Hungary's construction sector saw a marked slowdown in the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest EBI Construction Activity Report prepared by Eltinga, Buildecon and iBuild. Projects worth less than HUF 470 billion started in Q2, the third lowest figure since 2021 and about 41% below the average quarterly value recorded between 2021 and 2026. The strong Q1 performance, boosted by the Paks 2 project and a high volume of multi-unit residential starts, kept the overall first-half decline to just over 3% like-for-like, though H1 2026 still fell between 17% and 45% short of the equivalent periods in 2021 to 2024.

Cordia Romania, a member of Futureal Group, has appointed Concelex as general contractor for Centropolitan, a residential development under construction near Alba Iulia Square in Bucharest. The project represents a continuation of a partnership between the two companies that began with PARCULUI20, a 485-apartment scheme delivered between 2019 and 2023 in the Expoziției area.

ATAL has begun construction and sales at Wzgórze Oruni, a new residential development on ul. Emilii Hoene in the Orunia Górna district of Gdańsk. The scheme comprises four five-storey buildings containing 111 apartments ranging from around 30 sqm to nearly 93 sqm, with one to four rooms. Upper-floor flats will have glazed balconies and ground-floor units will include private gardens. Completion is scheduled for the second quarter of 2028.

Romania's construction market grew by approximately 12% in the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to a Colliers report on the real estate market in the first half of 2026. The residential segment recorded the strongest growth at approximately 16%, followed by infrastructure projects, including roads, railways and hospitals, which rose by around 14% and account for more than half of total sector activity. The non-residential segment grew more slowly, at approximately 6%, as financing remains expensive and private investors are more cautious. The report notes that these figures measure the actual volume of construction works rather than the financial value of investments.

Harden Construction is carrying out the construction of Panattoni Park Toruń II, an industrial and warehouse development in Lubicz Dolny in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region. InPost is the main tenant of the facility.

Cavatina Holding is funding the revitalisation of approximately 3.8 hectares of public space surrounding its Quorum Tower residential development on ul. Sikorskiego in Wrocław, covering riverfront promenades, two public squares and several hundred metres of city streets. The work is being carried out entirely at the developer's expense, with some areas already open to residents and further phases due for completion in the coming months.

Hungarian construction group Bayer Construct has entered bankruptcy protection as it seeks to restructure its finances and reach an agreement with creditors, while developers behind projects where the company acts as contractor are moving to reassure homebuyers that construction will continue.

Construction of the Dornych mixed-use development in Brno, being built by developer Crestyl near the city's main railway station, has reached a new milestone. The foundation slab was completed in August, and the reinforced-concrete monolithic frame is now rising above ground level on several sections of the site. Construction remains on schedule, with completion planned for the end of 2027 and the opening of shops and services expected in the following months.

7R has begun construction of a 9,700 sqm built-to-suit (BTS) parcel sorting facility in Bydgoszcz for a long-standing e-commerce logistics partner. The project, part of the 7R Park Bydgoszcz I complex, is due for completion and handover in Q1 2027. The developer has previously delivered 44,000 sqm of warehouse space across five locations for the same client.

Construction has been completed on REINO IO Piotrków BTS, a cross-dock transshipment centre of nearly 27,000 sqm in Piotrków Trybunalski, central Poland. The investor is Polish Logistics LLP (UK), managed by REINO IO Logistics. Kajima Poland handled design and general contracting under a design-and-build contract, with financing provided by BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. under a Green Loan structure compliant with LMA Green Loan Principles.