WORLD Employers in no rush to return to workplaces

Coronavirus
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.
Only 20 pct of companies said they intended to reopen as soon as government restrictions are lifted. A larger proportion (42 pct) said they would do so after their internal standards are met. Around 72 pct of companies are to carry out a phased reopening with defined percentages or groups of employees readmitted over weeks or months. Meanwhile, 52 pct expect to give employees the option of working from home for the foreseeable future – although this varies widely according to the business sect
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Retail & leisure

Poland Xtreme Fitness Gyms to open at Gemini Park Tarnów

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Gemini Park Tarnów is adding a new fitness and leisure concept. Xtreme Fitness Gyms, Poland’s largest fitness club network, will join the centre’s tenant line-up. The nearly 1,400 sqm club is scheduled to open in December 2026.

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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.

Retail & leisure

Poland Castorama Studio Projektowe opens in Galeria Świdnicka

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Castorama Studio Projektowe has opened at Galeria Świdnicka, expanding the centre’s offer with interior design services. Customers can receive free support from professional designers in planning kitchens, bathrooms, wardrobes and other spaces.

Retail & leisure

Poland Retail parks strengthen their position in Poland

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Retail parks are strengthening their position as one of the key segments of Poland’s retail property market. Their share of new supply continues to grow, with developers pursuing projects in both major cities and smaller towns. At the same time, the format is moving beyond its traditional focus on discount stores and convenience retail. According to the 'Retail parks uncovered' investment report prepared by Avison Young in cooperation with CMS, Newgate Investment and PROH, Poland currently has 3.8 mln sqm of retail park space, accounting for 25 pct of the country’s modern retail stock. A further 746,000 sqm across 88 projects is under construction.

Retail & leisure

Poland Retail parks strengthen their position in Poland

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Retail parks are strengthening their position as one of the key segments of Poland’s retail property market. Their share of new supply continues to grow, with developers pursuing projects in both major cities and smaller towns. At the same time, the format is moving beyond its traditional focus on discount stores and convenience retail. According to the 'Retail parks uncovered' investment report prepared by Avison Young in cooperation with CMS, Newgate Investment and PROH, Poland currently has 3.8 mln sqm of retail park space, accounting for 25 pct of the country’s modern retail stock. A further 746,000 sqm across 88 projects is under construction.

Retail & leisure

Poland Retail parks strengthen their position in Poland

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Retail parks are strengthening their position as one of the key segments of Poland’s retail property market. Their share of new supply continues to grow, with developers pursuing projects in both major cities and smaller towns. At the same time, the format is moving beyond its traditional focus on discount stores and convenience retail. According to the 'Retail parks uncovered' investment report prepared by Avison Young in cooperation with CMS, Newgate Investment and PROH, Poland currently has 3.8 mln sqm of retail park space, accounting for 25 pct of the country’s modern retail stock. A further 746,000 sqm across 88 projects is under construction.

Residential

Poland Mill-Yon launches sales at Osiedle Brzechwy in Pruszków

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Mill-Yon has launched sales at Osiedle Brzechwy in Pruszków. The development will comprise five four-storey buildings with 289 apartments ranging from 27 to 114 sqm, with layouts from one to five rooms.

Retail & leisure

Poland Nhood launches eLeaseLoop in Poland

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Nhood has launched eLeaseLoop in Poland, a platform designed to streamline the short-term leasing of retail space. As of 21 September, the service is available at 16 shopping centres managed by Nhood.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Phoenix Pharma stays with Segro

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Phoenix Pharma Polska has renewed its lease at Segro Logistics Park Warsaw, Pruszków, where it occupies 8,635 sqm of warehouse space and around 700 sqm of office and staff facilities.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Krysiak expands at MLP Poznań West

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Krysiak has extended its lease at MLP Poznań West and taken an additional 3,813 sqm of warehouse space, doubling its footprint at the park. The company has been working with MLP Group for around six years and moved into the park in early 2020.

Retail & leisure

Poland Xtreme Fitness to Open at Gemini Park Tarnów

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Gemini Park Tarnów is adding a new fitness and leisure offering to its tenant mix. Xtreme Fitness Gyms, Poland’s largest fitness club chain, will open a new 1,400 sq m club at the shopping centre in December 2026.

Office & mixed-use development

Hungary Full façade closure for second stage of H2Offices

schedule 22 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The façade is now fully closed at Skanska’s H₂Offices Phase 2 in Budapest, while roof waterproofing is also complete. The building is now weather-tight, allowing interior works and the installation of mechanical and electrical systems to move forward.

Retail & leisure

Poland 4,750 sqm modernised at Galeria Jurajska

schedule 21 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Tenants at Galeria Jurajska in Częstochowa have modernised a total of 4,750 sqm of space since the start of 2026. Zara, Apart, Pitbull, Itaka and Wyjątkowy Prezent are among the brands that have completed upgrades.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Łódź City Council to move to University Business Park

schedule 21 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Łódź City Council has leased 23,000 sqm at University Business Park on ul. Wólczańska. The move, planned for late 2027 or early 2028, will bring together 34 city offices and departments, with around 1,500 employees based at the new headquarters.

Retail & leisure

Poland Karuzela Ełk expands with HalfPrice

schedule 21 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Karuzela Ełk has signed a lease with HalfPrice, which will occupy a new 2,200 sqm standalone building. Construction is already underway.

Hotels

Poland Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport

schedule 21 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to open in 2030.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Sonepar extends 13,000 sqm lease

schedule 21 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Sonepar Polska has extended its lease for more than 13,000 sqm of warehouse space at Prologis Park Chorzów. The facility serves as the company’s distribution centre, supplying electrical products to business customers.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland ILS Leases 165,000 sqm at Panattoni Park Katowice Airport

schedule 21 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

ILS, the logistics operator of Inter Cars Group, has leased more than 165,000 sqm at Panattoni Park Katowice Airport. The deal is one of the largest industrial and logistics leasing transactions in Silesia.

Construction

Czech Republic Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road

schedule 21 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Budimex has begun reconstructing a more than 2-kilometre section of the I/43 road near Černá Hora in the Czech Republic. The CZK 250.2 mln contract (EUR 10.3 mln) covers the construction of a new road and two bridges.

Warehouse & industrial

Hungary Second building of Panattoni Park Moson completed

schedule 21 September 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Panattoni has completed a 24,000 sqm second warehouse at Panattoni Park Moson in Hungary, bringing the logistics park’s total capacity to almost 51,000 sqm.

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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