Wrocław gets the smarts

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POLAND Intelligent systems and Internet of Things tech are to be introduced in Wrocław to turn it into a ‘smart city’.
At the end of last year, Tauron and Ericsson launched a pilot programme in Wrocław aimed at introducing the infrastructure and services required for a smart city. Among other measures, this involves the installation of a network of sensors throughout the city for collecting, processing and analysing large amounts of data. This should result in improving the management of the street lighting system and making it easier to find a free parking space. An app is also to be developed for displaying t
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Poland Harden Construction starts work on City Logistics Łódź V

schedule 28 September 2026
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Harden Construction has started work on City Logistics Łódź V, an urban logistics and production facility for Panattoni in Łódź. The project will provide space for tenants including PGC and Zadbano.

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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.

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Poland Monting Development starts construction of CU-Cynamonowa Ursynów in Warsaw

schedule 28 September 2026
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Monting Development has secured the final building permit for CU-Cynamonowa Ursynów, a residential project in Warsaw’s Ursynów district. Construction is due to start in early October.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Demographics to reshape Poland’s office market by 2035

schedule 28 September 2026
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Demographic change will make Poland’s office market more concentrated and selective over the next decade, with location, quality and flexibility becoming increasingly important. According to JLL, the resilience of office buildings through 2035 will increasingly depend on the concentration of talent in major cities, an ageing workforce, growing recruitment pressure and the ability of offices to accommodate multigenerational teams.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Aliaxis Polska chooses Sky Tower

schedule 28 September 2026
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Romania Itility opens first Romanian office in Palas Campus

schedule 28 September 2026
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Romania Romstal takes 24,000 sqm

schedule 28 September 2026
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CTP has signed a 24,400 sqm lease with Romstal at CTPark Bucharest South, strengthening the Romanian logistics developer’s portfolio in one of the country’s key distribution hubs.

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schedule 28 September 2026
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CEE Uniqa launches EUR 600 mln fund

schedule 28 September 2026
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Poland Nova Wola Park receives occupancy permit

schedule 25 September 2026
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Poland Primark to open first store in Podlaskie

schedule 25 September 2026
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schedule 25 September 2026
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schedule 25 September 2026
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schedule 25 September 2026
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schedule 25 September 2026
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Poland AYA Properties Fund and Curtis Group acquire Chmielna 13A

schedule 25 September 2026
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A joint venture between Belgian real estate investor AYA Properties Fund and Polish family-owned Curtis Group has acquired Chmielna 13A, a fully let mixed-use property in central Warsaw, from CPI Property Group. The deal marks AYA’s third Warsaw investment, following Metron in 2024 and Sienna Center in 2026.

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Poland Hillwood sells four logistics properties for EUR 150 mln

schedule 25 September 2026
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schedule 24 September 2026
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schedule 24 September 2026
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Office & mixed-use development

Poland Prime space comes harder to find

schedule 24 September 2026
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Price is no longer the only issue in Warsaw office negotiations. Finding the right space is becoming a challenge in its own right, with vacancy in the city centre falling to 4.8 pct and to 3.6 pct around Rondo Daszyńskiego. With demand holding up and little new space coming onto the market, the best offices are being taken up quickly.

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schedule 24 September 2026

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schedule 20 July 2026

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schedule 17 June 2026

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schedule 18 March 2026

Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A

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schedule 09 December 2025

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schedule 12 September 2024

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schedule 26 January 2024

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schedule 07 December 2023

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schedule 31 August 2022

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schedule 26 August 2022

Sharry and Otis bring touchless access to Smíchoff

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schedule 17 June 2022

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schedule 12 May 2022

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schedule 27 October 2021

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schedule 17 August 2021

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schedule 14 June 2021

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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.

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