Bellemonde has announced the launch of Bellemonde Privée, a new residential project in Pipera adding 52 villas to the growing community. The total investment amounts to €25 million, with approximately 65% secured through a financing partnership with Vista Bank.

The volume of construction works grew by 12.2% in unadjusted terms and by 10.7% as a seasonally and working-day adjusted series in the first seven months of 2025 versus the same period of last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS). 

M Core has started development of M Park Galați, the city's first retail park, on a 100,000 sqm plot acquired in December 2024.

EQT Park Prague North, situated in Lužec nad Vltavou near the D8 motorway, is a joint venture between the development company 7R Czech Republic and EQT Real Estate Czech Republic.

The Romanian construction market has reached a new historic milestone with 460,000 employees as of the end of May 2025, also marking a 7% increase in the volume of works during the first five months of the year compared to the same period in 2024. 

The value of new construction projects started in Hungary during H2 2025 has reached its second-lowest point since 2020, finds the EBI Construction Activity Report, prepared by Eltinga, Buildecon, and iBuild.

Despite the escalation on the front lines and increased shelling of civilian infrastructure in peaceful cities since the beginning of summer, the Ukrainian construction market has seen an increase in the number of new projects launched and completed in the first half of the year. The Ukrainian Real Estate Club has summarised the situation for Property Forum.

Digitalisation of the construction permitting process has proven to be a significant obstacle to the development of cities and municipalities, according to the recent CEEC Research survey. In practice, it is still not working as expected. On a scale from 0 (completely non-functional) to 10 (fully functional), city representatives have given the system an average score of 3.40.

Attila Beer, CEO of Alukönigstahl Romania & Republic of Moldova, talked to Property Forum about the demand engines that will drive the market this year and the growing investment in durable envelope solutions for buildings. 

Stagnant productivity and a shortage of workers in the construction industry could lead to a deficit of up to $40 trillion in the global construction sector by 2040, according to the latest analysis by McKinsey & Company. According to a survey by PlanRadar, 63% of construction companies consider construction to be an area that no longer attracts young people.