19:10 4 December 2025
Survey: 38% of respondents from trade industry did not see leasebacks
In the broad retail sector, 39.7% of respondents have encountered the concept of sale and leaseback in their professional work, 38.2% have not dealt with this solution, and 22.1% are unable to say whether they have ever come across it, according to a study by UCE Research and INWI.
A survey of 517 retail-industry employees shows rising awareness of the sale-and-leaseback model: nearly 40% have encountered it, and almost half of those familiar with it view it as beneficial. Once limited to industrial and office real estate, the model is now gaining traction in Poland’s retail sector as companies seek to unlock capital while maintaining operational control of their properties. Transactions by chains like Żabka, Carrefour, and Decathlon signal a shift toward treating real estate as an investment asset.
Experts say sale-and-leaseback can improve liquidity, balance-sheet flexibility, and resilience amid rising financing costs, and expect the number of such transactions to grow significantly in the coming years.
