Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Polska has signed a lease for 5,350 sqm at MLP Poznań, a logistics park in Koninko near Poznań. Of the total area, nearly 500 sqm will be used for office and staff facilities, with the remainder allocated to warehousing. The facility is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of next year. BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland advised the tenant on the transaction.

This summer told a story that no risk model wanted to write. Rivers ran too low to cool the plants beside them. Cities logged heat records that used to be once-in-a-generation events. Wildfires reached suburbs that had never planned for them, while, weeks later, the same regions were flooded by storms violent enough to shatter roofs with hail the size of golf balls. For the real estate sector, this was not weather. It was a live stress test of every portfolio, every loan book, and every insurance policy tied to a physical address.

Due diligence platform Drooms is forecasting a significant increase in real estate transactions in Germany in 2026, based on activity recorded on its platform in the first half of the year. Transactions in that period already reached around 75% of the full-year 2025 total, and if the trend continues, the number of deals could be 50% higher than in 2025. Across Europe, transactions are expected to rise by 27.24% for the full year.

Romania's construction market grew by approximately 12% in the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to a Colliers report on the real estate market in the first half of 2026. The residential segment recorded the strongest growth at approximately 16%, followed by infrastructure projects, including roads, railways and hospitals, which rose by around 14% and account for more than half of total sector activity. The non-residential segment grew more slowly, at approximately 6%, as financing remains expensive and private investors are more cautious. The report notes that these figures measure the actual volume of construction works rather than the financial value of investments.

tbi bank is expanding its financing of the Somșului 15 residential project in Cluj-Napoca, providing an additional €5 million to bring the total facility to €15 million. The new tranche adds to the €10 million granted in 2025 and is intended to support completion of the development, which is being delivered by Hexagon in the city centre, near the Someș River.

Harden Construction is carrying out the construction of Panattoni Park Toruń II, an industrial and warehouse development in Lubicz Dolny in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region. InPost is the main tenant of the facility.

One United Properties (BVB: ONE), a developer of residential, office and mixed-use real estate listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, has achieved full occupancy across the modern buildings in its office portfolio. The operational buildings One Victoriei Plaza, One Cotroceni Park Office (phases 1 and 2) and One Tower are fully leased, while One Technology District, developed for Infineon Technologies, is fully leased under a 15-year agreement. One Gallery, nearing completion, is fully pre-leased. Together, the modern office spaces total more than 140,000 sqm of gross leasable area.

Cavatina Holding is funding the revitalisation of approximately 3.8 hectares of public space surrounding its Quorum Tower residential development on ul. Sikorskiego in Wrocław, covering riverfront promenades, two public squares and several hundred metres of city streets. The work is being carried out entirely at the developer's expense, with some areas already open to residents and further phases due for completion in the coming months.

Søren Rodian Olsen, a professional with more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate and financial services, has joined Newmark Polska as Executive Board Director and Head of Capital Markets, effective 1 September 2026. In his new role, he will be responsible for managing and advising on real estate strategies and transactions.

Demand in Hungary's residential property market remained subdued in August, holding at similarly low levels to July. According to data from property portal zenga.hu, enquiries nationally were 28% weaker than in the same period last year, while in Budapest the decline reached 47%, largely because last summer's figures were boosted by the announcement of the Otthon Start programme.