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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.
Investment & finance
Poland’s commercial real estate market attracted EUR 3.06 bln in investment in the first half of 2026, up 72 pct from a year earlier. According to Colliers’ 'Market Insights H1 2026' report, Poland was once again the largest investment market in Central and Eastern Europe, accounting for more than half of the region’s total investment volume.
Infrastructure
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle both rail and road freight. The project will also be assessed for possible civilian and defence uses.
ESG
EPP has already met the emissions reduction targets it set for 2030 under the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which helps companies set emissions reduction targets in line with climate science. In 2025, the company cut emissions from its own operations and purchased energy by more than 50 pct, while emissions elsewhere in its value chain fell by 32 pct. The targets were to reduce emissions by 50 pct and 30 pct, respectively, compared with 2019 levels.
Residential
Develia has launched apartment sales for its Sosnowa Vita project in Józefów, near Warsaw. The development will comprise 162 apartments ranging from 33 sqm to 108 sqm, as well as six commercial units. Prices start at PLN 13,850 per sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Port Polska and the expansion of high-speed rail could reshape Łódź’s office market over the longer term, bringing the city closer to Warsaw economically as well as geographically, according to JLL. The consultancy sees the potential for a Warsaw–Łódź duopolis to emerge, although it stresses that the two cities do not currently operate as a single economic area.
Retail & leisure
The Polish fashion brand Medicine has opened an expanded and refurbished store at Galeria Pomorska in Bydgoszcz. The 590 sqm store has been redesigned in line with Medicine’s current concept and features an expanded range of collections.
Warehouse & industrial
Construction of Panattoni Park Warsaw North III in Nadma near Warsaw has been completed. Harden Construction, the general contractor, has completed Hall A, which has almost 15,800 sqm of space. An occupancy permit has already been granted. The complex occupies a site of more than 121,000 sqm.
Residential
Matexi Polska has sold more than 75 pct of the apartments in the second stage of its Sady Żoliborz development in Warsaw. Around a dozen units remain available, mainly two-bedroom apartments, along with some three- and five-bedroom units.
Residential
An office building at ul. Żurawia 8 in Warsaw is being converted into a residential building by MS Investments and RR Enterprises. The project will comprise 69 apartments ranging from 40 sqm to 280 sqm. Dutch architectural studio MVSA is designing the project together with APMD, which is based in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
British used-electronics retailer CeX has opened its first store at Wola Park shopping centre in Warsaw. The 170 sqm store is located on the first floor, next to RTV Euro AGD.
Hotels
More than 90 pct of European investors plan to maintain or increase their investment in hotel real estate in 2026, according to the latest CBRE survey. Prague has moved into the top 10 European cities for hotel investment, sharing seventh place with Copenhagen, Rome, Geneva and Athens.
Office & mixed-use development
Takeda has moved its Warsaw office to Studio A at Fabryka Norblina. The new office occupies 1,000 sqm.
Investment & finance
Bucharest is gaining ground among Europe’s more attractive real estate markets, supported by rental growth across major sectors and investment yields that remain well above Western European levels, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s ‘DNA of Real Estate Europe Q2 2026’ report.
Warehouse & industrial
CTP has signed more than 104,000 sqm of new leases at CTPark Iłowa in western Poland, including a major deal with a Chinese fast-fashion e-commerce platform, as Asian-linked businesses expand their European supply chains.
Residential
The Polish new-build housing market continued to recover over the summer. According to the latest Housing Price Barometer from Tabelaofert, around 4,200 new homes were sold across the country’s seven largest markets in August, almost 50 pct more than a year earlier.
Office & mixed-use development
The Shire – Beyond Coworking will remain at Centrum Biurowe Korona in Kraków. The premium serviced office operator has extended its lease for approximately 2,500 sqm in the Galileo building.
Retail & leisure
Fort Wola is expanding its offer with four new brands. Monnari and Ale Skarpety have already opened stores at the shopping centre, while Wędzarnia Dunikowscy and Starbucks will join them in September and October. The four new units occupy more than 500 sqm in total.
Retail & leisure
Lidl has opened a new store in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. The store at ul. gen. J. Bema 7 was built by Rutkowski Construction on behalf of Rutkowski Commercial, which remains the property owner.
Office & mixed-use development
LPP, owner of the Reserved, Cropp, House, Mohito and Sinsay brands, has relocated its Warsaw office to Saski Crescent. The company has taken 2,000 sqm of space combining offices, a showroom and business meeting areas. Colliers advised LPP on the lease, while its Colliers Define team was responsible for the interior design and fit-out.
Poland’s commercial real estate market attracted EUR 3.06 bln in investment in the first half of 2026, up 72 pct from a year earlier. According to Colliers’ 'Market Insights H1 2026' report, Poland was once again the largest investment market in Central and Eastern Europe, accounting for more than half of the region’s total investment volume.
Bucharest is gaining ground among Europe’s more attractive real estate markets, supported by rental growth across major sectors and investment yields that remain well above Western European levels, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s ‘DNA of Real Estate Europe Q2 2026’ report.
Poland is strengthening its position among developed markets. S&P Dow Jones Indices has decided to reclassify the country from an emerging to a developed market. The change will take effect in September 2027, when Poland will join the S&P Developed BMI as the 27th country in the index. FTSE Russell and STOXX already classify Poland as a developed market.
Romanian investors have acquired commercial real estate worth a combined EUR 2.066 bln over the past 20 years, with 69 pct of that capital invested since 2020, according to Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.
Polish hotel company De Silva City has acquired four hotels from Essendi Poland in Warsaw and Szczecin. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
W. P. Carey has completed a EUR 52 mln sale-leaseback of two industrial properties in Wałcz and Rybnik, Poland, used by Purmo Group. Totalling approximately 83,400 sqm, the properties have been leased back to Purmo under a 20-year triple-net agreement with annual CPI-linked rent increases.
The first half of 2026 brought a clear recovery in the Central and Eastern European commercial real estate market. Investors in the six countries analysed completed transactions worth a combined EUR 5.5 bln, up 20 pct year on year. More important than the increase in volume, however, is the return of large deals across multiple sectors and most markets in the region.
Global Vision has acquired a property comprising two office towers in Bucharest’s Charles de Gaulle–Dorobanți area, in a deal worth several tens of millions of euros.
Investment in European real estate reached around EUR 53 bln in Q2 2026, up 6 pct year on year. The transaction volume came to more than EUR 100 bln in the first half of the year. Poland was among the countries where investment activity grew fastest.
Romania’s new Territorial Planning, Urbanism and Construction Code (CATUC) changes how real estate projects are planned, approved and developed. For Dan Craciunescu, founder of West Group, which operates in both Romania and Germany, the new Code introduces principles that bring Romania closer to practices used in the German market and could provide a more predictable framework for urban planning.
Henley has completed the sale of Galeria Pestka, a 41,658 sqm shopping centre in Poznań, Poland, to OPAL CENTRES, part of DromeStar Group. During Henley’s ownership, annual footfall rose from 4.8 mln to 5.1 mln, returning above pre-pandemic levels, while occupancy remained above 95 pct.
Retail accounted for 36 pct of total commercial real estate investment in both Poland and Italy in Q2 2026, the highest share among the eight European markets reviewed in the latest Focus Estate Fund ‘Quarterly Litmus Paper’. The report points to sustained investor demand for retail parks and food-anchored assets, supported by low vacancy, resilient consumer spending and a constrained supply of high-quality space.
Cavare by Cavatina will develop a 310-unit PRS project in Gdańsk for Urban Partners’ Lett platform. Once completed, Palio D1 will operate as Lett Stocznia, bringing Lett’s portfolio at the Palio complex to 646 units.
EPP has completed the EUR 106 mln refinancing of four M1 shopping centres in Bytom, Częstochowa, Poznań and Radom. The refinancing supports the company’s efforts to optimise its capital structure. Absa Corporate and Investment Banking and Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB) provided the financing in equal shares.
Horizon City, a residential being project developed by British investor Ghai Sant Ram in northern Bucharest, has secured EUR 36.5 mln in financing from Libra Internet Bank. The funds will be used to continue and accelerate construction works, with full project completion targeted for the first half of 2027, six months earlier than initially announced.
The first half of 2026 saw a clear recovery in investment activity on Poland’s office market. Total transaction volume reached around EUR 594 mln, up 38 pct year-on-year.
Nine plots totalling 4.4 ha are being put up for auction, with the site offering an opportunity to create Reda’s first city centre.
PSN has completed the acquisition of an office building at Botanická 56 in the Brno-Veveří district. Existing tenancy agreements will remain unchanged, with Aquatis, part of the industrial group Safichem Group, continuing as a key tenant.
Dutch real estate group Van der Vorm is expanding into a new business line in Poland focused on asset-backed real estate financing. The group's first transaction of this kind on the Polish market was a bridge loan of approximately PLN 13 mln granted to a real estate developer. KWKR advised Van der Vorm on the structuring and closing of the transaction.
NEPI Rockcastle has acquired MegaPark Barakaldo — one of northern Spain's leading shopping and leisure destinations — from Le Retail Hiper Ondara, part of HLRE Socimi, for EUR 252 mln net. The deal marks NEPI Rockcastle's entry into Spain and its first investment outside Central and Eastern Europe.
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Poland’s construction sector is facing increasing labour shortages, with the industry short of around 150,000 workers. Turnover among engineers has re ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
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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 reg ...
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The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
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Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
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Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
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