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Gránit Asset Management is pursuing a focused investment strategy across a corridor of Central and Eastern European capitals. In this interview, Álmos Mikesy, CEO of Gránit Asset Management, explains the thinking behind the firm’s “5B Strategy”, why high-quality offices remain a core part of the portfolio and where the company sees the best entry opportunities as the regional real estate cycle begins to shift.

Baltic investors are becoming increasingly active in the Polish real estate market, reflecting a search for larger and more liquid investment environments than those available in their home markets. At the same time, pricing expectations, liquidity conditions and asset management opportunities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania continue to shape how investors approach expansion and portfolio allocation across the region. Property Forum reports from the Nordic Real Estate Forum 2026, organised in Tallinn.

This week’s news was dominated by annual financial results and industrial investment activity, alongside signals of tightening conditions in key office markets. Here are the most relevant stories shaping the regional market.

Stoneweg has completed three lease regears totalling 17,000 sqm across its industrial portfolio in the Czech Republic on behalf of Stoneweg European Real Estate Investment Trust (Sert). The leases were agreed in line with the previous passing rent.

Industrial developer CTP recorded gross rental income of €759.8 million in 2025, up 14.4% year-on-year with like-for-like rental growth of 4.5%.

NEPI Rockcastle, the largest owner of shopping centres in CEE, said its net operating income rose 11.2% year-on-year to a record €618 million in 2025, while the distributable earnings increased 6.7% to €441 million.

In a video interview recorded at CEE Property Forum 2025 in Vienna, Marek Noetzel, COO of NEPI Rockcastle and incoming CEO from April 2026, shares his outlook on retail trade across the region, the company’s growth strategy and his priorities for the next phase of leadership.

In a video interview recorded at CEE Property Forum 2025 in Vienna, Günther Artner, Head of Group Commercial Real Estate at Erste Group, reflects on the main banking challenges of 2025, the strategic acquisition of Santander Bank Polska and why he expects another active year for real estate financing across the region.

Central and Eastern Europe’s real estate market continued to show broad activity and evolving dynamics in the third week of February, with multiple reports highlighting leasing momentum, construction growth, investment transactions and sector diversification.