Poland Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees

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The City of Warsaw has repossessed a building, at ul. Sobieskiego 100 in the city's Mokotów Dolny district, from the Russian Embassy.
The city is to use the property to house Ukrainian refugees. The Russian Federation had, up until now, been refusing to hand over the property, despite having already lost its legal battle in the courts. It is extraordinarily symbolic that we have finally closed this case after many years at a time of Russian aggression. And also that this building is to be used by the Ukrainian community. Currently, every room is being inspected and everything inside is being logged. After the inventory is t
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Residential

Poland Each city with different market

schedule 11 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

JLL has presented an overview of the current situation on the residential market in Poland. According to the seven markets of Wrocław, Warsaw, Poznań, Kraków, the Tricity, Łódź and Katowice, are all very different.

ESG

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schedule 11 February 2026
Opr./edited by ANZ

The Premium Point and Premium Plaza office buildings, owned by GTC and located in the Piața Victoriei area of Bucharest (its CBD), have been awarded the LEED v4.1 Existing Buildings certificates at the highest ‘Platinum’ level.

Retail & leisure

POLAND Third M Park announced this year

schedule 11 February 2026
Opr./edited by ANZ

LCP Poland, part of M Core, has announced the launch of another addition to its M Park network. Its latest retail park will be located in Biała Podlaska, in eastern Poland.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Strong demand but few new Warsaw offices

schedule 11 February 2026
Opr./edited by AZ

Warsaw’s office market ended 2025 in a stable condition, according to BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland’s ‘Review – Warsaw Office Market, Q4 2025’ report. Contract extensions, high transaction dynamics and the concentration of new supply in central locations were key factors for the market.

Retail & leisure

POLAND Smart Park moves to big city outskirts

schedule 11 February 2026
Opr./edited by ANZ

The Smart Park chain is building two new retail parks. Work is already underway in Kobyłka near Warsaw, while another project is soon to begin in Pobiedziska on the eastern outskirts of Poznań.

ESG

POLAND PPA for Signum Work Station

schedule 11 February 2026
Opr./edited by AZ

TriGranit has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Unimot, guaranteeing the supply of green energy from traceable renewable sources at Signum Work Station for the next three years

Retail & leisure

Poland A time of rising cost pressure

schedule 10 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The year 2026 promises to be a time of change for the Polish retail real estate market, according to the latest 'Trends Radar' report from  Cushman & Wakefield.

Human resources

Europe Change at the top for ULI Europe

schedule 10 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Simon Durkin as Chief Executive Officer Europe, ULI, succeeding Lisette van Doorn, commencing early March 2026.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Green Caffè Nero moves to Saski Crescent

schedule 10 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Green Caffè Nero coffee shop chain has relocated its offices to the Saski Crescent building in central Warsaw. The company has taken up 960 sqm.

Residential

Poland Cavare and Urban Partners team up

schedule 10 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The NSF VI fund, managed by Urban Partners, has signed a forward funding agreement with Cavare, a subsidiary of the Cavatina Group. The financing includes the purchase of a site on ul. Jana z Kolna in Gdańsk, where Cavare is to develop a PRS development on behalf of the fund.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Hoerbiger to move to SOHO

schedule 10 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

International engineering firm Hoerbiger has leased nearly 200 sqm of office space in SOHO by Yareal in Warsaw on the ground floor of the Rubin building. The company is to officially move in in May this year.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Ingram Micro renews lease with MLP

schedule 10 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Ingram Micro, one of the leading global distributors of IT solutions and mobile devices, has renewed its lease at the MLP Pruszków II logistics centre, for around 8,200 sqm of modern warehouse and office space. The deal was brokered by CBRE.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Olmed signs up with Panattoni

schedule 10 February 2026
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Panattoni has signed an agreement with a new tenant for its urban development in Łódź. Olmed, which operates a pharmacy and online drugstore, has taken up 9,500 sqm of space in City Logistics Łódź VI.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany KPE to deliver 40,000 sqm near Dortmund

schedule 10 February 2026
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Kajima Properties Europe (KPE) has broken ground on a new logistics project in Germany, a 40,000 sqm speculative warehouse development. The business acquired the 12.1 ha remediated brownfield site in Hagen near Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, in December 2025.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Tieto moves to studio A

schedule 09 February 2026
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Tieto, a Scandinavian IT services company, will move into the Studio A office building on ul. Prosta in Warsaw.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Low completions, more tenant activity

schedule 09 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The office market in Poland is seeing a significant decline in vacancy rates and increasing pressure on rental rates, particularly in prime central locations, according to Cushman & Wakefield's market summary for 2025. 

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Schibsted & Vend Polska stay in High5ive

schedule 09 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

IT provider Schibsted & Vend Polska has extended its lease for 2,500 sqm of office space at the High5ive complex in Kraków. Advisory support during the renegotiations was provided to the tenant by Walter Herz.

Residential

Poland Develia teams up with Mosaic to build student hall

schedule 09 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Develia, under a joint venture agreement with Mosaic Poland Holding, will build a student residence with over 620 rooms, commercial premises, and supporting amenities.

Office & mixed-use development

Hungary GTC signs up UNIQA

schedule 09 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

GTC, a leading investor and manager of commercial real estate in Central and Eastern Europe, has leased more than 6,000 sqm of office space to insurance provider UNIQA. The company is to move into the Centerpoint 3 building in Budapest’s business district in Q4 2026.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Lease renewals now dominate

schedule 09 February 2026
Opr./edited by AH

2025 was a year of recovery for the Polish warehouse market. Total gross leasing activity reached over 6.8 mln sqm, the second-highest ever figure only surpassed by the figures from 2021. JLL has released its 2025 data for the warehouse and logistics real estate sector in Poland.

Latest in For Ukraine

schedule 29 November 2023

Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!

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 winner for Europe is a Polish couple, Lena and Władysław Grochowski.

schedule 25 April 2022

Build Europe supports refugees and appeals to European Commission

Polski Związek Firm Deweloperskich (PZFD) and Build Europe, the organisation representing the national federations of European developers and homebuilders, delivered more than 500 beds in Poland to support Ukrainian refugees, and also provided direct financial support to humanitarian organisations operating on the Ukrainian border in Romania and Moldova.

schedule 13 April 2022

Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees

The City of Warsaw has repossessed a building, at ul. Sobieskiego 100 in the city's Mokotów Dolny district, from the Russian Embassy.

schedule 15 March 2022

City Point Targówek to support refugees

Peakside Capital Advisors and Partners Group have provided a warehouse in their City Point Targówek complex in Warsaw to the Mazovian branch of the Polish Red Cross for the support of Ukrainian refugees.

schedule 10 March 2022

Strabag real estate makes room for Ukrainian refugees

Strabag Real Estate working with the city of Warsaw has prepared 200 beds in the Atrium International Office building for refugees fleeing from the war in Ukraine.

schedule 09 March 2022

CBRE leaves Moscow

CBRE Group has announced that it is to discontinue most of its business in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The company has now begun the process of exiting its Moscow office, from where it had been providing leasing, investment, property management and valuation services

schedule 08 March 2022

Eurobuild cuts access with Russia, Belarus

As of midnight today, all of Eurobuild's websites will be inaccessible from the Russian Federation and Belarus. In addition, the editorial team will cease publishing information on the investment and real estate markets of both countries.

schedule 04 March 2022

YIT and Autodesk pull out of Russia

Finnish construction group YIT has announced that it is pulling out of Russia, while Autodesk, a producer of software for the construction and engineering industries, is also withdrawing from the country.

schedule 02 March 2022

Warsaw to take back Russian held property

The city of Warsaw has initiated legal proceedings to take possession of a property it claims was illegally seized by the Russian Federation.

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