Keeping up with growing buyer appetites

Our country remains a shining star in the global BPO/SSC map – investors from the business services sector account for 50-70 percent of total demand in regional cities. The good shape of our economy also translates into tens of thousands of office square metres leased by domestic companies and institutions. And as tenants and demand are there, developers are building – according to consultancy Colliers, more than 1.8 mln sq m of modern spaces is under construction. Much to the delight of foreign investment funds which eagerly buy office buildings not only in prime locations.

But it does not mean that office market participants can rest on their laurels. As the market develops, tenant preferences and requirements are also changing. Today, a large open space, a canteen and a bicycle rack in an underground garage are no longer enough – modern offices have to be as user friendly as possible, not only fostering the effectiveness of users, but also ensuring their wellbeing and satisfying all their needs. Office buildings should also form a valuable urban fabric, create new, attractive places in the city map, rather than stand as concrete, glass and steel towers that get deserted after 5 pm. Neither should developers and owners of such buildings forget that, according to the business cycle, worse times are bound to come sooner or later. And during an economic slowdown, those who have prepared well in advance fare best.

The biggest and most experienced market players will be discussing how to do it during the „Office Buildings in Poland” conference, the most popular and prestigious meeting for our office sector organized by Nowy Adres S.A. The next, 12th edition of events in the series will be held on 21-22 October at the Hilton Hotel in Warsaw at 63 Grzybowska St. As every year, nearly 400 people, including developers, representatives of consultancies, banks financing commercial investments, investment funds, lawyers, architects, market analysts, will be talking about the most important problems of the sector, ways to solve them, and formulating future forecasts. The organizer promises to modernize the formula with emphasis on more interactivity – this year we can expect “OBiP” in a completely new, innovative shape. As usual with Nowy Adres conferences, you will be able to broaden your participation in the event by arranging meetings with other participants through the unique platform Match Maker. This solution makes it possible to establish new business contacts, which is often as beneficial as the knowledge acquired at the conference.