Oana Iliescu, Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, talked to Property Forum about the resilience of Romania’s real estate stock, which remains among the youngest in CEE. She highlighted that despite a complex economic landscape, industrial and capital markets continue to offer investment opportunities for well-positioned assets and long-term investors.

Redkom Development is nearing completion of the leasing process for its retail park in Tarnów, with around 90% of the scheme's leasable space either secured or in the final stages of lease negotiations.

Sustainability criteria are playing an increasing role when banks finance real estate projects in Romania, while buildings that meet green finance standards can obtain better terms. These are the findings of a study carried out by Colliers on the local market, based on responses from four commercial banks, which together hold more than half of the Romanian banking system's assets, and two multilateral development banks active in the real estate sector. The clearest rule identified for new buildings is the NZEB-10% standard, applied by all institutions analysed. All six require the primary energy demand of a new building to be at least 10% below the national NZEB threshold, and a project that does not meet this standard may still be financed, but the loan will generally not be classified as green finance.

Radisson Hotel Group has launched an AI-powered real-time hotel price matching technology, changing how travellers book direct online. The new feature automatically detects lower publicly available rates for Radisson Hotel Group properties on third-party booking platforms and instantly matches them on RadissonHotels.com, removing the need for guests to submit claims, screenshots, or wait for manual approval.

Revetas Capital has acquired Reschgasse 20, a commercial building in Vienna's Meidling district permitted for conversion into 90 residential apartments for sale. The transaction is the first investment under Pearl, Revetas' newly launched DACH living platform, through which the firm intends to pursue residential opportunities across the region.

When international investors discuss Romania, the conversation often begins with Bucharest and increasingly includes cities such as Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara and Brașov. Yet one of the country's most compelling growth stories is unfolding further east.

REDPORT and Mobexpert are launching REDPORT Living, a residential concept through which buyers benefit from integrated furnishing and interior design solutions, adapted to each project in the REDPORT portfolio. The program is designed to simplify the stage that follows the purchase of a home, when buyers usually need to allocate additional time, budget and resources for furnishing and coordinating suppliers.

The Czech Ministry of Defence has signed a deal with IGF Jince s.r.o., a subsidiary of a qualified investors' fund of the Invest Gate investment group, to purchase a residential complex in Jince. The transaction is legally complete, and final preparations for handing over the building to its new owner are now underway. Invest Gate's original plan to build a senior resort was transformed into a project providing housing for active soldiers directly at their place of service.

Polish developer ATAL has taken control of the Trójmiasto-based Budner Group. The parties set the transaction value at PLN 100.9 million – the combined price for shares in Budner Group companies and its properties. The transaction also includes the purchase of a plot of land for PLN 30.4 million, to be finalised once all conditions of the preliminary agreement are met. After both transactions are completed, ATAL will gain the opportunity to carry out new development projects in Trójmiasto covering around 70,000 sqm.

Cavare – a developer specialising in institutional rental projects and part of the Cavatina Group – is entering the role of a standalone PRS property operator for the first time. At ul. Jankego 15 in Katowice, it is opening a leasing office and starting commercialisation of a complex of 164 flats, marking a new stage in its strategy.