Romania's real estate market has seen sustained demand for office, retail, and industrial spaces with over 150,000 sqm of the total real estate stock occupied during H1 2025, finds a new report by CBRE Romania.

CTP has expanded its portfolio with the CTPark Pardubice Rosice in the Czech Republic. The acquisition, completed on 6 May 2025, has confirmed CTP’s confidence in the Pardubice region as a promising centre for modern industry and logistics. 

The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published Q2 2025 figures on Poland’s industrial and logistics sector, based on data from advisory firms including Axi Immo, BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland, CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL, Knight Frank, Newmark Poland and Savills. The report covers warehouse stock, new completions, projects under construction, take-up and vacancy rates.

Industrial developer CTP said its gross rental income for H1 2025 reached €367.2 million, marking a 14.4% year-on-year increase, while signing 1 million sqm of new leases, an 11% increase compared to H1 2024.

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.