Ghelamco has secured bank financing for its key project in Poland – The Bridge office complex in downtown Warsaw. The construction and investment loan was provided to the developer by Santander Bank Polska, which will also be an anchor tenant of the skyscraper.

PropertyTalents, a European built environment advisory specializing in career and company development, is organising the BE Mixer Warsaw Edition 2024 – EXPO(hang)OVER. The event offers real estate professionals a valuable opportunity to connect, exchange insights, and support a meaningful cause. Focused on bringing together leaders, investors, and key players from the sector, the event is designed for those looking to strengthen their network and stay informed about current trends. Property Forum is a Media Partner of the event.

Panattoni has finalized the sale of City Logistics Warsaw IV, a 39,000-square-meter logistics complex located in Warsaw. The buyer is an international entity specializing in real estate investments. The transaction is valued at €53.5 million. 

The Metropolitan Warszawa office building reported that 18,000 sqm of new lease agreements and extensions had been signed. Leases include blue-chip tenants such as HP, LCP Properties, Green Holding Group and others including a leading global consulting firm and a world leader in the energy and chemical sectors.

Santander Bank Polska, one of the largest financial groups and the largest bank with private capital in Poland, has become an anchor tenant of The Bridge, which is being built in the business center of Warsaw. The bank has signed a lease agreement with the developer and investor of the building – Ghelamco – for an area of approximately 24,500 sqm (nearly 21,000 sqm of usable area). This is the largest transaction on the Polish office market since 2022.

Companies from PKP Group – PKP S.A. and Xcity Investment – and from Ghelamco Group are resuming cooperation that was interrupted years ago. An annexe to the investment agreement has been signed, which will enable the resumption of preparations for large-scale joint investment. It will include the construction of a new Warszawa Gdańska railway station and a complex of four mixed-use commercial buildings with an estimated total area of about 100,000 sqm.

In 6-12 months, investors will return to the real estate market in Poland. The desirable assets will be data centres and products of the living sector, including PRS and PBSA - these were the conclusions reached by the participants of the panel on collaborative and alternative investment strategies at this week’s CEE Property Financing Update 2024 conference in Warsaw. The event was organised by Property Forum and hosted by law firm CMS.

Karimpol Polska has secured financing of €50 million from Bank Pekao S.A. for the second phase of Skyliner investment at Rondo Daszyńskiego in Warsaw. This marks another collaboration between the investor and the bank, which also financed the construction of the first tower of the complex.

Recently, market focus has been on new high-rise office developments which are reshaping Warsaw’s skyline and attracting tenant interest. Analysis of market data reveals, however, that office campuses have enjoyed the strongest occupier demand, says Cushman & Wakefield. Although they make up around 10% of Warsaw’s office stock, they accounted for as much as 16% of total take-up in the city in the first half of 2024. What criteria does an office project have to meet in order to qualify as an office campus and what makes office campuses so popular?

CTP has leased an additional 10,000 sqm at its CTPark Warsaw South to Polish logistics operator TAS Logistyka sp. z o.o. It will now occupy 25,000 sqm of warehouse space, an increase of 67 per cent on the original space leased.