AFI Braşov now to open in the autumn

Syrena Real Estate will refurbish its building at 18 Piękna Street in Warsaw and rebrand it as Elma. The project will modernise the offices, nearly double the retail space and replace the lower floors with a more open, glazed frontage. Work is due to start in Q1 2027 and finish in Q3 2028.

Poland Poland’s housing market stabilises

Residential developers sold 12,500 homes across Poland’s seven largest housing markets in the third quarter of 2026, up 5.7 pct from the previous quarter. They launched 12,800 new units, while the number of homes available for sale reached 70,200 at the end of September. According to real estate consultancy JLL, sales and new supply are broadly balanced, but the growing stock of completed unsold homes and shifting buyer sentiment point to a more uncertain outlook.

Construction

Poland BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences

BERGER Bau Polska will modernise the Kredka and Ołówek student residences owned by the University of Wrocław under a contract worth PLN 41.44 mln gross. Work will bring the buildings into compliance with current fire safety regulations and is scheduled to run from October 2026 to April 2029.

Investment & finance

Poland Poland’s Retail Park Market Drives Growth in Portfolio Transactions

Poland’s increasingly mature retail park market is creating opportunities for portfolio transactions, allowing investors to expand their presence more quickly and allocate capital more efficiently. However, as highlighted in Retail Parks Uncovered, an investment report prepared by Avison Young in cooperation with CMS, Newgate Investment and PROH, these deals require careful legal due diligence, transaction structuring and risk management.

Poland Archicom launches sales for fifth phase of Modern Mokotów in Warsaw

Archicom has launched sales for the fifth phase of its Modern Mokotów residential development in Warsaw, adding 119 apartments and six commercial units to the mixed-use project. The development is transforming the former office district of Służewiec into a residential neighbourhood that will eventually comprise more than 1,400 apartments.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Prime Label’s IPPU Packaging leases 3,000 sqm at Industra Park Iași

IPPU Packaging, part of the European Prime Label Group, has relocated its operations to approximately 3,000 sqm of industrial space at Industra Park Iași, owned by Oresa Industra. Fit-out works were completed in spring 2026, with the facility’s official inauguration scheduled for mid-October.

Romania LPP Group to bring four fashion brands to RIVUS

LPP Group will open stores for Reserved, Mohito, House and Cropp at RIVUS, the mixed-use development taking shape in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The four brands will occupy more than 3,500 sqm, expanding the retail offer of the EUR 550 mln project developed by IULIUS and Atterbury Europe.

Events

Poland Will Poland dominate the AI market?

How will AI change the real estate business? Where are the best data centre sites in Poland? Will Europe be able to feed data centres the energy they need, and how will it be generated?

Hotels

Poland Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście

Office & mixed-use development

Green House Development has launched pre-sales for Building C, the final phase of its Wave Świnoujście Thermal & SPA development. The building will feature 192 finished apartments, around 2,000 sqm of thermal and spa facilities, massage rooms and a conference room. Completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2030.

Poland Central Poland’s warehouse market grows beyond Łódź

Central Poland has nearly 5.2 mln sqm of warehouse space, with a further 160,000 sqm under construction, according to Newmark Polska. While Łódź remains the region’s main economic centre, developers are increasingly building in nearby towns such as Stryków, Piotrków Trybunalski, Zgierz and Łowicz, where land is more readily available and rents and labour costs are lower.

Poland Warsaw’s Kamionek district attracts new residential investment

Kamionek, in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district, is transforming from an industrial area into a modern urban neighbourhood. Infrastructure upgrades, cultural projects and the planned M3 metro line are strengthening its residential appeal. Grupo Lar Polska and Galio Group are responding with Symfonia Praga, a residential development at ul. Owsiana 11.

Poland Aurum Optics opens its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura

Aurum Optics has opened its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura shopping and leisure centre in Łódź. The new outlet combines eyewear from leading international brands with professional eye examinations and personalised optometric advice.

Czech Republic YIT Czechia to build 73 apartments in Prague’s Kamýk district

YIT Czechia is developing Kattila Kamýk in Prague 12. The 10-storey building, located at the intersection of Imrychova and Těšíkova streets, will comprise 73 apartments ranging from 30 to 100 sqm. Completion is scheduled for autumn 2028.

Poland Górskiego rated Very Good

Zeitgeist Asset Management has achieved a BREEAM In-Use ‘Very Good’ certification for its Home by Zeitgeist Górskiego residential rental development in Oliwa, Gdańsk. It is the first PRS (private rented sector) project in the company’s Polish portfolio to undergo certification designed specifically for buildings already in operation.

Exclusive

Poland Leading the renaissance of local investors

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

One of the more interesting Polish property investors to emerge on the local scene in recent years is Syrena Real Estate. This year, it added the Renaissance building in central Warsaw to its increasingly impressive and diverse portfolio. In our latest exclusive, we ask Witold Zatoński Kotomski, the founding partner of the company, about its plans for the historic property and where it’s planning to invest next.

Investment & finance

Romania Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln

Romania’s commercial real estate investment market recorded EUR 679.9 mln in transactions involving office buildings, retail properties, logistics assets and hotels between January and September 2026, exceeding the total investment volume for the whole of 2025 by 19 pct. Approximately EUR 375 mln was transacted in the third quarter alone, according to an analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

Czech Republic Xtreme Fitness Gyms Opens First Club in the Czech Republic

Polish fitness chain Xtreme Fitness Gyms is expanding internationally. On 15 October, the brand will open its first club outside Poland in Opava, Czech Republic. The launch comes as the network reaches 200 clubs in its home market.

Poland Bricomarché opens new store in Włoszczowa

Office & mixed-use development

Bricomarché opened a new store in Włoszczowa, Poland, on 7 October. Located at 47 Czarnieckiego Street, the store offers around 23,000 products for home and garden and has created 20 jobs.

Polska Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków

Knight Frank has been appointed exclusive leasing agent for VINCI Office Center at 100 Opolska Street in Kraków. The building, owned by Sharow Capital, offers around 21,000 sqm of office space.

Warehouse & industrial

Polska Zalando rolls out AI-powered returns

Sereact, Zalando and CEVA Logistics have introduced AI-powered robots to process returns at logistics centres in Świebodzin, Poland, and Greven, Germany. The robots identify, pick up and sort returned fashion items, taking over repetitive tasks and easing the physical workload for warehouse staff.

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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.

Emil Domeracki, partner, board member, Land Development Advisory
Walter Herz

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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Who will win and who will lose with changes to the land market

17 June 2026

The biggest change to the land market in years is on the horizon. The spatial planning reform will mean that plots previously considered attractive may lose value, while land with ...

Sales up, supply down

27 April 2026

Aleksandra Gawrońska, head of Residential Research
JLL Polska

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 ...

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Architecture and urban planning

18 May 2026

Praga to tower up over Warsaw

High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...

20 April 2026

ULI releases New Urban Poland report

20 March 2026

Plans created for Airport City around CPK

Construction

BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences

BERGER Bau Polska will modernise the Kredka and Ołówek student residences owned by the University of Wrocław under a contract worth PLN 41.44 mln gros ...

Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market

Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko

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

07 October 2026

Data centres could supply more heat to Polish cities

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 ...

02 October 2026

AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market

15 September 2026

Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes

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

A green office is more than a certificate

More than 97 pct of newly developed office space in Poland is environmentally certified. Certification has therefore become standard, while the buildi ...

05 October 2026

Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct

28 September 2026

PAD RES to construct three solar farms

Eurobuild Awards

16 September 2026

New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!

The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...

05 December 2025

All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!

27 November 2024

The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!

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

06 October 2026

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

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 le ...

12 June 2026

The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!

08 June 2026

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Events

Will Poland dominate the AI market?

How will AI change the real estate business? Where are the best data centre sites in Poland? Will Europe be able to feed data centres the energy they ...

02 October 2026

Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!

22 July 2026

JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th

Exclusive

Leading the renaissance of local investors

One of the more interesting Polish property investors to emerge on the local scene in recent years is Syrena Real Estate. This year, it added the Rena ...

05 August 2026

The man from NASA

24 July 2026

Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank

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

Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście

Green House Development has launched pre-sales for Building C, the final phase of its Wave Świnoujście Thermal & SPA development. The building will fe ...

21 September 2026

Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport

16 September 2026

Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth

Human resources

21 August 2026

Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland

Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...

01 April 2026

Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle

10 February 2026

Change at the top for ULI Europe

Infrastructure

10 September 2026

Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal

Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...

14 August 2026

New railway station planned for Łapy

10 August 2026

EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026

Interior design

04 August 2026

ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form

ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...

28 January 2026

New food hall in Poznań

21 January 2026

New look for Eurocentrum lobby

Investment & finance

Poland’s Retail Park Market Drives Growth in Portfolio Transactions

Poland’s increasingly mature retail park market is creating opportunities for portfolio transactions, allowing investors to expand their presence more ...

Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln

WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private

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

Syrena Real Estate to modernise Warsaw office building

Syrena Real Estate will refurbish its building at 18 Piękna Street in Warsaw and rebrand it as Elma. The project will modernise the offices, nearly do ...

Central Poland’s warehouse market grows beyond Łódź

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Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków

Property and Facility Management

24 August 2026

ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków

ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...

10 August 2026

Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio

16 March 2026

JLL takes on Equal Business Park

Public buildings

28 August 2026

Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice

Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...

21 August 2026

Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital

18 August 2026

Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House

Residential

Poland’s housing market stabilises

Residential developers sold 12,500 homes across Poland’s seven largest housing markets in the third quarter of 2026, up 5.7 pct from the previous quar ...

Archicom launches sales for fifth phase of Modern Mokotów in Warsaw

Warsaw’s Kamionek district attracts new residential investment

Retail & leisure

LPP Group to bring four fashion brands to RIVUS

LPP Group will open stores for Reserved, Mohito, House and Cropp at RIVUS, the mixed-use development taking shape in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The four br ...

Aurum Optics opens its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura

Xtreme Fitness Gyms Opens First Club in the Czech Republic

Technology

Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A

Skanska has implemented a digital access control system at Studio A, an office building in Warsaw. The solution uses the company’s proprietary StudioA ...

24 September 2026

Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio

20 July 2026

Singu takes over QRmaint

Warehouse & industrial

Prime Label’s IPPU Packaging leases 3,000 sqm at Industra Park Iași

IPPU Packaging, part of the European Prime Label Group, has relocated its operations to approximately 3,000 sqm of industrial space at Industra Park I ...

Zalando rolls out AI-powered returns