Romania's construction market reached near-record levels in 2025, with work volumes growing almost 8% in the first eleven months compared to the previous year, according to Colliers' annual report. The sector now represents 9% of GDP, the highest share in the European Union and well above the 5% EU average.

Romanian investors became the most important source of capital on the local real estate market, generating approximately 30% of transaction volume in 2025 and accumulating nearly €1.8 billion in investments over the past decade, according to Colliers' annual report.

Bucharest's office market recorded its first year without new project deliveries in over two decades in 2025. On this backdrop, total leasing demand fell by around 25% year-on-year to approximately 250,000 sqm, while new space take-up totalled close to 90,000 sqm, according to Colliers data.

Romania's industrial and logistics market continued growing in 2025, with over 300,000 sqm of modern space delivered, bringing total stock to approximately 8 million sqm, according to Colliers' annual report. 

Brno and Ostrava office markets have revealed contrasting trends among regional cities during H2 2025, according to the Regional Research Forum.

In a video interview recorded at CEE Property Investment Update 2026 in Warsaw, Dorota Wysokińska-Kuzdra, Senior Partner at Colliers, shares her outlook on financing conditions, partnerships, and the evolving living sector in Poland, highlighting why competition between banks and institutional capital flows could intensify in 2026.

Romania's modern retail market exceeded 5 million sqm in 2025, following deliveries of approximately 190,000 sqm of new retail space, around 20% above the five-year average, according to Colliers' annual report.

Iglotex, one of Poland's producers and distributors of frozen food, has leased 9,260 sqm of space at P3 Błonie under a five-year contract.

The Hungarian commercial real estate market showed signs of recovery in 2025 after a challenging period, with investment volumes rising 117.5% year-on-year to €881 million, according to Colliers' latest market analysis.

2025 was a record year for the Bratislava office market and un Q4 2025 alone, leasing transactions reached 271,000 sqm, representing a year-on-year increase of 35%, according to the Bratislava Research Forum.