Belgium First large carbon net zero mall

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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.
The sustainable ecological approach is an integral part of the Docks Bruxsel architecture. The shopping centre has a natural ventilation system that replaces air conditioning and a 580 cubic metres rainwater recovery basin which, after filtration and treatment, can be used for many applications (sanitary facilities, cleaning processes, cooling systems, etc.). Docks Bruxsel is also equipped with a rainwater filtering method for watering the green walls. The shopping centre has 4,500 sqm of solar
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Warehouse & industrial

Poland Elanders Polska takes nearly 5,600 sqm at Hillwood Wrocław East

schedule 24 August 2026
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Elanders Polska has taken nearly 5,600 sqm at Hillwood Wrocław East in Dobrzykowice, just outside Wrocław. The deal covers more than 5,000 sqm of warehouse space and around 600 sqm of offices. Only one 4,200 sqm unit remains available at the park.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Tight supply leaves tenants competing for warehouse space

schedule 24 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Poland’s overall warehouse vacancy rate is around 7 pct, but large, well-located warehouse space is becoming much harder to find. Companies looking for more than 15,000 sqm are increasingly competing for the same buildings. According to SQM Advisory, the squeeze is no longer confined to the very largest warehouses; availability of mid-sized units is also tightening.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Warehouse market picks up as tenants expand

schedule 24 August 2026
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Poland’s warehouse market picked up noticeably in the first half of 2026 after a year dominated by lease renegotiations. New leases and expansions made up 60 pct of tenant activity, while cautious development kept new supply in check. The vacancy rate fell from 7.1 pct at the end of March to 6.3 pct at the end of June, according to JLL.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Wrocław office market sees weaker tenant activity in H1 2026

schedule 24 August 2026
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Tenant activity slowed in Wrocław in the first half of 2026. Two office projects were completed in the first quarter, leaving no buildings under construction. The vacancy rate also edged down. However, with around 295,000 sqm of space available for immediate occupation, it will take time for the market to rebalance, according to Newmark Polska’s 'Office Occupier – Wrocław Office Market' report.

Residential

Poland Flora Development receives occupancy permit for Esy Floresy

schedule 24 August 2026
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Flora Development has received an occupancy permit for Esy Floresy, its residential project at ul. Cybernetyki 7 in Warsaw’s Mokotów district. The development comprises 213 apartments across two buildings, with apartment handovers beginning in August. The developer is also preparing its next residential project and seeking further development opportunities in Warsaw.

Property and Facility Management

Poland ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków

schedule 24 August 2026
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ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing technical services across the 20,000 sqm building at ul. Przy Rondzie 4, beside the Mogilskie roundabout.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Warehouse demand strengthens as availability tightens in Poland

schedule 24 August 2026
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Poland’s warehouse market gained momentum in the first half of 2026 as occupier demand picked up while the development pipeline continued to shrink. Gross take-up rose 21 pct year on year, while net take-up – covering new leases and expansions – jumped 58 pct to more than 2.1 mln sqm. The vacancy rate fell to 6.3 pct and space under construction dropped to its lowest level in more than nine years. According to Axi Immo, the combination of strong demand and limited new supply could stimulate rent rises in many markets.

Investment & finance

Poland Henley sells Poznań shopping centre Galeria Pestka

schedule 24 August 2026
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Henley has completed the sale of Galeria Pestka, a 41,658 sqm shopping centre in Poznań, Poland, to OPAL CENTRES, part of DromeStar Group. During Henley’s ownership, annual footfall rose from 4.8 mln to 5.1 mln, returning above pre-pandemic levels, while occupancy remained above 95 pct.

Human resources

Poland Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland

schedule 21 August 2026
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Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as part of the company’s new management team.

Public buildings

Czech Republic Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital

schedule 21 August 2026
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Construction has begun on a new emergency care unit at Thomayer University Hospital in Prague, officially launched by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Health Minister Adam Vojtěch. The CZK 2.2 billion project is one of the hospital’s largest investments and forms part of the Czech government’s strategic healthcare infrastructure programme.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Drutex to invest PLN 30 mln in headquarters expansion

schedule 21 August 2026
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Drutex has begun the second phase of an expansion of its headquarters in Bytów, northern Poland. The PLN 30 mln project will refurbish its existing office building and connect it to the rest of the complex, which was completed last year. Allcon has been appointed as the general contractor.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Poland’s warehouse market looks beyond space

schedule 21 August 2026
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Poland’s modern warehouse and industrial stock has reached 37.44 mln sqm. Demand rose by 47 pct year on year in the first quarter of 2026. At the same time, companies are raising their expectations of what such facilities should offer. Floor space and location remain important, but so do flexibility, automation and the potential for future expansion.

Retail & leisure

Poland Retail investment picks up

schedule 21 August 2026
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Poland’s retail property market saw a clear revival in the first half of 2026. Transaction volumes topped EUR 1 bln, surpassing the total recorded for the whole of 2025. Retail accounted for around one-third of all commercial real estate investment.

Retail & leisure

Poland Power Park Kielce rebrands as BIG Kielce

schedule 21 August 2026
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Power Park Kielce is being rebranded as BIG Kielce. From August 22nd, the retail park on ul. Radomska will operate under the BIG brand. BIG Poland acquired the property in April.

Residential

Poland SGI completes penultimate stage of Łopuszańska 47

schedule 21 August 2026
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SGI has completed the penultimate building at its Łopuszańska 47 residential development in Warsaw’s Włochy district. Handover of the 87 apartments has now begun. Launched in 2022, the development will eventually comprise four buildings with more than 400 apartments.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Chorus enters CTPark Bucharest North

schedule 21 August 2026
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Electrical engineering firm Chorus Research Engineering Distribution has leased nearly 10,000 sqm of warehouse space at CTPark Bucharest North.

Construction

Poland Polish housing market slows as projects put on hold

schedule 20 August 2026
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Poland’s residential construction market is slowing, with 936 projects put on hold over the past year. Yet investors continue to prepare new projects, with activity in planning and design on the rise. According to Kompas Inwestycji, 1,219 projects reached the foundation stage or moved into construction between August 2025 and July 2026.

Residential

Poland Resi4Rent completes 620-unit PRS development in Wrocław

schedule 20 August 2026
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Resi4Rent has completed a 620-unit PRS development at ul. Bardzka in south-eastern Wrocław. The development is located between the Huby and Tarnogaj districts.

Residential

Poland Atal adds 31 apartments to the Kraków residential market

schedule 20 August 2026
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Atal has added 31 apartments to the Kraków residential market as part of its Zakole Wisły II project. The development is located near ul. Nowohucka. Prices range from PLN 14,100 to PLN 16,900 per sqm before interior finishing.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland 7R signs 6,500 sqm lease with Berner Polska in Kraków

schedule 20 August 2026
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7R has signed a long-term lease with Berner Polska for nearly 6,500 sqm at its 7R Hub Nowa Huta logistics and technology development in Kraków.

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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