In the first half of 2025, Poland’s industrial and logistics real estate market maintained steady growth. Total stock increased by 7% year-on-year to 36.03 million sqm, despite a decline in new supply (1.15 million sqm; -30% YoY) and lower developer activity on new construction starts (1.47 million sqm; -26% YoY). Lease renegotiations rose, pushing gross take-up to 2.95 million sqm (+10% YoY). Rental rates remained stable across most regional markets. Despite macroeconomic uncertainty, the sector continues to attract investors, supported by solid fundamentals and visible acquisition activity. Axi Immo presents these findings in its latest report, “Industrial and logistics market in Poland H1 2025.

Forte Partners has announced that U•Center 3 in Bucharest has received the Access4you Design Gold Pre-Certification, making it the first office project in Romania to achieve this recognition. The certification was awarded just one month after construction began in July 2025 and ensures the project will meet high accessibility standards for people with diverse mobility, visual, hearing and cognitive needs.

Abandoned industrial areas and railway stations in Prague are being transformed into modern districts for tens of thousands of residents. These are the five largest projects under construction in the metropolis, reports seznamzpravy.cz.

Erste Group Bank AG has provided a €85.5 million refinancing facility for Argeş Mall in Piteşti, developed by Prime Kapital.

Revetas has been appointed by a German investment manager, representing several pension funds and other investors, to support the repositioning of a $4.0 billion US property portfolio. The mandate aims to complement the portfolio with additional governance, restructuring and capital markets expertise tailored to the current market environment.

Newmark Polska has opened a new office in Katowice to strengthen its presence in southern Poland and provide closer support to clients in the region across office, industrial and retail leasing, as well as investment advisory.

Looking at the Czech industrial real estate market in Q2 2025, it is clear that the market has not yet fully recovered from the downturn of last year, according to a regular quarterly survey conducted by Colliers. Gross realised demand has fallen 34% below the five-year average. On the other side, growth in the vacancy rate is positive news for tenants. 

Victor Terheș, Sales Director at Bellemonde, talked to Property Forum about the strong demand for the company's first residential development in Pipera and the plans to start new investments in the same area due to high interest from premium homebuyers. 

The Accor hotel chain has announced the opening of its first international brand hotel in Alba Iulia. The new Mercure hotel is the tenth under this brand in Romania.

The Trump administration has imposed 100% tariffs on a range of imports from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, accusing both countries of deepening ties with China. This marks the first time a U.S. president has taken such a step against a European nation over relations with Beijing.