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in the region known as Zaglembie (in Polish The trip was sponsored by the Israel-based Zaglembie World Organization in cooperation with the World Jewish Congress located between the town of Czeladź and my father’s adjacent hometown of Będzin It is one of the best-preserved Jewish cemeteries in Poland thanks to the Czeladź municipality and the efforts and generosity of a survivor from Czeladź my father’s mother who died in the 1919 flu epidemic when my father was eight years old I found myself walking anxiously through rows and rows of tombstones I knew that my grandmother’s tombstone had survived World War II intact a friend of my father’s was here and photographed it I was told that it is near the front of the cemetery but the coordinates I had been given turned out to be inaccurate A different name was on the stone in the location where my grandmother’s grave was supposed to be – someone else was lying in that spot One of the main reasons for my going on this trip was to say Kaddish at my grandmother’s grave I hadn’t realized how much this meant to me until it looked like it might not happen How could I tell my father that I couldn’t find his mother’s grave My father had died more than 42 years earlier I had the overwhelming feeling that I could not – must not – disappoint him I imagined my father shaking his head and saying to me “There was only one thing I wanted you to do on this trip reading the inscriptions on the stones as I went from row to row A candelabra with two broken candles is engraved on the gravestone I touched the stone and realized that I was standing where my father must have stood year after year probably until he left Będzin for the last time in 1943 I touched the stone where they had both probably touched it Others on the trip found graves in the Czeladź cemetery My cousin Susan found the graves of her father’s sister who died in the same epidemic as my grandmother in 1919 Standing in front of the graves of her grandparents took Trudy Elbaum Gottesman’s “breath away.”  Naomi Stawski-Altholz’s grandmother Chaya Sara is buried there the survivor responsible for the preservation of this cemetery She and her husband André are intent on continuing Stawski’s mission of maintaining the Czeladź cemetery they have also created a website where family members of the Jews buried in the cemetery can locate their relatives’ graves and see photographs of their tombstones without having to travel to Poland to do so The Czeladź Jewish cemetery is only about an hour’s drive from Auschwitz I returned with my wife Jeanie and our niece I hope to come there again with our grandchildren the only existing pre-Holocaust grave of any member of my family Hallie and Jacob will in turn bring their own children there Rosensaft is Associate Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the World Jewish Congress He teaches about the law of genocide at the law schools of Columbia and Cornell Universities For a Polish translation of this article click here The Czech hotel sector saw a transaction volume of EUR 340 miln in Q1 2025 Prime rents in Prague city centre reached EUR 30 in the first quarter of the year and the vacancy rate continues to decline according to the latest research from Prague Research Forum Segro European Logistics Partnership (SELP) has acquired a fully leased warehouse park in Sázava near Prague CA Immo exits non-core market Serbia with the sale of the 19,600 sqm office building Sava Business Center in Belgrade Both the sales price and the buyer are subject to confidentiality As the PBSA sector finally takes off in Poland it is now increasingly attracting international operators and investors Eurobuild CEE spoke to Xior's investment manager about why it has such confidence in the Polish market Residential developer Develia has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire all the shares in Bouygues Immobilier Polska the Polish subsidiary of Bouygues Immobilier ESA logistika has leased 15,000 sqm in Prologis Park Piotrków GLP has completed the development of its Wrocław V Logistics Centre and has received a BREEAM rating of Outstanding Panattoni has secured EUR 40 mln in financing from BNP Paribas for the development of Panattoni Park Sosnowiec IV Newgate Investment (NGI) and Redkom Development are developing a large retail park in Bydgoszcz Deutsche Hypo – NORD/LB Real Estate Finance has provided a five-year green loan to Olivia Seven for the refinancing of the Olivia Prime A office building in Gdańsk-Oliwa communications and security company Motorola Solutions has signed a five-year lease renewal 18,000 sqm at the Green Office complex in Kraków’s Podgórze district Falling interest rates and easing monetary policy across the eurozone and CEEi are boosting investor confidence in the region’s commercial real estate market reveals Colliers in its ‘Beyond Real Estate | Economy’ report Panattoni is to build the Panattoni Park Mainz Süd in Erbes-Büdesheim bei Alzey Axi Immo has presented its latest report “Warsaw Office Market – Q1 2025 The market opened in 2025 on a steady footing with a notable increase in leasing activity and a modest decline in vacancy landlords continue to focus on upgrading existing assets and prioritizing quality over quantity Convenience store chain Żabka has officially opened a new logistics centre in Kąty Wrocławskie The first stage of the development will serve 1,500 stores in the Wrocław area Romanian Post has leased over 5,000 sqm of logistics space in CTPark Bucharest to serve as its temporary regional courier and logistics hub for Bucharest JLL has announced the sale and leaseback of two properties by a manufacturing company in a deal worth over PLN 1 bln Warehouse developer CTP is adding 2,000 sqm to its Clubco coworking development in Brno which specialises in temperature-controlled goods is to enlarge its freezer warehouse in Radomsko by an additional 4,800 sqm it will be the company's largest distribution centre in Poland Footwear retailer Deichmann has prolonged its lease of 21,000 sqm in Prologis Park Wrocław III The company has been in the park since 2011 The grand opening of DPD's 18,000 sqm logistics hub at Segro Logistics Park Stryków took place on 14 April 2025 The courier company currently leases a total of more than 35,000 sqm across Segro's portfolio in Poland The largest Polish ice cube manufacturer has increased the space it leases at the MLP Pruszków II warehouse complex to 7,200 sqm an Oligocene well has been drilled to meet the tenant's needs Peakside Capital Advisors and Partners Group have laid the cornerstone for the City Point Okęcie logistics centre Panattoni has completed the expansion of Panattoni Park Koluszki in Central Poland and obtained an occupancy permit Axi Immo has presented its latest market analysis in the special publication "Central Poland Industrial Snapshot" the region recorded a historic high in industrial and logistics leasing activity A 15,300 sqm hi-tech production hall has opened in Debrecen developed by Panattoni Hungary and the OTP Real Estate Investment Fund a company that specialises in LED light therapy and pharmaceuticals distributor Avenier have both signed leases for space in CTPark Plzeň Kasárny Mito Light is to take up 556 sqm while Avenier has leased 588 sqm with the handover planned for the autumn of 2025 With warehouse and industrial stock of nearly 35 mln sqm Poland’s market has stabilised at a healthy level Logistics operator DB Schenker has leased an additional 9,800 sqm in the Hillwood Rawicz logistics centre The tenant has been operating from the centre since the autumn of last year when it opened a service centre with an area of over 17,000 sqm for a manufacturer of optical products More than 2.6 mln sqm of industrial and logistics space was delivered across Poland in 2024 according to BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland’s latest report "At a Glance While this was below the new supply levels recorded in previous years Spring has very much sprung 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The Polish warehouse market has finally stabilised after the post-pandemic boom but new challenges and opportunities are on the horizon for the sector UBM Development has been given the go-ahead for the first wooden office building in Poland: Timber Park in Poleczki Business Park in Warsaw The office market in Warsaw is currently experiencing a period of stability in terms of supply and take-up Recent data on overall tenant activity indicates that clients in the cap .. Receive all the latest information from the world of real estate by e-mail the construction of the Aura residential building designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030” the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro .. The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals intends to focus on operations in other reg .. Six class A office buildings in the PRO Portfolio which is jointly owned by PineBridge Benson Elliot and Sharow Capital have been granted BREEAM In-U .. Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's .. Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM we asked experts from our home country for their input will take place on 9-10 April 2025 at the Norblin Factory Event Hall in W .. we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi .. Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation .. The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024 while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone .. Jarosław Szanajca plans to resign from the position of president of the management board of Dom Development at the end of the year and join the superv .. The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the .. Viterra has moved into its ​​new 1,500 sqm offices in Olivia Prime part of the Olivia Centre business complex in Gdańsk Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district The property is owned by Stena Real Estate .. The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul The new building will house the faculti .. Torus has announced its All.inn students’ residence concept that is soon to appear on ul Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu adopting the title of its property management product the construction of the Panattoni Park Unterfranken has officially started one of the leading contract electronics makers in Taiwan has announced plans to build a factory in Poland to target automotive electronics clients In a statement posted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange the company yesterday said that it is planning to invest more than NT$500 million (US$15.4 million) to build a factory in Poland the first time the company is to extend its manufacturing to the European market Through its Poland-based subsidiary CGS Technology (Poland) Sp Compal is planning to spend about NT$77.7 million to acquire a parcel of land in Czeladz and spend an additional 12.29 million euros (US$13.31 million) to build the plant bringing the total investment to more than NT$500 million The company said it is already running an after-sales service center in Poland and the investment in the European country is aimed at catering to the automotive electronics market The investment is part of the company’s efforts to meet regional demand in Europe It expects construction of the facility to be completed by the end of the second quarter of next year with production slated to begin by the end of the year The new plant is expected to start generating sales in 2026 Automotive electronics is among Compal’s major businesses but its products also include handheld devices Compal’s automotive electronics customers are vehicle manufacturers based in Europe and sales in the business are expected to grow at a double-digit pace this year Local news media cited unnamed sources from Compal as saying that the company did not rule out expanding its production in Poland beyond automotive electronics by taking into account customers’ needs Compal had focused on Vietnam in terms of overseas investments in the past but it wants to be closer to its customers in Europe Capital expenditure to meet overseas investments is expected to range between NT$7 billion and NT$8 billion this year Compal has intensified its efforts in automotive electronics development and the company last year started to produce automotive electronics items in a plant in Mexico Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Marcin Szota got the first taste of Lean Six Sigma methodology in 2006 13 years later Marcin is Business Excellence Leader at Huhtamaki in Poland He is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt professional responsible for the Lean business programs in the two plants in the country Working at Huhtamaki has offered challenging projects and opportunities for growth to Marcin He joined Huhtamaki in Poland as a process development engineer in 2009 He was soon offered a new role as the project coordinator for the Czeladź plant that was being planned Marcin was part of the team designing the layout Marcin continued working there as a process development engineer He was responsible for optimizing the new plant’s processes using the Lean methodology I also became a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt professional I am now a Lean and Six Sigma coach in Foodservice business area in Poland As part of that role I have trained around 30 employees Some of them are now green belt and black belt experts in this methodology.” The part that he likes best in Lean projects is working with different people and teams “I enjoy project work and driving for results This role has given me a great opportunity to develop new tools and ways of working – both for the local and global units other people or training sessions,” Marcin explains He highlights the importance of co-operation across the organization and creating communities around shared topics ”I cannot solve problems alone – I need help from local experts it is easier to get the team’s full commitment to the new ways of working To produce continuous improvements to the processes all of us need to contribute to the work – every day.” Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks UK: Sainsbury’s expands World Food offeringSainsbury’s has announced it is adding over 350 brand-new World Food products across 1,118 UK stores. The move is the biggest investment into its World Food category to date.Source: retailgazette.co.uk  Frontpage photo: © Dreamstime FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com in a statement on the Taiwan Stock Exchange said it will invest over NT$500 million (USD $15.41 million) to establish the new facility marking its first manufacturing venture in Europe The company plans to spend NT$77.70 million (USD $2.39 million) on land acquisition in Czeladź and an additional EUR 12.29 million (USD $13.02 million) on construction The facility is expected to be completed by mid-2025 with production starting by the end of that year already operating an aftersales service center in Poland aims to meet regional demand in Europe's automotive electronics market The company’s diverse portfolio includes handheld devices