Covid-19 is impacting the current use of real estate. This can be seen, for example from the decreasing demand for retail space and the trend towards a reduction of office space .
In our webinar series “Change of Use of Real Estate – How to Optimize a Property”, our experts discuss these shifts of demand and how to achieve a change of the current use of real estate in 10 different jurisdictions.
The second webinar of our series refers to the Polish market.
Speakers:
Tomasz Stasiak, Partner, Wolf Theiss, Poland
Aleksandra Jach, Counsel, Wolf Theiss Poland
Peter Oberlechner, Partner, Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte
This webinar was recorded on 21 April 2021.
Change of Use of Real Estate – How to Optimize a Property – Poland
Covid-19 is impacting the current use of real estate. This can be seen, for example from the decreasing demand for retail space and the trend towards a reduction of office space . In our webinar series “Change of Use of Real Estate – How to Optimize a Property”, our experts discuss these shifts of demand […]...
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