After a record-breaking end to 2024, the residential new-build market in Bratislava has cooled slightly in Q1 2025. According to data from BuiltMind in cooperation with Cushman & Wakefield, 527 units have been sold in the first quarter of 2025. 

Romanian real estate group Pavăl Holding, controlled by the Pavăl brothers, has taken over the Ethos House office building, in northern Bucharest, from Anastasios Gotsis for an undisclosed sum.

Bucharest's hotel market is experiencing a strong recovery, with significant growth in key performance indicators, according to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. 

Romania’s commercial real estate sector recorded total investment volumes of €169 million during Q1 2025, more than double the volume of the previous quarter and nearly on par with the same period last year, according to a report by CBRE.

Colliers has announced the appointment of Katarína Brydone as the Managing Director of Colliers in the Czech Republic, effective 2 May 2025. This appointment has followed the announcement of Tewfik Sabongui stepping down from Colliers after seven years of leading the Czech Republic business. 

LemonTree has started the construction of a logistics and service complex in Gdańsk Kowale. The latest investment, COOL BTS Gdańsk by LemonTree, will be developed in a built-to-suit (BTS) formula for Nagel-Group and will include approximately 21,000 sqm of warehouse and office-social space. The general contractor is one of the leading construction companies, Depenbrock Polska. The completion of construction and handover of the building to the tenant is scheduled for the first half of 2026.

In the first quarter of 2025, Warsaw’s modern office stock reached 6.28 million square metres. Only one new project was delivered during this period - the CD Projekt HQ in the East office zone, contributing 5,600 sqm of new supply. The total office space under construction or renovation amounted to approximately 210,000 sqm. Gross demand reached 160,500 sqm, while the vacancy rate slightly decreased to 10.5 per cent quarter over quarter, say experts from Avison Young.

Globalworth and the consortium of banks Helaba and pbb have announced the signing of an agreement extending the bank financing for the office real estate portfolio by an additional 5 years. The initial loan of €100 million was granted in 2018 to finance multiple properties. The financing continues to be secured on a number of assets in Poland: Centrum Biurowe Lubicz, Tryton Business Park and Spektrum Tower.

The first building of the logistics and consignment centre in the Panattoni Park Bratislava North II has been completed by the general constructor HSF System SK from the PURPOSIA Group. The project developer is Panattoni, the investor is the Accolade group.

Panattoni has obtained a loan from Alior Bank to support the expansion of its latest investment in the Lublin Voivodeship. The €14 million will be allocated to developing an 11,190 sqm build-to-suit (BTS) facility for one of the logistics operators.