Polish office demand stands at nearly 1.1 million sqm

Demand for Polish office space stood at almost 1.1 million sqm between January and September, according to JLL. “We expect this positive trend to continue into the future. Tholons recently released the 2018 update of its Services Globalisation City Index and four Polish cities made it into the Top 100 Super Cities ranking — Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław and Gdańsk. Furthermore, as from September, Poland is now officially included among the ranks of developed countries according to the FTSE Russell Index,” said Karol Patynowski, director of regional markets at JLL. The largest lease agreements concluded in the first three quarters include Deloitte (22,100 sqm at Q22 in Warsaw), Santander Consumer Bank (three contracts: an owner-occupier for 17,000 sqm in Wrocław, 14,800 sqm at Business Garden Poznań and 10,000 sqm at Business Garden Wrocław), Polish Financial Supervision Authority (14,800 sqm at Piękna 2.0 in Warsaw), WeWork (14,200 sqm at Mennica Legacy Tower in Warsaw), CiC (13,500 sqm at Varso II in Warsaw), Capgemini (11,900 sqm at Rondo Business Park in Kraków), PLL LOT (an owner-occupier for 11,800 sqm in Warsaw), Ad Pilot (10,300 sqm at Wolf Marszałkowska in Warsaw) and Sii (10,100 sqm at Olivia Prime in Tri-City).