On 1 March 2024, Savills expanded its Operational Capital Markets (OCM) division in Poland to provide advisory services for property investors, developers and operators across all operational real estate sectors.

After four years of a pandemic-induced disruption it is now clear that although hybrid working is not the dominant pattern, it is here to stay. New research from Cushman & Wakefield has found that 27% of Polish people combine in-office attendance with home office, whereas that figure for cities with a population of over 500,000 stands at 36%. Meanwhile, employers and property managers keep looking for ways to incentivise employees to come to the office more frequently. Employees working hybrid schedules value the office particularly for well-equipped spaces for focused work and for fostering collaboration and relationship building, reveals the report from Cushman & Wakefield. At the same time, 47% of respondents are against being mandated to work a fixed number of in-office days.

LCP Properties has officially opened its 48th retail park under the M Park brand in Poland, which is also the fifth in the Pomeranian region. M Park Reda has a total of 4,433 sqm of GLA space with 13 tenants. Development works began in mid-May 2023, and the general contractor of the project was STB Budownictwo.

Futureal Investment Partners, a member of Futureal Group, and 1 Asset Management, an investment management company, backed by real estate development company Hanner, have announced the successful transaction involving the division and sale of two buildings within Lipowy Office Park located at Żwirki I Wigury St. in Warsaw, Poland. The price has not been revealed.

Entalpia Europe, a provider of HVAC-R solutions, has become the first tenant of the Hillwood Łazy logistics centre. Entalpia Europe has leased 14,000 sqm of warehouse space and 1,200 sqm of office space and will commence operations at the facility in Q3 2024.

PropertyTalents, a leading European Built Environment Advisory specializing in career and company development, proudly announces the inaugural BE Mixer by PropertyTalents (Warsaw edition). This premier event is set to launch on the first day of spring, March 21, 2024, from 18:00 to 23:00, marking a new beginning filled with insights and networking.

According to the latest report by Newmark Polska, 2023 was one of the best years in the market’s history. It saw the second-highest new supply (3.7 million sqm) and the third-highest take-up (5.6 million sqm) and development pipeline (2.8 million sqm). Considerable warehouse availability levels brought a long-awaited stabilization of rental rates.

In 2023, MLP Group delivered a satisfactory set of results, both from the operational and financial point of view, driven by strong leasing performance on warehouse space across all its markets. The company recorded 29% revenue growth, with 2024 set to be the harvesting time.

The retail park in Przeworsk (Rock Park), which had its grand opening at the beginning of February this year, is undergoing a change in ownership after just a month of operation. The seller is RockCapital, and the buyer is ME Invest, a company owned by TERG S.A., the owner of the Media Expert chain. The Avison Young investment team represented the seller in the transaction process. The price has not been disclosed.

MLP Poznań witnessed a foundation stone laying ceremony for a new project to be developed for HAVI Logistics. Once completed, the new facility – comprising 16,000 sqm of space – is scheduled for handover at the beginning of the second half of 2024. The project contracted to WPIP Construction, will undergo a BREEAM New Construction certification of ‘Excellent’.