Retail parks continue to attract strong investor interest and remain the most popular retail format on the development market. Meanwhile, new brands are entering the Polish retail market, which is also seeing the rise of AI-powered solutions, say BNP Paribas Real Estate experts in their latest report. 

Shay Baruch has taken over the role of LivUp CEO, succeeding Roee Shamir, who has decided to pursue new career challenges after completing a duration of 7 years at this position. 

Colliers has promoted Josefina Kurfurstova to the newly created position of Senior Analyst - CEE Business Intelligence covering Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.

Panattoni is launching the construction of a new speculative centre in the Łódź region. The project is to have an eventual size of close to 30,000 sqm.

Warsaw is a great place to locate small business units (SBUs). Although small and flexible warehouse modules have been trending for years, it takes several months to secure prime space in such facilities in the Polish capital, say experts of Newmark Polska.

The international developer UDI Group has opened a fund of qualified investors. It is intended for private and institutional investors. In addition to funds or banks, large private investors can also invest in the fund. The lowest possible deposit is CZK 1 million (€40,000). In the future, the fund will also include sub-funds aimed at financing individual large projects. In the first phase, the General sub-fund is opened, which will invest in the UDI Group as a whole, and the Conservative sub-fund invests in loans for individual projects. To investors, the fund will offer appreciation in a more conservative form with a guarantee of a minimum return of 6.5% per year, with a premium return of around 15% per year expected. The status and statutes of the fund were checked and approved by the CNB.

On May 1st, Sierra Balmain assumed management of the Power Park Opole shopping centre. The company will be responsible for both technical and commercial property management.

JLL Polska has been appointed as the exclusive agent to represent the Europlex office building. This multifunctional building, located on the borders of Warsaw’s Śródmieście and Mokotów districts, offers nearly 20,000 sqm of office space for lease.

MLP Group has entered into a transaction with ING Bank Śląski S.A. whereby the bank has agreed to provide funding totalling €26.8 million, to be used to finance new investment projects in the MLP Poznań and MLP Poznań II logistics parks and to refinance existing liabilities under bank loans.

Real estate investor and fund manager Cromwell Property Group announced the sale of six retail centres across Poland, held by the Cromwell Polish Retail Fund (CPRF), to Star Capital Finance for €285 million.