7R is launching 7R Park Warsaw South III, a warehouse park in Sękocin near Warsaw comprising two buildings with a total leasable area of approximately 47,000 sqm. Construction begins in early August 2026. Before breaking ground, 7R has already signed its first lease: Strefa Tenisa, Poland's largest e-commerce retailer of tennis equipment, has taken 3,500 sqm.

DL Invest Group has secured financing exceeding €146 million to refinance a portfolio of six logistics parks with a combined gross leasable area of approximately 260,000 sqm. The financing was provided by Erste Group and Erste Bank Polska, with CMS acting as legal adviser to the lenders.

On 6 August, Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club will host the 15th JLL Charitable Beach Volleyball Tournament of the Real Estate Industry. Running under the motto "Family stays together," this year's event will raise funds for the daily operations of the Ronald McDonald House at the Institute "Memorial – Centre of Child Health" in Warsaw. The house, which opened to families in May, offers 20 family rooms and round-the-clock communal spaces, allowing parents to stay close to their hospitalised children free of charge. The annual cost of maintaining one room is approximately 90,000 PLN. Property Forum is a proud Media Partner of the event.

CTP has signed a long-term lease with Quick Service Logistics (QSL) for a 10,658 sqm built-to-suit distribution centre at CTPark Budapest Vecsés. The facility will include more than 10,100 sqm of frozen, chilled and ambient storage space, plus over 500 sqm of offices, and is expected to be completed in October 2026.

The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published office market figures for eight major regional markets in Poland (Kraków, Wrocław, the Tri-City, Katowice, Poznań, Łódź, Lublin, Szczecin) for Q2 2026. The data, sourced from advisory companies including Avison Young, CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL and others, covers existing stock, new completions, take-up and vacancy rates.

The Budapest Research Forum (BRF), comprising 108 Hungary Real Estate, CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, ESTON International, iO Partners and Robertson Hungary, has published its Q2 2026 industrial market snapshot for Hungary.

The Czech industrial market reached a total stock of 13.78 million sqm in Q2 2026, with 189,600 sqm of new warehousing space delivered across 10 industrial parks — a 37% decrease quarter-on-quarter and 21% year-on-year. The largest completed project was CTPark Brno Líšeň (45,000 sqm), followed by EQT Exeter Park Prague D8 Lužec (44,200 sqm), both delivered speculatively, and Aventin Business Park Dyje (24,500 sqm), which was fully leased upon completion.

Romania's commercial real estate sector accounts for 54% of loans granted to non-financial companies and recorded a 15% annual increase in financing, according to an analysis by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox based on data from the National Bank of Romania (NBR). At the end of March 2026, credit institutions' exposure to the sector reached RON 116 billion, up 15% year-on-year.

Commercial real estate can serve a far more significant purpose than simply providing operational premises. For many manufacturing, logistics and industrial businesses, it has become an integral component of capital structure and a source of growth financing. The sale and leaseback (SLB) model — whereby a company sells a property whilst simultaneously entering into a long-term lease for the same asset — enables occupiers to unlock capital embedded in their real estate whilst maintaining uninterrupted operations, and offers investors access to income-generating assets underpinned by long-term cash flows.

The Prague Research Forum — comprising CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, iO Partners, Knight Frank and Savills — has published its office market figures for Q2 2026. Total modern office stock reached 3.95 million sqm at the end of the quarter, following the completion of the refurbished Danube House in Prague 8 (19,900 sqm). Total office deliveries for 2026 are expected to amount to 36,700 sqm, with only one further project — 8,200 sqm of refurbished space — scheduled for completion before year-end.