For a long time, the logistics and industrial market in Croatia has been overlooked by real estate developers, despite the country’s strategic geographical position, proximity to major European markets and developed, high-quality road network, as well as direct access to sea routes. Recent project completions and commencements, with a strong pipeline and the arrival of international developers, suggest that winds are changing, and Croatia could become a very attractive logistics market.

The latest plans of YIT include residential construction outside of Prague. The company plans to gradually build 800 apartments on the outskirts of Kladno within 12 years, e15.cz reports.

Most of the crown that constitutes the architectural and compositional peak of the Eurovea Tower residential development by JTRE has reached its final height of 168 metres. Only the crown, the façade on the upper five floors and the residential interiors remain to be completed in Slovakia’s tallest building. The entire project is planned to be finished next summer.

The AFIhome Karlín rental residence project with 172 apartments from AFI Europe has been approved. This is the second rental housing project by AFI Europe, this time for CZK 1 billion (€41 million). The apartments will be available for move-in in spring 2023, the developer announced.

CTP is constructing a brand-new office building in the premium office complex Vlněna, located on a former Brno brownfield site. It aspires to be the most modern building of this type in Central Europe. This 61-metre-high glass building will be located in the centre of the Moravian metropolis, will be completed by mid-2024 and will cost CZK 600 million (€24.65 million), the developer announced.

Penta Real Estate has secured a bank loan of €74 million, or over CZK 1.8 billion, from two banks, ČSOB and Česká spořitelna, for the construction of the office part of the Nová Waltrovka project in Prague's Radlice district, the Czech News Agency reported.

Residential developers in Poland are aware of the importance of ESG but they feel that their customers are often still focused on the price only. The participants of the ESG panel of Living Investment Forum 2022, held by Property Forum in Warsaw recently, agreed that the legal and financial pressure put on the construction industry may not be enough and there is still a lot to be done in terms of education.

Immofinanz is concentrating on the strategic growth areas of retail properties and myhive office solutions in the current market environment and has sold the rights for joint use of the development concept for sustainable and affordable housing over single-storey buildings to Dietmar Reindl. This innovative residential concept will now be expanded to include implementation by this former Immofinanz Executive Board member under his own flag outside the Immofinanz Group. Immofinanz retains the right to implement the concept on its own properties at any time and remains the owner of the On Top Living brand.

GTC Group, present in Serbia for the past 20 years, has opened its newest office building in Belgrade. GTC X brings to the market 17,700 sqm of first-class office space in Block 41, located along Milutin Milanković Boulevard in New Belgrade. 

As part of an office development project by Wing, the Ligeti Auditorium will undergo a complete renovation while preserving its historical heritage, according to the company's LinkedIn page.