Gránit Asset Management has completed the purchase of the historical Exchange Palace building in Budapest, from private investors, for an undisclosed sum.

CBRE has summarised this year's developments in the Czech commercial real estate market and provides an up-to-date outlook for 2025. The report highlights anticipated investment activity and the evolution of key segments for the upcoming year.

The Hilton hotel in Prague, in which former US President Barack Obama or his predecessors Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have stayed, is being sold by IBRC, the investment structure of the Irish bank NAMA, dealing with debt settlement, reports E15.cz. At the same time, the domestic business elite has been competing with multinational investment capital for the largest Czech hotel.

CBRE is celebrating 25 years on the Czech market with a review of how the commercial real estate market has changed over the past quarter of a century and where it is heading next. 

The modern, developer-led warehouse stock in the Czech Republic reached almost 12.2 million sqm in the third quarter of 2024. Approximately 163,500 sqm were delivered to the market within 9 industrial parks across the country. This represents an 11% decrease compared to the same period last year and an increase of 64% quarter-on-quarter, reports Industrial Research Forum in its Industrial Market Figures for Q3 2024.

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.

The flexible office market in Bratislava has grown to 40,000 sqm, compared to 2020 it has almost doubled, CBRE's latest survey reports. Flexible offices and coworking spaces are equal to 2% of the total offer of modern office spaces in Bratislava.

CBRE has announced the appointment of Matic Kermavnar as the new Country Head Slovenia within its Southeast Europe (SEE) office. 

CBRE's new pan-European survey has confirmed the success of the long-term effort of companies to attract employees back to their offices, with the best results achieved by large companies.

In the second quarter of 2024, the total office space in Bratislava has reached almost 2.1 million sqm, while the share of vacant offices has decreased, according to the quarterly report of CBRE.