The spectacular net take-up of 3.5 million sqm at the end of Q3 was better than any other total for the first three quarters of a year. The Polish market was also one of the driving forces behind the record demand in Europe. Advisory company JLL analyses the industrial market at the end of Q3 2021 and outlines the key trends and developments for the sector in the coming months.

The latest report by BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland shows that in the first three quarters of this year, a record demand for warehouses was noted, amounting to almost 4.8 million sqm. The company’s analysts also point out that movement at construction sites, where work is currently underway, has also set a new record, with more than 3.7 million sqm of modern office space under construction. As in previous quarters, the development of the sector together with an increased demand for logistics spaces, have been primarily driven by a rise in e-commerce, as well as an increase of companies operating in the logistics and trade sectors.

The Accolade Group currently has 580,000 sqm of warehousing space near the western Polish border and plans to almost double the size of this space in the near future. The group continues to invest in the park in Goleniów, while also entering a brand-new location in Jelenia Góra. 

Prologis has started the development of an SBU centre in the Polish capital – Prologis Park Warsaw-Żerań, DC2. The small business unit facility off Trasa Toruńska in the city’s Żerań district comprises 11,000 sqm of industrial space, with units starting from 600 sqm of warehouse space and office units starting from 100 sqm, which can be combined and enlarged as the business grows.

Garbe Industrial Real Estate GmbH has launched the development of 8,000 square metres in Garbe Green Park Piešťany. A new space comprising 3,000 square metres will be occupied by Inalfa, a designer, producer and supplier of roof solutions for the automotive industry. The remaining 5,000 square metres will be delivered speculatively and available for lease from May 2022.   

Macquarie Asset Management has continued to expand its presence in the logistics real estate sector by acquiring a portfolio of CityFlex properties in Poland from 7R for more than €63 million on behalf of one of its managed accounts. 

MLP Group has released its strategic goals to be met within the next three years to 2024. In line with the strategic plan, the period will see the company’s equity, or net asset value (NAV), double from €387 million in 2021 to €823 million at year end 2024. Significant growth in NAV is expected in 2022, driven mainly by the development of new projects in Germany and Austria, already fully secured.

HIH Invest Real Estate has just sold two HGV service stations in Poland on behalf of an investment fund owned by a German pension scheme and by a foundation. The assets were purchased by Investika, a Czech investment company formed in 2015. The closing of the transaction is scheduled for January 2022.

VGP, a European provider of high-quality logistics and semi-industrial real estate, published a trading update for the first ten months of 2021.

Developer activity in the Polish warehouse market at the end of September 2021 remains at a high level. Completions in Q3 2021 660,000 sqm increased the total logistics and industrial stock to 22.4 million sqm. There are 3.46 million sqm under construction, of which over 1.22 million sqm (+120% y/y) are developments without secured leases. In the period under review, gross take-up amounted to 1.44 million sqm (+16% y/y), where, as expected, the e-commerce and logistics segments remained the main force. The correlation of strong demand and moderate new supply affects the vacancy rate, which stood at 5.04% at the end of September 2021 (-2.66 pp y/y). AXI IMMO presents the results of the latest report, "Polish warehouse market in Q3 2021".