cargo-partner has extended and expanded its lease at MLP Pruszków II, increasing its warehouse space to 14,400 sqm. The logistics provider, a tenant of MLP Group since 2006, added 1,600 sqm to its current lease of 12,800 sqm. The transaction was facilitated by Renthis.

Nicolae Ciobanu, Managing Partner – Head of Advisory at Fortim Trusted Advisors, talked to Property Forum about the firm’s growth in office leasing and land transactions, as well as the outlook on rents and the role of the defense sector in boosting industrial demand going forward.

Investor interest is diversifying, with hotels and office properties being the most sought-after segments in H1 2025, and a growing trend of repurposing older office buildings into hotels or residential use, according to experts of Colliers Hungary.

Shanghai Pret Composites, a manufacturer of polymer composites for the automotive and industrial sectors, has signed a lease agreement for a production facility in Opole. The deal, facilitated by Savills Polska, marks the company's first investment in Poland and is part of its broader European expansion strategy.

In Q2 2025, the slowdown of the Slovak industrial real estate market has continued. Developers are facing several challenges, according to the Industrial Research Forum (IRF) overview of the logistics and industrial real estate market in Slovakia. 

More than 417,000 sqm of industrial space were leased in H1 2025, marking an over 20% increase compared to the same period in 2024, according to Colliers data. 

OBI, one of the leading home improvement chains in Europe, has extended its lease for over 10,000 sqm of retail and warehouse space at P3 Łódź I. This decision strengthens the company’s long-standing presence in the park, where it has operated since 2008.

Harden Construction is developing a new distribution centre in Ujrzanów, next to Siedlce, as part of Panattoni Park Siedlce. The 6,200 sqm project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2025 and has been leased to a logistics services provider.

City Point Targówek, an urban logistics development in Warsaw, has secured a lease agreement for 10,000 sqm of warehouse space with a leading company from the food production and distribution sector. According to Peakside Capital Advisors, this is the largest lease signed on the Warsaw logistics market in 2025 to date, both in terms of size and level of technical customisation. Handover is scheduled for Q3 2026.

The total stock of modern industrial space for lease in the Czech Republic has reached 12.68 million sqm. 131,600 sqm of new warehouse space was delivered to the market across seven industrial parks, announces Industrial Research Forum in its Market Figures for Q2 2025.