Industrial manufacturer giant JABIL expands its warehouse and production capacity in Hungary. The firm will get an extended production site at the regional city of Tiszaújváros in the Eastern part of the country. The large facility is being developed by the Hungarian company Infogroup.

Accolade is expanding its portfolio with a new facility in Upper Silesia. The warehouse park in Ruda Śląska will have a total area of 67,000 sqm, nearly half of which is already leased to a single tenant. The investment is valued at €55 million.

Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors have completed the purchase of 5 ha plot on Kinetyczna Street in Okęcie, Warsaw. This exceptional last-mile location, situated in close proximity to the Chopin Airport and at the intersection between Warsaw’s Southern Ring Road and the S79 exit road, has been earmarked for a sustainable warehouse development dedicated to urban logistics. The transaction was made by the existing joint venture between both parties.

7R has finalised the sale of 7R City Flex Gdańsk II. The new owner of the warehouse is GLP Europe. The facility comprises 11,000 sqm of space – currently fully leased by leading brands from the food and FMCG sectors. The price has not been disclosed.

7R has started work on 7R Park Wrocław West II. This is the company's first development made in accordance with its new decarbonisation strategy. In this case, carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by more than 50%.

Panattoni has completed space within Panattoni Park Kraków West I tailored to the needs of biotechnology firm SyVento BioTech, which is to use the space for advanced pharmaceutical production. The park in Skawina has now been fully leased with space in the park also used by companies from the retail, electronics and logistics industries.

A logistics service provider has renewed and expanded its lease in GLP Pomeranian Logistics Centre. Under its new contract the tenant will occupy approximately 22,000 sqm of warehouse and office space in the complex. Real estate advisory firm Newmark Polska was instructed to negotiate the terms of the lease.

A complex of urban warehouses and sales and exhibition spaces is to be built on the border of two Bratislava districts, Rača and Vajnory. According to the developer Alto Real Estate, the project named STORE.TO could include small distribution centres, e-shops and facilities for small businesses, production and services or for buying directly from the warehouses. However, the future design has not yet been disclosed, but the cost of construction is estimated at €24 million, yimba.sk reports. 

Hillwood Polska has signed credit agreements with Bank Pekao S.A. for the construction of three warehouse projects: in Częstochowa, near Rawicz, and in Łazy near Warsaw, with a combined value exceeding €89 million.

According to AXI Immo, more challenging economic situation and a ‘wait and see’ approach adopted by market players have been the key factors affecting the Polish industrial real estate sector in H1 2023. Gross take-up amounted to 2.24 million sq ]m (-39% y/y) between January and June. A soft patch was also visible on the supply side. Although a relatively large amount of space was added to the market in H1 2023 (2.6 million sqm, marking a 9% y/y increase) and total stock increased to 30.6 million sq \m, there was only 2.13 million sqm under construction as at the end of June 2023 – 50% less compared to a year earlier. The vacancy rate climbed to 6.7% at the end of Q2, marking a 3.3 p.p. increase on Q2 2022.