Having secured the necessary building permit, the 7R Group is set to launch its first warehouse development in the Czech Republic. 7R Park Lavičky D1 Highway is strategically located along the Prague-Brno connecting road.

Alexandra Tomášková is joining Capexus as Chief Commercial Officer. She has spent most of her professional career in the B2B sector, in the development and leasing of office buildings.

Real estate investment group M Core has launched a strategic venture with Square 7 Properties for the management of 25 retail parks in Romania that it purchased at the end of last year.

Lidl has chosen Apollo Nivy in Bratislava as the location of its head office in Slovakia. The relocation of more than 500 employees of the discount headquarters is planned for December of this year.

By 2024, the REALIA fund has stepped in with a new acquisition, this time the Hustopeče retail park in South Moravia. The retail park is fully leased with an average length of leases exceeding 6 years.

In the coming weeks, Penta Real Estate is planning to submit documentation for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Bratislava Southbank project. The total gross floor area is reaching 210,000 sqm.

Hillwood Poland’s 15 buildings have been certified BREEAM In Use at the Excellent level, completing the certification for the company’s entire portfolio. Obtaining the certificates was the result of cooperation with JWA, a consulting firm specializing in green solutions for commercial real estate.

Park Avenue Tower in Tirana has become the first Albanian office project to secure BREEAM Design Stage certification with an Excellent rating, a level in alignment with European standards for commercial investments. The process of certification was conducted by experts from Colliers Poland with support from the Colliers Albania team.

Businessman Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former US President Donald Trump, is now venturing into the Balkans with ambitious plans for transformative property developments across Albania and Serbia. Through his Miami-based private equity firm, Affinity Partners, Kushner is engaged in advanced discussions for investments exceeding $1 billion, aiming to reshape the landscape of tourism and real estate in Southeast Europe, the New York Post reports.

The uneasy geopolitical situation of the recent years is surely not helping investors in Slovakia and the CEE region, that is a reality investors live in. However, the discussion of the first panel during Bratislava Property Forum 2024 has revealed that there is still some room for optimism.