British Polish Chamber of Commerce

Due to the recent growth of interest in online shopping driven by the coronavirus pandemic, a leading logistics operator in Poland has decided to expand its warehouse footprint by leasing 15,000 sq m of temporary space in Prologis Park Piotrków Trybunalski I. Real estate advisory firm Savills assisted one of e-commerce leaders in Poland in the leasing process.

Global real estate advisory firm Savills has been appointed as sole office and retail space letting agent for Giant Office, a newly-completed office development in Poznań.

Rise.pl, a provider of coworking spaces and serviced offices on flexible lease terms, is entering the Łódź market. It will take occupancy of 2,100 sq m in Stara Drukarnia office building, a freshly refurbished post-industrial property. Savills advised on the transaction.

Warsaw is among the top 10 European cities for the fintech sector. According to analyses by real estate advisory firm Savills, which prepared the ranking, the Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating the digitalisation of the banking sector and Poland provides a favourable environment for fintechs to expand.

A memorable evening for us all!

The number of state-owned companies relying on modern office space is on the rise, reveals real estate advisory firm Savills. The public sector and state-owned firms more than doubled their share in office take-up in Warsaw in Q1-Q3 2020 compared to last year. What’s more, Savills estimates that negotiations are pending for more than the amount of office space leased by this sector in the nine months to September 2020.

Esaliens Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. has leased an entire floor in Warecka 11A, central Warsaw, for its new head office. It is planning to relocate to the new 500-plus sq m office at the end of Q1 2021. The landlord was represented during the lease transaction process by real estate advisory firm Savills.

A quarter of all modern warehouse and industrial space in Poland was transacted in 2020, says real estate advisory firm Savills in its latest report. Despite the pandemic, take-up hit record levels last year, reaching more than 5 million sq m, while Poland’s total logistics stock surpassed the 20 million sq m mark.

The latest concept restaurant of Jurek Sobieniak, a well-known Warsaw restaurateur, has opened in Grzybowska Park office building. Real estate advisory firm Savills, which represents the owner of Grzybowska Park in leasing transactions, says that lease agreements were also extended by Green Caffe Nero and a tailor’s showroom Cafardini, while Casa Pablo was replaced by Tapas Gastrobar.

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.