Industrial developer WDP has secured a €250 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for investments in photovoltaic systems and electric vehicle charging stations across its portfolio. 

GTC has presented the summary of its activities in Poland in the first half of 2024. Over 35,400 sqm of office space was leased across ten buildings in Poland's largest cities. GTC’s properties attracted 14 new partners, and 18 companies chose to extend their leases.

Developer J&T Real Estate is requesting a construction change permit for the Downtown Yards project, SME.sk reports. Along with minor changes, there is an important one reflecting a trend obvious since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The last two years have not been the best for the European real estate market, including in Poland. However, it seems that the worst is behind us. This is confirmed by the growing interest in Poland from foreign investors. This also applies to investors from the UK, who can still effectively diversify their portfolios on the Polish real estate market. Szymon Mojzesowicz, Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shared his insights on the topic. 

The headline RICS Commercial Property Sentiment Index (CPSI) holds steady in the latest survey for Q2 2024, while the outlook for secondary offices and retail remains particularly negative in many markets.

Recorde Asset Management, the real estate fund management arm of Concorde Group, in close strategic cooperation with Forestay Group, is investing in the Móricz Student Living student residence and office building.  

Twenty brands have debuted on the Czech retail market in the first half of 2024, the highest number ever recorded. The biggest categories were Health and Beauty (six brands) and F&B (five brands). 

Attila Beer, Country Manager at Alukönigstahl Romania & Republic of Moldova, spoke to Property Forum about the company’s growth plans for 2024 and the outlook for the residential sector, which generated 80% of its sales last year.

Avison Young is announcing the opening of a new business line - Industrial Agency. The new service will be built by a team of renowned market experts acquired from a competitive firm.

Hungary's construction sector showed a spectacular rebound in April, with output volumes up 11% on the previous month, completely making up for the feeble performance of the previous two months. The production figures in recent months for a sector in fundamentally poor shape are far from tragic, nor are the order books figures, but we are seeing such huge month-to-month fluctuations that it is very difficult to assess what is happening in the construction sector.