Specificity of managing public real estate resources based on the example of the Polish experience

Real estate, due to its specificity and the role it plays in the economic, social and environmental area, requires an economically effective but also sustainable approach to its use. There is a need to protect both public and private interests through rational real estate management with the use of modern decision support tools. The changing socio-economic environment in a given country, as well as international cooperation, require modernization of the rules and procedures of real estate management, especially those that make up the public real estate stock. This article presents the basic premises and goals of the existence of public real estate resources. Features and conditions specific to the management system of such a resource are also given. A list of strengths and weaknesses was made using the literature and the results of the authors’ own research on such a system functioning in Poland. It was emphasized that, at present, a key element in the decision-making process regarding spatial development and real estate management is having high-quality information. The article was written on the basis of selected literature, Polish law and the authors’ experience in property management and appraisal.