Slovakia's property investment market experienced significant recovery in 2025, with investment volumes reaching €978 million across 29 transactions, representing an 82% year-on-year increase and the second-best year in history, according to a CBRE report.

Slovakia's industrial and logistics property market recorded total leasing activity of approximately 320,000 sqm in Q4 2025, representing a 56% year-on-year increase and the strongest quarter in the market's history. Net leasing activity exceeded 94,000 sqm, showing a 91% quarterly increase, according to CBRE Slovakia's quarterly report.

Trigranit has announced the signing of a lease extension agreement with Ringier Axel Springer Polska, securing the continuation of its office space lease at the Signum Work Station complex in Warsaw's Mokotów district for four years. The company has operated continuously in the building since 2019 and currently occupies nearly 12,000 sqm of office space.

New retail projects continue to focus outside Bratislava, with most developments taking place in western Slovakia, according to the latest analysis by CBRE Slovakia.

Investors in CEE are entering 2026 with higher activity than their Western European counterparts, according to a new survey conducted by CBRE.

In a video interview recorded at CEE Property Forum 2025 in Vienna, Daniel Bienias, Managing Director CEE and Gábor Borbély, Head of Research CEE at CBRE, share how investors are approaching 2026, why diversification is critical and how regional capital and cross-border integration are redefining the region.

Bratislava's office market closed Q4 2024 with a significant revival in leasing activity, achieving the strongest quarterly result in the past five years. Development activity remains subdued with only one new project completed in Q4, limiting the availability of quality spaces. The combination of high demand for modern offices and limited supply has resulted in prime rent growth, which increased by 8% year-on-year, finds a report by CBRE.

Some 634 apartments were sold in new developments in Bratislava during Q4 2025, confirming stable sales that were maintained throughout the year, according to CBRE data. At the end of the fourth quarter, 3,874 apartments were available on the market, representing a slight quarterly decrease but a 16% year-on-year increase.

2025 was a record year for the Bratislava office market and un Q4 2025 alone, leasing transactions reached 271,000 sqm, representing a year-on-year increase of 35%, according to the Bratislava Research Forum.

Nearly half of international retail brands are set to expand their physical store networks across CEE, signaling a robust confidence in brick-and-mortar locations despite broader economic shifts, according to the CEE Retail Occupier Survey recently released by CBRE.