Warsaw is one of the most exciting capital cities in the world. Year by year, the skyline changes significantly.
The annual Warsaw Property Tour is a unique opportunity for international participants to visit key projects that are in planning, under construction or recently launched – and meet the decision-makers and market-shapers behind them. For more information please go to the dedicated page: The Warsaw Property Tour
Europe’s economy is in an unsettled phase, shaped by uneven growth, stubborn inflation risks, geopolitical shocks and shifting trade patterns. In this session, renowned economist Holger Schmieding will assess the outlook for Europe and the CEE region at a time of mounting uncertainty. He will examine what higher-for-longer rates, political uncertainty and external disruption mean for growth, investment and business confidence across the continent. For Poland and CEE, the presentation will ask where the region may prove more resilient than Western Europe, where risks are building, and what investors and decision-makers should watch next.
How major global forces are reshaping real estate and investment markets, from capital flows and pricing cycles to structural shifts across sectors such as logistics, living, offices and alternatives. Drawing on CBRE Investment Management’s global insights, Sabina will explore how these trends are playing out across different markets and what they mean specifically for Central and Eastern Europe – highlighting risks, opportunities and the region’s evolving role in global portfolios.
Bringing together international investors and on-the-ground operators to explore how global capital strategies translate into local execution across Central and Eastern Europe. Panellists will discuss how investment is adapted to regional market conditions and occupier demand, comparing perspectives across sectors and countries. The discussion will focus on where global expectations align – or clash – with local realities, and what this means for performance, partnerships and long-term growth in CEE.
As demand for cloud computing, AI and digital infrastructure accelerates, data centres are rapidly emerging as one of the most strategic real estate asset classes globally. This panel will examine the latest global trends shaping data centre investment, development and site selection, from power availability to capital flows. Panellists will discuss how these dynamics translate into opportunities and constraints across Central and Eastern Europe, and what the next phase of growth will be.
POWER, PERFORMANCE, PLACE: how are data centres reshaping real estate, and whare are the opportunities?
As changing occupier demand, sustainability goals and pricing pressures reshape real estate markets, transformation and adaptive reuse is moving from niche solution to potential mainstream strategy. This panel will explore the latest trends in repurposing buildings across sectors, from offices to residential, living and alternative uses. Panellists will discuss when reuse makes commercial, technical and environmental sense, key planning and design challenges, and lessons learned from recent projects. The session will feature case studies highlighting key issues, and lessons learnt, in practice.
Poland and wider CEE are becoming increasingly crucial to Europe’s supply chains as nearshoring, port expansion and major road and rail investment redraw logistics flows. This session will examine how the region’s growing role as a European hub, anchored by Poland, is shaping demand for warehouses, intermodal links and transport infrastructure across CEE, with Port Polska (fmr. CPK) set to add another strategic layer.
With the crisis in the Middle East uppermost in mind, the discussion will ask whether Poland and CEE can turn geopolitical volatility into a lasting logistics strength.
Alternative finance is moving from the margins to the centre of the CEE property story. As higher interest rates linger, debt structures are changing, refinancing risk is becoming more acute, and investors are rethinking what counts as resilience.
This panel will examine how lenders and investors are pricing risk across the region, and whether CEE is still being sold as a growth story or increasingly judged on stability, income and exit liquidity. The discussion will look at where debt capital is flowing today, which countries and sectors are seen as safest, and whether local banks are gaining ground against private credit in mid-market deals. It will also test how far ESG requirements now shape lending decisions in practice.
Above all, the session will push beyond broad claims and focus on what capital is actually doing, where pricing is moving, and how investors can judge value in a market shaped by repricing, nearshoring, and a more selective pool of lenders.
REPOSITIONING RETAIL: How are Brands, Capital and Experience Evolving?
SUPPLY CHAINS IN MOTION: where do risks and returns now lie?
