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:...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...
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....
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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),...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Katharsis Development sells HopStop Siedlce to LCP Properties
HopStop, a convenience retail park in Siedlce, has been sold by Katharsis Development, a Polish developer, to LCP Properties, a British investor. The seller was represented by Avison Young...
VGP and Allianz joint ventures complete a €424 million logistics portfolio purchase
VGP NV (‘VGP’) and Allianz Real Estate, acting on behalf of several Allianz Group companies, announced two successful closings between VGP and two of their 50:50 joint ventures, VGP...
CTP acquires 12 buildings from Cromwell Property Group portfolio located in CTPark Bucharest
CTP, the largest developer and long-term administrator of premium industrial and logistics parks in Romania and in Central and Eastern Europe, acquired 95,000 sqm of buildings from Cromwell Property...
18-34-year-olds to drive new living real estate demands across European cities
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly changing the property landscape across the world as cities are re-imagined. According to JLL’s latest European City Dynamics report, COVID-19 has altered many aspects...
While exercising caution, investors continue to show interest in commercial real estate throughout Poland
The value of investment transactions concluded on the commercial real estate market in Poland since the beginning of 2020 amounts to around €4 billion. Nearly half of the volume...
Honoring Excellence: Top Women in Real Estate 2025 Gala
The 8th edition of the Top Woman in Real Estate gala was recently held in the prestigious interiors of the Arche Krakowska Hotel in Warsaw. This exceptional event annually...
QUEENS District Office Receives BREEAM Excellent Certification for Design Phase
SPEEDWELL Development announced a major milestone for its QUEENS District Office project: the attainment of the BREEAM Excellent certification for its design phase, in collaboration with BuildGreen. Located in...
Octane and Peakside acquire two logistics parks from Panattoni
Octane Capital Partners, in partnership with Peakside Capital Advisors, has finalised the investment of two modern urban logistics parks from Panattoni. Located within the Warsaw metropolitan area, the properties...
New retail park for West Pomerania
Scallier opened a new retail park in Pyrzyce, located in the West Pomeranian Province of Poland. The project was developed through a strategic partnership between PKB Inwest Budowa, acting...
MLP Group kicks off construction of a new building for Sarantis Polska
MLP Group has officially inaugurated the construction of a new warehouse facility for Sarantis Polska, as part of the expansion of the MLP Pruszków II logistics park. The symbolic...
First Stage of Sady Żoliborz Granted Occupancy Permit
Matexi Polska has received the occupancy permit for the first stage of its Sady Żoliborz development, located in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district. Ready-to-move-in apartments and a commercial unit are still...
Baltic coastal region set to become leading production and energy hub
The Baltic coastal region is poised to become one of the leading industrial hubs not only in Poland but across the entire CEE region, says Newmark, with Northern Poland...
ZenGarden approaches full occupancy
ZenGarden, a premium inner-Buda office building managed by ConvergenCE, continued to strengthen its market position. A new international technology tenant has joined the building, while an existing occupier has...
Pactic Moves to CTPark Budapest Ecser Logistics Park
Pactic, a specialist in cross-border logistics, has signed a five-year lease agreement at CTPark Budapest Ecser Logistics Park, where the company will occupy nearly 3,000 sqm of industrial space....
Destination WITA Entering the Next Phase of Development
The development of the city-forming WITA project in Kraków, led by Echo Investment and Archicom, is gaining momentum. Advanced works are underway across all parts of this multifunctional complex...
Lighthouse office building sold in Warsaw
Avison Young and Colliers jointly advised Octava Property Trust on the sale of the Lighthouse office building. The buyer is an investor with Polish capital. Lighthouse was erected in...
