Business services sector leases 380,000 sqm of office space outside Warsaw

In 2015 companies from the industry leased 380,000 sqm of office space which accounted for 56 percent of overall demand on major markets outside Warsaw, advisory company JLL informed. “The largest amount of office space – ca. 155,000 sqm - was leased last year by the business services sector in Kraków, followed by Wrocław with 92,000 sqm. The sector's share in overall demand in selected cities was led by Wrocław with 72 percent, followed by Kraków with 68 percent and the Tri-City – 57 percent," said Mateusz Polkowski, Associate Director, Research and Consulting at JLL. According to ABSL, business services centers with foreign capital employ ca. 150,000 people in Poland and this number continues to grow. Kraków occupies the leading position in terms of employment in the sector (35,700 specialists), followed by Warsaw (27,000), Wrocław (23,700), the Tri-City (13,700), Łódź (13,100), the Katowice Agglomeration (11,200) and Poznań (9,000).