In the recent years, the Polish retail properties market went through a difficult period. The coronavirus pandemic and the related social restrictions had a major impact on the financial results of shopping malls. In addition to that, the changing consumer behaviors contributed to a massive increase in online sales. However, the years 2022 and 2023 brought a gradual improvement of the situation on the retail market and, consequently, of the overall climate for investing in real property. Furthermore, alternatives to large shopping malls, i.e. smaller retail parks, have been enjoying growing popularity on the market for several years now; these are often located closer to residential areas and in smaller cities. This sector has been growing dynamically in terms of both volume and the share in the entire retail market in Poland.

PeliPartners has advised the Adventum Group on the lease extension agreement with Genpact Romania for business premises in the Hermes Business Campus, in northern Bucharest.

Oleksiy Koltok and Oleg Klymchuk have been appointed as Partners with Sayenko Kharenko in Kyiv.

Mariella Kapoun and Georg Gutfleisch have become Partners at CMS in Austria, while Amela Zrt and Ivan Kranjec have become Partners at CMS in Slovenia, as part of the firm's latest promotion round.

Taylor Wessing has advised Avestus Real Estate on a EUR 24 million refinancing from mBank for the Imagine office complex in Lodz. Kycia Legal advised mBank.

JDP Drapala & Partners has advised Best Secret Poland on four sale-and-leaseback agreements with Deutsche Leasing Polska for the use of the storage and sorting systems in BSP's Sulechow high-bay warehouse.