Czech development group UDI Group has launched the sale of its residential project in Costa Rica. The group is planning the construction to start at the beginning of next year, investing almost CZK 500 million (€20 million) in the project.

New office projects with a combined leasable area of nearly 64,000 sqm were completed during H1 2024, with the volume soaring almost three-and-a-half times compared to the same period of 2023, according to a BNP Paribas Real Estate report.  

The real estate market is strongly connected to the evolution of the economy at the local, regional, and global levels, so the challenges of recent years – increasing construction costs, changing preferences of consumers and availability of financing – have significantly impacted medium and long-term development strategies, write Alexandra Smedoiu and Marius Vasilescu, Partners at Deloitte Romania for Property Forum.

Bucharest’s Mayor Nicușor Dan has announced that he will be tasked with issuing traffic permits for new Urban Zoning Plans (PUZ), Urban Developing Plans (PUD) and construction authorizations.

Hungarian real estate fund Indotek has purchased Espacio León shopping centre in the northern Spanish city of León from Blackstone for €45 million. 

MiddleCap Real Estate is planning to build a mixed-use project New Center Ružinov on the plot of a former department store in Ružinov, Bratislava, reports Yimba.sk.

Lavinia Ioniță Rasmussen, Partner at NNDKP’s Real Estate practice, spoke with Property Forum about the acceleration of commercial and residential development in regional cities and the potential of the local market to offer higher returns for property investors compared to other countries in the region.

Private student housing (PBSA) investor roomies has announced the closing of a transaction with 6B47 Real Estate Investors AG for two projects in Poland. 

Mitiska REIM has rolled out a joint venture (JV) with Park Lane Developments for the development of retail parks in Bulgaria. 

Industrial developer CTP recorded in H1 2024 a rental income of €320.9 million up 14.4% y-o-y, and like-for-like y-o-y rental growth of 4.8%, while the leasing volume gained 8% to 918,000 sqm.