AFI Braşov now to open in the autumn

Leasing transactions for modern office space in Bucharest increased by 14 pct in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year, while new demand rose by 24 pct. Even so, the market remains below pre-pandemic levels, according to Colliers data. Total new demand reached approximately 24,000 sqm in the first three months of the year, broadly in line with the post-pandemic average, but around 30 pct below the quarterly average recorded between 2017 and 2019.

Poland A market with solid foundations

The Tri-City warehouse and industrial market is entering a new phase of development, combining stable demand with the growing importance of the manufacturing, port, and advanced technology sectors, according to the 'Market in Minutes: Tri-City. Industrial and Logistics Market' report by Savills.

Poland Rituals Cosmetics comes to Gemini Park Tychy

Rituals Cosmetics has opened a 180 sqm store in the Gemini Park Tychy shopping centre.

Poland Xtreme Fitness to enter Karuzela

Xtreme Fitness Gyms will open this summer at the Karuzela shopping centre in Jarosław. The new gym will occupy around 800 sqm on the first floor.

Poland Ikea comes to Rybnik Plaza

Ikea will occupy 330 sqm in the Rybnik Plaza shopping. The new Planning and Order Collection Point is scheduled to open in June.

Romania Leroy Merlin takes 48,500 sqm

CTP has signed an agreement with DIY retailer Leroy Merln Romania to expand its regional distribution centre at CTPark Bucharest West to 48,500 sqm.

Czech Republic JWA enters Czech Republid

Polish consultancy JWA, which specialises in sustainable construction and real estate certification in Central and Eastern Europe, is opening its first office in the Czech Republic.

Poland Senpo enters Homepark Rawa

Homepark Rawa in Katowice is expanding its offerings with a new 230 sqm Senpo store to open on May 15th.

Poland Brain Park B sold

Echo Investment has signed the final agreement to sell the Brain Park B building in Kraków to Polish investor Sando Office for around EUR 40.3 mln.

Residential

Poland Matexi delivers Żelazna 54

Matexi Polska has completed the Żelazna 54 development in Warsaw's Wola district, and the project has now been granted an occupancy permit.

Poland Rhenus takes 10,000 sqm

Logistics operator Rhenus Warehousing Solutions has signed a lease with Hillwood Polska for nearly 10,000 sqm of warehouse and 300 sqm of office space in a two-storey building within the Hillwood Poznań-Czempiń logistics park.

Poland Stokado opens second Kraków centre

Self-storage operator Stokado, which is jointly owned by Redefine Properties, Griffin Capital Partners, and the company's founders, has opened on ul. Nowohucka in Kraków, the company's second centre in the city.

Poland MLP Poznań West welcomes Stockly

Office & mixed-use development

3D printing company Stockly has leased around 2,400 sqm of warehouse and office space and has already launched operations under an early access arrangement.

Poland Vacancies squeeze regional offices

Office & mixed-use development

In Q1 2026, Poland's regional office markets recorded the weakest demand since 2021. The Savills report, 'Office Market in Regional Cities, Q1 2026' also shows that tenant activity fell by almost a third year-on-year.

Poland Warsaw V Tower almost ready

The renovation of Warsaw's V Tower office building is nearing completion. The modernised building is now beginning its commercialisation.

Poland Smyk to enter Plac Wiślany

Smyk, a children's goods store, has joined the tenants of Plac Wiślany, a shopping centre being built in Warsaw's Siekierki district. The store will occupy over 400 sqm.

Romania Retail still strong

Romania’s retail market went through a contrasting first quarter in 2026, according to the Romanian Retail Marketbeat Q1 2026 report published by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. While macroeconomic indicators reflect a period of adjustment, the high street segment and the medium-term development pipeline remain extremely robust.

Poland Medicine and education in Gdynia

The construction of a commercial medical and educational centre is nearing completion in the Nowa Dąbrowa development in Gdynia. Nowa Dąbrowa is a fast-developing quarter in the southern part of Gdynia. Eventually, the first stage will house around 1,000 people.

Poland Pasaż Łódzki sold

Stage Capital has sold Pasaż Łódzki, a convenience retail property, to Crestpoint Capital Partners, acting on behalf of a Czech private equity investor.

Poland Investors flock to Prague

In the first quarter of this year, the appetite for commercial real estate investment in Central and Eastern Europe remained strong. According to Colliers estimates, this could mark another record year.

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Latest in Coronavirus

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

08 April 2020

Aleja opening postponed

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

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.

07 April 2020

Rent suspension in Sukcesja

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Aleksandra Gawrońska, head of Residential Research
JLL Polska

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.

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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Sales up, supply down

27 April 2026

In the first quarter of 2026, the Polish housing market recorded a significant increase in sales. A total of 12,900 apartments were sold across the country's seven largest cities ( ...

Rent isn't everything. The real costs of leasing warehouse space

21 April 2026

Katarzyna Adamska, advisor, Industrial and Warehouse Department
Newmark Polska

Choosing a new warehouse takes much more than simply comparing rental rates across a few or even a dozen centres. With rising energy costs and varying technical standards, the actu ...

A good foundation from which to grow

09 March 2026

Daniel Bienias, managing director, Poland & CEE
CBRE

Poland's role and the strength of its economy are increasingly visible in the European commercial real estate market. We have strengthened our leading position in Central and Easte ...

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Architecture and urban planning

20 April 2026

ULI releases New Urban Poland report

The Urban Land Institute Poland has published the ‘New Urban Poland’. Using 14 projects from Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Wrocław, the pu ...

20 March 2026

Plans created for Airport City around CPK

06 March 2026

Świecie remodelled around castle

Construction

14 April 2026

Poland underestimates Building site crime

According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figur ...

16 January 2026

Dekpol debuts in Romania with 20,000 sqm logistics park

10 December 2025

Construction industry waiting to boom

Coronavirus

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.

24 June 2020

Employers in no rush to return to workplaces

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

Corporate social responsibility

22 March 2024

Not only for horses

Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.

11 May 2023

Panattoni sticks to the fairway

08 March 2022

Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus

Data centres

E-commerce

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 reg ...

22 September 2020

Wildberries now growing in Ukraine

21 May 2020

Wildberries growing in April

ESG

13 April 2026

Outstanding for City Point Okęcie Logistics Park

City Point Okęcie Logistics Park, a joint venture between Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors, has achieved BREEAM Outstanding certification ...

01 April 2026

Segro continues to certify

27 March 2026

Setting out the direction for the real estate industry

Eurobuild Awards

05 December 2025

All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!

The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...

27 November 2024

The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!

08 August 2024

Call for nominations and jury members!

Eurobuild FM

02 October 2025

The power of community

We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.

20 March 2025

A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3

18 March 2025

A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2

EurobuildCEE

11 May 2026

The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!

The April-May edition of Eurobuild CEE has now hit the shelves! It features interviews with Monika Woźniak-Zawioła and Daniel Tudor as they bring The ...

02 April 2026

Happy Easter!

07 March 2026

Kazimierz Krupa takes the helm of Eurobuild magazine!

Events

30 March 2026

Geopolitics meets capital and energy

ULI Poland is to hold the 'Matrix of Real Estate' conference from April 15th -16th at the Norblin Factory in Warsaw to discuss the impact of geopoliti ...

27 March 2026

Bieg Na Szczyt this weekend

25 March 2026

Last chance to register for Eurobuild Investment Conference

Exclusive

08 May 2026

Laying the groundwork for success

Monting Development, a company set up by Danilo Djurović and Poland’s most famous footballer Robert Lewandowski, has hit the headlines recently (as we ...

15 April 2026

The French connection

14 April 2026

Compelling reasons to invest in Polish offices

Eye to eye

06 June 2024

Eye to eye… with Władysław Grochowski

After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.

28 September 2023

Eye to eye… with Paweł Sapek

15 May 2023

Eye to eye with… Daniel Bienias

For Ukraine

29 November 2023

Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!

The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...

25 April 2022

Build Europe supports refugees and appeals to European Commission

13 April 2022

Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees

Green projects

20 September 2023

EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan

Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...

20 September 2023

Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki

31 July 2023

Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania

Health & beauty

Hotels

07 May 2026

aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki

aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...

04 May 2026

Swissôtel comes to Gdynia

04 May 2026

Strong Warsaw hotel growth

Human resources

01 April 2026

Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle

Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.

10 February 2026

Change at the top for ULI Europe

07 October 2025

ULI announces new chairs

Infrastructure

17 April 2026

Hill International to work on Central Communication Port

The Central Communication Port (CPK) has selected the general contract engineer for the new national airport as part of the Port Polska programme. The ...

08 April 2026

Aviation to drive real estate investment

01 April 2026

Budimex to build for CPK

Interior design

28 January 2026

New food hall in Poznań

The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...

21 January 2026

New look for Eurocentrum lobby

19 January 2026

New look for Otis offices

Investment & finance

JWA enters Czech Republid

Polish consultancy JWA, which specialises in sustainable construction and real estate certification in Central and Eastern Europe, is opening its firs ...

Brain Park B sold

Pasaż Łódzki sold

Land acquisitions

29 January 2025

Panattoni enlarges its Swedish portfolio

Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.

17 January 2025

CTP purchases land in Kragujevac

17 December 2024

CTP secures major brownfield site

Material partner

07 October 2024

Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek

Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...

02 May 2024

Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest

04 April 2024

Excellent Fern at Off Piotrkowska

Office & mixed-use development

Slow start to year for Bucharest office market

Leasing transactions for modern office space in Bucharest increased by 14 pct in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year, whil ...

Vacancies squeeze regional offices

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Warsaw V Tower almost ready

Property and Facility Management

16 March 2026

JLL takes on Equal Business Park

JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...

10 March 2026

Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings

10 March 2026

Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency

Public buildings

13 March 2026

A new look for central Warsaw

The city of Warsaw has allocated PLN 5 million for the construction of al. Centralna, a green passageway between the Warsaw Śródmieście railway statio ...

02 February 2026

Oleśnica railway station restored

15 November 2024

Warsaw Uni building underway

Residential

Matexi delivers Żelazna 54

Matexi Polska has completed the Żelazna 54 development in Warsaw's Wola district, and the project has now been granted an occupancy permit.

04 May 2026

Zeitraum enters Slovakia

28 April 2026

Rezydencja Aleja Fontann to be redeveloped

Retail & leisure

Rituals Cosmetics comes to Gemini Park Tychy

Rituals Cosmetics has opened a 180 sqm store in the Gemini Park Tychy shopping centre.

Xtreme Fitness to enter Karuzela

Ikea comes to Rybnik Plaza

Technology

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 ...

09 December 2025

Rentujemy to revolutionise the market

12 September 2024

Velis has a new name

Warehouse & industrial

A market with solid foundations

The Tri-City warehouse and industrial market is entering a new phase of development, combining stable demand with the growing importance of the manufa ...

Leroy Merlin takes 48,500 sqm