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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Retail & leisure

POLAND Villa Nova bigger and longer in Vis à Vis Wilanów

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Medical clinic brand Villa Nova has extended and expanded its presence in the Vis à Vis Wilanów retail park in Warsaw’s Wilanów district.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND WTW picks V Tower for Polish HQ

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Global insurance company WTW has leased 2,400 sqm of office space in V Tower in central Warsaw for its new Polish headquarters.

Investment & finance

POLAND Mokotowska Square sold to WB Group

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Deka Immobilien has sold the Mokotowska Square office building in central Warsaw to a major tenant of the building, WB Electronics, for around EUR 39 mln.

Retail & leisure

Poland Over EUR 1 bln transacted in H1

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

A total of ten retail real estate transactions worth nearly EUR 713 mln were completed in Poland in the second quarter of 2026. According to Cushman & Wakefield, this was more than five times the EUR 140 mln recorded in the same period last year.

Retail & leisure

Poland Redkom begins construction in Tarnów

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Redkom Development has started construction of a retail park on ul. Lwowska in Tarnów. SPEC BAU Polska has been appointed as the general contractor for the 35,000 sqm project.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Regional markets becoming polarised

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

In the first half of 2026, gross office take-up across Poland's regional office markets reached 307,300 sqm, according to figures from JLL. At the same time, developers have continued to keep new construction to a minimum, fuelling demand for the best-quality buildings while making it harder to lease older office stock.

Retail & leisure

Romania Almost 5 mln sqm retail stock

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The retail and investment market demonstrates robust resilience, characterised by the expansion of modern stock, the entry of renowned new brands, and intense investment activity, according to the latest data from CBRE.

Public buildings

Poland Budimex rebuilds Szczecin sports centre

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Budimex has completed the reconstruction and expansion of the swimming pool and sports and entertainment hall of the Szczecin Sports Centre. The construction was completed on schedule, and the centre has already completed all the required technical inspections. The total investment came to PLN 109.45 mln gross.

Exclusive

CEE REGION Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank

schedule 24 July 2026
Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

At the beginning of this year, Erste Group, which was already very active in the real estate financing market in Poland and the CEE region, acquired a controlling stake in another significant lender – Santander Bank Polska. And it continues to make the headlines with a series of major deals. In our latest exclusive interview, we spoke to Wolfgang Molnar, the parent account manager for real estate finance and executive director of Erste Group Bank, about why he has such faith in our region’s real markets.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Regional office stock above 6 mln sqm

schedule 23 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published its latest figures for the second quarter of 2026, covering Poland's eight largest regional office markets. By the end of the first half of the year, the total stock of modern office space across the cities surveyed came to more than 6.76 mln sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Smaller cities growing in importance

schedule 23 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Szczecin, Rzeszów and Białystok have come out on top in 'the Beyond the Hubs' ranking, produced by investor Accolade in partnership with REDD and Michael Page.

Retail & leisure

Poland OTO Park Siemianowice Śląskie to open next month

schedule 23 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The official opening of the OTO Park Siemianowice Śląskie complex is set for August 27. Developed jointly by Falcon Investment Management and Acteeum Central Europe, the new retail park will bring over 20,000 sqm of space to the market.

ESG

Poland Galeria Jurajska recertified

schedule 23 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Galeria Jurajska has completed BREEAM In-Use recertification with a rating of Excellent for both Asset Performance and Management Performance. The certification covered over 65,000 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

7R Park Warsaw South III to arise in Sękocin

schedule 23 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

7R is launching the development of 7R Park Warsaw South III, a modern warehouse park in Sękocin near Warsaw. The project will comprise two buildings with a total leasable area of approximately 47,000 sqm. Construction works are scheduled to begin in early August 2026. Already, online tennis equipment retailer Strefa Tenisa has signed a lease for 3,500 sqm.

Investment & finance

Poland Erste lends to DL Invest

schedule 23 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

DL Invest Group has secured over EUR 146 mln in financing from Erste Group and Erste Bank Polska to refinance a portfolio of six logistics parks with a total area of ​​around 260,000 sqm. The banks were advised by the law firm CMS.

Investment & finance

Germany Bad Hersfeld Ost logistics centre refinanced

schedule 23 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) is providing EUR 42 mln in refinancing for the Bad Hersfeld Ost logistics centre.

Warehouse & industrial

Hungary CTP builds for QSL

schedule 23 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

CTP has signed a long-term lease agreement with Quick Service Logistics (QSL) for a new 10,658 sqm built-to-suit distribution centre in CTPark Budapest Vecsés.

ESG

Poland Westbridge secures green energy for Skanska

schedule 22 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Westbridge Poland has advised Skanska Commercial Development Europe on sourcing renewable electricity for two of its office buildings in Poland. Following a competitive tender, the company has secured a green power supply for 2027 for Wave in Gdańsk and Brama Miasta B in Łódź.

Events

Poland JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th

schedule 22 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobuild CEE is the event's media partner. This year, all funds raised will go towards supporting the Ronald McDonald House at the Children's Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Pruftechnik moves into B10 in Wrocław

schedule 22 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Vastint Poland has signed a lease agreement with Pruftechnik, part of Fluke Corporation. The tenant has moved into the 2,370 sqm on the third floor of the B10 building next to the Wrocław-Mikołajów railway station.

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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