Airbnb modifies its practices

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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.
“Comparing and booking hotels and accommodation online has become fast and easy for consumers. Now consumers can also trust that the price they see on the first page will be the price to pay in the end. I am completely satisfied that Airbnb has fully cooperated with the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities to improve the way its platform works. I expect other platforms to follow suit,” said Věra Jourová, the European commissioner for justice, consumers and gende
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Investment & finance

Poland Hillwood secures EUR 20.35 mln loan for Grodzisk Mazowiecki project

schedule 21 October 2026
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Hillwood has secured a EUR 20.35 mln loan from BNP Paribas Bank Polska to finance the second phase of its Hillwood Grodzisk Mazowiecki logistics complex. The bank’s total financing for both phases amounts to approximately EUR 46 mln.

Data centres

EMEA region EMEA data centre capacity exceeds 12.1 GW as energy constraints slow growth

schedule 21 October 2026
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Operational data centre capacity across EMEA exceeded 12.1 GW in the first half of 2026, with a further 18.3 GW under construction or in the planning pipeline. Warsaw remains Poland’s largest data centre market, but limited power availability and grid connection capacity are holding back new developments. Demand for AI infrastructure is also driving interest in locations beyond the Polish capital.

Residential

Poland Yareal launches sales at VIA BIELANY in Warsaw

schedule 21 October 2026
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Yareal has launched apartment sales at VIA BIELANY, a residential development planned on Brązownicza Street in Warsaw’s Chomiczówka neighbourhood. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2027. The five-storey building will comprise 63 apartments, each with a garden, balcony or terrace.

ESG

Poland Nowe Bielawy retail parks renew BREEAM Excellent ratings

schedule 21 October 2026
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Two retail parks forming part of the Nowe Bielawy complex in Toruń have once again achieved an Excellent rating under the BREEAM International In-Use certification scheme. This means all three properties in the complex, including the shopping centre, now hold certifications at this level.

Retail & leisure

Poland Europa Centralna to open new section in December

schedule 21 October 2026
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Europa Centralna in Gliwice is entering the final phase of its redevelopment. A new section of the retail and leisure complex is scheduled to open in December, with the entire project due for completion in spring 2027. Once the transformation is complete, the scheme will offer more than 56,000 sqm of gross leasable area.

Residential

Poland Art.Locum launches pre-sales for Hallera 122 in Gdańsk

schedule 21 October 2026
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Art.Locum has launched pre-sales for Hallera 122, a residential development planned on Gen. Józefa Hallera Avenue in Gdańsk, between the Wrzeszcz and Brzeźno districts. The first release comprises 50 apartments ranging from 26 sqm to 93 sqm. The five-storey building will contain 80 apartments and four retail units.

Retail & leisure

Poland Zajawka family entertainment centre to open at OTO Park Siemianowice Śląskie

schedule 21 October 2026
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The Zajawka family entertainment centre will open at OTO Park Siemianowice Śląskie on 24 October, adding children’s attractions, interactive activity games and a café to the retail park.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Garbe Industrial hands over 60,000-sqm logistics centre to Takko Fashion

schedule 21 October 2026
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Garbe Industrial has handed over a new logistics centre in Salzgitter-Heerte, Germany, to fashion retailer Takko Fashion. The nearly 60,000-sqm facility will bring together most of the retailer’s logistics operations from mid-2027. Interior fit-out work is under way.

Retail & leisure

Poland Mabrok plans 27,000 sqm Osada Pułtusk retail park

schedule 20 October 2026
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Osada Pułtusk, a new 27,000 sqm retail park, is planned to open in Pułtusk in 2028. The project is being developed by Mabrok, with Mallson Polska responsible for the commercial concept and leasing.

Retail & leisure

Poland Bułkę przez Bibułkę opens in Tribera

schedule 20 October 2026
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Bułkę przez Bibułkę will open a new restaurant on the ground floor of the Tribera Warsaw student residence on ul. Obrzeżna in Mokotów. The restaurant will have 105 sqm of indoor space and a terrace of nearly 100 sqm. It will be open to students living in the building, as well as people who live and work in the neighbourhood.

Investment & finance

Poland Hillwood Polska sells 57,800 sqm warehouse and office complex to TOYA

schedule 20 October 2026
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Hillwood Polska has completed the sale of a warehouse and office complex in Oddział, in the municipality of Żabia Wola, to TOYA S.A. The development comprises two buildings with a combined usable area of approximately 57,800 sqm and was delivered under a build-to-own (BTO) arrangement. The transaction was valued at EUR 41.625 mln net.

Retail & leisure

Poland Nhood repurposes 65,000 sqm of retail space across Europe

schedule 20 October 2026
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Nhood has repurposed 65,000 sqm of retail space across Europe as part of a modernisation programme for shopping centres owned by Ceetrus and Auchan. In Poland, the company has leased more than 11,300 sqm of additional retail space across four properties, with two more locations set to join the programme.

Retail & leisure

Poland Lux Med Stomatologia to open at Gemini Park Tychy

schedule 20 October 2026
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Lux Med Stomatologia will become a new tenant at Gemini Park Tychy, leasing more than 450 sqm. The dental clinic, which will offer comprehensive care for adults and children, is scheduled to open at the turn of 2026 and 2027.

Residential

Poland Historic tenement building in Koło undergoes comprehensive renovation

schedule 20 October 2026
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A historic tenement building on Koło’s Old Market Square is undergoing a comprehensive renovation. Built in 1887, the three-storey property will offer more than 938 sqm of space for retail and service units, professional practices and apartments. The project is being carried out by investor Celtia.

Retail & leisure

Poland Polish retail market set for strongest year of new supply in over a decade

schedule 20 October 2026
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Poland’s retail property market continues to see strong development activity. Around 132,000 sqm of modern retail space was delivered in Q3 2026, while a further 760,000 sqm remains under construction. According to Cushman & Wakefield, new supply for the full year could exceed 600,000 sqm, reaching its highest level in more than a decade.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania CTP leases 55,600 sqm to Pepco at CTPark Bucharest West

schedule 20 October 2026
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CTP has signed a direct lease with Pepco for 55,619 sqm at CTPark Bucharest West in Romania. The retailer will operate a regional distribution centre at the site, serving Romania and the wider Central and Eastern European (CEE) region.

Investment & finance

Poland EPP increases its stake in the M1 shopping centre portfolio

schedule 20 October 2026
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EPP has increased its stake in the joint venture that owns nine M1 shopping centres in Poland to 59.4 pct. The ownership structure has also been simplified, with RMB Investments and Advisory Proprietary Limited (RMBIA) joining as a new investor.

Residential

Poland Murapol expands Prado project

schedule 20 October 2026
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Murapol Group has added 191 apartments to the Murapol Prado residential project in northern Kraków. The new phase, located on ul. Piaszczysta near the Prądnik Valley, comprises two four-storey buildings. Pre-sale prices start at PLN 13,680 per sqm.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland RMF Group signs 10-year lease in DL Tower in Katowice

schedule 20 October 2026
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RMF Group, owner of the RMF FM and RMF MAXX radio stations, has signed a long-term lease at DL Tower in Katowice. Under the agreement, signed on 15 July 2026, both stations will broadcast from the building’s 11th floor for at least the next 10 years.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Warsaw office market strengthens landlords’ position as vacancy falls

schedule 20 October 2026
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Warsaw’s office market is seeing stronger tenant activity amid record-low new supply. More than 592,000 sqm of office space was leased in the first three quarters of 2026, up 22 pct year on year, while the vacancy rate fell to 7.9 pct, its lowest level in six years, according to Knight Frank.

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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