Retail investment shows modest rise

This is still below the quarterly average for the last two-and-a-half years of EUR 8.7 bln, and according to the consultancy reflects a restricted supply of core product. Over the first half of the year, however, the CEE region experienced a 70 pct fall in retail investment y-o-y, from EUR 2.73 bln to EUR 0.81 bln. Russia was the only market to report robust transactional levels in H1, with four large shopping centre deals over the period, three of which were concluded in Q2.