Horațiu Papakonstantinou-Florescu, Chairman & CEO Romania, Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia at Knight Frank, talked to Property Forum about the dominance of lease renewals, the anticipated 2026 delivery wave, and how Bucharest’s high yields and infrastructure projects continue to attract multinational tenants.

Developer Corwin has completed its first bond issuance of the year, raising €20 million. The proceeds will be used to develop projects in Ljubljana, Prague, and Bratislava.

Commercial real estate companies remain optimistic about 2026, with 83% expecting revenue growth, according to a Deloitte report. This represents a slight decline from 88% last year, while 68% plan to increase expenses in 2026.

Property Forum is excited to publish the timeline for its flagship awards programmes in 2026, celebrating excellence and innovation across Central & Eastern Europe’s real estate markets. These awards recognise outstanding organisations, projects and individuals whose contributions have shaped the region’s real estate landscape over the past year. SEE Property Forum Awards and CEE Property Forum Awards reflect the momentum and dynamism of regional property sectors and provide a platform to honour industry leadership, sustainability, design excellence and strategic impact.

In a video interview recorded at CEE Property Investment Update 2026 in Warsaw, Georg Blaschke, Head of Real Estate Finance CEE & Benelux at Helaba, shares his perspective on how banks are reassessing property risk, the outlook for lending conditions and which sectors continue to attract financing in Poland.

Property developer YIT Slovakia has announced the appointment Patrik Golský as the new Managing Director, having previously served as Production Director.

Business Park Sofia, the largest office park in CEE, is undergoing a transformation into a mixed-use destination called The Park District.

In a video interview recorded at CEE Property Investment Update 2026 in Warsaw, Piotr Mirowski, Senior Partner and Head of Investment Services at Colliers, shares his market outlook for 2026. He outlines the return of liquidity, renewed interest in offices and logistics, shifting capital sources and pricing dynamics.

At the CEE Property Investment Update 2026 in Warsaw, the focus quickly shifted from headline risks to underlying resilience. Bringing together investors, bankers, lawyers and asset managers, the opening panel examined how Central and Eastern Europe’s real estate markets are being shaped by geopolitical volatility, energy transformation and shifting capital priorities – and why, despite the noise, many fundamentals continue to support long-term investment. Moderated by Dorota Wysokińska-Kuzdra of Colliers, the discussion set out to separate short-term disruption from structural opportunity in a region increasingly tested by global change.

Speaking at the CEE Property Investment Update 2026 conference in Warsaw, Piotr Mirowski, Senior Partner and Head of Investment Services at Colliers, delivered an optimistic assessment of the region’s investment outlook. After two challenging years marked by higher financing costs and subdued activity, CEE has begun to stabilise, with investors adapting to a reshaped market environment rather than waiting for a full return to pre-2022 conditions.