In a video interview recorded at CEE Property Forum 2025 in Vienna, Christopher Mertlitz, Managing Director, Head of European Investments at W. P. Carey, talks about recent and upcoming deals and shares his expectations for the year ahead.

Romanian investors led the commercial real estate investment market in 2025, accounting for 34% of total transaction value worth €579.4 million, according to a study by Fortim Trusted Advisors, an alliance member of BNP Paribas Real Estate.

Peakside Capital Advisors has appointed Steven Davis as Managing Director for CEE, taking responsibility for the company's activities across the region. He succeeds Roman Skowroński, who has led Peakside Poland's operations since 2019.

At the CEE Property Investment Update 2026 in Warsaw, the focus quickly shifted from headline risks to underlying resilience. Bringing together investors, bankers, lawyers and asset managers, the opening panel examined how Central and Eastern Europe’s real estate markets are being shaped by geopolitical volatility, energy transformation and shifting capital priorities – and why, despite the noise, many fundamentals continue to support long-term investment. Moderated by Dorota Wysokińska-Kuzdra of Colliers, the discussion set out to separate short-term disruption from structural opportunity in a region increasingly tested by global change.

Retail developer Scallier has begun construction of a new retail park on Wolności Street in Zabrze. The project is being developed for a private investor, with Scallier serving as investment advisor, developer, and leasing agent.

Polat Hungary Kft. has negotiated a 3-year financing agreement with Raiffeisen Bank Hungary for €60 million to develop the Seven Pearl residential complex in Budapest's historic 7th district.

The total office stock in Warsaw reached 6.2 million sqm at the end of last year, while no new office space was delivered to the market in Q4 2025, according to data by the Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (Pink).

Alto Real Estate has launched the second phase of the Florian Residence project in Bratislava's Old Town, with completion planned for Q1 2028

The fourth quarter of 2025 brought the weakest residential sales result in Bucharest-Ilfov in nine years and the weakest nationally in six years, according to SVN Romania. Overall, 2025 ended with a 5.3% annual decrease in home sales nationally and an 8.5% decrease in the Bucharest-Ilfov region.

AFI Czech Republic has announced an increased occupancy rate across its rental housing projects as well as its office portfolio at the end of 2025.