Investment & finance
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) marked a decisive turning point in 2025, moving from hesitation to execution as investment volumes surged to EUR 11.6 bln across the region’s six core markets, a 31 pct year-on-year increase according to the latest insights from Colliers. The rebound was driven by disciplined underwriting, stabilising pricing and the return of liquidity — increasingly led by domestic and regional investors.
Retail & leisure
The dm drugstore chain has opened a new store in the Avenida Poznań shopping centre, on ul. Stanisława Matyi. This is the 75th dm location in Poland, the 12th in Wielkopolska, and the third in Poznań.
Office & mixed-use development
At the end of 2025, the stock of modern office space in Kraków came to 1.84 mln sqm, according to data from Savills.
Retail & leisure
A Lidl Polska store has opened in the mixed-use AFI Home Metro Szwedzka complex in Warsaw's Praga-Północ district, developed by AFI Poland, next to the entrance to the metro.
Warehouse & industrial
CTP has completed the first stage of the CTPark Warsaw Janki industrial and logistics park in Puchały, near Warsaw. The completed building offers over 9,100 sqm gla.
Office & mixed-use development
The year 2025 confirmed a strong recovery in the Warsaw office market, while new supply continued to decline. Axi Immo reports that a supply gap remains in the market, particularly in central Warsaw locations.
Warehouse & industrial
Nowa Szkoła has renegotiated its lease and expanded within the Central European Logistics Hub in Łódź. The total area occupied by the tenant in the AEW owned logistics park will total 12,500 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
Demand for industrial and logistics space in Romania increased by 51 pct year-on-year in 2025, reaching 1.275 mln sqm. This was the second-highest ever figure for the market, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Investment & finance
Warsaw has emerged as one of the most attractive cities for investment in Europe in 2026, according to CBRE's 'European Investor Intentions Survey 2026'. The city ranked third in the ranking, trailing only London and Madrid.
Residential
Kajima Properties Europe has broken ground on a 517-bed Student Depot residence in Gdańsk. This will be the second Student Depot PBSA centre in the city.
Retail & leisure
The second expansion of the Pogoria Shopping Centre in Dąbrowa Górnicza has been completed.
Investment & finance
Although the volume of investment transactions in 2025 reached around EUR 4.5 bln, a 13 pct decrease compared to the previous year, the past 12 months were marked by significant structural changes states Cushman & Wakefield.
Residential
By the end of 2025, many residential projects launched in Warsaw in response to increased demand two years ago had been completed. This has contributed to a record high increase in the share of completed unsold units on offer to 19.6 pct, according to the latest data from CBRE and Tabelaofert.pl.
Hotels
Mercure, a brand owned by the Accor Group, has opened the Mercure Bucharest Cantemir in the centre of the city. The brand is also planning to debut in Oradea as well as in Khiva in Uzbekistan in 2026.
Warehouse & industrial
Power tool producer Makita has expanded its leased space at the MLP Pruszków II complex to around 18,000 sqm, nearly doubling its previously occupied area. The tenant is expected to move into its new space in mid-2026. Cushman & Wakefield supported the tenant in the transaction.
Following the sale of Millennium Tower I in Budapest, we took the opportunity to talk to CA Immo CEO, Keegan Viscius, to talk about the current sell-off in Hungary and CA Immo's further plans for the CEE
Warehouse & industrial
According to the latest data from the Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) at the end of Q4 2025, total modern industrial and logistics stock (including office space in these facilities) reached 36.6 mln sqm, with the largest markets being the Mazowieckie region (7.34 mln sqm), the Śląskie region (6.19 mln sqm), and the Dolnośląskie region (5.31 mln sqm).
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni is starting the next stage of Panattoni Park Warsaw South IV – a new 26,300 sqm warehouse will be built as part of the complex in Nadarzyn. The first tenant of the new building is sports store DZIK.
Residential
aHouse Development has just announced the start of two residential projects in Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw - Apartamenty Rusałki and Osiedle Montwiłła.
Office & mixed-use development
At the end of Q4 2025, the total stock of modern office space in Poland's eight main regional markets reached 6.72 mln sqm, according to the latest data from CBRE. The availability of vacant offices has decreased in most cities.
The Dance and Performing Arts Pavilion has opened in Warsaw's Powiśle district.
The Nhood Services Poland team has completed another round of public consultations for its mixed-use Wilanów Park development. Residents voiced their opinions on the proposed uses, services, and surroundings of Wilanów Park.
Polish cities and investors are preparing for the biggest change in spatial planning in two decades. By mid-2026, all municipalities must adopt general plans, which will replace existing zoning studies and become the primary document defining the framework for building location.
Warsaw has announced an architectural and urban planning competition for a development concept for 100 ul. Sobieskiego. The competition results will be announced in June 2026.
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr Studio in the city’s Palace of Culture and Science, with EurobuildCEE being one of the media patrons of the event.
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The façade of the building with its organic architecture will be covered with 140,000 plants.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Dejvice district (Prague 6).
Alto Real Estate, the owner of the Sky Park complex in Bratislava, has launched an architectural competition for its further development on an adjacent plot.
Okam has presented a concept for the development of the former FSO plant site in Warsaw's Żerań. Created in cooperation with the city and the WXCA architectural studio, the masterplan envisages the creation of 12,000 flats as well as a new 10-ha park.
Italian Studio Fuksas has won an international competition to design a trade fair and exhibition centre to be built in Tirana. The planned development is to be built on a 10,000-square-metre site on New Boulevard, in the centre of the city.
The City of Helsinki, Finland, has launched a tender competition to sell the Old Customs House in Katajanokka harbour area for redevelopment. The goal of the competition is to find a technically and economically feasible and architecturally outstanding solution for redeveloping the building.
Penta Real Estate is holding an architectural competition for the development of a 4.5 ha brownfield site that formed part of the former Juraj Dimitrov chemical works (known locally as ‘DImitrovka’ or ‘Dynamitka’) in Bratislava.
London-based studio Foster+Partners in a consortium with Buro Happold has won the competition to design the Solidarity Airport near Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
A modular construction research centre has been completed for Koma Modular in Vizovice, in the Czech Republic’s eastern Zlín region. The design of the facility is the work of Prague-based architectural studio Chybik+Kristof.
An international architectural and urban planning competition has been launched for the development of the ‘4th quadrant’ of Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Prague’s Dejvice district.
Penta Investment has launched an architectural and urban design competition for a site along the southern bank of the Danube River in Bratislava.
The Iulius group and Netherlands-based Atterbury Europe are to invest EUR 0.5 bln in a large-scale, mixed-use urban redevelopment project on the 14 ha site of the Carbochim abrasive products plant on the banks of the Someșul Mic river in Cluj-Napoca.
The Chybik + Kristof architectural studio has revealed its designs for Ostrava Tower in Ostrava city centre, which will be the tallest building in the Czech Republic.
Globalworth Foundation and the Igloo – Habitat and Architecture Association have extended the deadline extension for the ‘2031 NOW_our cities in 10 years’ student competition to February 1st 2022.
Penta Real Estate is to work together with developer PSN on the project that is to replace the former Transgas building in Prague’s Vinohrady district.
The Dance and Performing Arts Pavilion has opened in Warsaw's Powiśle district.
Dekpol Budownictwo is eentering Romania. In December 2025, the company signed an agreement with a developer to carry out design work for the first sta ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
GTC has signed a three-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ekovoltis, due to which all of the company's office buildings and shopping centres in ...
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
The December 2025 edition of EurobuildCEE magazine has now been published! And, as usual, it's filled with some fabulous interviews, market analysis, ...
On March 28th, the fourteenth Bieg na Szczyt is to be held at the Rondo 1 office building in Warsaw. Tower runners will have 38 floors to conquer, whi ...
Following the sale of Millennium Tower I in Budapest, we took the opportunity to talk to CA Immo CEO, Keegan Viscius, to talk about the current sell- ...
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Mercure, a brand owned by the Accor Group, has opened the Mercure Bucharest Cantemir in the centre of the city. The brand is also planning to debut in ...
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
A new 110/15 kV substation and power lines are under construction in Połaniec. The contractor for the project is Natipol Energy, part of the Olikol G ...
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) marked a decisive turning point in 2025, moving from hesitation to execution as investment volumes surged to EUR 11.6 ...
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
At the end of 2025, the stock of modern office space in Kraków came to 1.84 mln sqm, according to data from Savills.
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
The reconstruction of the historic Oleśnica railway station, dating back to 1868, is nearing completion. A dedicated passenger area has been created, ...
Kajima Properties Europe has broken ground on a 517-bed Student Depot residence in Gdańsk. This will be the second Student Depot PBSA centre in the ci ...
The dm drugstore chain has opened a new store in the Avenida Poznań shopping centre, on ul. Stanisława Matyi. This is the 75th dm location in Poland, ...
Polish technology company Rentujemy, which is involved in short-term rental management, is launching a co-hosting service. With this solution, the com ...
CTP has completed the first stage of the CTPark Warsaw Janki industrial and logistics park in Puchały, near Warsaw. The completed building offers over ...
Strong warehouse sector whilst capital cautious and offices yet to rebound
Strong warehouse sector whilst capital cautious and offices yet to rebound
Newmark Polska
Poland’s commercial real estate market enters 2026 in good health and with solid growth potential. Warehouses remain one of the strongest sectors in Europe, while constrained ...
The end of greenwashing as flex grows in strength
The end of greenwashing as flex grows in strength
Walter Herz
The office sector is entering a period of deeper qualitative and financial scrutiny. Decisions regarding new projects, refurbishments, or leasing are now supported by more thorough ...
The quiet revolution in Małopolska
The quiet revolution in Małopolska
Axi Immo
Developers across the region are increasingly favouring heat pumps and photovoltaic systems over traditional gas boilers in warehouse construction. This shift marks a growing commi ...