Investment activity in the commercial real estate market in the Czech Republic has shot up sharply in the last quarter of 2024. After rising yields in 2022 and 2023, "prime yields" have stabilised in 2024 and the market has found a new price equilibrium, according to Colliers' regular quarterly survey.
Romania's housing market faced a significant imbalance in 2024, with new home deliveries falling 15% nationwide and over 20% in Bucharest, while demand rose by 7%, finds a Colliers report.
The fourth quarter of 2024 has not brought a significant change to the Czech industrial and logistics real estate market. While demand has returned to almost pre-Q1 volumes, the amount of new project completions has remained low, according to the regular quarterly survey conducted by Colliers.
Companies in regional cities in the Czech Republic have been facing an increasing challenge in finding quality office space, reports the Regional Research Forum. H2 2024 data for Brno and Ostrava shows that a shortage of office space is thus creating pressure on the market and tenants.
Bucharest recorded a 20% decline in office leasing, to 339,000 sqm, in 2024, compared to the previous year, although it remained above the five-year average, according to a Colliers report.
Investment activity is accelerating, especially in Poland and Slovakia, while interest from Asian companies in logistics and manufacturing is increasing across CEE, according to a Colliers report.
Vacancy rate in the Prague office market decrease in Q4 2024 has been the largest since 2018, reports Prague Research Forum in its Office Market Figures for Q4 2024 and 2024. The report has also revealed the record annual take-up and the overall situation of the market.
Even though the volume of commercial real estate delivered to the market in 2024 was below average, the Czech market did not freeze and maintained its activity. This was mainly thanks to the Czech capital, according to Colliers' experts, and this trend will continue in 2025.
Only one new office building has been completed in Prague in Q3 of 2024. On the other side, efforts to upgrade some older properties have continued either on an ongoing basis or by temporarily taking them off the market, according to a survey prepared by Colliers.
The demand for industrial space has been still below the five-year average in the third quarter of this year, published Colliers in its regular quarterly industrial real estate market report. However, the first signs of market recovery have appeared and the number of concluded contracts has grown slightly.
Promenada Mall, owned by Nepi Rockcastle, has completed the first stage of its food court modernisation, spanning 1,000 sqm, with the opening of eight new restaurants.
ELI Parks has signed a lease agreement with Litera Group for a 3,087 sqm space within ELI Park 3, near Bucharest.
International luxury brand Rituals is joining the IULIUS retail network. This autumn, it will open new stores in the mixed-use developments Iulius Town Timișoara and Palas Iași, as well as in Iulius Mall Cluj.
New appointments
From mid-October, László Csapó will take up the position of Director of Business Development at Danubius Hotels Zrt. He succeeds Andrea Róna, who had held the position since 2022.
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox has named Gabriel Vințe as Business Development Manager within the Project & Development Services (PDS) department. He will also oversee the business line dedicated to sustainability services. Vințe has over 21 years of experience gained in renowned companies across sectors such as financial services, retail, residential, and consultancy.
Cushman & Wakefield has strengthened its Warsaw-based Capital Markets team, led by Paweł Partyka, with the appointments of Jakub Grabara and Natalia Wołyniec. The new hires will support the company in delivering transactional advisory services across the commercial property market.
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