M Core Group has purchased seven strip malls in Romania from property investor MAS for an undisclosed sum. The projects with a combined leasable area of around 32,000 sqm have a full occupancy rate. The strip malls are based in Slobozia, Focșani, Râmnicu Sărat, Târgu Secuiesc, Sebeș, Făgăraș and Gheorgheni.

New retail projects with a combined leasable area of around 180,000 sqm were completed in Romania during 2024, down by around 15% versus 2023, with retail parks accounting for the biggest share of deliveries, according to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. 

DIY retailer Leroy Merlin has leased around 11,000 sqm for a new store that will open in Iași-based Mall Moldova during H1 2025. 

Repaco Capital and Weststar Real Estate have delivered the Crevedia Retail Park, near Bucharest, following an investment of €15 million that was partly financed by BT.

Cushman & Wakefield has summarised the situation in the Polish retail market. Over half a million square meters of new retail space came on stream last year, marking the highest new supply level in Poland since 2015. This robust development activity occurred amid rising demand from new retailers and improving consumer sentiment which boosted retail sales.

Zacaria Group, specialized in the development of residential and industrial projects, has started the construction of its first retail project in Cisnădie.

The new shopping centre, developed by Acteeum Group and Falcon Investment Management, will be located in the centre of Siemianowice Śląskie (Silesia, southern Poland). Covering 18,000 sqm of GLA, it will offer customers a selection of 45 stores, dining opportunities, and 550 parking spaces. The opening of the facility is scheduled for the second half of 2026.

Realia Fund Sicav has ended the previous year by acquiring a retail park in Stod City in the Pilsen region. With the completion of this purchase, the value of the fund's portfolio rose to CZK 2.35 billion (€93 million).

A new fund managed by Upvest and the investment company RSJ have secured a quarter share in the Černý Most shopping centre in Prague, reports Hospodářskénoviny.cz.

Mitiska REIM, the investor specialized in retail and logistics projects, has secured a €50 million co-investment alongside the MEREP 3 value-add fund from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).