Kajima and Griffin invest in green energy

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Kajima Europe and Griffin Real Estate have announced the establishment of a joint venture to finance and develop renewable energy projects in Poland.
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As part of the deal, the joint venture has acquired a 72% stake in PAD-RES, a leading developer of clean energy assets in Poland. The companies plan to focus on further development of PAD-RES’s renewable energy portfolio, which comprises investments in solar and wind projects at various stages of development with an operational capacity of over 500MW. Griffin Real Estate will act as a co-owner and investment manager of the platform, while Mariusz Adamczewski, the founder of PAD-RES, will remain as CEO and as a minor investor.

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Warehouse & industrial

Poland Łódż still an important hub

schedule 27 March 2026
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The Łódź region remains one of Poland's key logistics hubs. According to Axi Immo, demand for warehouse space in the region reached 1.17 mln sqm in 2025 (+17 pct year-on-year), the second-highest figure in the country.

Office & mixed-use development

Romania Regions grow slowly

schedule 27 March 2026
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Modern office stock in Romania’s main regional cities – Cluj - Napoca, Timișoara, Iași and Brașov - currently stands at approximately 1.08 mln sqm, while no office project has been delivered in these markets over the past two years, according to 'Romania Office Report' released by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company.

Events

Poland Bieg Na Szczyt this weekend

schedule 27 March 2026
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This Saturday, stair-running enthusiasts will gather for the fourteenth time at the Rondo 1 office building in Warsaw. Entrants will have 38 flights to climb, and the event will raise funds for the SOS Children's Village in Kraśnik.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Panattoni signs up 4M Pro&Invest

schedule 27 March 2026
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4M Pro&Invest has leased nearly 4,100 sqm of warehouse space in Panattoni Park Poznań XIV. WIth the signing of this agreement, the two completed stages of the development are now fully leased.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Iaso to redefine the centre of Katowice

schedule 27 March 2026
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Iaso, a new mixed-use complex combining offices, a hotel, and services, is being built in the centre of Katowice. The investor behind the project is the Epione Group.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Upper Silesia grows stronger

schedule 27 March 2026
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Upper Silesia remains one of the key industrial and logistics markets in Poland. According to the Savills 'Market in Minutes - Upper Silesia' report, modern warehouse space in the region reached 6.19 mln sqm, representing an 8 pct increase year-on-year.

Office & mixed-use development

Czech Republic Limited new supply

schedule 27 March 2026
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The Brno office market ended 2025 with rising vacancy rates and a record low number of new projects. In Ostrava, new construction has practically come to a standstill, and the situation is no better in other regions. Developers outside Prague are thus increasingly focusing on apartments, as office projects simply aren’t profitable without pre-leases or exceptional locations.

ESG

Poland Setting out the direction for the real estate industry

schedule 27 March 2026
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The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate, with the Polish Council of Shopping Centres, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and the Urban Land Institute, has published the 'ESG for Commercial Real Estate 3.0' compendium of ESG practices in the real estate industry.

Retail & leisure

Poland XIMI-V starts from Blue City

schedule 25 March 2026
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The XIMI-V brand is building a brick-and-mortar chain of lifestyle stores, which are to open in Warsaw. The first is already operating in Warsaw's Blue City shopping centre, while another Warsaw opening is also to take place soon.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Antczak builds for Dino

schedule 25 March 2026
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The Antczak Group has been appointed as the general contractor to construct a new distribution centre in Zawiercie for Dino Polska. The total area will be around 45,000 sqm. Construction is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2027.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland TVM expands across Poland

schedule 25 March 2026
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The TVM Group has expanded its warehouse space in Poland by 10,000 sqm with newly leased space in the Warsaw and Poznań regions, as well as a warehouse in Gdańsk.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Arvato arrives in Prologis Park Poznań III

schedule 25 March 2026
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Logistics services operator Arvato has chosen Prologis Park Poznań III as the location for its new European distribution centre. The development will comprise ​​46,000 sqm, of which 1,000 sqm will be office space.

Retail & leisure

Poland Shopping centres adapt to the times

schedule 25 March 2026
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Shopping centre owners are focusing on modernising existing facilities, optimising space, and expanding their offerings through retail entertainment to meet changing customer expectations, according to the '2026 Poland Real Estate Market Outlook' report by CBRE.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Garbe tops out in Kupferzell

schedule 25 March 2026
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Garbe Industrial has celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the Garbe Industrial Park Kupferzell of around 28,000 sqm gla. The investment comes to EUR 45 mln and the new building is scheduled for completion in the summer of this year.

Warehouse & industrial

Private Label Tissue takes more space from Hillwood

schedule 25 March 2026
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Private Label Tissue, a manufacturer of hygiene and sanitary paper products and part of the Velvet Care Group, is to expand its warehouse space at the Hillwood Rawa Mazowiecka logistics centre by an additional 9,000 sqm.

Events

Poland Last chance to register for Eurobuild Investment Conference

schedule 25 March 2026
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Tomorrow's the day. The Eurobuild Real Estate Investment conference is to be held at the NYX Hotel Warsaw in Warsaw. Investors, developers, financial institutions, and advisors will gather together to share their knowledge and examine the market in light of the latest data.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Panattoni builds for DPD

schedule 24 March 2026
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Panattoni has begun construction of the next phase of Panattoni Park Gorzów II. The new warehouse is being developed on a BTS basis for DPD Polska, a leading courier company. The centre will cover 5,300 sqm, with the tenant to begin operations in August 2026.

Retail & leisure

Poland Hdrèy enters Bonarka

schedule 24 March 2026
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Cosmetics store Hdrèy has opened in the Bonarka Shopping Centre over an area of 115 sqm. This is the company's first brick-and-mortar location in Kraków and the broader Małopolska region.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Sun & Fun in Adgar Park West

schedule 24 March 2026
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Tour operator Sun & Fun Holidays has signed a ten-year lease for over 700 sqm of office space in Warsaw's Adgar Park West complex.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Sugar Factory commercialised

schedule 24 March 2026
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NDI Development has begun the commercialisation of the historic sugar factory in Pruszcz Gdański. The project is the development of former industrial buildings into a mixed-use centre.

Latest in Green projects

schedule 20 September 2023

EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan

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 programme across its European business park portfolio.

schedule 20 September 2023

Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki

Real estate investor and fund manager Cromwell Property Group has secured a EUR 66 mln green loan for the 61,000 sqm Janki shopping centre on the southern outskirts of Warsaw.

schedule 31 July 2023

Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania

Pad Res, a joint venture between Griffin Capital Partners and Kajima Europe, is to build two photovoltaic farms in Pomerania with a total capacity of 117 megawatts.

schedule 10 May 2023

KGAL invests more in Polish green energy

German asset manager KGAL Investment Management is to establish a joint venture to build four solar and wind parks with specialist Polish developer Lasuno for its KGAL ESPF 5 impact fund.

schedule 18 April 2023

CTP holds the record

The newly constructed warehouse, which has expanded CTPark Prague West, has been certified as the most environmentally friendly industrial building in the Czech Republic according to ‘BREEAM New Construction’ standards, with a record score of 92.1 pct. The building is home to Rhenus Logistics, which uses it as a cross-dock for its pan-European network for collection services and warehousing.

schedule 28 March 2023

Very Green Norblin

Owned by the Capital Park Group, the Warsaw mixed use complex Norblin Factory has received the final BREEAM certificates for both its office and retail sections. A photovoltaic system has been installed in the complex, and the managers are continuing their efforts to steadily reduce the property’s carbon footprint.

schedule 22 March 2023

Platinium P180

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.

schedule 03 March 2023

First large carbon net zero mall

Docks Bruxsel in Brussels has received a CO2 neutrality certificate from CO2logic/South Pole. It is the first large shopping centre in Europe to receive this certification.

schedule 24 February 2023

Outstanding in Szczecin

Panattoni has received an "Outstanding" rating under the BREEAM International New Construction system for Panattoni Park Szczecin III halls A and B. This is the first such high level of certification in the industrial real estate market in Poland for a newly built investment.

schedule 20 February 2023

CA Immo’s green lease initiative

CA Immo has concluded 45 lease agreements with a total of nearly 29,000 sqm of office space in Warsaw in the past year, 20 pct of which in Q4 of 2022. The company has also introduced a green lease initiative in 2022, governing mutual commitment of landlord and tenant to optimize sustainable building operations. Since May 2022, 23 green lease agreements have already been concluded.

schedule 08 February 2023

.Ktw II is excellent

.Ktw II office building, developed by TDJ Estate, has been certified BREEAM at the Excellent level. The document is the final assessment of the investment's environmental impact. The building achieved a score of 80.6 pct.

schedule 31 January 2023

Towards a sustainable future

Globalworth received 47 various ESG related certifications for its Romanian portfolio in 2022, among them LEED, BREEM, WELL Health & Safety and Access4you accreditations.

schedule 18 January 2023

Life beyond the wind

Panattoni is supporting the upcycling of the machinery used to generate green energy. In 15 of its locations environmentally friendly outdoor furniture made from former wind turbines can already be found, and in 2023 similar furniture is to appear in another 100 locations.

schedule 10 January 2023

Very Good news for Etele Plaza

Futureal’s Etele Plaza in Budapest has received BREEAM 'Very Good' certification in the retail category.

schedule 28 November 2022

Windy in Kostomłoty

Bilfinger Tebodin has completed work on a 27 MW wind farm in Kostomłoty in the South-West of Poland. The investment was carried out by Polenergia, Poland's largest private energy group.

schedule 21 November 2022

Photovoltaics works for Warsaw Unit

Ghelamco has completed its first three photovoltaic farms as part of its programme to achieve energy neutrality, announced in May 2022.  The installations, with a capacity of nearly 3 MW, were built in three locations in the Opole region.

schedule 07 November 2022

Strabag launches C3 pilot project in Bremen

C3, the Circular Construction & Technology Center project in Bremen is the Strabag’s first competence centre for sustainable circularity. It will be focused on resource reprocessing, it will be energy self-sufficient and climate neutral.

schedule 30 September 2022

Outstanding in the Clubhaus

Czech developer CTP has obtained the first BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ certification – the highest possible level – of its Romanian portfolio for the Clubhaus multifunctional building, part of the CTPark Bucharest West industrial park.

schedule 23 September 2022

Well renewal for Spark C

The fifth floor of the Spark C building in Warsaw, which houses the head office of the Skanska’s commercial development business unit in the CEE region, has just been obtained a renewal of its Well Commercial Interior certificate. This is the first such recertification in Poland and the CEE region, and the second in Europe.

schedule 23 August 2022

Well Health-Safety for Globalworth’s Polish portfolio

All 17 properties in the Polish portfolio of Romanian developer Globalworth have obtained Well Health-Safety Rating certification.

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