Editorial note

This issue of Contact Magazine Online forms the BPCC’s annual overview of Poland’s real-estate and construction market, presenting current insights from across the sector in the form of four interviews and 20 articles. By reading them, you will get a flavour of what parts are doing well, and what parts not as well.

Managing director’s note

Managing director’s note will be held over until the next issue of Contact Magazine Online, and will be based on the statement made at the Annual General Meeting, to be held on 25 June 2025

Interviews

Dr Mateusz Bonca, CEO Poland of JLL, gives a wide-ranging interview that covers most sectors of the Polish real-estate and construction market towards the end of the first half of 2025

Interviews

Polish public-sector infrastructure projects provide a stable pipeline of construction work, but there are pitfalls to avoid; Jordan Zafirow from law firm Hoogells, talks about what contractors need to know about doing business with Poland’s State Treasury.

Interviews

Piotr Flugel, managing director, CTP Poland, considers the growth opportunities in the Polish industrial and logistics real-estate sector at a time of global uncertainty.

Interviews

Facilities management is changing rapidly dues to technology that makes the job easier. Paweł Łossowski, president of the board of Ever Grupa, explains that hand with tech must go attention to detail when it comes to customer care.

Real estate & construction

Investing in Polish real estate isn’t just something for corporates and pension funds. This article by Chris Wilson and Lech Gawroński from OxStart is a useful primer for UK investors of all sizes considering making a move into Poland.

Real estate & construction

Grzegorz Sielewicz and Jan Kamoji-Czapiński from Colliers look at the CEE market for logistics real estate and explain why Poland remains such a strategically important and future-proof location.

Real estate & construction

Who’s investing in Polish real estate right now – and what sectors are hot? Wioletta Bratoszewska from, HSBC has the answers – and some of them are surprising.

Real estate & construction

How much energy does your building really use? Is it increasing over time – or are you taking steps to decrease it? Certification based on design-phase data won’t tell you. But a way of measuring and certifying operational performance has arrived, says Cundall’s Michał Wójcik.

Real estate & construction

Like many countries, Poland is currently facing an AI-driven boom in data-centre construction. Jacek Kostrzewski, managing director, of Gleeds Polska says that site selection, material choices, operational energy strategy and stakeholder engagement are vital for long-term value.

Real estate & construction

No longer does form follow function; form must follow sustainability, argues Matthew Vola from Arup, as climate change, resource depletion and biodiversity-collapse increasingly constrain the built environment.

Real estate & construction

Don’t overlook the ‘G’ in ESG! Mariusz Witkun, co-founder of Trebbi Poland, focuses on what good corporate governance means in the context of construction and real estate. Integrity and responsibility are essential to a well-run business, he says.

Real estate & construction

E-commerce, last-mile logistics and the 15-minute city all mean increased demand for small urban warehouse units. Monika Starowieyska from SEGRO asks how best to integrate such units into the existing fabric of our cities.

Real estate & construction

Looking for flexible office space solutions? The office-as-a-service model is on the rise, say Olga Jezierska from Globalworth Poland.

Real estate & construction

Joanna Mroczek from CBRE explores the economic benefits of adapting and modernising older commercial buildings. The face of Polish cities has been changed by spectacular projects that have brought new life to previously neglected districts.

Real estate & construction

An outstanding example of modernisation done right is Wrocław’s Renoma building. Olga Jezierska from Globalworth Poland describe the project.

Real estate & construction

Michał Koper of EY presents an overview of Poland’s real-estate tax regime, and what to watch out for.

Real estate & construction

Adrianna Kończak and Mirosław Metych from Hoogells say that investors in the private-rented sector (PRS) need clarity on whether their project will be treated as residential, hotel or serviced accommodation.

Real estate & construction

Delayed payments in the construction sector have tax consequences for both creditors and debtors. Katarzyna Kozakowska from MDDP offers some solutions.

Real estate & construction

Poland’s real-estate law was amended on 1 January of this year. Dr Maria Tsima from Staniek & Partners says the new definitions were meant to reduce interpretative discrepancies between taxpayers and tax authorities. But have they? Or have they made matters worse?

Real estate & construction

Sale-and-leaseback transactions are increasingly popular in Poland, observes Kornelia Borowiec, from Dentons; no longer are they a simple mechanism to release capital – they have become central to many a corporate strategy.

Real estate & construction

Maciej Boryczko from Gessel considers the implications for Poland’s real-estate and capital markets.

Real estate & construction

Poland’s construction sector is notably litigious. But there is an answer to lengthy court cases – alternative dispute resolution. Adrian Andrychowski and Karol Macias from JDP Law examine the options.

Real estate & construction

The EU’s Taxonomy is there to sort the real green buildings from the greenwashed ones. Grażyna Kuźma from Domański Zakrzewski Palinka sheds light on different faces of green real-estate financing, and how it pays to build green.

Real estate & construction

Who owns the sky above your – and the soil below – your building? Bartosz Boenigk and Magdalena Mirek from Addleshaw Goddard say that legal clarity is sorely needed in Poland, as urban land fills up and developers seek new solutions.

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