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Retail & leisure

Poland Sekunda Jędrzejów expansion to open H1 2027

schedule 24 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Half Price is entering the expanded Sekunda retail park in Jędrzejów, with a 1,500 sqm store in the new section to open in H1 2027. Ochnik and Worldbox will also soon appear.

Material partner

SPAIN SIMA – The Global Hub of Living

schedule 30 March 2026
Opr./edited by NN

SIMA – The Global Hub of Living is the world’s leading investment fair and conference for the residential and living sector, offering a unique and comprehensive B2B2C experience and serving as the main meeting point for the entire residential and living value chain: capital markets, developers, institutional investors, funds, end buyers, consultancies, public administrations and governments. SIMA 2026: the international epicentre of the living sector May 20th to 23rd, Madrid, Spain

Retail & leisure

POLAND Eleport turns it up to eleven for NEPI Rockcastle

schedule 24 April 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Eleport has been commissioned to install 114 ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations at eleven Polish shopping centres owned by NEPI Rockcastle.

Retail & leisure

Poland Fuzja Café opens in Łódź

schedule 24 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

A new restaurant tenant has opened in the Fuzja complex in Łódź with a 75-sqm lease. Fuzja Café now operates in the Gardens of Anna, a former factory building.

Warehouse & industrial

Czech Republic Record high supply but weaker demand

schedule 24 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The first quarter of 2026 brought a stable, albeit slightly weaker year-on-year start to the Czech industrial and logistics market, according to data from the Industrial Research Forum. At the same time, the largest warehouse facility in the market's history was delivered.

Office & mixed-use development

Czech Republic Colliers creates offices for Sterplan

schedule 24 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Czech engineering firm Sterplan has moved into new offices in the Port7 complex in Holešovice. Colliers was responsible for both the design and fit out of the 1,800 sqm interior.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Local markets becoming segmented

schedule 24 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

After a record-breaking year in demand in 2025, tenant activity in Poland's regional office markets has temporarily slowed. The market is increasingly divided between modern projects and older buildings that face growing commercialisation challenges, according to JLL data.

Investment & finance

Poland Retail investment up by 56 pct

schedule 24 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The value of retail real estate transactions finalised by the end of March 2026 reached EUR 318 mln. This figure was almost 56 pct higher compared to last year, according to the latest data from Cushman & Wakefield.

Investment & finance

Poland Q1 hits EUR 1 bln

schedule 24 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The first quarter of 2026 brought a significant revival to the commercial real estate market in Poland. Investment volume was more than EUR 1 bln, representing an increase of over 40 pct year-on-year and the highest figure for this period in several years. Despite a lower number of transactions, their value increased (EUR 635 mln in Q1 2025).

Retail & leisure

Poland LCP opens M Park Bogatynia

schedule 24 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

LCP Poland, part of M Core, has officially opened M Park Bogatynia, comprising over 8,100 sqm gla with 14 tenants. The centre is fully leased.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland PINK releases Q1 regional leasing figures

schedule 23 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published figures for the office markets of eight regional cities in Poland (Kraków, Wrocław, the Tri-City, Katowice, Poznań, Łódź, Lublin, Szczecin) for Q1 2026. 

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Swarovski stays in Garnizon

schedule 23 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Swarovski's global services centre will remain in the Yoko office building in the Garnizon complex in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz. Swarovski Global Business Services has been present in this location since 2017.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Fitness comes to 03

schedule 23 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

An 850 sqm XXS gym will open in the O3 Business Campus office complex in Kraków in the autumn. This will be the brand's seventh centre in the city. 

Retail & leisure

Poland OTO Park Zduńska Wola to open H1 2027

schedule 23 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Work is to begin on OTO Park Zduńska Wola, which is to open in H1 next year with tenants that include HalfPrice, CCC, Rossmann, Martes Sport, House, Cropp, Sinsay, and WorldBox. The development has a final building permit.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland A landlord's market

schedule 23 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Warsaw office market maintained stable fundamentals in the first quarter of 2026, while developer activity remained subdued. Record-low new supply and a small number of projects under construction are shifting the market balance toward landlords, according to Knight Frank report.

Investment & finance

Poland Investment hits 1 bln over Q1

schedule 23 April 2026

Commercial real estate investment in Poland is growing. In the first quarter of 2026, it was more than EUR 1 bln, representing a 44 pct year-on-year increase, according to CBRE's ‘Investment Market in Poland Q1 2026’ report.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Lemontree to build again in Szczecin

schedule 23 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

LemonTree has launched construction work on Westside Szczecin NXT, its third complex in Szczecin. The centre will comprise 39,600 sqm of warehouse, service and office space, of which around 30 pct has already been leased to a leading logistics operator.

Retail & leisure

Poland Sekunda to open in Bystrzyca Kłodzka

schedule 23 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

A Sekunda retail park is to be built in Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Lower Silesia. Vanstar is to develop a 14,000 sqm centre, and the opening is planned for the second half of 2027.

Retail & leisure

Poland Small towns see most retail development

schedule 22 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Retail in Poland is becoming more decentralised according to the latest data from Cushman & Wakefield. All current new projects are retail parks in towns with populations of less than 50,000. In larger cities, expansions dominate.

Retail & leisure

Poland Retail parks continue to dominate

schedule 22 April 2026
Opr./edited by AH

According to Colliers, at the end of March, the total stock of modern retail space in Poland exceeded 13.9 mln sqm with retall parks remaining dominant in the Polish commercial real estate market.

Latest in Eurobuild FM

schedule 02 October 2025

The power of community

We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.

schedule 20 March 2025

A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3

Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.

schedule 18 March 2025

A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2

Welcome to the latest instalment of EurobuildFM from this year's MIPIM fair. This time, three experts are sharing their insights: Dieter Knittel, the head of CEE at Pbb, Richard Wilkinson, the CFO of CTP, and Fabio Carrozza, the managing director of BF.real estate finance.

schedule 28 February 2025

Poland versus the West

Listen to the latest recording from our Eurobuild FM series. We asked Jos Tromp, Head of Business Development and Head of Research & Data Intelligence, Continental Europe, CBRE, to comment on the market situation.

schedule 11 October 2024

What's on the horizon in Munich? Part II

Today, we bring you another brief recording from Expo Real 2024. Tune to listen to our experts' opinions. and immerse yourself in the event's atmosphere!

schedule 10 October 2024

What's on the horizon in Munich?

We are launching a series of short recordings from Expo Real 2024! Featuring forecasts, assessments, comments. Take the time to listen!

schedule 28 June 2024

Damian Grzywacz and Bartosz Szumski on the development of The Form building

Welcome to the really hot episode of Eurobuild FM! Our editorial team visited the construction site of The Form, a unique office building, which is being built in the area of ​​Rondo Daszyńskiego. Listen to the podcast straight from the construction site!

schedule 24 June 2024

Jarosław Szanajca and Marcin Rams on the Kraków housing market

In the latest episode of Eurobuild FM, we talk about the specifics of the Kraków housing market with Jarosław Szanajca and Marcin Rams, the respective CEOs of Dom Development and Dom Development Kraków.

schedule 20 June 2024

Mateusz Polkowski on the market transformation since Poland's EU accession

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union, while JLL is celebrating30 years of operations in Poland, Mateusz Polkowski, the head of research at JLL Poland, summarises the changes on the real estate market and in the Polish economy over the last two decades.

schedule 19 June 2024

Sebastian Sołtys on the development plans of LPP Logistics

The latest episode of Eurobuild FM smells of salty wind, as we've just recorded it in Pruszcz Gdański, visiting the largest facility of LPP Logistics. Ambitious plans, gigantic capital, new warehouse space and hundreds of new showrooms - listen to details in the latest edition of our podcast.

schedule 18 June 2024

Michael Polzer on the European housing market

In the hot episode of Eurobuild FM, Michael Polzer, CEO of RE/Max Europe, comments on the condition of the housing sector, the biggest challenges it faces, and its prospects.

schedule 09 June 2024

Jacek Bagiński on the reduction of interest rates by ECB

After five years of increases, the European Central Bank finally decided to cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. What does such a reduction mean for the market, how will it affect investors and how quickly will we notice its effects – says Jacek Bagiński, CFO at EPP, in the Eurobuild FM hot episode.

schedule 27 May 2024

Zdena Noack on the student housing sector

In the latest episode of Eurobuild FM, Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, comments on the condition of the sector in Poland, its prospects, and also reveals the company's expansion plans for the coming months.

schedule 09 May 2024

Przemysław Pawłowski on the revolutionary technology of office Internet

Welcome to a special episode of Eurobuild FM! Next Monday, the May issue of the "Eurobuild CEE" monthly will be released, and today we have a preview of the cover topic in the form of a podcast.

schedule 07 May 2024

Christopher Mertlitz on the current and future investment market in Europe

We invite you to listen to our still hot Eurobuild FM podcast! Christopher Mertlitz, managing director and the head of European investment at W.P. Carey, shares his opinions exclusively for Eurobuild's readers!

schedule 26 April 2024

The Swedish promised land lies ahead!

EUR 115 bln – this is the amount the Swedish government and local authorities intend to invest in construction and infrastructure projects in the Stockholm region by 2040. The biggest problem for this investment is not financing, but... the lack of contractors. This opens up a huge opportunity for Polish companies – and not only those in the construction sector!

schedule 07 April 2024

Tristram Carfrae on sustainable engineering

Welcome to Eurobuild FM! We invited an excellent expert to the today's episode – distinguished structural engineer Tristram Carfrae, deputy chair of world-renowned design consultants Arup gave us an exclusive interview.

schedule 21 March 2024

Big business under the palm trees (ep. 3)

We invite you to the third and last episode of the special podcast from Cannes! Today, three different views on different market segments, united by one approach – quite healthy optimism!

schedule 19 March 2024

Big business under the palm trees (ep. 2)

TECHNOLOGIES - this is a word that must be written in capital letters, because the role of this segment at the concluded MIPIM 2024 fair was equally capital. Listen to the second episode of the special podcast straight from Cannes!

schedule 17 March 2024

Big business under the palm trees (ep. 1)

MIPIM 2024 has officially closed, but we have our special podcast series from Cannes for you! Tune in to all the latest news, opinions and forecasts from the fair – this week exclusively at www.eurobuildcee.com and global streaming platforms!

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