The industrial parks sector in Ukraine continued its dynamic growth trajectory in 2024, building on the momentum established in 2022-2023. Virtually all private or municipal stakeholders demonstrated significant progress, with qualitative advancements across the board. The year 2025 is poised to accelerate this development further, the Ukrainian Real Estate Club reports.

In 2024, Central and Eastern European countries experienced a resurgence in investment activity, with most markets showing significant increases in volume compared to 2023. Poland and the Czech Republic saw renewed investor engagement and increased capital allocation, while Hungary, despite having its lowest annual volume since 2015, showed signs of recovery in Q4. Romania and Slovakia also demonstrated strong growth, with Romania's investment volume up 47% year-over-year and Slovakia's nearly tripling in the second half of 2024. Across the region, there was a mix of domestic and international investor participation, with sectors like retail and industrial performing particularly well. JLL experts, in cooperation with iO Partners, present an analysis of the trends observed in the investment market in Poland in comparison to the countries of the CEE region.

Polish food producer and wholesale and retail supplier Janex has leased approximately 11,700 sqm of new space at MLP Pruszków II. The company will launch its second, and simultaneously twice as large, facility in the new building at this logistics park. According to the plan, the tenant can use the additional space starting in April 2026.

Industrial developer VGP has delivered and has in the construction phase several warehouses across Romania.

The Czech communication group Knowlimits has moved to the office space in Karlín in Prague previously used as the Economia publishing house headquarters. 

Trinity Bank's real estate fund has purchased the Pankrác House office building in Prague from CPI Europe group, reports newstream.cz.

Fuzja mixed-use complex in Łódź (central Poland) has won two MIPIM Awards. The project was recognized in the Best Urban Regeneration Project category. It also received the Special Jury Award.

The qualified investor fund REALIA FUND SICAV has expanded its portfolio with another acquisition in northern Moravia.

More than €1 billion worth of commercial properties were already transacted in Q1 2025 in the Czech Republic, representing a 180% increase compared to the same period last year, according to Savills. 

Since the beginning of March, UDI Group has started demolishing industrial buildings on the Svitavské riverbank in Brno. In their place, the developer is planning to build the Urban Park residential project.