With the arrival of Black Week and its climax on Black Friday on 28 November, Czech retail enters its most intense period of the year. The week of discounts seamlessly transitions into Advent shopping, which traditionally brings the highest weekend footfall and sales of the year. CBRE, the global leader in commercial real estate services that manages dozens of shopping and retail centres across the Czech Republic and authors the regular Shopping Centre Index, confirms that the combination of November promotions and the pre-Christmas season fundamentally shapes the performance of brick-and-mortar retail and its connection with online channels.

Aria Shopping Center, a new retail concept in Bucharest's District 6, has launched its pre-leasing phase with a target of 90% occupancy before opening. The center will bring significant commercial activity to the Valea Cascadelor area.

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) has provided a €78 million investment facility to AB Tewox, managed by Lords LB Asset Management. The loan will refinance six retail parks and fund the acquisition of two new retail parks across multiple Polish locations.

Calea Victoriei in Bucharest recorded the third-highest rent growth among 50 global markets analysed in Cushman & Wakefield's 2025 "Main Streets Across the World" report. With rents at €70 per sqm per month, representing a 17% increase from last year, Bucharest ranks 39th worldwide and 24th in Europe, level with Zagreb.

LCP Poland, part of M Core, has signed a €40 million loan agreement with Erste Group Bank AG for the refinancing of the Emka Koszalin shopping centre, the company announced on LinkedIn.

Scallier has signed a contract to commercialise a retail park in Świętochłowice, Poland. The facility, scheduled to open in autumn 2027, will offer approximately 7,000 sqm of leasable space on a 2.5-hectare plot previously occupied by a building materials warehouse. The investor is an entity of Kenpol Holding.

Nhood Romania has expanded its partnership with Urbano Group to take over full integrated property management of Urbano Shopping & Living, Transylvania's largest retail park located in the Cluj metropolitan area.

Goldbach Group has entered a strategic partnership with Hubix, a Romanian investment and management company, securing over €5.3 million to develop four new retail parks under the K2 brand. The partnership combines Goldbach Group's retail park development expertise with Hubix's financing structuring capabilities and private capital attraction through its established investors' community.

The Duna Plaza shopping centre in Budapest will undergo a comprehensive renovation as part of an investment by Indotek Group. The redevelopment will expand the building beyond existing retail areas to include community meeting and experience centre functions, with construction expected to begin in early 2027 and the mall reopening in 2029.

Romanian developer Intero Property Development has signed a sale contract with a retailer for 10,418 sqm of land at Bucharest-based SkyLight Residence. The new supermarket will be the retailer's largest store in Romania, spanning over 3,265 sqm. Construction is scheduled to start in approximately three months, with opening targeted for Q4 2026.