Żabka Group is now the largest chain of autonomous stores in Europe after launching 25 AI-powered stores called Żabka Nano. The concept enables quick shopping without checkout clerks, queues, or cash to sell products precisely matched to location and customer demographics. The stores operate in several formats such as standalone container-based vending machines, traditional brick-and-mortar and store-within-a-store points of sale; each leveraging AI-powered computer vision technology created through close cooperation with American technology company AiFi.

Developer J&T Real Estate (JTRE) has completed the almost three-year construction of Bratislava’s tallest residential building and the Klingerka project has been issued a usage permit.

Speedwell and Baltisse have sold Record Park Offices in Cluj-Napoca to Belgian AYA Properties Fund in a deal worth €35 million. 

Warehouse developer operating on the Polish market, MDC2 has reached an agreement with Fortress REIT Limited – South Africa’s largest owner and developer of logistics real estate. 

Tétris Romania, the subsidiary of real estate consultancy JLL, has appointed Vlad Stanislav as Managing Director, tasked with developing the local operations. The company offers design solutions for offices, homes or hotels. 

Newmark Group announced an agreement with Budapest-based VLK Consulting, which will become Newmark VLK Hungary. The announcement follows a recent agreement with a leading Polish commercial real estate firm operating as Newmark Polska.

Ukrainian real estate market players, representing cities, companies and projects, will gather for the fifth time in a row under the “Ukraine @ MIPIM” initiative. Ukraine has been represented at MIPIM for over 15 years.

CPI Property Group has become the first real estate company from CEE to issue sustainability-linked bonds. The sustainability-linked bonds were issued in the amount of €700 million, with an annual coupon of 1.75% and a maturity date of 14 January 2030.

The growing interest in domestic tourism is conducive to the development of accommodation facilities in resorts. Interesting city hotels are also opening. The current year should bring stabilisation in the hotel industry as more countries move from treating COVID as an endemic rather than a pandemic, says Walter Herz. 

Romanian developer One United Properties has completed the first phase of Bucharest-based One Cotroceni Office Park, with a gross leasable area of 46,000 sqm. The company said it has leased 75% of the office and commercial spaces by the time of delivery.