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POLAND Around 11 pct of Polish companies that use artificial intelligence (AI) are from the Tri-City, with Gdańsk ranking as the second city in Poland with the most widespread use of machine learning, claims a report by Digital Poland.

TXM downsizes

17 June 2019

POLAND/ROMANIA/SLOVAKIA Discount clothing chain TXM has presented the main points of its restructuring plan.

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Raben moves to Panattoni Park Kielce

17 June 2019

POLAND Raben Logistics Polska has moved its branch from Starachowice to the Panattoni Park Kielce complex on ul. Malików

Antczak wins Panattoni contract

POLAND Antczak Construction has been appointed by Panattoni to build the second warehouse in Panattoni Park Warszawa Konotopa II just outside Warsaw.

Stokrotka to open in Sukcesja

POLAND Stokrotka is to become the grocert anchor of the Sukcesja shopping centre in Łódź with a 1,100 sqm store and will take over the space vacated by Piotr I Paweł, which closed due to the chain’s current financial restructuring.

Big data enters the world of retail

WORLD “In 2016 around 4 pct of retailers were using artificial intelligence. Now we are seeing that this figure has risen to around 28 pct or over one in four retailers. We think this is because retailers are trying to get better intelligence to get the right tools for the job so that they can empower and enable their own workforce develop their capabilities to better understand what customers want to do right now,” said Mary Wallace from IBM Interactive Experience during the REDI 2019 trade fair held by PRCH from May 27-28th in the Koneser complex in Warsaw.

Residential

Golub Gethouse to rent apartments under Inspirentals

POLAND Golub Gethouse is to set up the Inspirentals platform of rental apartments.

Outlet for better emotions

Office & mixed-use development

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POLAND What are the shopping habits of outlet centre shoppers? Why do they shop there in the first place? What do they tend to buy? The answers to these questions can be found in Neinver’s latest report on this segment, ‘Positive Emotion Centres – the Outlet Market in Poland in the eyes of Consumers’, which has been prepared together with research company IQS.

Skyliner breaks 50 metre barrier

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND The Skyliner office tower, which is being developed by Karimpol Polska at the junction of ul. Towarowa and ul. Prosta in central Warsaw, has now surpassed a height of 50m.

Continental to grow in Iași

ROMANIA Automotive engineering frim Continental has begun work on the extension of its office building in Iași in an investment of EUR 27 mln.

Warehouse & industrial

Rohlig Suus opens in Panattoni Park Wrocław IX

POLAND Rohlig Suus Logistics has officially opened its 15,000 sqm logistics centre at Panattoni Park Wrocław IX with a cross-docking terminal of 61 docks.

No slowdown for retail park development

Office & mixed-use development

EUROPE European retail park floorspace increased by 2.2 pct over 2018, reaching a total of 50.1 mln sqm according to figures from Cushman & Wakefield’s ‘European Retail Parks: What’s next’ report.

Kids to come to Business Garden Rīga

Alex Hayes
journalist

LATVIA Vastint Latvia has signed a lease agreement with Patnis un partneri, which is to open a 635 sqm kindergarten in the autumn in Business Garden Rīga at 1 Malduguņu iela.

Hotels

Foreigners spend RON 1.3 bln in Romania

Alex Hayes
journalist

ROMANIA Over Q I 2019, the total number of non-residents in tourist accommodation was 443,700 and their total expenditure came to just under RON 1.3 bln (app. EUR 275 mln), according to the latest statistics from the National Institute of Statistics.

Investment & finance

Baltic Horizon completes Galerija Centrs purchase

Alex Hayes
journalist

LATVIA The Baltic Horizon Fund has purchased the Galerija Centrs shopping centre in Riga from Linstow by acquiring all the shares of of Tampere Invest.

Tarnovia to be transformed

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POLAND Galeria Tarnovia in Tarnów in Małopolska is undergoing some changes aimed at refreshing its product range across almost 30 pct of the shopping centre’s area. The new strategy has been developed by CREAM, the property manager, and Griffin Property Finance II FIZAN, the owner of the 17,000 sqm shopping centre.

Warehouse & industrial

More windows, less waste

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POLAND Oknoplast group has started the construction of a new production and logistics complex in Ochmanów near Wieliczka in Małopolska.

Investment & finance

Saller buys Radom shopping centre

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND Saller Group has signed a contract for the purchase of Galeria nad Potokiem in Radom for PLN 24.6 mln.

Plant for Dino

POLAND Suopermarket chain Dino Polska plans to build a distribution centre in Łobez, in Western Pomerania, the company has revealed in an announcement.

Jara Drapała stays in North Gate