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CEE region Investment activity regains momentum across the region
Commercial real estate investment across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 bln in the first half of 2026, marking a significant improvement on recent years and confirming that investor confidence is returning to the region. However, this is not a broad-based recovery. Capital is flowing selectively towards assets offering resilient income, strong ESG performance and long-term relevance in a changing economic environment.
Investment & finance
EMEA region Investment moves to residential and data centres
Residential assets have overtaken offices as the largest recipient of real estate investment across EMEA, while record investment in data centres and senior living signals a broader shift towards operationally intensive sectors and platform-led strategies, according to the 'EMEA Capital Markets Snapshot | Q2 2026' report by Colliers.
Investment & finance
Hungary Westend mixed-use complex refinanced
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.
Investment & finance
Poland Renaissance changes hands
Syrena Real Estate has acquired the historic Renaissance Building in Warsaw's city centre, with financing from Bank Pekao.
Investment & finance
POLAND Mokotowska Square sold to WB Group
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.
Investment & finance
Poland Erste lends to DL Invest
DL Invest Group has secured over EUR 146 mln in financing from Erste Group and Erste Bank Polska to refinance a portfolio of six logistics parks with a total area of around 260,000 sqm. The banks were advised by the law firm CMS.
Investment & finance
Germany Bad Hersfeld Ost logistics centre refinanced
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) is providing EUR 42 mln in refinancing for the Bad Hersfeld Ost logistics centre.
Investment & finance
Romania Commercial real estate financing increased by 15 pct
Romania’s commercial real estate sector accounts for 54 pct of the loans granted to non-financial companies and recorded a 15 pct annual increase in financing, while the non-performing loan (NPL) ratio, which stands at 6.2 pct, remains below the levels reported for certain segments considered more exposed to risk, according to an analysis performed by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company based on data published by the National Bank of Romania (NBR).
Investment & finance
Poland Hines sells Sky Office Center
The Sky Office Center has been sold by Hines to a private Polish investor. For this deal the seller was represented by Avison Young.
Investment & finance
POLAND MNK Partners enters Poland with Lubin acquisition
French fund manager MNK Partners has entered the Polish market with the EUR 2.8 mln acquisition of a 4,000 sqm warehouse and office complex in Lubin.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC Invesco sells Riverview to Amundi
Invesco Real Estate has sold the Riverview office building in Prague’s Smíchov district to Amundi Real Estate Fund KB 4 (REF4).
Investment & finance
CEE Region Goodbye Tesco?
According to reports by the Financial Times, Tesco is looking for ways to sell off its remaining European businesses.
Investment & finance
Romania AFI completes Mas retail park purchase
AFI Romania has completed the acquisition of six retail parks from Mas, the largest retail park transaction in Romania.
Investment & finance
Germany Alstom leases 31,000 sqm
Garbe Industrial has leased 31,000 sqm in Salzgitter to rail vehicle manufacturer Alstom.
Investment & finance
Croatia InterCapital buys Avenue Mall
The InterCapital Real Estate Fund is to acquire Avenue Mall and the adjacent Avenue Center office building in Zagreb for EUR 100 mln.
Investment & finance
Romania Radisson Blu refinanced
The Radisson Blu Hotel Complex in the heart of Bucharest has been refinanced with a EUR 123 mln loan. The hotel complex is owned by Revetas Capital together with funds and accounts managed by Cerberus Capital Management. The facility was underwritten by Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) with whom Revetas has a long-standing relationship.
Investment & finance
Poland Faedra enters Poland
Hungarian developer Faedra Group has opened its first office outside its home market, with the establishment of Faedra Polska in Warsaw. The company will primarily focus on the residential sector while simultaneously exploring opportunities in other real estate market segments.
Investment & finance
Poland Eastnine acquires The Bridge in Warsaw
Eastnine has entered into an agreement with Ghelamco to acquire the 40-storey office property The Bridge in Warsaw for EUR 300 mln. The transaction, which is subject to financing, is expected to close in Q4 2026.
Investment & finance
Hungary Sino Logistics to take over Logicor in Hungary
Logicor is exiting Hungary with the sale of its operations to Singapore-based Sino Logistics.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC Aurelia buys two office buildings from Pimco
Czech real estate fund Aurelia has acquired the Trimaran and City Element office buildings in Prague’s Pankrác district from Pimco Prime Real Estate for EUR 90 mln.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Polish housing market slows as projects put on hold
Poland’s residential construction market is slowing, with 936 projects put on hold over the past year. Yet investors continue to prepare new projects, ...
Planning Code Set to Change Real Estate Market
Tunnel boring soon to begin
Coronavirus
Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Employers in no rush to return to workplaces
Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19
Corporate social responsibility
Not only for horses
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus
Data centres
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
E-commerce
This is the end
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 ...
Wildberries now growing in Ukraine
Wildberries growing in April
ESG
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
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 ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
Eurobuild FM
The power of community
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
EurobuildCEE
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
Eye to eye
Eye to eye… with Władysław Grochowski
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.
Eye to eye… with Paweł Sapek
Eye to eye with… Daniel Bienias
For Ukraine
Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!
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 ...
Build Europe supports refugees and appeals to European Commission
Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees
Green projects
EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan
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 ...
Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki
Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania
Hotels
Green Development launches Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa
Green House Development is launching pre-sales of suites at Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa, the third development under the Wave brand on the Polish coast, ...
Mercure opens in Oradea
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Henley sells Poznań shopping centre Galeria Pestka
Henley has completed the sale of Galeria Pestka, a 41,658 sqm shopping centre in Poznań, Poland, to OPAL CENTRES, part of DromeStar Group. During Henl ...
Retail takes a third of Q2 investment
Lett takes Gdańsk PRS portfolio to 646 units
Land acquisitions
Panattoni enlarges its Swedish portfolio
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
CTP purchases land in Kragujevac
CTP secures major brownfield site
Material partner
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Excellent Fern at Off Piotrkowska
Office & mixed-use development
Wrocław office market sees weaker tenant activity in H1 2026
Tenant activity slowed in Wrocław in the first half of 2026. Two office projects were completed in the first quarter, leaving no buildings under const ...
Drutex to invest PLN 30 mln in headquarters expansion
WSP takes 1,100 sqm at Skyliner II
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Construction has begun on a new emergency care unit at Thomayer University Hospital in Prague, officially launched by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and ...
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Porr focusing on healthcare
Residential
Flora Development receives occupancy permit for Esy Floresy
Flora Development has received an occupancy permit for Esy Floresy, its residential project at ul. Cybernetyki 7 in Warsaw’s Mokotów district. The dev ...
SGI completes penultimate stage of Łopuszańska 47
Resi4Rent completes 620-unit PRS development in Wrocław
Retail & leisure
Retail investment picks up
Poland’s retail property market saw a clear revival in the first half of 2026. Transaction volumes topped EUR 1 bln, surpassing the total recorded for ...
Power Park Kielce rebrands as BIG Kielce
EV Charging Hub Opens at Manufaktura
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Elanders Polska takes nearly 5,600 sqm at Hillwood Wrocław East
Elanders Polska has taken nearly 5,600 sqm at Hillwood Wrocław East in Dobrzykowice, just outside Wrocław. The deal covers more than 5,000 sqm of ware ...
