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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Poland The 32nd Annual Polish Commercial Real Estate Conference is now on the horizon!

schedule 29 October 2026
Eurobuild CEE

On November 19th, 2026, Eurobuild Conferences will welcome investors, developers, financial institutions, corporate executives and real estate professionals to our 32nd Annual Polish Commercial Real Estate Conference at Hotel Bellotto in Warsaw.

Statement by the CEO of Eurobuildcee sp. z o.o.

schedule 22 October 2026

I hereby declare that the statements made by Mr Kazimierz Krupa, former Editor-in-Chief of Eurobuild monthly magazine, published on social media and subsequently reproduced by other online platforms, constitute defamation and insult. They constitute a serious violation of my personal rights, including my honour and reputation, as well as the good name and reputation of Eurobuildcee sp. z o.o. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).

Residential

Czech Republic PSN launches sales of 32 apartments in Prague’s Nusle district

schedule 29 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Czech developer PSN has launched sales at Družstevní 5, a residential redevelopment project in Prague’s Nusle district. The comprehensive renovation of an existing apartment building will deliver 32 units, primarily studios and one-bedroom apartments. Completion is scheduled for the second quarter of 2028.

Events

Poland Warsaw Spire commemorates Polish soldiers’ capture of Predappio

schedule 29 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

On 28th October, the Warsaw Spire skyscraper in Warsaw displayed the inscription “PREDAPPIO 28 X 1944, LA POLONIA NON È LIQUIDATA” (“Poland has not been liquidated”). The illumination commemorated the 82nd anniversary of the capture of Predappio, the hometown of Benito Mussolini, by soldiers of the 18th Lwów Rifle Battalion of the Polish II Corps.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland ID Logistics Polska leases 37,800 sqm in CTPark Iłowa

schedule 29 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

ID Logistics Polska has leased nearly 37,800 sqm of warehouse and office space in CTPark Iłowa in Poland’s Lubusz Province. The new distribution centre will serve a global e-commerce operator and is expected to create approximately 300 jobs.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland STRABAG Real Estate Secures First Tenant for Upper One in Warsaw

schedule 29 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

STRABAG Real Estate has signed the first lease agreement at its Upper One mixed-use development in central Warsaw. ERGO Technology & Services S.A., a company belonging to Munich Re and ERGO Group, has leased approximately 7,000 sqm of office space across six floors, from the eighth to the 13th. The tenant is expected to move in around the third and fourth quarters of 2027.

Retail & leisure

Poland PKB Inwest Budowa secures permit for park in Skarżysko-Kamienna

schedule 29 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

PKB Inwest Budowa has secured a final, legally binding building permit for a new retail park on Wiejska Street in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland. The development will offer approximately 8,400 sqm of leasable space and 235 parking spaces, with opening scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2027.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Romania’s industrial project pipeline reaches RON 74.5 bln

schedule 29 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Romania recorded 5,046 industrial projects with a combined estimated value of RON 74.52 bln (approximately EUR 14.6 bln) in the first nine months of 2026, according to an analysis by IBC Focus based on data from its VICTA construction intelligence platform. Privately financed developments accounted for nearly 74 pct of the total estimated value, while around half of all projects remained in the permitting stage.

Retail & leisure

Romania Iulius Mall Cluj to undergo EUR 7.6 mln modernisation

schedule 29 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

IULIUS and Atterbury Europe are investing more than EUR 7.6 mln in the modernisation of Iulius Mall Cluj, with completion scheduled for 2027. The project aims to enhance the visitor experience, expand the retail and leisure offering, and reinforce the shopping centre’s position as a leading retail destination in the region.

Office & mixed-use development

Hungary GTC opens Centerpoint 3 in Budapest

schedule 29 October 2026
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GTC has officially opened Centerpoint 3, the final phase of its landmark Centerpoint office complex in Budapest’s Váci Corridor, completing one of the Hungarian capital’s largest recent office developments.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Demand rises and rents come under pressure

schedule 28 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

In the first three quarters of 2026, tenants leased more than 590,000 sqm of office space in Warsaw, up 22 pct year on year. At the same time, the vacancy rate fell to 7.9 pct across the city and 4.3 pct in central locations. Limited new supply and rising demand are strengthening the position of landlords in prime office buildings and putting upward pressure on rents, according to Axi Immo’s report 'Warsaw Office Market Q1–Q3 2026'.

Retail & leisure

Poland Sigma Park in Darłowo set to open in 2027

schedule 28 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Sigma Park in Darłowo has received a final building permit, paving the way for construction of the new retail park. The opening is scheduled for the second half of 2027.

Residential

Poland Rutkowski Group launches sales of 43 apartments in Gdańsk

schedule 28 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Rutkowski Group has launched sales at Aniołki, a new residential development at 9 Smoluchowskiego Street in Gdańsk. The project will comprise 43 apartments ranging from 27 to 106 sqm, with completion scheduled for Q3 2028.

Residential

Poland Invest TDJ Estate launches next phase in Zabrze

schedule 28 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Invest TDJ Estate has launched sales of the fourth phase of its Zielona Dolina residential development in Zabrze, comprising 139 apartments and 20 semi-detached houses. Completion is scheduled for Q2 2028.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Prologis leases 51,000 sqm to e-commerce platform

schedule 28 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Prologis has signed two lease agreements totalling 51,000 sqm with one of Europe’s leading e-commerce platforms. The tenant will occupy more than 24,000 sqm at Prologis Park Piotrków and around 27,000 sqm at Prologis Park Chorzów.

Investment & finance

Poland Poland’s investment market rebounds

schedule 28 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Poland’s commercial real estate investment market gathered pace in the first nine months of 2026, with transaction volumes reaching EUR 4.7 bln, up 81 pct year on year. A total of 93 deals were completed, marking the strongest first nine months since 2018, according to Avison Young.

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CEE region Uniqa opens up

schedule 28 October 2026
Alex Hayes
journalist

Recently UNIQA Real Estate Management announced that it was opening up its portfolio to third-party investors and then, soon afterwards, announced that it was setting up its UQA fund to invest in offices in Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria. In an exclusive interview with Eurobuild, Thomas Erdmann, the managing director of UNIQA Real Estate Management, has confirmed that these two announcements were indeed connected and goes on to explain his strategy for the region.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Romania’s Industrial and Logistics Market Expands as New Supply Rises by 60 pct

schedule 28 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Romania’s industrial and logistics market continued to grow in the first nine months of 2026, with modern stock reaching 8.17 million sqm at the end of Q3. Nearly 340,000 sqm of new space was delivered, representing an increase of more than 60 pct compared with the same period last year, according to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Logicor completes warehouse redevelopment in Piaseczno

schedule 27 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Logicor has completed the redevelopment of its 48,000 sqm B3 warehouse at Logicor Piaseczno, near Warsaw, converting the building into flexible warehouse units ranging from 1,700 to 5,700 sqm. The project is the company’s first of its kind in Poland and responds to growing demand for smaller warehouse spaces in the Warsaw area.

Hotels

Poland Mercure Gdynia Centrum earns four-star rating

schedule 27 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Mercure Gdynia Centrum has officially been awarded a four-star rating following an application by the hotel’s owner, Essendi. The decision marks the culmination of a two-year modernisation programme at a hotel that has been part of Gdynia’s cityscape for more than 40 years.

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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