Germany German cities show resilience

Residential
The Empira Group has conducted a supply analysis of the residential property market in Germany's top 8 cities in the context of demographic and economic developments. The results of this analysis show that residential markets in German metropolitan areas are moving away from ownership towards rental.
The analysis identifies common features as well as specific differences and perspectives for the residential property markets of Germany’s top 8 cities, each with more than 600,000 inhabitants. The study criteria included demographic trends, economic development and employment patterns in the cities. The size of the housing stock, the volume of new construction and the volume of federal subsidies were also considered. In addition, the development of rents, valuation yields, and performance of
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Investment & finance

Hungary Westend mixed-use complex refinanced

schedule 28 July 2026
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Granit Pólus Group has completed the refinancing of the Westend mixed-use complex with a EUR 290 mln green loan, marking the largest real estate refinancing transaction in Hungary over the past five years and setting a new record for financing secured by a single property in the country.

Retail & leisure

Poland North Face opens in Designer Outlet Warszawa

schedule 28 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The North Face has opened its first and only outlet store in Poland at Designer Outlet Warszawa. The new 171 sqm store offers a range of outdoor clothing, footwear and accessories for hiking, mountain sports and everyday wear.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania CTP delivers logistics centre to LPP

schedule 28 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

 CTP has delivered a new 56,000 sqm distribution centre for LPP Logistics at CTPark Bucharest West.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland CTP signs up InterPadel

schedule 28 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

CTP has signed a ten-year lease agreement with InterPadel, which will open a new sports centre at CTPark Warsaw Janki. The development will comprise a standalone building of nearly 3,000 sqm, including nine padel courts.

Residential

Poland Portico Marina to be built by Alfa-Bet Polska

schedule 28 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Portico Marina Invest has appointed Alfa-Bet Polska as the general contractor for its Portico Marina residential development on the shores of Zegrze Lake. Construction is due to begin in August 2026, with completion scheduled for the third quarter of 2028.

Investment & finance

Poland Renaissance changes hands

schedule 28 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Syrena Real Estate has acquired the historic Renaissance Building in Warsaw's city centre, with financing from Bank Pekao.

Warehouse & industrial

Slovakia Industrial space almost 5 mln sqm

schedule 28 July 2026
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The Industrial Research Forum presents an overview of Slovakia's warehouse and industrial real estate market in Q2 2026. Total supply of modern industrial space reached 4.89 mln sqm. The gross take-up totalled 93,400 sqm, representing a 9 pct y-o-y decrease. The net take-up (excluding lease renegotiations) amounted to 66,600 sqm. The Vacancy rate increased slightly q-o-q to 7.80 pct. A total of 25,800 sqm of new space was delivered to the market in Q2 2026, while 265,800 sqm of space was under construction, with 37 pct already pre-leased. Prime rents stayed flat at EUR 5.30 per sqm per month.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Warsaw office development still subdued

schedule 28 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Warsaw’s office stock expanded by 45,210 sqm in H1 2026, driven by the completion of Studio A, Vena and the refurbishment of Przemysłowa 26-26a. While new office developments were completed in Q1, Q2 saw only the final phase of the refurbishment of Przemysłowa 26, according to the latest figures from Avison Young.

Hotels

Poland Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud

schedule 27 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Saltic, a Polish hotel developer and operator, has appointed Mirbud to construct its Saltic Zieleniec development in Duszniki-Zdrój with work to begin in early August 2026 and completion scheduled for July 2028.

Retail & leisure

Poland Victoria's Secret opens in Forum Gdańsk

schedule 27 July 2026

Victoria's Secret has announced the opening of a new store in Gdańsk. The lingerie and beauty retailer will welcome its first customers on 21st August 2026 at Forum Gdańsk shopping centre.

Retail & leisure

Poland Vision Express expands in Jurajska

schedule 27 July 2026
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Vision Express has moved to a larger store within the Galeria Jurajska shopping centre in Częstochowa, where it has introduced its latest 'Easy Vision' store concept.

Public buildings

Poland Dewin–Biberstein–Promnitz Castle to be restored

schedule 27 July 2026
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Agrobex Budowa has been appointed as the general contractor for the restoration of the Dewin–Biberstein–Promnitz Castle in Żary. The 13th-century landmark in western Poland's Lubusz region will be transformed into a new Centre for Culture and Tradition.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Demand rising for office space in Warsaw

schedule 27 July 2026
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The first half of 2026 saw a strong recovery in Warsaw’s office market from the occupiers’ side, despite development activity remaining extremely subdued, writes Newmark Polska in its latest 'Office Occupier – Office Market in Warsaw' report

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Panattoni Park Kielce fully leased

schedule 27 July 2026
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Panattoni has fully leased Panattoni Park Kielce just a few weeks after the project was completed. The last remaining space was leased as part of an expansion by one of the existing tenants – a market leader in logistics services.

Retail & leisure

Poland Multikino stays on in Rumia

schedule 27 July 2026
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The Multikino cinema chain has extended its lease at Galeria Rumia for a further15 years. The cinema has also been completely refurbished to bring it up to the Ultra LUX standard.

Warehouse & industrial

Lithuania YIT to build tank factory

schedule 27 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

YIT has signed an agreement with UAB Lithuania Defence Services to construct a Leopard 2A8 tank production and maintenance plant in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone. The total value of the design and build contract is around EUR 30 mln, and it will be recorded in the third-quarter order book.

Retail & leisure

POLAND Villa Nova bigger and longer in Vis à Vis Wilanów

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Medical clinic brand Villa Nova has extended and expanded its presence in the Vis à Vis Wilanów retail park in Warsaw’s Wilanów district.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND WTW picks V Tower for Polish HQ

schedule 24 July 2026
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Global insurance company WTW has leased 2,400 sqm of office space in V Tower in central Warsaw for its new Polish headquarters.

Investment & finance

POLAND Mokotowska Square sold to WB Group

schedule 24 July 2026
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Deka Immobilien has sold the Mokotowska Square office building in central Warsaw to a major tenant of the building, WB Electronics, for around EUR 39 mln.

Retail & leisure

Poland Over EUR 1 bln transacted in H1

schedule 24 July 2026
Opr./edited by AH

A total of ten retail real estate transactions worth nearly EUR 713 mln were completed in Poland in the second quarter of 2026. According to Cushman & Wakefield, this was more than five times the EUR 140 mln recorded in the same period last year.

Latest in Residential

schedule 28 July 2026

Portico Marina to be built by Alfa-Bet Polska

Portico Marina Invest has appointed Alfa-Bet Polska as the general contractor for its Portico Marina residential development on the shores of Zegrze Lake. Construction is due to begin in August 2026, with completion scheduled for the third quarter of 2028.

schedule 21 July 2026

Okam completes Inspire

The Inspire residential estate in Katowice's Three Ponds Valley has received occupancy permits for its final two stages, marking the completion of the entire project developed by Okam,  The estate now comprises 421 apartments in seven buildings.

schedule 21 July 2026

Takt Lirników enters the final development stage

Construction of the Takt Lirników residential development in Kraków has reached another major milestone. The project, being developed by Matexi Polska in the Podgórze Duchackie district, has now reached the shell and core stage, allowing work to move on to advanced mechanical and electrical installations, façade works and the interior fit-out.

schedule 20 July 2026

Dyfrakcja almost ready

The Dyfrakcja estate, under development by Duda Development, is entering its final construction stage.

schedule 17 July 2026

Atal launches Unii Lubelskiej

Atal has put 319 apartments on the market as part of its latest development in Poznań – Atal Unii Lubelskiej. The project is being built on ul. Heleny Tadeuszak in the city's Rataje district.

schedule 13 July 2026

Senate votes to standardise house price reporting

The Polish Senate has passed an amendment to the Act on the Protection of the Rights of Purchasers of Residential Units and Single-Family Homes and to the Developer Guarantee Fund. The new regulations do not change the obligation to publish the prices of homes on investment websites, but introduce a uniform method for submitting this data to the state portal dane.gov.pl.

schedule 10 July 2026

Develia to build Skorosze Vita

Develia has begun selling apartments in the new Skorosze Vita development in Warsaw's Ursus district.

schedule 10 July 2026

GN Group buiilds first student hall

Construction work has begun on a new student residence on ul. Pułaskiego in Poznań. The general contractor is WPIP Construction, and completion is scheduled for September 2027.

schedule 09 July 2026

Building permits a scarce resource

The increasing length of time it takes to issue building permits is changing the rules of the game in the Warsaw residential land market.

schedule 08 July 2026

Yareal builds in Żoliborz

Sales have been launched for 66 apartments in Yareal’s first project in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district.

schedule 08 July 2026

First stage of Nowa Praga completed

The first phase of the Nowa Praga residential development has been granted an occupancy permit, with apartment handovers soon to begin. The new development by Asbud comprises three residential buildings with 280 units of one to five rooms—ranging from 31 sqm to 125 sqm as well as one apartment with two floors.

schedule 06 July 2026

Pekabex to build for Mosaic

Pekabex has signed an agreement with Mosaic Łacina Studentliving, part of the Mosaic World Group, to build a student residence in Poznań . The project will be built near the Rataje roundabout and is expected to be completed before the start of the 2028/2029 academic year.

schedule 03 July 2026

Cavare commercialises Jankego apartments

Cavare is taking on the role of an independent PRS property operator. The company has opened a leasing office in Katowice at ul. Jankego 15, and has begun commercialising the 164-apartment complex.

schedule 29 June 2026

Alides announces project in Żoliborz

Belgian real estate investor and developer Alides, is planning a new project in Warsaw's Żoliborz district. The planned development will comprise around 10,500 sqm of usable space.

schedule 29 June 2026

Olivia Pulse to start rentals in Gdańsk

Olivia Centre has set up a company called Olivia Rent to manage rentals at the new Olivia Pulse apartment building. Scheduled to open around September, the building will comprise over 200 apartments, to give the centre a mixed-use character.

schedule 25 June 2026

An end to housing subsidies

Key trends in the new apartment market were the subject of intense discussions during this year's Real Estate Forum in Sopot (June 10-12), which gathered several hundred representatives from development, construction, investment, and consulting companies.

schedule 26 June 2026

More students, still too few beds

Poland's student population has returned to the same numbers seen a decade ago of over 1.32 mln students, placing Poland as the country with the sixth highest student population in Europe, behind France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain. 

schedule 25 June 2026

Torus opens all.inn

The all.inn student residence hall has officially opened on ul. Konarskiego in Gdańsk's Wrzeszcz district. The four-storey building features 35 fully furnished rooms, each with a private bathroom and kitchenette.

schedule 23 June 2026

Neighbourhood becoming more important in home purchases

According to 'The Living 2040' report, today's residents are more aware, pragmatic, and demanding of the place they live.

schedule 22 June 2026

Warsaw fourth most unaffordable European city

Warsaw ranks as the fourth least affordable capital for a single person, with essential monthly expenses, including housing, food, transport, personal care and leisure, totalling EUR 1,836. With the average net salary standing at EUR 1,911, these costs absorb 96.1 pct of typical earnings, leaving residents with just EUR 74 per month. Only Lisbon, Tirana, and Athens offer worse affordability among the 37 capital cities surveyed by Tradingpedia.

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