The debt markets in Europe remain resilient. An extensive survey by CBRE among 130 companies shows that the lending environment is on a solid footing for when investment activity starts to pick up in the second half of 2024. Nearly two-thirds of respondents expect a recovery compared to last year with refinancing being the main source of demand. Industrial and multifamily are the preferred sectors for lending, with student accommodation and hotels seeing the strongest increase in demand.

Industrial developer CTP has leased over 100,000 sqm of logistics space across its Hungarian projects to a Korean company specialised in automotive logistics.

Gijs Klomp, Business Development Manager at WDP Romania, talked to Property Forum about the company’s more than €90 million development pipeline on the local market and the outlook of the industrial sector on rents and new demand.

The industrial and logistics sector in CEE-6 regions attracted on average 27% (€14 billion) of the last five-year investment volume on a rolling basis in the region. The total commercial real estate investment sector hovers on average around €10 billion each year, according to Colliers.

Alina Necula, Country Manager Romania Lion’s Head, talked to Property Forum about the company’s plans to develop its first logistics projects in Romania and the strategic leasing transactions closed in the company’s flagship office project, Oregon Park in Bucharest.

Croatian investor Pemo Centar has announced the development of a new office building in Zagreb. The Business Centre Arena office building spanning 9,900 sqm will be delivered by Q4 2025 following an investment of around €20 million.

Property group CA Immo has appointed Vojtech Ozorovsky as Head of Asset Management for Austria and CEE. He joined the company in 2020 as Senior Asset Manager.

The development of a new industrial building with a leasable area of 27,500 sqm has kicked off at BHM Industrial Park Belgrade (IPB), with completion expected by the end of 2024.

The industrial sector in Romania is recording a slowdown in Q1 2024, with the same trend being recorded across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) markets, according to a iO Partners analysis.

GTC posted €9.3 million consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company in Q1 2024 against €11.2 million profit a year earlier, the company announced.