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POLAND Warsaw an emerging data centre hotspot - C&W

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Cushman & Wakefield has identified Berlin, Reykjavik, Oslo, Warsaw, Zurich, Milan, Vienna, Madrid and Prague as emerging European hotspots for data centre development.

The European data centre market has long been dominated by the ‘FLAP-D’ markets (Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin), where more the construction of centres with a capacity of more than 500 MW is underway, but due to physical limitations, including a lack of energy to power the centres, limited stock and the need to be closer to regional users, a number of secondary markets are now emerging.

Berlin has the largest anticipated growth over the next five to ten years, from 45 MW to 199 MW (+342 pct), followed by Reykjavik, Oslo and Warsaw 64 MW to 128 MW (+100 pct). This would also give Warsaw the third largest capacity, above Oslo but below Reykjavik (212 MW) and Berlin.

Warsaw has received considerable interest of late from hyperscalers, developers and across the greater ecosystem, as each determines how best to service Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw has attracted considerable investment from international companies, headlined by Microsoft’s recent decision to invest over USD 1 bln in local infrastructure, training and cloud services for enterprises and government. Of note is American hyperscale operator Vantage, which plans on entering the market in 2021 with the first phase of a campus that will span 64 MW at full build-out – double the current market size.
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Prague has also been identified by C&W as an emerging secondary market, which it predicts will have a capacity of 41 MW over the next five to ten years.

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Retail & leisure

Poland Glinianka is filling up

schedule 24 March 2023
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Jysk, which took up around 1,300 sqm, and Piekarnia Cukiernia Grzybki bakery (around 170 sqm) are new tenants at the Glinianka retail park. The park is being built in the village of Łubna, near Warsaw, and will provide the Mazovian market with around 10,000 sqm of leasable space. 

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Intive flexible in Warsaw

schedule 24 March 2023
Opr./edited by ANZ

Intive global tech company has let 62 workstations in the flexible Myhive offices belonging to CPI Property Group.

Eurobuild FM

Warsaw - Cannes Big business under the palm trees (ep. 6)

schedule 23 March 2023
Eurobuild CEE

A huge bombshell for the finale of the Cannes podcast – as many as FIVE of the top experts in the last episode of the series! Some famous names and also some less well-known to us are now poised to enter the Polish market! And you can listen to them here!

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Vibe comes out of the ground

schedule 23 March 2023
Opr./edited by ANZ

The Vibe office building is climbing up. The underground structure of the edifice has been completed. Ghelamco's latest investment is expected to be ready in the first quarter of 2024.

Investment & finance

Czech Republic Strong CTP in the Czech Republic

schedule 23 March 2023
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2022 was a successful year for the property developer CTP. The company, operating in 10 European countries, has successfully managed to deal with the impact of global events on the European market. In 2022, the portfolio area in the Czech Republic was expanded by 300,000 sqm, bringing the total area to 3.8 mln sqm. Rental income increased by 13 pct year-on-year to EUR 230.3 mln. At present, CTP is the largest player in the Czech industrial-logistics property market with a 28 pct share.

Investment & finance

Romania New hotel brand in Bucharest

schedule 23 March 2023
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Lorand and Zsuzsanna Szarvadi, the owners of the Balvanyos Resort & Spa in Covasna, acquired the K+K Elisabeta hotel located in the Bucharest city centre, and they will relaunch it under the newly established Peakture hotel brand.

Residential

Poland PRS with ambitious plans

schedule 23 March 2023
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According to the latest Avison Young report, at the end of 2022, there were over 9.4 thousand units in the pool of apartments for institutional rent in Poland, and another 13 thousand flats were under construction. The prolonging conflict in Ukraine and the significantly reduced credit scores increase the demand for renting apartments and thus, affect the development of the PRS market in Poland.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Sun Wave Pharma in CTPark Bucharest South

schedule 22 March 2023
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CTP has leased an area of 2,800 sqm to the food supplements manufacturer Sun Wave Pharma in the industrial park CTPark Bucharest South, located in the south of Bucharest, in the Popești - Leordeni area. From here, the products of the company will be delivered to both Romania and Bulgaria, with the warehouse acting as a regional hub.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Demand is strong, but renting expensive

schedule 22 March 2023
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The scale of office investments carried out in Poland today is much smaller than in previous years, while the demand for space is still high, according to consultants from Walter Herz.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Three flexible floors

schedule 22 March 2023
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Flexible office space operator CitySpace will open its first Łódź venue in the Fuzja complex. It will offer 301 workstations and three meeting rooms. CitySpace Fusion is scheduled to open in May 2023.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Another tailored facility for DHL

schedule 22 March 2023
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Panattoni has completed a new build-to-own development for DHL Parcel, a division of a global logistics company. DHL acquired a cross-docking centre with area of almost 9,000 sqm late last year. The development in Kostrzyn is yet another built to suit complex constructed by Panattoni for the DHL group and yet another in the Wielkopolska region.

Green projects

Poland Platinium P180

schedule 22 March 2023
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Energy consumption reduced by almost 48 pct, almost 4 mln litres of water saved in a year and CO2 emissions reduced by more than 3,900 tonnes - these are the savings generated by the Warsaw P180 office building, developed by Skanska in Warsaw by the Wilanowska metro station. The investment has just received LEED Core & Shell certification at the Platinum level.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Alaska Energies in VGP Park Bucharest North

schedule 21 March 2023
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VGP, a European owner, manager and developer of logistics and semi-industrial real estate, has leased over 8,000 sqm of space in VGP Park Bucharest North to Alaska Energies.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland City Point Targówek is filling up

schedule 21 March 2023
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Peakside Capital has signed a lease agreement with courier company DPD Polska for 7,000 sqm of cross-dock space at the City Point Targówek park in Warsaw. The complex is currently being completely redeveloped. It will ultimately provide nearly 100,000 sqm of commercial space. DPD Polska will move into the completed facility later this year.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland From printing plant to park

schedule 21 March 2023
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Echo Investment and AFI Europe have unveiled their latest concept for the Towarowa 22 city-forming development in Warsaw. Offices, residential units for sale and rent, commercial premises and an extensive park are to be built on the 6.5 ha plot.

Office & mixed-use development

Hungary Hungarian startup moves to Krausz Palota

schedule 21 March 2023
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In the third quarter of 2023, Craft Docs will occupy its brand-new office on the third floor of Krausz Palota for over 1,000 sqm. Online documentation and efficiency solutions company will be the building's first tenant following its comprehensive 2-year renovation.

Eurobuild FM

Warsaw - Cannes Big business under the palm trees (ep. 5)

schedule 21 March 2023
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We invite you to the next, penultimate episode of a special series of podcasts from Cannes! Today, Polish experts will answer e.g. to a seemingly simple question: is it worth investing in Poland and why is it the best destination.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Mainfreight moves to Panattoni Sosnowiec III

schedule 21 March 2023
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New Zealand-based logistics provider Mainfreight has leased 2,540 sqm of warehouse and office space in Panattoni Park Sosnowiec III.

Warehouse & industrial

ROMANIA Dutch cheese from Transylvania

schedule 21 March 2023
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Dutch multinational dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina is consolidating its Romanian operations in Mureș City Logistics in Transylvania, which is being developed by Global Vision in partnership with Globalworth.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND SAP fills gap in Varso Tower

schedule 21 March 2023
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The Polish branch of German software developer SAP is to move into the 11th floor of the Varso Tower building in central Warsaw, where it will occupy almost 1,400 sqm.

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schedule 26 August 2022

Sharry and Otis bring touchless access to Smíchoff

Sharry and Otis have partnered to provide a contact-free elevator access system that is operated via a mobile app for the Smíchoff office building in Prague.

schedule 17 June 2022

Hyperscale data centre launched in Warsaw

Vantage Data Centers has announced the opening of two hyperscale data campuses – in Warsaw and Berlin.

schedule 12 May 2022

Hi Tech bicycle storage comes to Norblin Factory

A bicycle storage stacking machine has been installed in the Norblin Factory centre in Warsaw, which can hold up to 96 bikes.

schedule 27 October 2021

Workthere comes to Poland

Savills has launched a Polish version of its Workthere online platform to help potential tenants find flexible workspace and optimise how they use their space.

schedule 17 August 2021

Eobuwie rolls out foot scanning app abroad

Online shoe store Eobuwie.pl has just rolled out its esize.me app in service in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece and Hungary.

schedule 14 June 2021

Atrium work ten times quicker

Atrium Poland Real Estate Management is to work with Pergamin, a Polish startup that allows contracts to be signed with digital signatures. In this way, the leasing of 14 of Atrium’s centres will be up to ten times quicker.

schedule 31 May 2021

Cushman & Wakefield start droning on

Cushman & Wakefield has teamed up with FairFleet to offer drone surveillance services throughout the EMEA as well as across the Asia Pacific region and Canada.

schedule 01 April 2021

Esoleo embraces AI for solar farm

US company AI Clearing is to provide its fully automated construction progress tracking solution for Esoleo, which is building Poland’s largest solar farm on the site of a former brown coal mine in Brudzew in central Poland.

schedule 26 March 2021

Segro becomes part of Proptech Foundation

Segro has joined the Proptech Foundation.

schedule 29 December 2020

AI Clearing raises USD 2 mln in seed funding

AI Clearing, Inc. has raised USD 2 mln in seed funding to accelerate the development – at its R&D centre in Warsaw – of its artificial intelligence system for monitoring the progress of construction projects.

schedule 08 December 2020

Cushman teams up with Future2

Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, has entered into a partnership with leading proptech advisor Future2.

schedule 03 December 2020

Bicycles come to Norblin

The Norblin Factory complex in Warsaw being developed by Capital Park Group through the renovation and conversion of a former metal plating plant is to have an automated bicycle storage centre created by MA-Sistemas, a Spanish company active in Switzerland, Singapore and Israel.

schedule 01 December 2020

New Work goes digital

Flex office operator has launched an app that allows its clients to make bookings, order additional services and also acts as a communication platform.

schedule 01 December 2020

Echo takes on Blue Bolt

Echo Investment is to introduce the Blue Bolt app, created by Polish software developer NTT, to all its new residential projects.

schedule 19 August 2020

Warsaw an emerging data centre hotspot - C&W

Cushman & Wakefield has identified Berlin, Reykjavik, Oslo, Warsaw, Zurich, Milan, Vienna, Madrid and Prague as emerging European hotspots for data centre development.

schedule 11 August 2020

Robot blasts germs with UV

The first Polish robot to use UV-C light for disinfection has been put to use in a hospital in Wrocław.

schedule 11 August 2020

Robots replace dinner ladies

The first fully automated canteen in Poland is to open in Sky Tower in Wrocław.

schedule 20 July 2020

Symbiotic and smart for BP in Agora

HB Reavis has introduced its Symbiosy smart office system into petro-giant BP’s new global businesses services unit in the Agora building in Budapest.

schedule 29 June 2020

Investment set to rise in home office tech

As many as 88 pct of EMEA occupiers intend to invest more in technology designed specifically to aid home working, according to CBRE’s 2020 EMEA Occupier Flash Survey.

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