Poland Kraków concert hall competition decided

Architecture and urban planning
The BE DDJM Architekci studio has won the competition to find a new design for the Kraków Music Centre.
The city should sign a contract with the studio in 2021 before announcing a tender for the general contractor. The building should be completed in 2023. The proposal to build a concert hall in Cichy Kącik has been around for 20 years. Originally it was to be developed by the prof. Gałoński foundation. Twenty years passed and we took this proposal to the Martial's office so that we could build Centrum Muzyki na Grzegórzkach together. All the preconditions were fulfilled such as the acquis
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Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Warsaw office market picks up in Q2

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

After a subdued start to the year, Warsaw’s office market gained significant momentum in Q2 2026, with tenant activity in H1 reaching 420,000 sqm, representing a 38 pct y-o-y increase – according to Axi Immo’s ‘Office Market in Warsaw H1 2026’ report.

Retail & leisure

POLAND TK Maxx to debut in Galeria Wiślanka

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

TK Maxx is to open a 2,200 sqm store in Galeria Wiślanka in Żory, about 30 km southwest of Katowice in Silesia. This will be the British clothing chain’s only location in this region of Poland.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND VeloBank renews Citi Handlowy lease in Q22

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

VeloBank, which finalised the acquisition of Citi Handlowy’s retail banking operations in Poland in June, has renewed the company’s lease of 1,068 sqm of office space in the Q22 skyscraper in Warsaw.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Knight Frank chosen for Loft Park in Kraków

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Knight Frank has been selected as the exclusive agent responsible for the commercialisation of the office space in buildings B and D of the Loft Park complex in Kraków. The development is located on ul. Hetmana Stanisława Żółkiewskiego, close to the Rondo Grzegórzeckie roundabout – one of the city’s key transportation hubs.

Retail & leisure

POLAND Auchan opens in Fuzja

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

The retail and service offerings at Fuzja in Łódź have expanded with a new tenant. Auchan Polska has opened a 1,200 sqm hypermarket in Fuzja in Łódź, which has been developed out of the historic complex of the former Karol Scheibler factory.

Infrastructure

POLAND Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Ocean Winds has selected Hydrobudowa Gdańsk as the general contractor for adapting part of the port infrastructure in Władysławowo on the Baltic coast to support the BC-Wind offshore wind farm project.

Warehouse & industrial

GERMANY MLP enters Hamburg market

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

MLP Group has acquired a 6.8 ha brownfield site from a private owner in Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, near Hamburg – marking the group’s debut in the Hamburg metropolitan region.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND JAS-FBG happy to stay in Segro Park Wrocław, Targowa

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Polish logistics operator JAS-FBG has extended its lease of almost 4,000 sqm at Segro Park Wrocław, Targowa, where it has been operating from since 2019.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Logistics terminal in Panattoni Kraków East V

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Panattoni has completed the development of a dedicated logistics terminal for a leading e-commerce player. The almost 8,000 sqm BTS facility, which is part of the Panattoni Park Kraków East V, will handle parcel sorting and management of a network of parcel vending machines in southern Poland.

Residential

POLAND Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Since sales began in February 2026, 122 contracts have been concluded in the Liberty Tower residential building in Warsaw, which is owned by Cavatina. The total value of the transactions for units in the development on ul. Grzybowska exceeded PLN 250 mln.

Investment & finance

POLAND PLN 52 bln developed, but supply not keeping up with demand

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

July saw a shift in the supply-demand ratio across Poland’s seven largest housing markets. The pool of available developer units fell below the 60,000 threshold, and sales increased by 12 pct y-o-y, while the number of new projects declined significantly.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Automated warehouse for Lorenz in Stanowice

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

A new warehouse with an area of app. 16,000 sqm is being built at the Lorenz production facility in Stanowice, about 23 km southeast of Wrocław. Bremer is the general contractor for the project. The distribution centre is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2027.

Infrastructure

POLAND Intermodal strengthens Poland’s position on the European logistics map

schedule 05 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

In the first quarter of 2026, Polish railways transported almost 790,000 TEUs in intermodal transport. This segment's share of total rail transport reached a record 19.2 pct. Further development of services depends on investments in linear and point infrastructure.

Hotels

ROMANIA Mercure opens in Oradea

schedule 05 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by local company Grand Hotel West under a franchise agreement, with Spark Hospitality as its operator.

Exclusive

CEE REGION The man from NASA

schedule 05 August 2026
Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Poland with a new investment fund for Polish investors – and it has just made its market debut with the acquisition of Jerozolimskie Business Park in Warsaw. And that’s why EurobuildCEE spoke to the man at the centre of the deal, Marc Safari, the chief operating officer of NASA Capital, about how the company plans to build its Polish portfolio from here.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Over 67k leased at DL Invest Park Bielsko-Biała

schedule 05 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

In recent months, DL Invest Group has signed lease agreements covering over 67,000 sqm in its DL Invest Park Bielsko-Biała complex. The transactions include long-term contract extensions with existing clients and new agreements with companies in the manufacturing and logistics sectors.

Interior design

POLAND ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm of offices, designed by the MIXD architectural studio, are located on the former premises of the Dom Słowa Polskiego printing plant.

Infrastructure

POLAND Orlen buys 216 MW hybrid renewable energy project in Wielkopolska

schedule 04 August 2026

Orlen Group has finalised the purchase of a hybrid renewable energy farm project with a total capacity of 216 MW in Kazimierz Biskupi in Wielkopolska. The complex, combining solar and wind power, will generate around 315 Gwh of electricity, meeting the needs of almost 143,000 households.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND New conference centre for Diuna

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

A new, 460 sqm conference centre has opened in building D of the Diuna office complex in Warsaw’s Służewiec district, which is owned by Syrena Real Estate.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND M4B chooses MLP Pruszków II

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Polish tech firm M4B has leased app. 3,600 sqm of industrial space in a newly constructed building in MLP Pruszków II, in Warsaw’s western outskirts.

Latest in Architecture and urban planning

schedule 18 May 2026

Praga to tower up over Warsaw

High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division between the left and right banks of the Vistula. The opening of the popular pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Vistula, the ongoing reconstruction of Okrzei Street, and the development of transportation infrastructure – including the planned modernisation of the Eastern Railway Station and the Warsaw-Stadion station – are functionally integrating Praga into the New Center of Warsaw.

schedule 20 April 2026

ULI releases New Urban Poland report

The Urban Land Institute Poland has published the ‘New Urban Poland’. Using 14 projects from Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Wrocław, the publication demonstrates how former industrial city centre areas have been transformed into places with housing, work, entertainment, restaurants, services, and public space.

schedule 20 March 2026

Plans created for Airport City around CPK

CBRE and 4CF have been selected as strategic advisors for the Airport City project, part of the Port Polska development programme. The two companies will develop a vision and operational strategy for the 600,000 sqm project.

schedule 06 March 2026

Świecie remodelled around castle

The Teutonic Castle in Świecie is undergoing a restoration as part of a broader plan to redevelop the town, providing space for education, culture and tourism.

schedule 09 January 2026

Dance centre opens in Warsaw

The Dance and Performing Arts Pavilion has opened in Warsaw's Powiśle district.

schedule 30 December 2025

Public consultations held for Park Wilanów

The Nhood Services Poland team has completed another round of public consultations for its mixed-use Wilanów Park development. Residents voiced their opinions on the proposed uses, services, and surroundings of Wilanów Park.

schedule 17 December 2025

Need for clarity introducing reforms

Polish cities and investors are preparing for the biggest change in spatial planning in two decades. By mid-2026, all municipalities must adopt general plans, which will replace existing zoning studies and become the primary document defining the framework for building location.

schedule 12 December 2025

Competition to modernise former Soviet block announced

Warsaw has announced an architectural and urban planning competition for a development concept for 100 ul. Sobieskiego. The competition results will be announced in June 2026. 

schedule 04 June 2025

MoMA wins architectural grand prix

The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr Studio in the city’s Palace of Culture and Science, with EurobuildCEE being one of the media patrons of the event.

schedule 09 May 2024

Poznań with a green Aura

In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The façade of the building with its organic architecture will be covered with 140,000 plants.

schedule 21 September 2023

Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest

Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Dejvice district (Prague 6).

schedule 20 September 2023

Alto launches Sky Park arch-comp

Alto Real Estate, the owner of the Sky Park complex in Bratislava, has launched an architectural competition for its further development on an adjacent plot.

schedule 12 September 2023

Okam unveils new Warsaw district design

Okam has presented a concept for the development of the former FSO plant site in Warsaw's Żerań. Created in cooperation with the city and the WXCA architectural studio, the masterplan envisages the creation of 12,000 flats as well as a new 10-ha park. 

schedule 04 July 2023

A centre with towers behind

Italian Studio Fuksas has won an international competition to design a trade fair and exhibition centre to be built in Tirana. The planned development is to be built on a 10,000-square-metre site on New Boulevard, in the centre of the city.

schedule 10 February 2023

Love me tender

The City of Helsinki, Finland, has launched a tender competition to sell the Old Customs House in Katajanokka harbour area for redevelopment. The goal of the competition is to find a technically and economically feasible and architecturally outstanding solution for redeveloping the building.

schedule 07 December 2022

Penta holds competition for Dynamitka site

Penta Real Estate is holding an architectural competition for the development of a 4.5 ha brownfield site that formed part of the former Juraj Dimitrov chemical works (known locally as ‘DImitrovka’ or ‘Dynamitka’) in Bratislava.

schedule 17 November 2022

Foster+Partners wins Solidarity Airport design gig

London-based studio Foster+Partners in a consortium with Buro Happold has won the competition to design the Solidarity Airport near Grodzisk Mazowiecki.

schedule 06 October 2022

Modular R&D centre by Chybik+Kristof

A modular construction research centre has been completed for Koma Modular in Vizovice, in the Czech Republic’s eastern Zlín region. The design of the facility is the work of Prague-based architectural studio Chybik+Kristof.

schedule 30 August 2022

Architectural contest launched for Victory Square

An international architectural and urban planning competition has been launched for the development of the ‘4th quadrant’ of Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Prague’s Dejvice district.

schedule 19 August 2022

Penta launches ‘Southbank Bratislava’ architectural competition

Penta Investment has launched an architectural and urban design competition for a site along the southern bank of the Danube River in Bratislava.

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