Poland Poland to benefit from data centre realignment

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While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According to the latest 'EMEA Data Center Markets Report | H1 2026' by Colliers, energy constraints in Europe's largest hubs are driving investment to new locations, including Poland.
The EMEA region currently has 12.5 GW of operational data centre capacity, and as many as 78 GW of new projects are in the pipeline. However, their development will depend primarily on the ability to provide adequate electricity supplies. Europe Changes Direction The data centre market is no longer constrained by demand. Demand for new capacity remains record high and is driven by the rapid development of cloud services, the rapid growth in the use of artificial intelligence, and increasingly
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Office & mixed-use development

Rumunia Inwestycje w nieruchomości komercyjne w Rumunii wzrosły o 19 proc.

schedule 12 October 2026
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W ciągu pierwszych dziewięciu miesięcy 2026 roku inwestorzy wydali w Rumunii 679,9 mln EUR na zakup biurowców, obiektów handlowych, magazynów i hoteli. To o 19 proc. więcej niż wyniosła wartość transakcji w całym 2025 roku. W samym trzecim kwartale sfinalizowano transakcje o wartości około 375 mln EUR – wynika z analizy Fortim Trusted Advisors, członka BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

Hotels

Poland Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście

schedule 12 October 2026
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Green House Development has launched pre-sales for Building C, the final phase of its Wave Świnoujście Thermal & SPA development. The building will feature 192 finished apartments, around 2,000 sqm of thermal and spa facilities, massage rooms and a conference room. Completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2030.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Central Poland’s warehouse market grows beyond Łódź

schedule 12 October 2026
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Central Poland has nearly 5.2 mln sqm of warehouse space, with a further 160,000 sqm under construction, according to Newmark Polska. While Łódź remains the region’s main economic centre, developers are increasingly building in nearby towns such as Stryków, Piotrków Trybunalski, Zgierz and Łowicz, where land is more readily available and rents and labour costs are lower.

Residential

Poland Warsaw’s Kamionek district attracts new residential investment

schedule 12 October 2026
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Kamionek, in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district, is transforming from an industrial area into a modern urban neighbourhood. Infrastructure upgrades, cultural projects and the planned M3 metro line are strengthening its residential appeal. Grupo Lar Polska and Galio Group are responding with Symfonia Praga, a residential development at ul. Owsiana 11.

Retail & leisure

Poland Aurum Optics opens its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura

schedule 12 October 2026
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Aurum Optics has opened its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura shopping and leisure centre in Łódź. The new outlet combines eyewear from leading international brands with professional eye examinations and personalised optometric advice.

Residential

Czech Republic YIT Czechia to build 73 apartments in Prague’s Kamýk district

schedule 12 October 2026
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YIT Czechia is developing Kattila Kamýk in Prague 12. The 10-storey building, located at the intersection of Imrychova and Těšíkova streets, will comprise 73 apartments ranging from 30 to 100 sqm. Completion is scheduled for autumn 2028.

Residential

Poland Górskiego rated Very Good

schedule 12 October 2026
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Zeitgeist Asset Management has achieved a BREEAM In-Use ‘Very Good’ certification for its Home by Zeitgeist Górskiego residential rental development in Oliwa, Gdańsk. It is the first PRS (private rented sector) project in the company’s Polish portfolio to undergo certification designed specifically for buildings already in operation.

Exclusive

Poland Leading the renaissance of local investors

schedule 12 October 2026
Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

One of the more interesting Polish property investors to emerge on the local scene in recent years is Syrena Real Estate. This year, it added the Renaissance building in central Warsaw to its increasingly impressive and diverse portfolio. In our latest exclusive, we ask Witold Zatoński Kotomski, the founding partner of the company, about its plans for the historic property and where it’s planning to invest next.

Investment & finance

Romania Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln

schedule 12 October 2026
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Romania’s commercial real estate investment market recorded EUR 679.9 mln in transactions involving office buildings, retail properties, logistics assets and hotels between January and September 2026, exceeding the total investment volume for the whole of 2025 by 19 pct. Approximately EUR 375 mln was transacted in the third quarter alone, according to an analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

Retail & leisure

Czech Republic Xtreme Fitness Gyms Opens First Club in the Czech Republic

schedule 12 October 2026
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Polish fitness chain Xtreme Fitness Gyms is expanding internationally. On 15 October, the brand will open its first club outside Poland in Opava, Czech Republic. The launch comes as the network reaches 200 clubs in its home market.

Retail & leisure

Poland Bricomarché opens new store in Włoszczowa

schedule 09 October 2026
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Bricomarché opened a new store in Włoszczowa, Poland, on 7 October. Located at 47 Czarnieckiego Street, the store offers around 23,000 products for home and garden and has created 20 jobs.

Office & mixed-use development

Polska Knight Frank to lease VINCI Office Center in Kraków

schedule 09 October 2026
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Knight Frank has been appointed exclusive leasing agent for VINCI Office Center at 100 Opolska Street in Kraków. The building, owned by Sharow Capital, offers around 21,000 sqm of office space.

Warehouse & industrial

Polska Zalando rolls out AI-powered returns

schedule 09 October 2026
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Sereact, Zalando and CEVA Logistics have introduced AI-powered robots to process returns at logistics centres in Świebodzin, Poland, and Greven, Germany. The robots identify, pick up and sort returned fashion items, taking over repetitive tasks and easing the physical workload for warehouse staff.

Warehouse & industrial

Polska Hillwood expands Grodzisk Mazowiecki park

schedule 09 October 2026
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Hillwood Polska has started construction of a second warehouse at its logistics park in Chlebnia, near Warsaw. The new building will offer more than 36,000 sqm of warehouse and office space, bringing the park’s total area to nearly 88,000 sqm once all phases are complete.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Danfoss opens factory near Gdańsk

schedule 09 October 2026
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Danfoss has opened a new 22,500 sqm factory in Tuchom, near Gdańsk, expanding its manufacturing capacity in Poland to meet growing demand for energy-efficient solutions in district heating, cooling and data centres.

Investment & finance

Poland WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private

schedule 09 October 2026
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Lisala, owned by Hungarian property group WING and Griffin Capital Partners, plans to acquire the remaining 37.63 pct of Polish developer Echo Investment through a tender offer priced at PLN 5.20 per share. If successful, the transaction would give Lisala full ownership of the listed company and could pave the way for its delisting from the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Investment & finance

Europe DWS to acquire Peakside Capital Advisors

schedule 09 October 2026
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DWS, a global asset manager, has agreed to acquire 100 pct of Peakside Capital Advisors AG, a real estate investment manager with more than EUR 1.7 bln in assets under management across Germany and Central and Eastern Europe. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Retail & leisure

Poland BIG Poland to open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22

schedule 08 October 2026
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BIG Poland will open BIG Olkusz retail park on October 22. The 13,500 sqm GLA project was developed in cooperation with BOIG The Blue Ocean Investment Group. Following the opening, BIG Poland will have 14 operating retail parks with a combined leasable area of approximately 271,500 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Peakside completes construction of Hall D at City Point Targówek

schedule 08 October 2026
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Peakside Capital Advisors has completed construction of Hall D at the City Point Targówek complex in Warsaw and secured an occupancy permit. The building offers 17,000 sqm of space and is fully leased. Construction is also underway on another SBU hall, which will provide more than 12,400 sqm of warehouse, production and service space.

Residential

Polska Yareal starts construction of apartment building in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district

schedule 08 October 2026
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Yareal has started construction of an apartment building at ul. Mickiewicza 63 in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district. The intimate development will comprise 66 apartments, while more than one-third of the site will be occupied by a garden sheltered from the street. CFE Polska is the project’s general contractor.

Latest in Data centres

schedule 07 October 2026

Data centres could supply more heat to Polish cities

Poland’s growing data centre market could create a significant new source of waste heat for heating networks. According to analysis by the Polish Data Centre Association, if the market continues to expand, recovered heat from data centres could equal more than 7 pct of the heat currently supplied to Poland’s district heating networks by 2030. By 2035, that figure could reach 16 pct.

schedule 02 October 2026

AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market

Demand for computing power is rising rapidly, driven by artificial intelligence and cloud services. This is accelerating growth in Europe’s data centre market. The sector’s total capacity could reach 13 GW by the end of 2026, up 20 pct year on year, according to CBRE’s 'Europe Data Centres Q2 2026' report. Rising demand is also changing where data centres are being built. Investors are increasingly looking beyond the largest hubs, creating new opportunities for Poland, where data centre capacity could grow from around 200 MW today to 500 MW by 2030.

schedule 15 September 2026

Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes

Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residents, the developer says the buildings will be moved further away from homes, scaled down and separated from the nearest residential properties by a wider green buffer.

schedule 08 July 2026

Poland to benefit from data centre realignment

While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According to the latest 'EMEA Data Center Markets Report | H1 2026' by Colliers, energy constraints in Europe's largest hubs are driving investment to new locations, including Poland.

schedule 01 July 2026

Data centres spread out across the region

The EMEA data centre market is entering a new phase where power availability, not demand, is defining growth, forcing a structural shift in how and where capital is deployed. According to Colliers’ EMEA Data Centre Markets Report | H1 2026, the region continues to see strong demand from hyperscale cloud, AI workloads and sovereign requirements, but the ability to convert that demand into operational capacity is becoming increasingly uneven.

schedule 19 June 2026

Poland to be the new data hub

During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak with Piotr Kowalski, Managing Director at PLDCA, about the risks and future development of data centres in Poland.

schedule 19 June 2026

Data centres to transform Polish economy

According to the report "Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland," prepared by the Polish Data Center Association (PLDCA) in collaboration with PwC Poland, in 2025 data centres generated PLN 10.6  bln in gross value added and PLN 4.3 bln in fiscal revenue.

schedule 17 June 2026

Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment

By 2030, Data4 plans to invest over EUR 20 bln in the development of its European campuses. Data4 will invest EUR 5 bln to transform a brownfield site in northern France into a new data centre campus. With a capacity of 700 MW, it will meet the needs of AI customers and will be Data4's largest project in France.

schedule 11 June 2026

EU targets Poland for rapid Data centre growth

The development of digital infrastructure is a new economic priority for Europe, as shown by the draft EU regulations, 'Cloud and AI Development Act' (CADA), and the 'Strategic Roadmap, published in early June. The EU wants to triple computing power by 2035 to meet the demand for cloud services and artificial intelligence (AI). Poland is expected to play a leading role in this process.

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