The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a vast majority of economic sectors change the way businesses operate, including the ways employees work. Effects of the global lockdown were felt also on office markets across the whole of Poland, with Lublin being no exception. Let’s take a look at the current situation on the market of modern offices in the city.
Uber, a global taxi app, launches in Lublin. On 27 August Uber drivers started operating in the city.
New interchange nodes, Park&Ride and Kiss&Ride car parks as well as bicycle racks. Let’s add new bus stops, chargers for electric buses, efficient lighting and surveillance cameras, and we’ve got the key components of the interchange nodes that are built in the city as part of an EU project. They are developed at 7 locations across the city.
Pol-Inowex a company specializing in the professional dismantling and relocation of machines, production lines and entire industrial plants, has signed a contract for the dismantling of a refinery in Switzerland. Based on the contract, the Pol-Inowex will hire at least 50 new employees in the coming months. The company informed about its development plans at a joint press conference with the Mayor of Lublin.
Forty years ago, a wave of strikes and workers' protests swept through Lublin and the Lubelskie Region, which by July 1980 involved over 150 facilities throughout the province. These events marked Poland's path to freedom and, as a result, political changes and the fall of the communist regime. The strikes of July 1980 changed not only the shape of our country, but also that of the whole of Europe and the world.
Reality Unit is a startup that is explores gaming, augmented, and virtual realities. These three words combined and separately will become Lublin's new domain with the help of Reality Unit. The company works for clients on three continents, from the UK, the Republic of South Africa and the USA. Reality Unit is willing to expand more internationally, and operate from its global headquarters in Lublin.
The authorities of the city of Lublin support investors at every stage of the investment. More than a year after the ceremonial opening of a modern production facility of Data Modul in Lublin, the Mayor of Lublin Krzysztof Żuk is talking to representatives of the company management about further development plans.
Lublin remains the leader of business services sector in Eastern Poland. The city maintains the rapid pace of growth regularly attracting new investors who join a wide range of businesses from a multitude of different countries which already operate in Lublin. Let’s take a look at some statistics from the “Business Services Sector in Poland 2020” report by ABSL to get a grasp on Lublin’s current landscape of professional services.
Lublin is the safest city in Poland – this is the conclusion from the second edition of a nationwide Ranking of Districts 2020 prepared by real estate portal Otodom. Authors of the compilation also checked which neighbourhoods are recommended for living, and where the overall safety should be improved.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all sectors of industry worldwide, but its impact on individual sectors varies greatly. What has been a mediocre March was then followed by a real collapse in April, while May was a period of gradual lifting of restrictions and unfreezing of the Polish economy. How did the automotive market in Poland develop in this situation?
Lublin has just been presented with a prestigious Smart City Award for the implementation of a comprehensive 3D model of the city. The award was granted during the 11th edition of the Smart City Forum in the category of cities between 100,000 and 500,000 citizens.
Compared to other sectors of commercial real estate in Poland, the warehouse market came out of pandemic almost unscathed. Many businesses were forced to switch from traditional channels to online sales, which is inextricably linked to the increased demand for warehouse spaces. Lublin responds to the situation on the market by delivering a total of ca. 170 000 sqm in developers’ investments, either under construction, or in the planning phase.
