Investment & finance
In the first quarter of 2026, the investment volume in the Polish commercial real estate market totalled more than EUR 1 biln. This was the best opening of the year in four years, according to the latest data from JLL.
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Office & mixed-use development
Nowy Rynek C in Poznań, developed by Skanska Commercial Development Europe, is the first office building in Poland certified to be in compliance with the requirements for a Category 1 protective concealment structure. The assessment was conducted by a team from the Military University of Technology.
Investment & finance
Crestyl Group and Spravia have announced that the funds managed by Apollo, a global asset management firm, have entered into a financing agreement with Spravia worth EUR 165 mln. Griffin Capital Partners acted as a minority co-investor alongside Apollo Funds.
Office & mixed-use development
The average total office fit-out costs in Bucharest slightly increased in 2025 to EUR 1,077/sqm, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company, based on the EMEA Fit-Out Cost Guide 2026. However, Bucharest remains one of the most affordable markets in Central and Eastern Europe, with fit-out costs 18 pct and 15 pct lower than in Warsaw and Prague, respectively.
Warehouse & industrial
Italian food importer IF&B Mille Sapori has joined the tenants of MLP Pruszków II. The 4,100 sqm lease was brokered by Coldwell Banker Commercial. The building is scheduled for completion in October this year.
Warehouse & industrial
Construction of a BTS facility within Panattoni Park Sosnowiec V is underway. A modern 11,000 sqm warehouse is being built for InPost, the Paczkomat parcel locker network. The work is set to be completed later this year.
Investment & finance
a&o Hostels, Europe’s largest and fastest growing hostel chain with around 30,000 beds under management, has completed an EUR 874 mln refinancing facility provided by funds managed by Apollo, secured against its portfolio of 44 high performing hostels across 32 of Europe’s leading business and leisure hubs.
With the opening of Data4’s second data centre in Jawczyce just outside Warsaw, we took the opportunity to catch up with Olivier Micheli, the president and CEO of Data4 to quiz him on his plans for Poland and the region.
Office & mixed-use development
Recently, the Golden Star Estate team leased a total of around 2,400 sqm within the Oxygen Park development on Al. Jerozolimskie in Warsaw. Agreements were renewed with three existing tenants, while two new leases were also signed.
Warehouse & industrial
Swedish-based Thule Group is to open an automated high-bay warehouse in Krzyż Wielkopolski to serve as a central distribution hub for Europe and selected international markets. The centre will be built in partnership with Mecalux.
Warehouse & industrial
The Stokrotka chain has leased 4,100 sqm of warehouse and office space at Fortress Logistics Park Gdańsk. This is Stokrotka's second lease with Fortress, having previously also taken up space in Fortress Park Bydgoszcz.
Construction
According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figure is much lower at only 36 pct.
Investment & finance
2026 will bring a further increase in the importance of Polish capital in the commercial real estate market. Transactions worth nearly EUR 1 bln were completed in Q1, according to data from Colliers – the highest figure since 2022 and 40 pct more than in the previous year. The figures suggest a lasting shift in the structure of investment demand and a new market hero: Polish capital.
Warehouse & industrial
M7 Real Estate has announced the acquisition of two newly constructed logistics buildings in the distribution hubs of Düsseldorf and Kassel.
Warehouse & industrial
DAF has opened its Used Trucks Centre in Warsaw in Urzut, near Warsaw, along the S8 expressway. The group, represented by PACCAR Financial Polska, was advised by Cushman & Wakefield throughout the project on plot selection and acquisition through to project management.
Exclusive
French investor Arkéa REIM hit the headlines recently with its acquisition, through the SCPI Transitions Europe fund it manages, of the Brain Park A office building in Kraków. This followed the 2024 purchase of Lastadia Office in Szczecin by the fund. So, in our latest exclusive interview, we spoke to the company's CEO, Yann Videcoq, about why he feels so confident about these particular properties and the office markets in Poland’s regional cities.
Warehouse & industrial
According to the 'EMEA Data Centre MarketBeat H2 2025,' report by Cushman & Wakefield, the EMEA data centre market has entered a phase of accelerated, albeit increasingly selective, growth.
Investment & finance
More than half of the 200 leading development companies in Poland are family-owned businesses with domestic capital. The vast majority of them are managed by individuals aged 50 or over, who have not yet announced official succession plans. When no successor is available within a family, the owners of these companies may be forced to sell their businesses, state JLL Living and Crido in their latest 'Mergers and Acquisitions in the Polish Housing Market' report.
Investment & finance
Poland is among the top European countries attracting investor interest. One of the reasons is an expected increase in value from commercial real estate investments due to pressure on rental rates, states CBRE in its '2026 Poland Real Estate Market Outlook' report.
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
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.
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.
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.
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.
POLAND Warehouse developer Panattoni has allocated PLN 500,000 to buy medical supplies for three Polish hospitals.
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.
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.
ROMANIA AFI Europe Romania has announced that it is rescheduling the opening of its AFI Braşov shopping and entertainment centre due to the pandemic.
SLOVENIA The official opening of the Aleja shopping centre in Ljubljana’s Šiška district has been postponed.
POLAND BPI Real Estate Polandis to introduce a virtual sales office for all of its Polish projects.
POLAND Rent payments have been suspended for all tenants in the Sukcesja shopping centre in Łódź.
POLAND The Polish Trade and Distribution Organisation [POHiD], an association of retail chains, are to contribute PLN 15 mln to fight the coronavirus epidemic.
POLAND The Carrefour Foundation and Carrefour Polska are donating around PLN 2 mln to Polish hospitals for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
POLAND The Sukcesja shopping centre owned by Fabryka Biznesu in Łódź has stopped collecting rents from its tenants.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CBRE and 4CF have been selected as strategic advisors for the Airport City project, part of the Port Polska development programme. The two companies w ...
According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figur ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
City Point Okęcie Logistics Park, a joint venture between Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors, has achieved BREEAM Outstanding certification ...
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
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With the opening of Data4’s second data centre in Jawczyce just outside Warsaw, we took the opportunity to catch up with Olivier Micheli, the presiden ...
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The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Kempinski Hotels has acquired the Augustine Hotel in Prague. This is the first acquisition for the hospitality group in over 50 years, since it bought ...
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
The latest report by Colliers charts the expansion of airport capacity in the region and its impact on commercial real estate, particularly hotels, re ...
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
In the first quarter of 2026, the investment volume in the Polish commercial real estate market totalled more than EUR 1 biln. This was the best openi ...
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The city of Warsaw has allocated PLN 5 million for the construction of al. Centralna, a green passageway between the Warsaw Śródmieście railway statio ...
The Napollo Group has appointed Kalter as the general contractor for a residential project. In the first stage of the Mono estate, two buildings are t ...
LCP Poland, part of M Core has purchased land in Nowa Wola near Warsaw, where it is to launch its fifth retail park development project this year. MPa ...
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
Italian food importer IF&B Mille Sapori has joined the tenants of MLP Pruszków II. The 4,100 sqm lease was brokered by Coldwell Banker Commercial. The ...
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