AFI Braşov now to open in the autumn

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ROMANIA AFI Europe Romania has announced that it is rescheduling the opening of its AFI Braşov shopping and entertainment centre due to the pandemic.
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The 45,000 sqm gla mall, an investment of EUR 170 mln, was due to open in this quarter of the year, but the opening has now been moved back to the autumn, if the situation permits.

Along with shops AFI Braşov will include a gym, a restaurant zone, a cinema, play areas and a green terrace.

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Residential

Poland Yareal upgrades ul. Żupnicza near SOHO by Yareal in Warsaw

schedule 07 October 2026
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Yareal has started work on ul. Żupnicza in Warsaw’s Kamionek district. The section between ul. Bliska and ul. Chodakowska will get a new road surface, renovated pavements and one-way cycle lanes on both sides of the road.

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Poland The FORM builds on proven performance at Rondo Daszyńskiego

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.

Residential

Poland Totalbud completes Mirabelki 5 residential development in Warsaw

schedule 07 October 2026
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Totalbud has completed construction of the Mirabelki 5 residential development in Warsaw’s Białołęka district. The project on Mirabelki Street has received its occupancy permit. Totalbud acted as both developer and general contractor.

Data centres

Poland Data centres could supply more heat to Polish cities

schedule 07 October 2026
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Poland’s growing data centre market could create a significant new source of waste heat for heating networks. According to analysis by the Polish Data Centre Association, if the market continues to expand, recovered heat from data centres could equal more than 7 pct of the heat currently supplied to Poland’s district heating networks by 2030. By 2035, that figure could reach 16 pct.

Retail & leisure

Poland Alior Bank opens in Manufaktura in Łódź

schedule 07 October 2026
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Alior Bank has opened a new branch at Manufaktura shopping centre in Łódź, introducing its new branch concept to the region for the first time. The format combines face-to-face advice with digital services. It is also the only bank branch in the region open for extended hours and on trading Sundays.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Marcotran renews warehouse lease near Poznań

schedule 07 October 2026
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Marcotran has renewed its lease for around 3,500 sqm of warehouse space in Koninko, near Poznań. Newmark Polska represented the tenant during the lease renegotiation.

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Poland Archicom launches sales of Bliskie Piątkowo housing project in Poznań

schedule 07 October 2026
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Archicom has launched sales at its Bliskie Piątkowo residential development on Mateckiego Street in Poznań. The first phase will include 167 apartments ranging from around 25 to 92 sqm. Once complete, the project is expected to comprise around 360 apartments with a total usable area of more than 19,000 sqm.

Residential

Poland Łódź housing market enters a new phase as buyers gain more choice

schedule 07 October 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Łódź’s housing market has entered a new phase. After years of rising prices, buyers now have one of the widest selections of new homes the city has seen, while developers are competing on more than just price and location. Architecture, design and the quality of the overall project are becoming increasingly important.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Bucharest office demand picks up as companies rethink their workplace needs

schedule 07 October 2026
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New office leasing demand reached more than 93,000 sqm in the first nine months of 2026, up 6 pct year-on-year, while 72 pct of transactions involved buildings within 500 metres of a metro station

Retail & leisure

Poland Fun Park to open in Ferio Legnica

schedule 06 October 2026
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Focus Estate Fund has signed a lease with Fun Park, which will open an approximately 880-sqm entertainment centre at Ferio Legnica. The centre is scheduled to open by the end of 2026.

Residential

Poland Murapol launches Stoczniova sales

schedule 06 October 2026
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Murapol has launched presales of 401 investment units in the next stage of Murapol Stoczniova in Gdańsk’s Młode Miasto district. The units are being developed in a 10-storey building on the site of a former shipyard, with prices starting at PLN 14,080 per sqm.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland eService leases 7,500 sqm in Drucianka Campus

schedule 06 October 2026
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Cashless payment services provider eService has leased 7,500 sqm of office space in Drucianka Campus, a development under construction on ul. Kijowska in Warsaw’s Praga-Północ district. This is the project’s first tenant. Construction is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2028.

Residential

Polska Develia completes ninth stage of Aleje Praskie

schedule 06 October 2026
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Develia has completed the ninth stage of Aleje Praskie on ul. Podskarbińska in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district. The five-storey building contains 89 apartments ranging from 33 to more than 82 sqm. The development will eventually comprise 1,572 apartments.

Residential

Polska Sales begin for Nowy Rytm Kabaty

schedule 06 October 2026
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Archicom has started apartment sales for Nowy Rytm Kabaty, a development being built at the corner of al. KEN and ul. Wąwozowa, next to Kabaty metro station. The project will eventually comprise 405 apartments in nine buildings.

Investment & finance

Poland LemonTree sells second stage of Booster Zabrze

schedule 06 October 2026
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LemonTree has sold the second stage of Booster Zabrze to Vestas Investment Management Europe, which acquired the first stage in February. The transaction brings the entire 109,000 sqm complex under single ownership in a deal worth more than EUR 120 mln.

Retail & leisure

Romania Normal opens first two stores in Romania

schedule 06 October 2026
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Danish retailer NORMAL has opened its first two stores in Romania, at NEPI Rockcastle’s Mega Mall in Bucharest and Shopping City Timișoara.

Warehouse & industrial

Austria MLP Business Park Vienna welcomes two new tenants

schedule 06 October 2026
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MLP Business Park Vienna has signed up two new tenants, with Austrian companies Paper Republic and RYX Holding having leased a combined 5,000 sqm at the development.

EurobuildCEE

CEE REGION The October and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!

schedule 06 October 2026
Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

In this issue, hot off the press in time for Expo Real in Munich, the cover story is an interview with Ugo Giordano and Katarzyna Rzetecka, who are leading the expansion of specialist consultancy RINA Prime into new territories, including Poland.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Defence24 leases 1,150 sqm at Warsaw Corporate Center

schedule 05 October 2026
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Media and research group Defence24 has signed a long-term lease for 1,150 sqm of office space at Warsaw Corporate Center (WCC) on ul. Emilii Plater in Warsaw. The company will occupy the entire seventh floor and part of the eighth floor.

ESG

Poland Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct

schedule 05 October 2026
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Wrocław Fashion Outlet has reduced energy usage by 14 pct since 2022, while continuing to develop ESG initiatives focused on energy efficiency, the circular economy and community engagement.

Latest in Coronavirus

schedule 30 March 2021

Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth

The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.

schedule 24 June 2020

Employers in no rush to return to workplaces

Almost three quarters of employers plan to reintroduce their employees to their workplaces in phases rather than all at once, according to CBRE in its global survey on return-to-work strategies after the Covid-19 pandemic.

schedule 14 May 2020

Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19

WORLD Real estate could actually benefit from the Covid-19 pandemic in the long run due its perception as a safe haven for investors, according to a report just published on the implications of the epidemic for the market by Swedish property consulting and fund management specialists Catella.

schedule 14 May 2020

Build Europe pushes post-coronavirus action plan

EUROPE Build Europe, an umbrella organisation for EU-based residential developers and constructors, has presented its recommendations for helping the sector in the EU emerge from the post-Covid19 economic crisis.

schedule 14 May 2020

Polish RE lends an even greater hand to fight the pandemic

POLAND More companies have joined # Property4Heroes - the commercial real estate market's initiative to support hospital staff and ambulance crews across Poland. Each day the initiative delivers 1,150 meals to physicians, nurses, paramedics and support personnel.

schedule 07 May 2020

Panattoni to provide PLN 0.5 bln worth of medical supplies

POLAND Warehouse developer Panattoni has allocated PLN 500,000 to buy medical supplies for three Polish hospitals.

schedule 14 April 2020

Landlords underwhelmed by emergency relief

CEE REGION Preliminary CEE investment volumes for Q1 2020 amounted to app. EUR 3.7 bln, despite the onset of Covid-19 in the region in early March – according to Colliers International’s latest research report.

schedule 14 April 2020

Toyota prepares to reopen Polish plants

EUROPE Toyota Motor Corporation has announced the partial resumption of operations in its European manufacturing plants, which have been closed due to the coronavirus epidemic.

schedule 08 April 2020

AFI Braşov now to open in the autumn

ROMANIA AFI Europe Romania has announced that it is rescheduling the opening of its AFI Braşov shopping and entertainment centre due to the pandemic.

schedule 08 April 2020

Aleja opening postponed

SLOVENIA The official opening of the Aleja shopping centre in Ljubljana’s Šiška district has been postponed.

schedule 07 April 2020

BPI opens virtual sales office

POLAND BPI Real Estate Polandis to introduce a virtual sales office for all of its Polish projects.

schedule 07 April 2020

Rent suspension in Sukcesja

POLAND Rent payments have been suspended for all tenants in the Sukcesja shopping centre in Łódź.

schedule 03 April 2020

Retailers join the fight

POLAND The Polish Trade and Distribution Organisation [POHiD], an association of retail chains, are to contribute PLN 15 mln to fight the coronavirus epidemic.

schedule 02 April 2020

Carrefour donates PLN 2 mln to fight pandemic

POLAND The Carrefour Foundation and Carrefour Polska are donating around PLN 2 mln to Polish hospitals for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

schedule 01 April 2020

Pay no rent in Sukcesja

POLAND The Sukcesja shopping centre owned by Fabryka Biznesu in Łódź has stopped collecting rents from its tenants.

schedule 31 March 2020

Government takes on board PRCH recommendations

POLAND The range of temporary trading restrictions in Polish retail buildings above 2,000 sqm imposed by the Ministry of Health has been clarified after consultations with the Polish Council of Shopping Centres [PRCH] and the Ministry of Development.

schedule 31 March 2020

Rent holiday for CCC and Ultro tenants

POLAND Dariusz Miłek, the president of footwear and accessories retailer CCC and Ultro Holding, the owner and manager of Cuprum Arena in Lubin and Korona in Kielce, has decided to cancel rent collections from tenants whose outlets have been forced to close during the Covid-19 emergency.

schedule 31 March 2020

Develia fears Covid-19 impact on business

POLAND Wrocław-based developer Develia (formerly LC Corp) has announced that the disruption caused by the pandemic could have a significant and potentially serious impact on the current operations of the company and its groups.

schedule 31 March 2020

Economies rebalance in wake of coronavirus

CEE REGION According to analysis by Colliers International all CEE economies this year are to decline or fall into recession as a result of the coronavirus.

schedule 30 March 2020

Movement and gatherings ban tightened further

POLAND The Polish government has introduced a new directive clarifying the restrictions on movement as part of its measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

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