Smarten up – to save costs and the environment

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POLAND Adapting traditional real estate into smart buildings has now become a global trend, according to Siemens Financial Services, which estimates that this market in Poland could now even be worth up to PLN 4 bln.
The company, which has analysed the property modernisation markets in 13 countries, estimates that the introduction of modern systems can reduce the energy consumption of buildings by up to 50 pct. “When such advanced technology was installed by Siemens in a large medical research centre in Poland, the costs of production, distribution and energy dropped by 50 pct. In Germany the modernisation of a dairy plant resulted in savings of EUR 800,000 per year. The introduction of new technology
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Investment & finance

Poland Stable investment over H1

schedule 05 August 2025
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The total investment volume in commercial real estate reached EUR 1.7 bln in the first six months of 2025, write BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland in its latest report entitled 'Review: Investment Market in Poland, Q2 2025'. The report notes the rise of domestic capital to be of particular significance.

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Poland Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao

schedule 20 July 2025
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Atlas Estates is pleased to announce the successful securing of a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA, one of Poland’s leading financial institutions. This financing marks a continued vote of confidence in Atlas Estates Group’s business model, strategic direction, and longstanding partnership with Bank Pekao SA.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany New partners embark on two joint projects

schedule 05 August 2025
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Rheinische Grundbesitz and Harden Industriebau have formed a strategic partnership to develop two projects in North Rhine-Westphalia. The partners will jointly develop Europe's first professional snooker arena in Oberhausen and a modern business park on the site of a former Zoo Zajac pet store in Duisburg-Neumühl.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Vacancies squeezed by supply across the regions

schedule 05 August 2025
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High demand is reducing the available space in regional office markets, says CBRE. A growing divide is now visible between prime properties and the rest, reflected in both vacancies and rents.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Work begins on Hillwood S8 Warsaw South

schedule 05 August 2025
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Work has begun on the Hillwood S8 Warsaw South logistics park in Żabia Wola. The complex will comprise 58,000 sqm gla.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Cargo-Partner expands in Pruszków

schedule 05 August 2025
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Logistics services provider Cargo-Partner has extended its lease at MLP Pruszków II and increased the size of its area to 14,400 sqm.

Investment & finance

CEE region CEE growing vigorously

schedule 04 August 2025
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The CEE-6 (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary) maintains its leading position in economic growth in Europe, with all countries seeing an increase in commercial real estate investment, according to the latest figures from Colliers.

Investment & finance

Germany Quest and Indigo acquire Hamburg office building

schedule 04 August 2025
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Quest Investment Partners and Indigo Invest Holding have acquired an office building at Admiralitätsstraße 67 in Hamburg as part of a joint venture. The partners plan to totally renovate the building.

Investment & finance

Poland Financing granted to StudentSpace

schedule 04 August 2025
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Private student housing platform StudentSpace has secured PLN 177.8 million in financing from Bank Pekao. The funds will be used to develop three centres in Kraków, with one at al. 29 Listopada, while the other two are on ul. Wita Stwosza.

Investment & finance

Germany CA Immo sells Berlin logistics property

schedule 04 August 2025
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CA Immo has completed the sale of a logistics property at Buckower Chaussee 43-58 in Berlin's Marienfelde district. The property comprises a site of around 53,000 sqm with an existing warehouse complex totalling around 12,000 sqm gla.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Katowice swaps mine for technology hub

schedule 01 August 2025
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The Shaft Katowice – Silesian Hub for Advanced Future Technologies complex is to be built on the site of the Wieczorek coal mine in Katowice. Strabag has signed a PLN 577.2 mln contract with  Katowickie Inwestycje to construct the first stage, with the work scheduled for completion within 32 months.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland City Park expands to 45,000 sqm

schedule 01 August 2025
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Construction work has begun on a new 10,000 sqm building in City Park Warsaw, which will comprise SBUs with office and warehousing space. Upon completion, the park will have a total leasable area of 45,000 sqm.

Investment & finance

Poland Bank Millenium finances solar farms

schedule 01 August 2025
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Pad Res, a Polish developer and investor in renewable energy, has secured a PLN 107.1 mln loan from Bank Millennium. The funds will be used for the operational financing of 13 operating solar farms with a total capacity of 60.45 MW.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Obi stays on in Łódź

schedule 01 August 2025
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The Obi DIY chain has extended its lease for 50,500 sqm in P3 Łódź I Park.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland ECSI comes to 7R City Flex Kraków Airport

schedule 31 July 2025
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Transport company ECSI Spedycja has leased 3,330 sqm of warehouse and office space at 7R City Flex Kraków Airport. The tenant was advised by real estate advisory firm Newmark Polska.

Investment & finance

Poland GCP granted EUR 322 mln loan

schedule 31 July 2025
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GLP Capital Partners (GCP) has been granted a EUR 322 mln loan from Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) to finance its logistics portfolios in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Global Vision builds factory for Diehl

schedule 31 July 2025
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Global Vision is constructing a production plant for Diehl Aviation in Craiova Business Park. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 30th.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Logistics operator comes to MLP Bucharest West

schedule 31 July 2025
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A Romanian logistics company has leased space in MLP Bucharest West. As of September, the company will occupy over 5,200 sqm.

Property and Facility Management

Poland Balmain takes on Adventum

schedule 30 July 2025
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The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 185,000 sqm, are fully leased to a single, long-term tenant under a triple-net lease agreement.

ESG

Poland B10 takes WiredScore Platinum

schedule 30 July 2025
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The B10 office building in Wrocław, owned by Vastint Poland, has been certified with a WiredScore Platinum rating. The certification is an assessment of such factors as the resilience and diversity of the telecommunications systems, the quality of the internet access, the use of the latest technology and the user experience.

Latest in Technology

schedule 12 September 2024

Velis has a new name

Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both refresh the company's image and unify its operations. Velis Real Estate Tech will remain the company's administrative name.

schedule 26 January 2024

Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO

The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experience platform HqO.

schedule 07 December 2023

Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum

The renovated Saski Crescent office building has proven to be fully prepared for challenges in terms of technological requirements. The building's full digital connectivity has been confirmed by the highest level of the WiredScore rating – Platinum.

schedule 31 August 2022

Bright Spaces and digital future for CA Immo Hungary

Bright Spaces has announced a partnership with CA Immo Hungary to digitally showcase five of the latter’s buildings.

schedule 26 August 2022

Sharry and Otis bring touchless access to Smíchoff

Sharry and Otis have partnered to provide a contact-free elevator access system that is operated via a mobile app for the Smíchoff office building in Prague.

schedule 17 June 2022

Hyperscale data centre launched in Warsaw

Vantage Data Centers has announced the opening of two hyperscale data campuses – in Warsaw and Berlin.

schedule 12 May 2022

Hi Tech bicycle storage comes to Norblin Factory

A bicycle storage stacking machine has been installed in the Norblin Factory centre in Warsaw, which can hold up to 96 bikes.

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

Online shoe store Eobuwie.pl has just rolled out its esize.me app in service in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece and Hungary.

schedule 14 June 2021

Atrium work ten times quicker

Atrium Poland Real Estate Management is to work with Pergamin, a Polish startup that allows contracts to be signed with digital signatures. In this way, the leasing of 14 of Atrium’s centres will be up to ten times quicker.

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.

schedule 01 December 2020

New Work goes digital

Flex office operator has launched an app that allows its clients to make bookings, order additional services and also acts as a communication platform.

schedule 01 December 2020

Echo takes on Blue Bolt

Echo Investment is to introduce the Blue Bolt app, created by Polish software developer NTT, to all its new residential projects.

schedule 19 August 2020

Warsaw an emerging data centre hotspot - C&W

Cushman & Wakefield has identified Berlin, Reykjavik, Oslo, Warsaw, Zurich, Milan, Vienna, Madrid and Prague as emerging European hotspots for data centre development.

schedule 11 August 2020

Robot blasts germs with UV

The first Polish robot to use UV-C light for disinfection has been put to use in a hospital in Wrocław.

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