Flex office services provider IWG continues to grow its presence in Hungary, reaching a total of 25 locations by the end of 2024, including 18 overall in the capital.

CTPark Bucharest, the industrial park based near Western Bucharest with a leasable area of 565,000 sqm, has been refinanced following a syndicated loan deal.

Banks in Romania are actively looking to accelerate new residential lending in Romania as the central bank is expected to lower interest rates in H2 2024. Lenders have initiated a series of offers with more favourable interest rates, below the 7% monetary policy rate set by the National Bank of Romania (NBR), according to Vlad Săftoiu, Head of Research at Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.

MLP Poznań witnessed a foundation stone laying ceremony for a new project to be developed for HAVI Logistics. Once completed, the new facility – comprising 16,000 sqm of space – is scheduled for handover at the beginning of the second half of 2024. The project contracted to WPIP Construction, will undergo a BREEAM New Construction certification of ‘Excellent’.

Immofinanz is taking another step in optimising its portfolio by selling two office properties in Vienna. The properties in the 20th district of Vienna have been sold to an Austrian real estate investor. This sale follows several others executed by CPI Property Group, Immofinanz' majority owner, in a bid to raise cash for repaying debts.

Cosmin-Savu Cristescu, Managing Director of Romanian developer Redport Capital, spoke with Property Forum about the start of a new mixed-use investment of  €150 million in northern Bucharest and the continuation of the residential growth trend that has been recorded since 2023.

The design of Downtown Yards by J&T Real Estate is going to impact the Bratislava skyline to a great extent, reports YIMBA.sk.  Development is scheduled in two stages.

Panattoni has completed and handed over the main European production facility of 13,000 sqm for Maxcess, an industrial automation system producer. 

After the very successful years of 2021 and 2022, known as the golden period of development of the industrial market in Poland, 2023 was a period of greater challenges due to a change in the macroeconomic situation. The main reasons were high inflation, which affected the purchasing power of consumers, persistently high-interest rates, and uncertainty over the eastern border. The market grew, but at a slower pace, especially in the first half of the year, to accelerate at the end of 2023. Development activity in January-December 2023 amounted to 3.7 million sqm (-16% y/y), and as a result, the sector's total stock rose to 31.7 million sqm (+13% y/y). Another 2.8 million sqm (-16% y/y) remains under construction, about half of which is not under signed lease. Gross take-up (which does not include short-term leases) amounted to 5.6 million sqm, and despite a lower result versus 2021-2022, it was significantly higher than in the pre-pandemic period, i.e., 2018-2019, says Axi Immo. 

Construction is one of the riskiest industries in terms of payment morale. According to data from Coface, the number of insolvencies in the Czech construction industry is growing, reaching its peak only in the second half of the year 2024.