The European commercial real estate debt financing market is showing signs of renewed recovery, according to CBRE's European Lender Intentions Survey. Some 72% of European lenders plan to increase their volume of new loans in 2026 compared with 2025, while only 7% expect a decline. The survey, which gathered responses from 134 lenders between 18 March and 28 April 2026, reflects a stabilisation of the outlook amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

UNIQA Real Estate Management GmbH is expanding its activities by opening its investment and management platform to external capital for the first time. Until now dedicated to the UNIQA Group's own real estate portfolio, the platform will offer investment solutions to international institutional investors and large family offices, with an initial focus on clients from Germany and Austria.

Polish residential developer ATAL has launched sales for the second phase of its ATAL Jasieny scheme in Gdańsk, offering 72 homes across 22 buildings in the Jaśień district. The units, ranging from 26 to 101 sqm, are spread across terraced and semi-detached houses designed to maximise natural light. The mix includes one-, three-, four- and five-room apartments, with 14 studio units also available. Completion is planned for the second half of 2028, while phase one has already received its occupancy permit.

Skanska has begun construction of the first phase of its Nowy Format office complex in central Kraków, on the site of a former newspaper printing press. The nine-storey building, designated Nowy Format A1, will provide 21,400 sqm of gross leasable area and is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2028. The broader complex will ultimately comprise three buildings totalling approximately 48,000 sqm in the Grzegórzki district.

P3 Logistic Parks has welcomed two new tenants to its P3 Plzeň Myslinka industrial park. Outdoor concept, a developer and distributor of outdoor clothing and equipment operating under the Hannah and Rafiki brands, and logistics provider Raben have both begun operations at the site from September, expanding the tenant mix at the younger of P3's two Plzeň-area parks.

Signum Work Station, an office building on ul. Domaniewska in Warsaw's Mokotów district, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating, awarded by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The certification, which is independently verified and evidence-based, covers operational protocols, cleaning and maintenance, air and water quality management, emergency preparedness, and communication with building occupants.

Developer Crestyl and investment partner WOOD & Company have unveiled plans for their Šárka residential project in the Vokovice district of Prague, adjacent to the Divoká Šárka nature reserve. The scheme will deliver 18 villa buildings containing 224 apartments, four family houses positioned at the edge of woodland, a kindergarten and a building for retail and service uses. Construction of the first phase, comprising 98 apartments, is set to begin at the turn of the year, with completion expected in 2029. Total investment will exceed four billion Czech crowns.

UBM Development Czechia's Timber Praha, the first multi-storey timber residential development in the Czech capital, has completed nearly two years of operation. The project, comprising four residential buildings with 62 units in the Prague district of Řeporyje, was completed in 2024 and is now fully sold and occupied.

Poland's planning reform is reshaping the land market as the Housing Special Act, commonly known as lex developer, expired on 31 August 2026. The legislation had for eight years enabled residential projects to be built on sites not always designated for residential use under local zoning plans. According to the Polish Association of Developers, the procedure was applied to projects comprising over 100,000 homes during that period. Plots covered by a local zoning plan, a legally binding planning decision, or an adopted Residential Investment Location Determination are now gaining in value, while sites without a secured development pathway face price pressure as regulatory risk becomes a direct component of land valuations.

LCP Poland, part of M Core, has completed the acquisition of Galeria Chełm from Equilis and Acteeum. The transaction value was not disclosed. The purchase adds more than 17,000 sqm of retail space and 55 tenants to LCP Poland's portfolio.