The retail and residential players have been the most active buyers of land during H1 2024, while speculative transactions are also gaining ground, according to Colliers Romania research.

NEPI Rockcastle has recorded a 13.5% gain in net operating income to €274 million during H1 2024 versus the same period of last year, while on a like-for-like basis it saw a 10% gain.

Dom Development Group has established the Nasz Dom Foundation to consolidate all charitable activities. The Foundation’s work was officially launched with a cooperation agreement signed with the Ukrainian foundation - Housing for IDP. In 2024, Nasz Dom Foundation will donate PLN 3.2 million to support a housing project for internally displaced persons in Ukraine.

Raycho Raychev, Founder and CEO of EnduroSat, and Petar Mitev, CEO of Chaos, have teamed up to purchase an office project in Sofia that previously hosted the HQ of Alpha Bank.

At the end of the second quarter of 2024, more than 40% of offices in the oldest office buildings in Poland’s regional cities remained vacant, with their office markets experiencing stable vacancy rates and subdued development activity, reveals BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland in its latest report.

GLP has announced that it is set to unveil its second project in Lędziny (Upper Silesia, Poland). GLP Park Lędziny II will offer 40,000 sqm of rentable space and construction is expected to take approximately eight months once initiated.

IWG has announced the opening of a HQ centre in southern Budapest, which marks the HQ brand’s debut in Hungary. 

Romanian law firm PeliPartners has assisted Immofinanz in the sale of myhive Victoriei to AFI Europe, in a deal worth an estimated €27 million.

In the second quarter of 2024, the total office space in Bratislava has reached almost 2.1 million sqm, while the share of vacant offices has decreased, according to the quarterly report of CBRE.

Sales of homes funded by bank loans rose by 40% during H1 2024 compared to the same period of last year over the reduction of interest rates and the increase in transaction prices, according to transactions brokered by RE/MAX Romania.