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Remote work is coming to an end? The rental of offices increased by half

The demand for office space in the largest Polish cities (except Warsaw) increased in Q2 2025 by 51 percent. In an annual basis – according to the data of the Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate. Every fourth office was occupied by a company from the IT sector.

Remote work is coming to an end? The rental of offices increased by half
Remote work is coming to an end? The rental of offices increased by half
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Interest in office space on the largest regional markets (Kraków, Wrocław, Tri -City, Katowice, Poznań, Łódź, Lublin, Szczecin) with the exception of Warsaw has reached the highest level in four years. In the second quarter of 2025, companies rented 217,000 sq m. offices. – by 28 percent more than in the first quarter of 2025 and by 51 percent More compared to the same period of 2024, it was also the best second quarter in four years.

Krakow and Wrocław dominate – in the surface, and in rent

The greatest demand was recorded in Krakow. The capital of Lesser Poland was responsible in Q2 2025 for 44 percent. all rented offices on regional markets. A total of 33 percent The rented space was recorded in Wrocław and the Tri -City.

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Kraków and Wrocław dominate among other markets also in terms of the amount of rents, which range from 13 to 18 euros per month for each square meter of rented space.

Considering the entire first half of 2025, the demand for offices in regional markets amounted to 387 thousand. sq m. Meanwhile, only 2.4 thousand were commissioned. sq m. office space. With this vacancy rate, showing what the percentage of offices does not have tenants, dropped to 17.5 percent. The highest (22.7 and 21.6 percent, respectively), was recorded in Katowice and Łódź, the lowest in Szczecin, where 7.3 thousand remained without tenants. offices.

Every fourth office with IT company

There are still over 1.18 million sq m in all analyzed markets without tenants. office space. In rented offices, IT companies are most often found, which constitute 24 percent. and enterprises dealing with broadly understood business services (17 %).

As Anna Sienkiewicz, the manager of the Wrocław Grunwaldzki Center, noted by the website propepertynews.pl, is particularly clearly visible in the office of offices among small and medium -sized enterprises.

– The demand for offices is clearly growing and we see it from quarter to quarter. In Wrocław, there are more and more questions from companies, especially from the SME sector. Often these are organizations that have previously worked remotely or in a hybrid model, and today they plan to focus the team in one place again – says Anna Sienkiewicz.

According to the data of the Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate, at the end of June 2025 there were 6.75 million sq m on eight regional markets. office space. Most offices outside Warsaw, with an area of over 1 million sq m, could be found in Krakow (1.83 million sq m), Wrocław (1.35 million sq m) and the Tri -City (1.1 million sq m).

In Warsaw stable

Increased interest in offices in Warsaw itself, where the demand for office space remains at a level similar to last year. According to the BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland report, in the first half 2025, over 300,000 were rented in the capital. sq m. offices – by 5 percent less than a year ago, with 155,000 in the second quarter of 2025. sq m.

At the same time, 80,000 were commissioned. sq m. – Most from the end of 2022, the vacancy rate was 10.8 percent, while in the very center of the capital it fell below 8 percent.

Renches in the capital range from 22.5 to 26 euros/MC per square meter, so they are still half as high as in the next in terms of saturation of cities, i.e. Krakow and Wrocław.

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Ashley Davis

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