Hungary's construction sector showed a spectacular rebound in April, with output volumes up 11% on the previous month, completely making up for the feeble performance of the previous two months. The production figures in recent months for a sector in fundamentally poor shape are far from tragic, nor are the order books figures, but we are seeing such huge month-to-month fluctuations that it is very difficult to assess what is happening in the construction sector.

International developer UDI Group is developing the Parkside project in Budapest. Baltic hotel group Mogotel is confirmed to operate it under the Staybridge Suites brand name of the global hotel chain IHG.

After more than a year of intensive negotiations, the sale and purchase agreement for Budapest Airport Zrt. was signed on Thursday, Hungary's Ministry of National Economy said in a statement. The Hungarian state acquired an 80% stake at a purchase price of €3.1 billion (HUF 1,207.5 billion), and the €1.44 billion (HUF 560.93 billion) loan taken out by the previous owners was extended.

The industrial sector in Romania is recording a slowdown in Q1 2024, with the same trend being recorded across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) markets, according to a iO Partners analysis.

The new Swissôtel Lagoon Budapest hotel will offer 200 rooms and apartments overlooking a man-made lagoon by the Danube River. Romanian property developer Forty Management will oversee the project. The handover is scheduled for 2028.

Remodelling an iconic commercial building and preserving its historic heritage is a challenge. Finding a perfect tenant mix for a long period is an even bigger problem. Property Forum asked Oliver Balogh and Viktor Balogh, founders of Corvin Palace Kft. about the ways the development company met these challenges.

Colliers has promoted Josefina Kurfurstova to the newly created position of Senior Analyst - CEE Business Intelligence covering Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.

Lifestyle and leisure hospitality company Ennismore announced the signing of SO/ Budapest, the brand’s first destination in Hungary. SO/ Budapest will open in 2026, following extensive refurbishment of both the exterior and interior of the building.

The value of construction works launched in three months rose in Q1 2024, Activity-Start hasn’t been so high in the last six quarters. EBI Construction Activity Report Q1 2024 measured the total value of started construction works at HUF 807 billion. Looking at the period between 2018 and 2023, there were very only five quarters when Activity-Start surpassed this number. At constant prices, Q1 2024 was also considered good when looking at the period since June 2022. Nevertheless, when compared to the period between 2018 and H1 2022, it fell into the lower range.

The WING Liget Center multi-building development will involve not only the reconstruction of two buildings listed as historic monuments – serving as the main offices for TV channel RTL – but a brand-new boutique office building named Liget Center Vitrum will also be completed in the autumn. Construction is proceeding on schedule, and the Vitrum building is now structurally complete. Vitrum is a nearly zero energy building and will offer a total of 2,200 square metres of leasable office space over six floors. The building will be handed over in its shell and core stage in autumn 2024.