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European Green Logistics Space has been attending its first-ever Expo Real. And so, in Munich we spoke to Ian Worboys, the founder and CEO, and Marta Gorońska, the Poland investment and development director, about how the company intends to establish itself as a major new player in the logistics real estate sector - and we also asked them about their takeaways from Expo!
Material partner
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players in the logistics real estate sector. The company combines an integrated one-stop-shop model with strong global partnerships, complementary logistics platforms and a deep commitment to sustainability.
ESG
The Budapest One office complex has received the highest possible rating of Outstanding for its BREEAM In-Use certification. The project, developed by Futureal, has been acclaimed as the second most sustainable commercial building in Hungary for buildings with BREEAM In-Use, after the Etele Plaza shopping centre, another project by the same developer.
Residential
According to JLL and RynekPierwotny.pl, the Price Transparency Act has caused considerable confusion in the housing market, but the anticipated reduction in housing prices has not yet been seen.
Investment & finance
The first half of 2025 saw high activity in the Croatian commercial real estate market across all segments. Market growth is being supported by sustained demand, new developments, and stable investor interest, according to the "Market Snapshot" report published by Colliers.
Warehouse & industrial
Polish logistics company Uniq Logistic has extended its lease for a total of over 38,000 sqm of space within the MLP Pruszków II and MLP Łódź centres.
Warehouse & industrial
Rohlig Suus Logistics Panattoni has leased nearly 15,500 sqm in Panattoni Park Szczecin Trzebusz II. The logistics operator is to move into the first building of 25,500 sqm, the construction of which began in August this year.
Events
During the ‘Student Housing: A Major Opportunity for Europe’s Cities’ panel at Expo Real 2025 in Munich, senior representatives of developers and European cities discussed how this sector has transformed from being a niche investment to one of Europe’s most dynamic and resilient asset classes.
Events
The ‘Data Center – Real Estate. Technologies. Investments’ conference organised by Eurobuild Conferences offers a unique opportunity to exchange experiences and views with the leaders of the sector, as well as to actively contribute towards creating a vision for the future of digital infrastructure in Poland and across the entire CEE region.
Human resources
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shaping ULI Poland’s agenda is joined by Ilona Otoka (Savills Poland), Michał Witkowski (Colliers), Waldemar Grabka (EQT Exeter), Rafał Stoparczyk (Skanska Commercial Development Europe) and Justyna Glinka (Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy), who, as the newly appointed chair of young leaders, also becomes a member of the ULI Poland Executive Committee.
Warehouse & industrial
Garbe has secured three new tenants for its Duisburg park. An undisclosed Chinese logistics operator will lease an entire logistics hall, while Annings Industrial Solutions and the Duisburg branch of Actemium will occupy space in two newly constructed industrial buildings.
Events
For the 15th time, one of the most important and prestigious events in the commercial real estate calendar in Central and Eastern Europe is to take place. The Eurobuild Awards 2025 Gala will be held on December 4th at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Family-owned German construction company Bremer is now entering the Czech Republic after having spent twelve years in Poland, growing to become one of the market leaders.
Warehouse & industrial
DSV – Global Transport and Logistics has extended its lease with Segro for nearly 17,000 sqm in Segro Centre Wrocław, Małuszów, where the logistics operator provides food logistics services with contract logistics operations and a transhipment hub.
Residential
Kraków is strengthening its position as the third-largest PRS market in the country. The city already has 25 professionally managed projects with over 3,800 units, according to CBRE's report 'Institutional PRS Market in Poland.'
Investment & finance
GetResponse Properties has purchased two office buildings from the Arkońska Business Park complex in Gdańsk with a total leasable area of 11,200 sqm.
Investment & finance
GTC has issued EUR 455 mln in senior secured bonds, which mature in 2030 with a coupon rate of 6.5 pct per annum. The bonds were issued to fund the repurchase announced on October 1st of EUR 500 mln of unsecured bonds due in 2026, of which EUR 494 mln remain outstanding.
Investment & finance
Newgate Investment has begun searching for a joint venture partner for its existing portfolio of 28 retail parks across the country, as well as for further acquisitions planned for 2026-2030.
Events
On October 7, during Expo Real 2025 in Munich, Eurobuild CEE will serve as the media partner for two discussion panels.
Warehouse & industrial
European industrial and logistics developer ILD has begun construction of UrbanBox Park Gliwice, a SBU-style warehouse and business complex.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
.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.
Globalworth received 47 various ESG related certifications for its Romanian portfolio in 2022, among them LEED, BREEM, WELL Health & Safety and Access4you accreditations.
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.
Futureal’s Etele Plaza in Budapest has received BREEAM 'Very Good' certification in the retail category.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
All 17 properties in the Polish portfolio of Romanian developer Globalworth have obtained Well Health-Safety Rating certification.
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
The Budapest One office complex has received the highest possible rating of Outstanding for its BREEAM In-Use certification. The project, developed by ...
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
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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 wi ...
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 ...
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
The first half of 2025 saw high activity in the Croatian commercial real estate market across all segments. Market growth is being supported by sustai ...
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Allegro has announced it is to relocate its Prague offices from the Holešovice district to the Danube House building. The building, which is part of t ...
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
According to JLL and RynekPierwotny.pl, the Price Transparency Act has caused considerable confusion in the housing market, but the anticipated reduct ...
LCP Poland, part of M Core, is to open its second retail park project this year with developer Refield. M Park Ciechanów, formerly known as Pasaż Ciec ...
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Polish logistics company Uniq Logistic has extended its lease for a total of over 38,000 sqm of space within the MLP Pruszków II and MLP Łódź centres. ...
Are lease agreements in retail parks still triple-net?
Are lease agreements in retail parks still triple-net?
CMS
The lease agreements concluded for retail parks increasingly feature solutions that differ from the classic Triple Net Lease agreements, particularly as regards the settlement of o ...
Flex market picks up momentum
Flex market picks up momentum
Walter Herz
The flexible office market in Poland is growing rapidly. In the upcoming years, we can expect the pace of its development to accelerate. Currently, over 420,000 sqm of flex space a ...
Optimism returns
Optimism returns
Walter Herz
Lower interest rates in the eurozone and the easing of monetary policy in Poland are expected to revive investment in the real estate market. A noticeable increase in the value of ...