With three decades of experience across advisory and investment, Radu Boitan has been at the forefront of real estate in CEE for the last three decades. After co-founding and leading a specialised investment platform, he took time away in 2024 for reflection. He has since returned to the market with renewed clarity, focusing on selective investments, education, and mentoring. In this interview, he shares lessons from his journey and insights into the challenges and opportunities facing the region.

Colliers has appointed Raul Garcia Rodriguez as Real Estate Transformation, Value & Growth Lead for Central and Eastern Europe. Based in Prague, he will focus on ESG-driven transformation and the repositioning of assets, including retrofitting and redevelopment.

GTC reported a 9% year-on-year increase in rental revenues to €101 million in the first half of 2025, supported by leasing activity across its office and retail portfolio and the contribution from its German residential assets.

Industrial developer CTP is exploring opportunities to enter the Vietnamese market, in response to a significant increase in demand from the company’s Asian clients.

Industrial developer CTP has appointed Ronald Binkofski as the new Managing Director for Romania, as part of the company’s plan to achieve an annualised rental income of €1 billion across its European portfolio by 2027.

CPI Europe reported a net profit of €211 million for the first half of 2025, a significant improvement on the €43 million recorded a year earlier, according to the company’s unaudited results.

Industrial developer CTP has announced a new partnership with Singu, the operator of a cloud-based Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM) platform. 

The CEE commercial real estate market experienced a significant rebound in H1 2025, with total investment volumes across the five key CEE markets reaching nearly €5 billion, Knight Frank reports.

Nepi Rockcastle, Europe’s third-largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio value, reported a 12.1% year-on-year increase in net operating income (NOI) in the first half of 2025, reaching €307 million. The company’s investment property portfolio exceeded €8 billion for the first time in its history, supported by acquisitions completed in 2024 and active asset management. Vacancy remained low at 1.6%.

GTC, a major investor and developer in CEE commercial real estate, has appointed three new members to its Management Board. The new executives, Jacek Bagiński, Mihály Ország, and Botond Rencz, bring extensive experience from the real estate, finance, and advisory sectors.