND Lidl is to launch an online store for Poland – lidl-sklep.pl.

schedule 23 January 2019

Chamber for e-commerce

POLAND The Polish Chamber of Digital Commerce (e-Izba) has set up the Retailers Group e-Chamber to support companies who operate in e-commerce and omnichannel sales or are planning to start a business in this sector.

schedule 05 November 2018

Polish online retailers looking to go global

POLAND Around 24 pct of Polish online retailers are currently considering foreign expansion claims the ‘The Challenges of E-commerce’ report prepared by the Kronenberg Foundation at Citi Handlowy.

schedule 26 September 2018

Shopping with a robot salesman

POLAND A Wrocław start-up has created a chatbot to sell and recommend goods to shoppers.

schedule 25 September 2018

Internet traders running up debt

POLAND According to BIG InfoMonitor data, the debts of e-commerce traders came to PLN 126 mln at the end of June this year, up 19 pct on the end of 2017.

schedule 14 September 2018

Zara reorganises online sales

WORLD The Zara store chain is to complete and send out online orders directly from its brick and mortar stores. The Spanish-based Inditex group, which owns the Zara brand, believes it can make online orders easier for shoppers by processing individual orders in their stores. Whenever a product is unavailable online, but can be found in stock at a local store, it can be ordered immediately with home delivery.

schedule 06 September 2018

True innovation from Marks & Spencer

WORLD Marks & Spencer has partnered with True, which operates in the new-tech segment, to focuses on innovation and digital transformation.

schedule 26 July 2018

Almost half of Poles yet to embrace e-commerce

POLAND According to this year’s ‘E-commerce in Poland. Gemius for e-Commerce Poland’ report by Gemius, 44 pct of Polish internet users have yet to make any purchases on the internet.

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