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
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Office & mixed-use development

Poland No new supply and vacancies down

schedule 16 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

At the end of 2025, the Tricity's office stock came to more than 1.067 mln sqm. Despite a complete lack of new supply last year, demand remained stable at 113,800 sqm, resulting in a decline in the vacancy rate to 11.9 pct, according to figures from Savills.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Record leasing activity in 2025

schedule 16 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Polish warehouse market saw the third-highest leasing activity in history with 6.6 mln sqm under contract in 2025, according to the latest CBRE data.

Residential

Poland IMV to manage Słowackiego

schedule 16 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

IMV Polska has signed an agreement for the management and commercialisation of the PRS building at ul. Słowackiego 12 in Warsaw. The development is owned by the Austrian fund Gitone.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Domator24 expands with CTP

schedule 16 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Domator24, a Polish manufacturer of gaming chairs and metal furniture, has increased the size of its lease in CTPark Sulechów by over 7,000 sqm. With this expansion, the Zielona Góra-based company now has nearly 13,100 sqm in its third warehouse in the country.

Retail & leisure

Poland Strong Finish to 2025

schedule 16 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The fourth quarter of 2025 turned out to be the best in a decade for Poland’s retail real estate market. Retail parks once again took centre stage as the driving force behind growth. High levels of developer activity and a steady vacancy rate signal further room for expansion—these are the key takeaways from the BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland report, ‘Review. Retail Market’ for Q4 2025.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Two leases signed for Edison

schedule 16 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

GTC has signed two lease agreements for space in the Edison building – one of four properties that form the Korona Office complex in Kraków. Grupa Radiowa Agora will open an office in the building, while Alterga has extended its lease. Together, the two agreements cover nearly 1,700 sqm of office space.

Retail & leisure

Many tenants for Homepark

schedule 16 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Homepark has signed several leases over the past few months. 

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Fitness club comes to Stella

schedule 16 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

A fitness club is to open in Kraków in the Stella office building owned by the Zasada Group over an area of 2,500 sqm.

Exclusive

EUROPE Bringing something different to leadership

schedule 16 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Following the announcement of Simon Durkin as the new CEO for ULI Europe, we caught up with him to find out what he envisions for the organisation.

Retail & leisure

Poland Beauty comes to Renoma

schedule 13 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Globalworth has signed a 165 sqm lease agreement with Dr Irena Eris. The Dr Irena Eris Institute Beauty Salon will be located on the ground floor and will add a space dedicated to beauty and well-being to Renoma's offerings. The opening is scheduled for Q2 2026.

Retail & leisure

Poland Muscat enters Magnolia

schedule 13 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Polish optician Muscat has opened Wrocław's Magnolia Park shopping centre.

Retail & leisure

Poland Bo Concept opens in Gdańsk

schedule 13 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

BoConcept is to open a new store in Gdańsk, in City Meble at al. Grunwaldzka 211.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Punkt now open

schedule 13 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Punkt office building in Gdańsk, built by Torus, has been granted an occupancy permit, with finishing works now underway on the tenants' offices.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Electric enters Elektrownia

schedule 13 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Electric Studio has opened in the Elektrownia Powiśle complex. The recording studio, owned by Sony Music Entertainment Poland, combines professional production space with a venue for industry and creative events.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Lux Med opens in V Tower

schedule 13 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Lux Med Group will lease nearly 4,000 sqm in Warsaw's V Tower office building for a modern medical centre.

Retail & leisure

Poland Jula opens in Tarnowskie Gór

schedule 13 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Jula has opened a new store in Tarnowskie Góry, in the S1 Retail Park. This is the brand's 26th location in Poland and another step in its ongoing expansion into Europe, where Jula has over 150 stores.

Investment & finance

Poland Booster Zabrze sold

schedule 13 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

LemonTree has sold the two warehouse buildings comprising the first stage of the Booster Zabrze development to Vestas Investment Management Europe, an international company managing an extensive portfolio of logistics and office properties across Europe on behalf of global investors.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Harmonia opens in Olivia

schedule 12 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Lux Med Group has opened the Harmonia Mental Health Clinic in the Olivia Prime office building, part of the Olivia Centre complex in Gdańsk. This is the first Harmonia location in the Tricity area.

Residential

Romania Strabag to build for Alesonor

schedule 12 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Alesonor, has appointed Strabag Romania as the general contractor for the construction of stage II of the Amber Forest suburb, located in Tunari, Ilfov County.

Investment & finance

Germany Investika enters Germany

schedule 12 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Investika Real Estate Fund is entering Germany through the planned acquisition of an 89.9 pct stake in the Höfe am Brühl shopping centre in Leipzig. The transaction creates a joint venture with Unibail‑Rodamco-Westfield Germany, which is to remain a minority shareholder and will continue to provide asset and property management services.

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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