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Łukasz Jachna, CIO of LemonTree, has talked to Property Forum about the current trends in the Polish warehouse market, the speed of implementation of ESG principles and designing logistic parks as mixed-use projects.

CTP has purchased an 85,000 sqm investment plot in the Wiskitki municipality near Warsaw. The acquisition of this land, located just 10km away from the planned Central Transport Port, will allow the company to expand the CTPark Warsaw West complex with an additional 36,000 sqm of leasable space. JLL was responsible for coordinating the purchase of the new land.

With 2.32 million sqm of industrial and logistics space under construction, Poland is the top European market for development activity, says the latest quarterly report from BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland.

Panattoni has been granted bank financing for Panattoni Park Zgierz. The €23.3 million loan was issued by PKO Bank Polski.

Prime Logistics Wrocław and logistics service provider LX Pantos have signed a lease for 100,000 sqm. The transaction saw LX Pantos renegotiate its contract and expand to a new building to consolidate its warehouse space in a single location. This marks the largest warehouse deal in Poland this year. LX Pantos was advised by Cushman & Wakefield. CBRE advised the owner of Prime Logistics Wrocław, Brookfield Properties.

According to the latest report by Newmark Polska, the Polish warehouse and industrial market saw less than 1 million sqm transacted in the first quarter of 2024. At the end of March, the development pipeline stood at more than 2.3 million sqm while vacant stock in standing buildings experienced another rise. An increase in both developers’ and tenants’ activity is, however, expected to be spurred by long-awaited cuts to interest rates.

A distribution company has leased approximately 23,000 sqm of space at the MLP Pruszków II logistics centre. The tenant will move into the new facility at the beginning of September next year.

Poland's industrial market remains steady and adapts its growth rate to the macroeconomic conditions in both the local and European markets. The gross take-up statistics, which stood at 870,000 sqm at the end of Q1 2024, demonstrated the restricted growth of businesses in the industrial and logistics sectors. Developers supplied about 850,000 sqm between January and March 2024, which prompted Axi Immo analysts to report a slight increase in vacancy rates to 8.2%. The industrial sector has more than 32.7 million sqm of total stock. Nonetheless, a further 2.3 million sqm are still being built.

At 7R Park Gdańsk IV, which spans 42,000 square meters, Mercator Medical S.A will open its first dedicated distribution centre covering 13,000 square meters. The warehouse park is a part or the portfolio of 7R. 

According to the latest report from Cushman & Wakefield, occupier demand was notably weaker on the Polish industrial market in the first quarter of 2024. However, despite a double-digit decline in take-up, Poland was one of the most active leasing markets in Europe. Development activity also stabilised, but this year’s new supply is forecast to be the fourth highest in the history of the Polish industrial market.