Toyota prepares to reopen Polish plants

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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.
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The first to partially re-open will be its French plant, which will resume operations from April 22nd. This will be followed by the partial re-opening of the Japanese automotive company’s two Polish plants in Lower Silesia (Wałbrzych and Jelcz-Laskowice) on April 23rd. Plants in the Czech Republic (in Kolín), the UK and Turkey are expected to resume operations after May 4th.

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Poland Leonardo expands in JM Tower

schedule 29 August 2025
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Leonardo Hotels Central Europe will manage the entire JM Tower complex on ul. Grzybowska in Warsaw from October this year. Currently, the chain is only responsible for managing the section where the Leonardo Royal Warsaw hotel operates.

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Poland Aurora comes to HiPark Rzepin

schedule 29 August 2025
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Logistics operator Aurora Logistics, a subsidiary of CIRRO Fulfillment, has leased 19,000 sqm with 140 sqm of office space in the HiPark Rzepin complex.

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Poland Vibe sold

schedule 29 August 2025
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Ghelamco has sold the Vibe office building in Warsaw to investment firm Manova Partners in one of the largest office transactions in the CEE region this year. 

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Poland Compal comes to Czeladź

schedule 28 August 2025
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Panattoni has built a 7,650 sqm manufacturing plant for Taiwanese-based Compal Electronics in Czeladź, southern Poland. The factory, now owned by the company, is its first automotive electronics factory in Europe and trial production is set to begin by the end of 2025. 

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Poland Mr DIY still expanding in Poland

schedule 28 August 2025
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Malaysian discount store chain Mr.DIY has signed a lease agreement for an additional 15,000 sqm in the Hillwood Zgierz Park, and now the total area leased comes to 27,000 sqm.

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Poland Banner Engineering enters Poland

schedule 27 August 2025
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US-based Banner Engineering has entered Poland and leased nearly 4,000 sqm of warehouse space in the Mysłowice Logistics Center.

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Poland More drugs in Aeropark

schedule 27 August 2025
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GTC has extended its lease for 1,700 sqm of office space with pharmaceutical company Egis Polska. The company will continue its operations in the Corius building at the Aeropark Business Centre complex in Warsaw.

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Poland Poland more at risk to climate change

schedule 27 August 2025
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Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest report by Cushman & Wakefield.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland VR comes to Norblin

schedule 27 August 2025
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Art Box Metaverse is to open in the second half of September on the second floor of the Plater building within the Norblin Factory complex in Warsaw, where guests will be able to experience 3D virtual reality within a 330 sqm space.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Stokado opens up in Kraków

schedule 26 August 2025
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Stokado has completed the construction of a self-storage facility on ul. Sosnowiecka in Kraków. The centre has over 5,000 sqm of leasable space and is to be the first self-storage complex in Poland to be fully BREEAM certified, covering both its design and construction.

Investment & finance

CEE region Czech Republic overtakes Poland

schedule 26 August 2025
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The first half of 2025 saw further improvement in the commercial real estate market in CEE. According to Knight Frank, the total investment transaction volume in the region's five key markets (Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary) came to nearly EUR 5 bln.

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Poland Langowski stays on at the Hub

schedule 26 August 2025
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Logistics operator Langowski Logistics has extended its lease for warehouse space at the Central European Logistics Hub. The company now occupies 8,000 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Warehouse take up on the rise

schedule 25 August 2025
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Total take-up for the first two quarters of 2025 rose 10 pct year-on-year and was dominated by lease renegotiations, according to figures from Cushman and Wakefield.

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Poland Not just for the rich

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Czech Republic Record H1 dominated by domestic capital

schedule 25 August 2025
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While foreign funds are hesitant, domestic capital is not afraid of large acquisitions: from luxury hotels to office complexes. The share of Czech investors in total transactions has reached 78 pct, with the Czech commercial real estate market posting its strongest half-year results since 2017, according to the latest figures from Colliers.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Alfa lobby under modernisation

schedule 25 August 2025
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CPI Property Group has begun the next stage of its project to transform the Alfa Building, the oldest office block within the Eurocentrum office complex. Work on the HVAC and BMS systems has been completed, and now the lobby is to be modernised.

Hotels

Poland Self service in Opole

schedule 22 August 2025
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The De Silva Inn Opole is now open. This is  Poland's largest fully self-service hotel with a usable area of around 4,000 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Steady warehousing growth

schedule 22 August 2025
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The Polish warehouse market is growing steadily and maintains fifth place in Europe in terms of the space available. In the second quarter of 2025, total stock was more than 36 mln sqm, representing a 7.2 pct year-on-year increase, according to the latest CBRE report.

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EMEA region Data centre market in Warsaw set to triple

schedule 22 August 2025
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In the first half of this year, the total capacity of datacentres in the EMEA rose by 21 pct to y-o-y to 10.3 GW according to the latest 'EMEA Data Centre Update' report by Cushman  & Wakefield.

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Germany Ashtrom buys Cologne office property

schedule 21 August 2025
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Sonar Real Estate has sold an office building on Siegburger Strasse in Cologne-Deutz for an undisclosed sum. The buyer is Ashtrom Properties Germany.

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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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