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Presently, there are only fragments of the three central arcades left, housing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — a symbolic grave commemorating the nameless soldiers who gave their lives in defence of Poland, and a place where the most important celebrations of national holidays take place. Before its destruction by the Germans in 1944, the Saxon Palace was one of the most distinctive buildings in the capital, and became a key place of Poland's restitution. The Brühl Palace had been chosen to be the seat of the Polish Foreign Ministry, while the Saxon Palace itself had become the headquarters of the General Staff of the Polish Army.

On 7 July, during a ceremony at Piłsudski Square in Warsaw, the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, handed over to the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland the draft of a bill on the preparation and implementation of investment projects for the reconstruction of the Saxon Palace, the Brühl Palace and the tenement houses at Królewska Street in Warsaw.

According to the plan, the Saxon Palace is intended to house cultural institutions and initiatives. The tenement houses at Królewska Street could become the seat of the Mazovian Voivodship Office, while the Brühl Palace would accommodate the seat of the Polish Senate.

The reconstruction of the Saxon Palace is to be part of the celebrations of the centenary of regaining independence by Poland celebrated in 2018.