Payments go mobile

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POLAND Samsung Electronics Polska and First Data Polska are to launch a system for using mobile phones as portable payment terminals.
The product is to be introduced this year. So far shops and service providers have had to use payment terminals to accept card payments and mobile payments. Samsung Electronics and First Data have signed a cooperation agreement under which they will together develop the software for retailers to use Samsung smartphones as portable payment terminals, with the app for accepting payments to be developed by First Data, while Cardtek will design the software to enable EMV transactions on Samsung mo
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Poland PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district

schedule 27 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

PAD RES Group has launched two identical solar farms in Biesiekierz municipality, Koszalin district. The installations have a combined capacity of 24 MW.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland National Heritage Board relocates to HOP in Warsaw

schedule 27 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The National Heritage Board of Poland (NID) has relocated its headquarters to HOP at ul. Chmielna 132/134 in Warsaw. The institute has leased nearly 3,800 sqm across five floors. Following the deal, the building owned by Syrena Real Estate is 98 pct leased.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Silverstone expands at Segro Logistics Park Stryków

schedule 27 August 2026
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Silverstone is increasing its leased space at Segro Logistics Park Stryków by 38 pct to nearly 5,000 sqm. The company is moving to a larger unit within the park under an extended lease agreement with Segro.

Residential

Poland Poland had 16,500 PBSA beds at end-2025

schedule 27 August 2026
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The private student accommodation sector in Poland had around 16,500 beds at the end of 2025, with a further 7,700 in planning or under construction, according to JLL. Despite growing supply, the market remains significantly undersupplied.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Adgar PDT Wola receives LEED Gold certification

schedule 27 August 2026
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Adgar PDT Wola, a former department store at 8/12 Młynarska Street in Warsaw, has received LEED Gold certification with a score of 79 out of 100. The 1950s building was converted into an office and commercial property and now offers 8,512 sqm of total space.

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Polska Winkler Polska joins MLP Business Park Łódź

schedule 27 August 2026
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Winkler Polska has leased around 1,500 sqm at MLP Business Park Łódź. Savills advised the company during the lease negotiations.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Dieseo takes remaining Lensahn space

schedule 27 August 2026
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Garbe Industrial has extended its lease with Kiel-based e-commerce company Dieseo, which has leased an additional 11,700 sqm at the logistics centre in Lensahn, East Holstein.

Investment & finance

Romania Global Vision Acquires Two Office Towers in Charles de Gaulle–Dorobanți Area

schedule 27 August 2026
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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.

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Poland Euro Styl puts 78 apartments on the market at Konstelacja near Gdynia

schedule 26 August 2026
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Euro Styl, part of Dom Development Group, has put 78 apartments on the market as part of the latest stage of the Konstelacja development on ul. Paderewskiego in Pogórze, near Gdynia. Two three-storey buildings are to be built with apartments ranging from 33 to 76 sqm. Handover is scheduled for Q2 2028.

Investment & finance

European real estate investment picks up pace

schedule 26 August 2026
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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.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Tricity office take-up rises by more than 32 pct in first half

schedule 26 August 2026
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Tenants leased almost 70,600 sqm of office space in the Tricity in the first half of 2026, an increase of more than 32 pct year on year. At the same time, the vacancy rate fell to 10.4 pct, one of the lowest levels among Poland’s main regional office markets.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Philips Polska expands office at Symetris Business Park

schedule 26 August 2026
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Philips Polska, which has been a tenant at Łódź’s Symetris Business Park for several years, has expanded its office in the complex to almost 9,700 sqm.

Office & mixed-use development

Kraków office take-up falls 52 pct despite Q2 rebound

schedule 26 August 2026
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Rohe completes first stage of Kozielska Park in Katowice

schedule 26 August 2026
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Warehouse & industrial

Polska 7R starts construction of parcel sorting centre in Bydgoszcz

schedule 26 August 2026
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Romania Romania’s new planning code could reshape real estate development

schedule 26 August 2026
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schedule 25 August 2026
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Warehouse & industrial

Poland two leases in Logicor Łódź III

schedule 25 August 2026
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Logicor Łódź III is now fully leased after Transfer Multisort Elektronik (TME) and an aluminium processing company have both signed new agreements.

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Poland CTPark Warsaw Emilianów Earns BREEAM Outstanding Rating

schedule 25 August 2026
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CTPark Warsaw Emilianów has achieved a BREEAM Outstanding rating, scoring 89.1 pct in the assessment.

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schedule 25 August 2026
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schedule 20 July 2026

Singu takes over QRmaint

Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers of CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System) software.

schedule 17 June 2026

Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory

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schedule 18 March 2026

Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A

Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its Studio A office development in Warsaw. StarNet Telecom, in collaboration with technology partner Vector, was responsible for the design and installation of the system.

schedule 09 December 2025

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schedule 12 September 2024

Velis has a new name

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schedule 26 January 2024

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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

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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.

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