Tomasz Olszewski, a top commercial real estate expert, is joining REDD Group as a strategic investor. Alongside Tomasz Ogrodzki and Piotr Smagała, he will also take on a role on the Group’s Board of Directors. “Starting today, together we will pursue our mission to accelerate the digital transformation of real estate. Tom’s presence is an injection of powerful experience and another flywheel for our plans in Poland and Europe,” says Tomasz Ogrodzki, CEO of REDD Group.
Tomasz Olszewski has 28 years of experience in the warehouse and industrial real estate market. For the last few years he was responsible for the development of advisory services in Central and Eastern Europe at JLL Poland. In his career, he has advised on the most prestigious transactions on the market for clients such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Nestlé, Antalis, Volkswagen, Gestamp, H&M, Coty, FM Logistic, Orsay, ACP Pharma, among others.
“After 28 years as a real estate broker, I decided to close this stage of my career. Having observed the market for almost three decades, I can say with certainty that never more than today has this sector been closer to becoming a “technology industry.” We are witnessing a fascinating transformation in which technology and data are becoming central to every real estate company’s business. By joining REDD, I intend to actively support this fascinating revolution,” says Tomasz Olszewski, a new member of REDD Group’s Board of Directors.
“Tomek is one of the greatest authorities in his field. It is an honor for us to see the powerful value of technology and data in the industry in the same way. Starting today, together we will pursue our mission to accelerate the digital transformation of real estate,” says Tomasz Ogrodzki, CEO of REDD Group.
“REDD has created one of the hottest proptech tools for the office real estate sector appreciated by major companies in Poland. Our proposed approach to market data transparency is a significant breakthrough in Poland, in line with global trends in the real estate sector. Now we are announcing a very big reinforcement, which is the presence of Tomek Olszewski in the team, and from today we will revolutionize the market together,” says Piotr Smagała, Managing Director & Co-Founder, REDD.
Olszewski created the first extensive CRM and marketing systems in Poland for C&W (industrial.pl) and JLL (warehouses.pl).
“I believe that the commercial real estate market in Europe is technologically still stuck in the 20th century. Investors complain about the lack of transparency of the data on the basis of which they make multi-million dollar investment decisions. There is not a single integrated digital platform in Europe, offering full and reliable information on demand, supply and market trends on the one hand, and on the other hand providing tools to facilitate transactions increasingly online. REDD aims to fill this gap and become, within a few years, a major ecosystem integrating information exchange among key real estate market participants,” Tomasz Olszewski adds.
As he adds, “the drive by companies to achieve ever-higher ESG standards will force them to both reduce business travel (if only to view their real estate portfolio) and base investment decisions on on-demand, reliable data showing the full picture of the market. This creates a huge space for new technological solutions to make faster and more accurate choices.”
