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WiredScore Launches Industrial Certification in Poland Amid Rising Demand

WiredScore, the global certification for digital connectivity and smart technology in real estate, has launched its industrial and logistics certification in Poland, marking a significant step in its European...

Retail News

Czech Republic Welcomes 16 New Brands in First Half of 2025

Sixteen brands entered the Czech retail market in the first six months of this year. The most common segments were fashion (clothing, footwear, and accessories – 6 brands) and...

Investment Market

Real Estate’s New Priorities: Flexibility, Experience, and Sustainability

Diverse trends, selective focuses and energy-efficient solutions will define the real estate market in 2025, according to DLA Piper Hungary’s annual real estate intelligence report. Gábor Borbély, partner at...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

CEE Industrial Performance Stays Robust as Market Shifts

The industrial real estate market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has entered 2025 with strong momentum, reaffirming the region’s role as one of Europe’s most dynamic hubs for...

Office Leasing

Regional Office Markets See Uptick in Tenant Demand

Tenants remain active and continue to look for modern workspaces despite a notable decline in new office completions in Poland’s eight key regional cities, according to At a Glance:...

Office Leasing

CEOs Turn to Hybrid Work to Tackle Economic Instability

The latest research from International Workplace Group reveals that nine out of 10 CEOs and CFOs are concerned about the business impact of macroeconomic instability. As a result, they...

Residential

PBSA moves from niche to mainstream asset class

Real estate investor, developer and manager Hines has released a new paper titled Class Act: Redefining Student Living in Europe, which highlights the sector’s rapidly growing appeal to international...

Investment Market

Commercial Property Trading to Peak in 2025

Savills reports that European commercial real estate investment volumes are forecast to grow by 13 percent in 2025, but Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is expected to outperform this...

Investment Market

Experts agree Poland is in turbo mode

Poland is emerging as one of the most dynamic markets in Europe, not only in terms of economic growth, but also in terms of investment attractiveness. This is the...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

High industrial take-up in central Poland driven by lease renewals

In 2024, the Łódź Voivodeship strengthened its position as a key location on Poland’s logistics map. The region recorded a historic high in industrial and logistics leasing activity, reaching...

Investment Market

Global Data Centre Market Set for Unprecedented Growth

Global real estate adviser, Knight Frank has published its global data centres report revealing a surge in market expansion, with a projected 46 percent increase in data centre capacity...

Investment Market

FINALISTS REVEALED FOR THE 20TH ANNUAL SEE REAL ESTATE AWARDS

The stage is set for the highly anticipated 20th edition of the SEE Real Estate Awards, celebrating excellence in the dynamic Southeastern European property market. This prestigious event will...

Office Leasing

Stagnant Supply & Shifting Strategies in Poland’s Office Market

Occupier demand in Poland’s regional city office markets rebounded in late 2024. However, subdued development activity and a low volume of new office deliveries have created a supply gap....

Office Leasing

Kraków, Wrocław and Tricity lead the way for office take-up

According to “Office Occupier – Office Market in Regions”, a report published by real estate advisory firm Newmark Polska, in 2024, leasing activity in Poland’s key regional city office...

Investment Market

SEE offers investment opportunities

Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia and the wider South Eastern European (SEE) region is an increasingly attractive investment destination for both international and local developers and investors in the view...

Investment Market

Key takeaways – CEE, SEE & Baltics Summit in London by Entralon Club

Reflecting on three monumental days of the second annual CEE, SEE & Baltics Summit 2025 in the business heart of London, Canary Wharf, organised by Entralon Club (in partnership...

Featured Article

Poland’s Yacht Industry: A European Leader in Quality and Innovation

With over 1,000 companies, 50,000 jobs, and an annual production potential of 25,000 yachts and boats, Poland has firmly established itself as Europe’s leading yacht manufacturer. Renowned for their...

Investment Market

Poland’s Real Estate Market Shows Strong Recovery

According to Avison Young’s latest report, after a challenging period marked by an investment slowdown in 2023, the 2024 results signal a return to stability and a hint of...

Office Leasing

Work in 2025: The Shift Toward Productivity and Happiness

2025 will be transformative for the world of work, as advancements in technology continue to shape how businesses of all sizes operate and evolve. While the latter stage of...

Investment Market

CEE Boosted European Real Estate Investments in 2024

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has solidified its position as one of the key drivers of European real estate investment, closing 2024 with some of the largest deals in...

Office Leasing

Reduced flexibility drives employee exodus, recruiters warn

Recruiters have reported a talent exodus from companies now offering their employees less flexibility in where they work. Research among more than 500 in-house and agency recruiters revealed a...

Investment Market

Poland sees higher transaction volumes as investor sentiment improves

Poland’s commercial real estate market is showing strong signs of stabilisation. According to the report At a Glance. Investment Market in Poland, Q3 2024 from BNP Paribas Real Estate...

General

AI Adoption Hits 30% in Polish Real Estate & Construction

Drees & Sommer has unveiled key findings from recent regional market research1 in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. The study examines major digitalization trends, focusing on AI usage,...

Green Building

AI Transforms Energy Efficiency in Real Estate

In a progressive move toward sustainable real estate, Revelop has partnered with Myrspoven to significantly improve the energy efficiency of its properties. By implementing AI-powered optimization at the Nattvakterna...

Residential

JLL Unveils Key Insights on Poland’s Residential Market Trends

JLL’s forecast for Q3 2024 new flat sales in major markets in Poland has proven accurate, with most cities experiencing a downturn compared to Q2 2024. The number of...

Investment Market

EuropaProperty Celebrates Excellence at the 14th Annual CEE Investment Awards

EuropaProperty successfully hosted its 14th annual CEE Investment Awards at the prestigious Intercontinental Hotel in Warsaw, Poland. The event gathered around 350 senior professionals from the European and Central...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Panattoni completes warehouse park in Lower Silesia

Panattoni has completed the construction of a new 50,300 sqm park in Bolesławiec, Poland. Toyota Boshoku Poland is the first tenant in Lower Silesia’s development. Toyota Boshoku Poland is...

Investment Market

Semi-Finalists Announced for the 14th Annual CEE Investment Awards

EuropaProperty is excited to reveal the semi-finalists for the highly anticipated 14th Annual CEE Investment Awards. Set to take place on October 29th, 2024, at the InterContinental Hotel in...

Investment Market

Savills: Poland’s Investment Market Amid Global Shifts

Savills, in its newly published IMPACTS 2024 report, analyzes key trends in the global real estate market. This annual report, which attracts the attention of investors worldwide, highlights several...

Coffee with Craig

Shortlist Announced for the 6th Annual CRE Awards

EuropaProperty.com is excited to reveal the shortlist for the 6th annual CRE Awards, recognizing the top buildings, companies, real estate deals, and industry professionals across the international markets of...

Green Building

Meeting Science-Based Targets in the Real Estate Sector

As the pressure to mitigate climate change grows, the real estate sector must step up and align its activities with global climate objectives. The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) provides...

Residential

Student Housing in Europe: Rents Soar Above Inflation as Occupancy Rates Grow

The latest edition of the BONARD Investment Intelligence Report analyses the most recent figures on rental growth in the European Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector. According to BONARD’s data,...

Residential

Lease by Choice Rather Than Ownership

Research shows that Polish residents are increasingly willing to rent apartments for extended periods, provided landlords offer high-quality housing and foster environments where social ties can flourish. When a...

Hotels

Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Major Expansion by 2026

The demand on the Bucharest hotel market in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2023 had experienced an increase of 3 percent, however,...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Poland’s industrial market is picking up

The overall volume of lease transactions in the Polish industrial sector in H1 2024 was 2.7 million sqm. This result was primarily based on extensions, which accounted for around...

Retail News

Significant growth for Europe´s food and grocery market ahead

According to Savills research “European Grocery Market 2024“ the European grocery sector has a positive growth outlook for the coming years. Improving consumer confidence, inflation slowly returning to target...

Investment Market

Polish investment market rebounds in Q2

In the first half of 2024, the investment market in Poland recorded a noticeable increase in investor activity. The transaction value reached over €1.65 billion, representing an 86.5 percent...

Office Leasing

No significant changes to Warsaw’s office market

Stable demand, low supply of new offices, and few vacancies—this briefly describes the current situation in the Warsaw market, says real estate advisory Walter Herz. Just under 11 percent...

Retail News

MAPIC 2024 TO SHOWCASE SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION

This year’s edition of MAPIC, the premier international retail real estate event, will prioritize sustainability as a key conference theme. With global retailers under continued pressure to embrace the...

Residential

Savills reveals World’s most desired Second Home Locations

According to the Savills Prime Residential Index: World Second Home Locations report, the French Riviera (Côte d’Azur) is the world’s most desired place for second homes. Followed by Monaco,...

Office Leasing

The office market adapts to changes

The hybrid work model and European ESG-related regulations are changing the office market in Poland, but demand for space remains high – this is the picture that emerges from...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Activity surge expected in Poland’s industrial and warehouse sectors

According to the report “Industrial and Warehouse Market in Poland, Q1 2024”, released by real estate advisory firm Newmark Polska, the Polish warehouse and industrial market saw less than...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Polish Industrial and Logistics Market Leads Europe in Growth

With 2.32 million sqm of industrial and logistics space under construction, Poland is the top European market for development activity, says the latest quarterly report from BNP Paribas Real...

Hotels

Unlocking Potential: A new investment opportunity in the Croatian hospitality sector

The only hotel in the Croatian national park – Hotel Odisej – is now for sale Adriatic Luxury Hotels (ALH), a premier hotel group with a portfolio of luxurious...

Finance

Advancing sustainable finance in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe

The European Investment Bank (EIB) released the extensive research conducted by the Vienna Initiative working group on climate change and financial stability, entitled Greening the financial sector: A Central,...

Investment Market

A window of investment opportunity is opening in Polish real estate

Experts gathered at ULI Poland’s annual Game Changers in the Real Estate World conference agreed that current market conditions are creating a window of opportunity for real estate investors...

Featured Article

How AI and flexible work models will reshape the commercial property market

A 4-day work week is becoming an increasingly hot topic. Although in Poland it still appears to be a thing of the future, recent years have shown how quickly...

Featured Article

EuropaProperty’s 19th SEE Real Estate Awards delivers a night of triumph in Bucharest

EuropaProperty has concluded its 19th annual SEE Real Estate Awards at the Intercontinental Athenee Palace Bucharest Hotel, maintaining its unbroken tradition since its inception. The event hailed as a...

Featured Article

NEPI Rockcastle CEO Rüdiger Dany to receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Rüdiger Dany joined NEPI Rockcastle in July 2021. He became Interim CEO in February 2022 and CEO in June of that year, leading the company through a period of...

Investment Market

Bucharest’s rebounding hotel market encouraging trend for investors

While the average hotel occupancy level across the CEE-6 capitals – including Bucharest, Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, Sofia, and Warsaw – in 2023 lagged 2019 by 9 percent, the ADR...

Investment Market

Real estate is at a ‘pivot point’ globally say ULI and PwC

Despite the monetary headwinds and continued economic uncertainty around the world, there is a strong belief that the global real estate industry is at a ‘pivot point’, with improving...

Green Building

2024 Brings Shifts in Sustainable Development Roles

As decarbonization influences the global ESG matrix, sustainable development priorities face a major switch worldwide. The year 2024 marks concrete facts and changes in the role of decarbonization strategies...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Poland’s industrial market slows but remains strong

After the very successful years of 2021 and 2022, known as the golden period of development of the industrial market in Poland, 2023 was a period of greater challenges...

Office Leasing

Poland’s office market attracts investor interest amid favorable trends and challenges

With financing costs declining as expected, rental values increasing steadily and investors becoming accustomed to the geopolitical situation, the Polish office real estate market might attract more interest from...

Investment Market

Poland’s investment market restricted by geopolitical backdrop

According to experts from BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland who released “At A Glance – Investment Market in Poland, Q4 2023”, Poland’s economic outlook remains stable but the global...

Featured Article

RICS launches new resource to support ESG valuation across Europe

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is launching a new data list, alongside a thought leadership paper which explores and aids valuers in incorporating ESG into their work....

Retail News

Deichmann, Popeyes, and Kaufland Shine Bright at CEE’s Premier Awards Ceremony

The 16th edition of the CEE Retail Awards, hosted by EuropaProperty, made a significant impact on the retail industry, providing a boost to the ever-evolving commercial retail real estate...

Green Building

Is there a need for sustainable urban mixed-use developments, Dystopia or Utopia?

One of the first arguments which can be evidenced is that more than half of the world’s population now live in urban areas and with the continuation of urbanisation...

Retail News

Kaufland – The retail footfall anchor in CEE

The real estate markets have been shaken. The challenges deriving from a new interest rate environment are continuing to determine investor behaviour. To start the transaction market engine again...

General

MIPIM Challengers: First cohort announced for MIPIM 2024

The first cohort of 16 MIPIM Challengers, a new initiative that will invite a group of young built environment professionals to MIPIM 2024 to challenge the real estate industry,...

Office Leasing

Flex office market outlook: ESG and best-in-class space to increase in importance

Despite significant headwinds across the global economy, the European flexible office market has remained largely resilient throughout 2023, says Workthere.pl. In 2024, the flexible office specialist expects operators to...

Retail News

Region’s flagship retail event open for nominations

Recognized as the market standard for retail success in Central and Eastern Europe, Europaproperty is honoured to host and present the 16th annual CEE Retail Real Estate Awards Gala....

Office Leasing

Office demand remains stable in Poland

After a supply gap, stable quarterly take-up, remote working in the Labor Code, prop-tech, ESG, and demolitions – advisory firm, AXI IMMO, has presented the six key trends on...

Investment Market

Hines unveils key industry signals, market challenges, and sector opportunities

Hines released its 2024 Global Investment Outlook report titled, “Disciplined Capital, Prospects Ahead.” The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of the commercial real estate market...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Poland’s industrial and logistics market in transitional phase

The Polish industrial and logistics market is in a transitional phase between economic shifts. Take-up for warehouse space declined primarily in the first half of 2023, with a resurgence...

Retail News

Pařížská is again the most expensive retail street in CEE

In this year’s 33rd edition of the Cushman & Wakefield Main Streets Across the World ranking, the Czech Republic placed 19th. The survey compares nearly 50 countries around the...

Office Leasing

Exploring Belgrade’s Potential: A Long-Term Perspective in the Real Estate Market

Serbia, particularly Belgrade, is becoming an inevitable market for investors interested in this part of Europe. In our interview with Jelena Radulović, Director of iO Partners for the Balkan...

Office Leasing

Poland’s regional cities see demand for office space grow

New office supply reached nearly 236,000 sqm in Poland’s key regional cities in Q1-Q3 2023, says international real estate advisory firm Savills. Gross take-up for the same period amounted...

Hotels

Hotels must improve ESG credentials and reduce carbon footprint says report

Cushman & Wakefield and CMS presented the key findings from the fourth edition of their joint report on the hotel investment scene in CEE: Getting Real about ESG in...

Investment Market

Semi-Finalists Revealed for the 13th Annual CEE Investment Awards

We’re thrilled to unveil the highly anticipated 13th annual EuropaProperty CEE Investment Awards shortlist. This prestigious event celebrates outstanding achievements in investment, development, and sustainability across the region. The...

Investment Market

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 5TH ANNUAL CRE AWARDS

EuropaProperty is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 5th annual CRE Awards recognising the best buildings, companies, real estate deals and industry professionals across the international markets of...

Retail News

Retail vacancy rates gradually falling

According to the latest data from Cushman & Wakefield, the average retail vacancy rate in Poland’s largest cities currently stands at 3.5 percent, down by 1.2 pp year-on-year. More...

Office Leasing

Warsaw joins top 5 European cities for flex office take-up

According to the latest research from Savills and its flexible office specialist Workthere, London City remains the most active flexible office market in Europe with the sector accounting for...

Residential

Where will students live, and how much will they have to pay?

With the new academic year approaching, thousands of students are stepping up their search for accommodation. Meanwhile, Cushman & Wakefield has identified that, given the current bed provision in...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Logistics Yields Bottoming Out, Rental Growth Continues

The investment market remained in its shock-frozen state during the first half of 2023 after the inflation rate and subsequent interest rate adjustments had significantly altered the parameters for...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Total warehouse and industrial stock in Poland exceeds 30 million sqm

According to the “Occupier Insight – Industrial and Warehouse Market in Poland H1 2023”, a report prepared by real estate advisory firm Newmark Polska, in the second quarter of...

Office Leasing

Demand for offices in Poland’s regional cities gradually recovering

Cushman & Wakefield has summarized the first half of the year on the Polish office market. Leasing activity gradually recovered in Poland’s regional city office markets. Looking to the...

Green Building

Banks and clients demand measurable sustainability data says Urbanity Real Estate Group

Urbanity Real Estate Group has presented its first ESG report. The company’s new system for evaluating sustainability data is intended to enable it not only to better monitor and...

Investment Market

Investors remain patient in preparation for a market rebound

In the first two quarters of 2023, the volume of investment in the Polish real estate market was about €870 million. This result is 70 percent lower than the...

Office Leasing

Warsaw continues to see many office transactions

According to data from real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, occupier activity in Warsaw recovered during the second quarter of 2023, as evidenced by the number of office...

Residential

Eurozone housing market and home affordability – still too expensive

The Eurozone housing market is feeling the pinch as demand for housing loans plunges and the ECB keeps hiking interest rates, according to a new report from Allianz Trade....

Office Leasing

Occupiers focusing on location, energy and environmental efficiency

According to “Office Occupier – Warsaw Office Market”, a report published by real estate advisory firm Newmark Polska, key themes defining the Warsaw office market in the first half...

Investment Market

Czech industrial market has high investment stability

According to Savills latest European Logistics Outlook, industrial investment volumes, which totalled €5.1 billion, declined by 49 percent q-o-q and by 73 percent compared to Q1 2022, which was...

Retail News

13 new brands have arrived in Czechia so far this year

According to currently available data, 13 new brands have arrived in the Czech retail market in the first six months of this year. Most of them are in the...

Retail News

Cautious optimism in Poland’s retail market

According to a new report by JLL, total retail space under construction in Poland totalled 387,000 sqm at the end of Q1, with 69 percent generated by retail parks....

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Czech Republic among top 3 countries in industrial investment stability

According to Savills’ latest European Logistics Outlook, industrial investment volumes, which totalled €5.1 billion, declined by 49 percent q-o-q and by 73 percent compared to Q1 2022, which was...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Poland’s new warehouse supply hits an all-time high in Q1

Warehouse deliveries in Poland reached a historic high in the first quarter of the year, reveals the latest report from Cushman & Wakefield. Despite occupier activity remaining on a...

Residential

“Dramatic market turnaround will become even more visible in 2023”

RE/MAX Europe, the real estate company that sells more property than any other company on the continent has identified the four major trends that are expected to shape the...

Investment Market

CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS AT THE FIRST ANNUAL BALTIC REAL ESTATE AWARDS

The Radisson BLU Hotel in Sopot, Poland, hosted the inaugural Baltic Real Estate Awards, organized by EuropaProperty. The awards ceremony was a resounding triumph, warmly received by all the...

Retail News

By 2030 luxury retail market expected to be worth €580 billion

The fifth edition of the Global Luxury Retail report by Savills International presents a detailed analysis of the luxury retail market and new store openings worldwide, with a focus...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

ctp to invest €600 million in poland and germany

CTP, Europe’s largest listed developer, owner, and manager of industrial and logistics properties by gross lettable area (GLA), has unveiled plans to invest €600 million in the coming years...

Office Leasing

ESG concerns and tight occupancy shape Poland’s office landscape

In the first quarter of 2023, developers focused on Poland’s regional markets. Kraków, Wrocław, and Tri-City have been enriched with new office spaces. Meanwhile, no new office buildings were...

Investment Market

Investor sentiment in CEE remains subdued while Romania mostly bucks that trend

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Commercial Property Monitor Q1 2023 – Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) data – reports that the region, much like the wider European...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Raben Group launches Eurohub network

The first quarter of 2023 brought groundbreaking changes to the structure of Raben Group. Six locations in Germany, Poland and Czechia have gained Eurohub status and the competence to...

Retail News

A strong start to the year for the Polish retail market

According to the latest report from global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, the Polish retail market got off to a flying start in 2023, with over 100,000...

Investment Market

WINNERS CELEBRATE AT THE 18TH ANNUAL SEE REAL ESTATE AWARDS

EuropaProperty has completed the 18th annual SEE Real Estate Awards at the Radisson BLU Hotel in Bucharest, Romania. The awards gala was heralded as a great success and was...

Office Leasing

Office Landlords Must Act Before 3/4 of Space Risks Obsolescence By 2030

More than three-quarters (76 percent) of Europe’s office buildings are at risk of obsolescence by the end of this decade unless landlords invest in improvements or find alternative uses...

Retail News

Redeveloped Promenada opens in Warsaw

The next stage of Promenada shopping centre has been completed. It involved the modernisation of the shopping centre, a flagship project in the portfolio of G City Europe (formerly...

Retail News

Promenada in Warsaw will reopen to the public on March 30th

The renovation works at the Promenada shopping centre are nearly finished! On 30th March, this state-of-the-art shopping centre in Warsaw will reopen to customers. The centre boasts a modern...

General

Industry embraces actions to deliver ESG agenda at MIPIM 2023

23,000 delegates representing 90 countries gathered in Cannes for MIPIM, the international real estate event that brings political leaders and the real estate community together to find solutions to...

Investment Market

Poland’s PRS market attracts more than €1.8 billion in investment

The estimated value of transactions in the Polish institutional rental market exceeded €1.8 billion at the end of 2022, most of which were contracts for projects under development (forward...

Investment Market

CEE commercial real estate investment volume hits €10.7 billion

According to Cushman & Wakefield, 2022 witnessed a recovery in commercial real estate investment activity in CEE, with the year closing marginally up compared to the previous year. Total...

Featured Article

ESG awareness is growing

ESG measures are becoming a focal point of business strategy for most organisations. This change is being driven, among other things, by the growing ESG awareness among stakeholders, the...

Retail News

RETAIL EXCELLENCE HONOURED AT THE 15th ANNUAL CEE RETAIL AWARDS

Fashion retailers, cosmetic brands and supermarket chains provide the winning formula in Central and Eastern Europe’s premier retail awards ceremony. Developers of retail parks, convenience stores and refurbishments also...

General

Cities of Tomorrow is back on

A new year, a new Cities of Tomorrow – the 11th edition of the event for sustainable development of Romanian cities and regions dedicated to the quality of life....

Green Building

Romania takes important step towards net zero energy building

As of February 2023, new technical regulations regarding the methodology for calculating the energy performance of buildings will enter into force in Romania. Thus, the Romanian construction market will...

Investment Market

Global investment activity not likely to rebound until H2 2023

In its global real estate outlook for 2023, the Savills World Research team says that capital value increases in most real estate sectors around the world in 2023 will...

Featured Article

Are mixed-use complexes the future of Polish cities?

Real estate complexes combining multiple functions, i.e. mixed-use, are gaining more and more importance in the eyes of developers, investors and, above all, the public, satisfying the need for...

General

MIPIM launches Road to Zero Area

MIPIM, the world’s largest international real estate event, has launched the Road to Zero area to accelerate the transformation of the built environment towards a more sustainable model. The...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Newmark summarizes Polish industrial market

In 2022, the industrial market remained one of the fastest-growing real estate sectors in Poland despite supply chain disruptions that sent rents and construction costs rising. 2023 is shaping...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Despite challenges, warehouses are doing well

A pandemic, high inflation, rising prices for materials and contractors, and consequently, an increase in starting rental rates concerned the warehouse sector in 2022. Despite the difficulties, the logistics...

Investment Market

Urban Industrial & logistics, essential retail, affordable housing to be safest havens in 2023

The latest Savills Investment Management global investor outlook report highlights how investors need to go back to basics and assess the fundamentals in order to weather what is likely...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Czechia ranks among top ten manufacturing destinations

The Czech Republic maintained its top ten global rankings this year in the annual Manufacturing Risk Index (MRI) compiled by Cushman & Wakefield, which assesses criteria such as operating...

Green Building

ESG is the New Value Driver for Business and Real Estate

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) represent important challenges and opportunities of our time. ESG is a value driver, as investors increasingly apply these factors to identify future risks and...

Investment Market

Offices most traded asset type in the CEE-15 countries

The investment volume for office assets accounted for €2.5 billion which was 42 percent of the total investment volume in H1 2022 in the CEE-15 region. Office investment dominated...

General

Tough year ahead say experts in ULI and PwC annual survey

Real estate business confidence and expectations of profitability have dropped to a low level, reflecting widespread industry concerns across an array of indicators for the business, political and real...

Investment Market

European PBSA investments increase by 130% y-o-y

According to Savills, the total investment volume for Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) in Europe reached €11.7 billion in the first three quarters of 2022, a 130 percent increase...

Featured Article

Fast strategies vs long-term vision – insights from the Rebuild Ukraine Forum at EXPO Real

The impact of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine has been a hot topic in the real estate business community since the spring of 2022. The ongoing war has...

General

Winners announced at the 4th Annual CRE Awards

Budapest, Hungary, – Today the financial and economic challenges for the commercial real estate market can be more uncertain and demanding than ever, but, despite this, so many companies...

Investment Market

Short-list announced for the 12th Annual CEE Investment Awards

EuropaProperty is proud to host the 12th annual EuropaProperty CEE Investment Awards. This annual spectacle is one of the most important and valuable real estate events in Central and...

Investment Market

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 4th ANNUAL CRE AWARDS

EuropaProperty is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 4th annual CRE Awards recognising the best buildings, companies, real estate deals and industry professionals across the international markets of...

General

43% increase in take-up across 11 EMEA data centre markets in Q2 2022

DC Byte, a data centre research and analytics platform, has shared the latest insights from its Q2 2022 ‘Data Centre Report’, published in partnership with Knight Frank. The Q2...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Warehouse property costs in Prague rise 35.8% due to exceptionally low vacancy

The average cost of warehouse property increased 8.4 percent between June 2021 and June 2022 across 52 global markets, says Savills, as demand surged for industrial and logistics space...

Investment Market

What’s HOT and what’s NOT on CEE’s investment markets?

Avison Young has compiled a report analysing investment activity for the first half of the year in the CEE region together with AY offices in Czechia, Hungary and Romania....

Office Leasing

Rising demand brings optimism to the Polish office market

The Polish office market has more than 12.6 million sqm of modern space at the end of Q2 2022. Traditionally, Warsaw remains the leader in total stock, with eight...

Residential

Poland’s residential sector sees significant drop in demand

In the second quarter of this year, a total of 9,200 new apartments were sold in Poland’s six largest markets, 11.7 percent less than in the previous quarter and...

Office Leasing

Warsaw’s office market sees strong occupier activity amid falling vacancy rates

At the end of June 2022, Warsaw’s total office stock amounted to about 6.27 million sqm. Occupier activity accelerated while the vacancy rate continued its downward trend – these...

Office Leasing

Employers embrace hybrid working model

The number of employers opting for hybrid working is rising, reveals Cushman & Wakefield’s survey “What’s the Future of the Office?” Three in five employers (59 percent) will ultimately...

Investment Market

Poland’s investment market stays on course despite rocky road

In these challenging times, investors are closely following the turmoil in Europe, the economy and its long‑lasting consequences. In spite of the record-high inflation as well as continuously rising...

Retail News

MAPIC 2022 returns to unveiling the new face of retail

MAPIC, the landmark event of the retail real estate industry, will showcase the new face of retail emerging from the Covid crisis. A rich programme of conference sessions and...

Green Building

Social impact investing can apply to all real estate and become best practice over time

All real estate investment and development have the potential to deliver social impact, according to a new report by Urban Land Institute (ULI) in partnership with global law firm...

Green Building

Community and urban driven expertise to shape the future of real estate

Affordable housing is one of the biggest challenges, that the market is facing right now, fueled by growing interest rates and inflation. Our cities need urban regeneration to provide...

Retail News

Annual CBRE Shopping Centre Index puts Czech retail market under the microscope

CBRE has published the results of its extensive Shopping Centre Index analysis, which annually assesses the performance of regional shopping centres over the past year. The main criteria are...

Green Building

EPP introduces ESG strategy and releases its first report

EPP, the largest asset manager of retail real estate located in Poland, and the entity managing and co-owner of six office projects, implemented a sustainable development strategy in 2021....

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Nearshoring, e-commerce and new investment create warehouse demand

The timely delivery of suitable industrial and warehouse space is the biggest challenge the logistics market will face in the quarters ahead. Poland’s vacancy rate is at a record...

Office Leasing

Poland’s office stock tops 12.5 million sqm

Cushman & Wakefield has published a summary of the first quarter of 2022 on the largest office markets in Poland. New supply rose by 60 percent year-on-year, while the...

Featured Article

Growth Seen Across Core Real Estate Sectors For First Time Since 2019

Cushman & Wakefield’s latest DNA of Real Estate research, covering trends in prime rents and yields across Europe, highlights further strengthening in leasing and investment markets in the first...

Investment Market

Strong first quarter for Poland’s investment market

Poland’s investment market is facing new challenges due to the war in Ukraine. The end of the first quarter of the year was partly influenced by the new geopolitical...

Retail News

Welcome back retail

Between the pandemic, the war, rising prices and increasingly frequent warnings of recession — these are the conditions in which the retail sector operated in the first quarter of...

Featured Article

CEE real estate market resilient to socio-economic changes

The CEE real estate investment market has been on the radar of many market watchers over the past year. But the war in Ukraine, inflation uncertainty, increasing construction costs,...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Modern industrial stock in the Czech Republic almost at 10 million sqm

The Industrial Research Forum has released the Czech Republic’s Industrial Market Figures for Q1 2022. The Industrial Research Forum was established in 2010 with its aim to provide clients...

Investment Market

Investment volumes for CEE up 6 percent y-o-y

The construction, operation, financing, development and acquisition of commercial property in 2022 and beyond will continue to be impacted by the price of fuel, energy and construction materials. This...

Residential

Minimalism at a price

With prices still on the rise, buyers of apartments in Poland are adopting a realistic approach rather than wishful thinking in finding a property. The most noticeable change in...

General

EuropaProperty completes the 17th annual SEE Real Estate Awards in Bucharest

AFI Europe, Forte Partners, One United Properties and Alesonor all took home big prizes on the night, collecting multiple awards across all the main investment, development and project categories....

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“We are long-term partners” Interview with Hay Galis, CEO of BIG Shopping Centers

BIG was founded in 1994. The company made a name for itself through the development and operation of shopping centres and retail parks, mainly in Serbia and the neighbouring...

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MIPIM returns to Cannes for largest real estate event since 2019

Around 20,000 delegates from over 80 countries gathered at the global real estate conference MIPIM. The event heralded the return to face-to-face networking and in-person events for the international...

Featured Article

Significantly increased short- and long-term uncertainty predominates markets

In the context of a second major economic shock from the war in Ukraine and continuing inflationary concerns, Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Global Outlook 2022 focuses on the global...

Office Leasing

Limited office space offers in Prague

Colliers, a leading provider of diversified professional services in commercial real estate and investment management, published a survey of the Prague office market for Q4 2021. It shows that...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Polish industrial market ends 2021 on a record high

Interest in new space on the industrial market continues to grow. Developers are acting at an increasingly fast pace to respond to emerging needs. As a result, supply and...

Investment Market

Busy year-end for Czech investment market

According to Savills latest report, the last quarter of 2021 was the busiest of the year for commercial real estate investment, with 30 closed transactions and a total volume...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Warehouses set for another record-breaking year

After a very successful 2021, the Polish warehouse market continues to power ahead. In addition to the big five, new well-connected locations are coming up on developers’ radars. The...

Investment Market

Investment volumes in CEE continue to rise

In 2021, commercial property investment volumes in CEE continued to trend upwards, increasing 6.9 percent in 2020. However, they still remained 15 percent below the five-year rolling average. Industrial...

Retail News

IMMOFINANZ, Trei Real Estate, and the CCC Group all win big at the 14th annual CEE Retail Awards

Investor and developer IMMOFINANZ, Retail Group CCC, and developer Trei Real Estate all win multiple accolades at Central Eastern Europe’s top retail awards ceremony. Recognizing the importance of Central...

Retail News

EuropaProperty unveils short-list for the 14th annual CEE Retail Real Estate Awards

Semi-final results are now in for the upcoming EuropaProperty CEE Retail Real Estate Awards showcasing and recognising some of the most accomplished projects, companies, retailers and individuals from the...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Re-shoring, automation and remote working set to change the shape of Europe’s logistics sector

Warehouse occupiers are prioritising the shortening of supply chains to mitigate business risks, a trend that is likely to dominate the demand for warehouse space in Europe for the...

Investment Market

Retail investing across Europe is set to get competitive

Following years of turmoil in retail, 2022 will bring rental growth and increased investment capital to the sector across Europe, according to Savills. The international real estate advisor said...

Retail News

Small shopping centres and retail parks in CEE are growing in importance

Discount retailers predicted to find Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) market very attractive as evidence shows shoppers have favoured the ‘value for money’ approach these retailers provide – reveals...

Featured Article

Race for quality office assets in major cities spurred by ESG and limited supply

Colliers revealed 67 percent of EMEA investors (and 60 percent of global investors) chose quality office assets in major markets as their top strategy picks. European cities like London,...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Full steam ahead for Poland’s industrial and logistics sector

The latest report by BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland shows that in the first three quarters of this year, record demand for warehouses was noted, amounting to almost 4.8...

Office Leasing

Pandemic unleashes an office fit-out revolution

The Covid-19 pandemic has unleashed another revolution in office design in Poland. Companies attract employees by focusing on their comfort and safety. Over the past 18 months, the situation...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

What plots and locations attract the most interest?

The current level of buying activity on the warehouse market shows that lands for warehouse and industrial projects remain in high demand. It is being driven by several overlapping...

Investment Market

EMEA Prime Logistics Yields Close To Converging On Retail

The rampant growth in rents across the logistics sector continues amid a broader recovery in markets as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic begin to wane, according to Cushman...

Investment Market

Momentum builds throughout EMEA property markets in Q3

Investment in European property continued to gain momentum in Q3 with the return of big-ticket deals in major markets across the region, according to the latest market snapshot for...

Featured Article

Urban Land Institute and PwC find significant post-pandemic leap in confidence

Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2022, the 19th annual survey by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PwC of European real estate sector leaders’ expectations for the year...

General

Region’s investment and associated sectors celebrated at annual CEE Investment Awards

EuropaProperty has completed its 11th annual CEE Investment Awards at the Intercontinental Hotel in Warsaw. The awards gala was heralded a great success and were well-received by all the...

Featured Article

Is there a green future ahead?

The non-residential green building market is projected to grow by 9 percent a year from $69.01 billion in 2021 to $110.52 billion in 2025. How does the warehouse industry...

Investment Market

Multifamily firmly establishes itself as Europe’s second biggest real estate sector

According to Savills, European multifamily is now firmly established as Europe’s second-biggest real estate sector. At €24.1 billion, it captured 23 percent of the investment activity in H1 2021...

Green Building

Green office spaces are increasingly valued by employees

The rapidly growing trend of biophilic design, i.e. restoring nature to human surroundings, accompanies us both in commercial and private spaces. The introduction of natural materials, lighting and, of...

Office Leasing

Business services in Poland now occupy 3.5 million sqm of office space

The BSS sector is driving growth in Polish cities and dominates the regional office landscape. Companies from this sector account for more than half of leased space outside of...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Poland’s industrial and logistics market is region’s most attractive

Advisory firm AXI IMMO in cooperation with its international alliance of partners Gerald Eve prepared the second edition of the guide to the European industrial and logistics real estate...

Office Leasing

The talents that employers fight for on the market

The office is evolving. After months of lockdown, employees now want their workspaces to be comfortable, cosy and less formal. And with lots of greenery in the office and...

Investment Market

Investor sentiment across the CEE region remains strong but volumes are down

According to Colliers, the CEE markets continue to feel some impact on transactional activity with flow volumes down ca. 22 percent Y-o-Y. Poland captured more than half of all...

Investment Market

Why Central and Eastern Europe is the property frontier for SA REITs

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has attracted significant interest from South African investors in real estate who have sought to diversify their portfolios and satisfy their appetite for yield-enhancing...

Office Leasing

Developers shifting into a higher gear on Riga’s office market

Take-up on the Riga office market in the first half of 2021 reached pre-pandemic levels. Seeing the market’s potential, investors are moving ahead with office development projects focused on...

Featured Article

MDC² to develop speculative project in the Upper Silesia region

MDC2 – a warehouse and industrial developer operating on the Polish market, acquired a new development site that will accommodate a warehouse and logistics project in the Upper Silesia...

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Strong H1 performance for Poland’s primary residential market

The primary market in Poland’s largest markets continued its record-breaking performance with 19,500 units sold in the second quarter of this year, resulting in the market’s best H1 result...

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Investment in European property gaining momentum in Q2

Colliers has issued its latest market snapshot for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), which shows a resurgence of interest in property markets in the second quarter amid...

General

The PRS market in the CEE region gathering pace and interest from investors

Residential volumes across the CEE region have been limited and averaged out annually at just over €200 million in the past 5 years. The balance between private, owner-occupied dwellings...

Investment Market

High liquidity for Poland’s investment market

Total investment volume in the first half of 2021 in Poland reached €2 billion, says Avison Young. Despite lower volume in comparison to previous years, the number of transactions...

Featured Article

Small Business Units show stable market growth

Colliers has published a report Small Business Units: Small warehouses with great potential. The publication answers a number of important questions about this segment of the industrial market, such...

Featured Article

Romanian hotel market expected to make a full recovery by 2024

The hotel market was by far one of the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to reach a full recovery, in this context, by 2024. In...

Featured Article

Hotel investors stick to key gateway cities

According to the latest report prepared by Cushman & Wakefield and CMS titled “Hotel Investment Scene in CEE – Overcoming the Pandemic & Bridging the Financial Gap”, in 2020,...

Featured Article

Entrepreneurs want to invest in city logistics

The results of the IPSOS survey commissioned by Frontier Estates Polska, in cooperation with Europaproperty.com, carried out among entrepreneurs, investors and professionals on the real estate market clearly confirm...

Office Leasing

Polish business service sector on the rise again

The uncertainty caused by the pandemic has directed investor attention to strategies based on nearshoring. The beneficiary of this trend, just as a decade ago, maybe Poland. The disruption...

General

CEE continues to perform in spite of COVID-19

CEE outperformed other EU countries in 2020 in terms of economics, hopefully returning to a strong income convergence to Western Europe in 2021, according to the report presented by...

Featured Article

Poland’s industrial market powers on

Astonishing gross take-up totalling 1.6 million sqm is the best ever quarterly result for Poland’s industrial market. Developers are also maintaining the pace with 2.3 million sqm under construction,...

Investment Market

Landmark transaction in Serbia: GTC sells office portfolio to Indotek Group

Globe Trade Centre has decided to sell its Belgrade office portfolio to the Hungarian investor Indotek Group. The proposed acquisition price is €267.6 million, exceeding the book value of...

Featured Article

BNP Paribas REIM strengthens its pan-European transactions strategy and governance

BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) has revealed the new governance of its Investment and Asset Management activities. Headed up by Sigrid Duhamel, Global Chief Investment Officer (CIO),...

Featured Article

Positive sentiment continues on the Polish industrial and warehouse market

According to “Occupier Insight – Industrial and Warehouse Market Q1 2021”, a report prepared by real estate advisory firm Cresa, gross industrial and warehouse take-up climbed to 1.6 million...

Featured Article

Poland is the third most popular location in the world for foreign investors

Poland came third in terms of the inflow of foreign direct investment. The country announced 30 projects worth $1.2 billion. In the international race, only the United States and...

Featured Article

Czech retail park stock tops 1 million sqm

A total of 23 retail park projects with a total area of almost 55,000 sqm were completed in the Czech Republic last year, with the volume of development exceeding...

Featured Article

Europe needs around 8.6 million sqm of warehouse space to meet parcel delivery demand

According to a recent report from Savills, an additional 8.6 million sqm of warehouse space is required by parcel companies in Europe between 2021 and 2025 to keep up...

Featured Article

Why are companies choosing to shift manufacturing to Poland?

Some companies are choosing to relocate production plants from Asia to Poland to diversify business activity and shorten supply chains. On the other hand, western firms are setting up...

Featured Article

AFI Europe and Forte Partners win big at EuropaProperty’s digitally enhanced 16th Annual SEE Real Estate Awards

Recognizing the importance of South-Eastern Europe’s investment and development markets EuropaProperty was proud to host the 16th annual EuropaProperty SEE Real Estate Awards ONLINE. The live event was simultaneously...

Featured Article

EuropaProperty announces the short-list for the SEE Real Estate Awards

The short-list for the upcoming 16th annual EuropaProperty SEE Real Estate Awards and CEO Networking Forum, Southern Eastern Europe’s premier commercial real estate event, dedicated to investment and development,...

Investment Market

Cushman & Wakefield predicts Sheds, Beds & Meds will be 2021 investment winners

“Sheds, Beds, Meds” and other alternative market sectors will dominate the EMEA investment agenda this year, as investors remain risk-averse, focusing on core markets with better long-term growth prospects...

Investment Market

South African Fortress REIT acquires two logistics parks in Poland

South African Fortress REIT has acquired two logistics parks in Bydgoszcz and Stargard from Griffin Property Finance. This is the first direct acquisition in Poland by Fortress REIT and...

Featured Article

EuropaProperty completes digitally enhanced gala to celebrate the region’s retail sector

Cosmetics retailer Hebe, and developers Equilis, Acteeum Group and TREI Real Estate all win multiple accolades at Central Eastern Europe’s top retail awards ceremony. Recognizing the importance of Central...

Investment Market

Savills identifies the top picks for investment in 2021

Savills predicts that core and core+ real estate investors will continue to be attracted by high specification office buildings in key European CBD locations with low vacancy rates such...

Featured Article

Frontier Estates sees steady growth prospects in Poland’s SBU sector

Frontier Estates, a notable European developer, intends to substantially improve the efficiency of storage, sales, office space and logistics for medium-sized e-commerce, light-production and tech clients in the Lower...

Office Leasing

Warsaw’s office market is changing

In 2020, office take-up hit its lowest level in ten years amid pandemic headwinds despite the largest-ever single lease contract signed to date and one of the highest volumes...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

CTP to build network of logistic parks in Poland, plans to invest €200 million in 2021

CTP, CEE’s largest industrial property developer, enters a strategic partnership with Poland-based MDC² to develop full-service business parks throughout Poland. Construction in the first three locations will start in...

Retail News

The pandemic is a catalyst for retail change

Close to 130,000 sqm was delivered to the market across all retail formats in Q4 2020, bringing last year’s total new supply to more than 340,000 sqm. Despite pandemic-related...

Finance

pbb successfully issued first Green Bond as Senior Preferred Benchmark

pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank successfully placed its first Green Bond as Senior Preferred Benchmark with a volume of €500 million on the capital markets. The Bond has a coupon of...

Office Leasing

Lease renewals and tech companies dominate in demand structure

In 2020, demand for office space in regional cities was 16 percent lower compared to 2019, the vacancy rate increased by 3.2 percent and the volume of office space...

Investment Market

Poland’s investment volume for 2020 was third-highest in history says Avison Young

COVID-19 has had a great impact on the economy as well as consumer behaviour, which has naturally influenced the property market. The pandemic unexpectedly accelerated changes noticed for the...

Office Leasing

Warsaw’s office market waiting for stabilisation

Tenant activity in 2020 was 31 percent lower than in 2019, with developers being much more cautious about launching new developments than in previous years. As a result, this...

Retail News

Twenty-five new retail brands entered the Czech market in 2020

Although the retail segment is among those affected the most by the coronavirus crisis, this does not show in the number of brands newly incoming to the Czech market,...

Featured Article

Do high streets have a chance of becoming an alternative to shopping centres?

Because of the pandemic, a significant number of Polish consumers are increasingly turning to smaller stores, which are located outside traditional shopping centres. Is this an opportunity for high...

Office Leasing

Top commercial real estate trends of 2021 to watch out for

With COVID-19 forcing the Real Estate sector to rethink the way they work, market demand for office space has rapidly changed. As a result, the focus of the office...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Warehouses were the top performing sector in 2020

The industrial and logistics sector has proved resilient to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Indeed, unlike most other parts of the Polish commercial real estate market, it has had a...

Investment Market

Yareal sells two office buildings in the LIXA complex

Yareal closed the final agreement for the sale of the first phase the LIXA complex, which opened its doors to tenants in November. This first stage of the investment...

Office Leasing

Is Poland’s office market heading towards oversupply?

The changing structure of demand for offices, and the increasing amount of space aimed at subtenants, raises the question of whether the office sector in Poland is facing the...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Poland remains one of the most attractive warehouse markets in Europe

The Gerald Eve International Alliance of real estate advisory firms, which AXI IMMO is a member of, has prepared a guide of the key industrial and logistics markets in...

Investment Market

S IMMO acquires two office buildings from Skanska in Bucharest

Skanska has sold the Campus 6.2 and 6.3 office buildings in Bucharest to S IMMO AG, an Austrian-based real estate company. This is the buyer’s first acquisition with Skanska...

Warehousing, Logistics and Industrial

Poland’s industrial sector displays resilience to pandemic

The industrial market is the fastest-growing commercial real estate sector in Poland, Cushman & Wakefield summarized in its latest report on the country’s industrial market in Q3 2020. Robust...

Investment Market

Savills IM identifies real estate opportunities resulting from the secular shift in capital markets

Central business district (CBD) offices, supermarkets and food-anchored retail parks, as well as logistics assets in key locations across Europe, will present attractive investment opportunities in 2021 as investors...

Investment Market

Demand for logistics real estate in the Baltics is growing fast new deal shows

Newsec in the Baltics advised on the sale of an 18,000 sqm logistics centre owned by BCP Logistics Property III of Norway. The current tenant Vinges Terminalas acquired the...

Investment Market

CEE markets record third highest real estate investment volume on record

According to Savills latest research, total property investment activity in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania for Q1-Q3 2020 was €7.6 billion, the third-highest volume on record,...

Retail News

Industry leaders place mixed use spaces, client experience and phygital at the heart of their strategies at MAPIC Digital live

Leaders in commercial real estate, retail and leisure have uncompromisingly analysed the transformation of their industry during two days of MAPIC Digital live – new for 2020, with the...

Investment Market