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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Office & mixed-use development

Poland Tenant activity slows

schedule 29 April 2026
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According to the latest ‘Office Market in Warsaw. Q1 2026’ report by Axi Immo, the Warsaw office market recorded a decline in occupier activity in the first quarter of 2026, while the availability of office space in central locations remained limited, putting upward pressure on rents.

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Office & mixed-use development

Poland Blue Primary School opens in Wiśniowy Business Park

schedule 29 April 2026
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The Blue Primary School, which educates children and young people on the autism spectrum, is to open in another Warsaw location. The new school will be located in the Wiśniowy Business Park office building, managed by Indotek Polska.

Investment & finance

Poland Mennica Towers refinanced

schedule 29 April 2026
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BNP Paribas Bank Polska and Bank Pekao have granted a EUR 160 mln investment loan to refinance Mennica Towers. With the funds, Mennica Polska has now become the sole owner of the Mennica Towers complex.

Retail & leisure

Poland M Park Ozorków now open

schedule 29 April 2026
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LCP Poland, part of M Core, has opened the M Park Ozorków retail park with over 5,600 sqm gla and ten retail units.

Investment & finance

Poland Strong start to the year

schedule 29 April 2026
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According to the latest data from advisory firm Savills, the total value of investment transactions in the Polish commercial real estate market exceeded EUR 1.05 bln in Q1 2026. This represents a 64 pct year-on-year increase and marks the sixth-highest result on record for the first three months of the year.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Two more buildings for Towarowa 22

schedule 29 April 2026
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Developers AFI and Echo Investment have been issued a building permit for an apartment building and an office building within the Towarowa22 development. The two new buildings in the southwestern section of the site will be completed by the end of 2027.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Inalca Food & Beverages enters Eurocentrum

schedule 29 April 2026
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Italian food importer Inalca Food & Beverages / Mille Sapori has leased 700 sqm of modern office space at Eurocentrum Alfa in Warsaw’s Ochota district. The tenant was represented by real estate advisory Newmark Polska.

Office & mixed-use development

CZECH REPUBLIC Prior notice for Pasáž Sofie

schedule 29 April 2026
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The Prior department store on Sofijské náměstí in Prague 12 is to be demolished and replaced with a new shopping centre, Pasáž Sofie, as part of the Galerie Modřany multi-functional development.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Röhlig Suus bigger in Szczecin

schedule 28 April 2026
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Röhlig Suus Logistics is opening a new logistics centre in Szczecin, combining warehousing facilities with a cross-dock terminal. The operator is to consolidate the operations of two separate centres at the new location.

Residential

Poland Rezydencja Aleja Fontann to be redeveloped

schedule 28 April 2026
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Capital Park Group is preparing to start construction work in Szczecin. Rezydencja Aleja Fontann, a late 19th-century townhouse, is to be renovated with Koma acting as general contractor.

Office & mixed-use development

Slovakia No new office buildings so far

schedule 28 April 2026
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The total office stock in Bratislava comes to 1.75 mln sqm. Of this, 22 pct comprises A+ standard offices, 38 pct A standard, and the remaining 40 pct B standard space, according to figures from the Bratislava Research Forum.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Grudnik consolidates in Łódź

schedule 28 April 2026
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Plumbing and heating product supplier Grudnik has consolidated its central warehouse operations and relocated to the Distribution Park Łódź City centre with a lease of 6,700 sqm of warehouse space.

Investment & finance

CEE region Poland and Hungary lead the way with investment

schedule 28 April 2026
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Central and Eastern Europe entered 2026 with continued investor engagement, demonstrating resilience even as headline investment volumes moderated, with a total of EUR 2.1 bln recorded in Q1, following an exceptionally strong 2025, according to the latest data from Colliers.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany MLP to build in Munich

schedule 28 April 2026
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MLP Group is expanding its portfolio of modern logistics and industrial space with the development of MLP Business Park Munich, its first multi-user park with two operational floors. The planned complex, with around 42,800 sqm of space, will also mark the MLP’s debut in Southern Germany. Construction is scheduled to start at the end of 2026.

Investment & finance

Czech Republic CPI sells in Prague

schedule 28 April 2026
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CPI Europe has completed the sale of a historic building at Na Příkopě 14 in Prague. Na Příkopě 14 has been owned by CPI Europe since 2006 and ranks among the most significant mixed-use office and retail properties in the historic centre of Prague with approximately 17,200 sqm of total leasable space.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Yareal begins final stage of SOHO project

schedule 28 April 2026
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Yareal Polska has begun construction work on the SOHO Hub, which is the final phase of its mixed-use SOHO by Yareal complex in Warsaw’s Praga Południe district of Warsaw.

Retail & leisure

Poland Smyk goes BIG in Konstantynów

schedule 27 April 2026
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The commercialisation of the BIG Konstantynów centre, developed by Acteeum Group and BIG Poland, is drawing to a close. One of the latest tenants to be announced is Smyk. The 21,000 sqm project is scheduled to open in October.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Demand for regional office space declines

schedule 27 April 2026
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According to the ‘Office Occupier – Office Market in Regions’ report published by Newmark Polska, the first quarter of 2026 saw relatively low occupier demand in Poland’s regional city office markets, with new leases prevailing. Although new supply more than doubled the full-year 2025 total, office completions this year are expected to fall to the second-lowest level in 20 years.

Retail & leisure

Poland Green Caffè Nero to open in Plac Wiślany

schedule 27 April 2026
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The Green Caffè Nero chain has joined the ranks of tenants at the Plac Wiślany shopping centre under construction in Warsaw's Siekierki district. The café will enhance the project's lifestyle offerings.

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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