Evo Properties, the owner of London & Oslo office buildings in Western Bucharest, has reached a 50% lease rate this year and aims to reach an occupancy rate of 85% by the end of 2025. At the same time, it continues to transform the project into a mixed-use hub that will include a premium hotel.

Developer activity in the Warsaw office space market is progressively increasing. More than 70,000 sqm finished by the end of September 2024 and around 280,000 sqm under construction in the coming years demonstrate that investors and developers are moving the industry forward. Take-up stays steady at roughly 490,000 sqm in Q1-Q3 2024. Axi Immo summarizes the present condition in the capital's office market. 

According to a report published by Newmark Polska, in the third quarter of 2024, both leasing and development activity on the Warsaw office market remained largely consistent with the levels recorded in the previous quarter. Office take-up, previously dominated by renewals, saw a notable increase in pre-lets which accounted for 22% of the total leasing volume. Meanwhile, Warsaw’s vacancy rate continued its downward trend observed since the beginning of the year.

Cushman & Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Warsaw office market for the third quarter of 2024. Office take-up, both in leasing volumes and transaction numbers, was comparable to that recorded in the same period in 2023. Meanwhile, muted development activity, falling vacancy rates – particularly in central locations – and shrinking land availability are likely to encourage investors to launch redevelopment projects.

Romania remains one of the most affordable countries in the EU for office fit-outs, with costs significantly lower than in Poland, the Czech Republic, or Western countries, according to research by iO Partners. 

WOOD & Company has announced the sale of the Westend Tower office building in Bratislava. This transaction is the first sale of an office building within the WOOD & Company Office Subfund portfolio and a signal of recovery in the commercial real estate market. 

Despite a slight increase in vacancy, demand for new offices in Prague persists. However, companies still prefer renegotiations. Lease renewals are almost always accompanied by interior modifications leading to more efficient use of space, reports Prague Research Forum in its Office Market Figures for Q3 2024.

IWG has opened in Debrecen the first phase of its flexible offices under the Regus brand. Regus Debrecen spans 600 sqm and will double in size once the second phase is completed. 

Ghelamco has secured bank financing for its key project in Poland – The Bridge office complex in downtown Warsaw. The construction and investment loan was provided to the developer by Santander Bank Polska, which will also be an anchor tenant of the skyscraper.

Sirius Offices, the 30,000 sqm office complex based in Belgrade’s business district, has reached 100% occupancy with a mixed roster of tenants from finance, IT & telecoms, and construction.