British Polish Chamber of Commerce

Global real estate advisory firm Savills has strengthened its Office Agency in Poland with the appointment of Marcin Sabowicz and its Industrial Agency with Adam Włochyński.

Occupiers looking for quality workspace in Europe will face tough competition for the best space in the leasing market despite the most active period of new office construction in half a decade, Savills predicts.

The third of the BPCC’s Nice to Meet You series of business mixers was held in the Bristol Hotel, Warsaw, on the evening of 24 June 2021. Like the Wrocław and Poznań events held on the two previous Thursdays, the mixer once again attracted the maximum number of participants allowed by current sanitary regulations. Held in the patio outside the Bristol Hotel’s Moniuszko restaurant, the event was blessed by a dry interlude between a light shower and a heavy downpour. Once again, there was an overwhelming sense that people had come to enjoy the chance to meet up finally, to chat, to swap business cards, and to return to some semblance of normal life.

Real estate advisory firm Savills is expanding its property and asset management services in Poland by implementing a new client offer focusing on proptech and green building. To expedite this process, it has appointed Michał Bryszewski, a manager with many years of international experience in comprehensive advisory services for tenants and landlords, as its new Head of Property & Asset Management.

As part of its latest Global Living research, Savills has identified the cities and regions in Europe that in five years’ time will be particularly ‘youthful’, having the largest share of people aged 20-39, and those that will be the most ‘aged’, with the highest number of people aged 65 or older. The global real estate advisor expects this to drive an increase in demand for purpose built student housing, co-living and multifamily in ‘youthful’ cities, as well as senior housing and housing with care in ‘aged’ ones.

The second of the BPCC’s Nice to Meet You series of business mixers was held in Poznań’s Vastint Business Gardens on the evening of 17 June 2021. Like the Wrocław event held the week before, the mixer once again attracted the maximum number of participants allowed by current sanitary regulations, with a long reserve list of disappointed latecomers. Although the day had been hot, the evening sun dipped behind the behind the buildings, so mixer took place in the cool of the shade. Once again, there was an overwhelming sense that everyone was keen to enjoy the chance to meet up finally, to chat, to swap business cards, and to return to some semblance of normal life.

1 September will see the opening of a Fair Play kindergarten in Business Garden Wrocław which will complement the amenities and services already provided in the office complex. The ISOC Group, the owner of the property, was represented in the transaction by real estate advisory firm Savills, which is also the property manager for the three buildings developed as part of the first phase of the development. The tenant was advised by Cresa.

Savills has examined both employee-driven and occupier/employer-driven factors to assess which global cities may see a faster transition to hybrid working post Covid-19.  From an office occupier perspective, New York, Paris, London, Berlin and Frankfurt may be primed for a faster transition to hybrid working, given comparatively high office costs, already flexible working practices and extended lockdowns, while less flexible working cultures in Mumbai, Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City mean that any transition to hybrid working may be slower.

It’s been over nine months since the BPCC last held a live event in Wrocław. Since last September, Poland has experienced two waves of Covid-19. Now, as the pandemic subsides and the numbers of fully-vaccinated people continue to rise, it’s time to meet face to face at last.

Commercial real estate advisory firm Savills has hired two new professionals. Jakub Kubacki has joined its Industrial Investment team while Mateusz Jakubowicz has strengthened the Office Agency of Savills regional office in Poznań.