In a video interview recorded at CEE Property Investment Update 2026 in Warsaw, Georg Blaschke, Head of Real Estate Finance CEE & Benelux at Helaba, shares his perspective on how banks are reassessing property risk, the outlook for lending conditions and which sectors continue to attract financing in Poland.

Helaba has provided the Invesco Real Estate-European Living Fund with long-term financing of €25 million for the Delta Hagibor residential complex in Prague.

HB Reavis has completed a €510 million refinancing of Varso Place, its flagship Warsaw development, with two new banks joining the credit consortium. The financing increased by €35 million from the previous €475 million loan on improved terms.

Globalworth and the consortium of banks Helaba and pbb have announced the signing of an agreement extending the bank financing for the office real estate portfolio by an additional 5 years. The initial loan of €100 million was granted in 2018 to finance multiple properties. The financing continues to be secured on a number of assets in Poland: Centrum Biurowe Lubicz, Tryton Business Park and Spektrum Tower.

A consortium of banks, Santander Bank Polska and Helaba (Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen), has granted AFI a €120 million loan to refinance four PRS projects under the AFI Home brand in Warsaw, Kraków, and Wrocław. This is one of the largest PRS financing transactions in Poland to date. 

With a total loan amount of €168 million Helaba and Erste Group are financing the acquisition of the prime office tower Warsaw UNIT for the Swedish real estate company Eastnine AB. The loan term is for five years and Helaba is acting as co-arranger and agent for the transaction.

Ghelamco has sold its flagship development in downtown Warsaw – the Warsaw UNIT skyscraper at Rondo Daszyńskiego. It was acquired by the Swedish real estate company Eastnine AB for €280 million. This is the largest office market transaction that has been concluded in Europe this year.

Immofinanz signed a new five-year, €180 million green loan with Helaba, pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Berlin Hyp, secured by myhive Warsaw Spire, one of the tallest office towers in the capital of Poland with GLA of more than 71,000 sqm and a BREEAM Excellent certification. The green loan replaces a previous financing that was due to mature in January 2025.

European Logistics Investment (ELI), a logistics platform in the Polish market owned by Redefine Properties, Madison International Realty, and Griffin Capital Partners, has signed a €155 million loan agreement with a consortium of pbb and Helaba. The funds will be used to refinance eleven properties of ELI’s logistics portfolio in nine locations: Bydgoszcz, Czeladź, Kraków (Nowa Huta and Skawina), Łódź, Opole, Toruń, Tychy and Warszawa (Błonie), comprising a total GLA of over 335,000 sqm. pbb and Helaba acted as Joint Lead Arrangers providing equal portions of the funding. pbb also acted as facility and security agent of the transaction.

Accolade received a long-term financing for the 5 industrial parks in Poland: Gorzów Wielkopolski, Szczecin Załom (West), Szczecin Kniewska, Częstochowa and Kielce. The €129 million refinancing loan was delivered by its new financing partner Helaba.