Panattoni has completed construction and handed over a manufacturing and logistics facility to Valmet Automotive - a supplier of roof and kinematic systems for the automotive industry. The investment, realised in a build-to-suit (BTS) format, expands the existing factory in Żary. 

Gross realised demand on the Czech industrial real estate market has risen above the five-year average in the first quarter of this year, indicating the potential for market recovery. Over 155,000 sqm of new space has already been delivered to the market this year, and a further 1.6 million sqm is currently under active construction, according to a survey conducted by Colliers.

Bucharest's industrial and logistics market has experienced significant growth, with its modern leasable space nearly quadrupling over the past decade to exceed 3.6 million sqm, according to a Colliers analysis.

The first quarter of 2025 has been marked by extraordinary activity on the Czech commercial real estate market. According to Colliers, total investment volume reached €1.48 billion, already surpassing the full-year 2023 results of €1.15 billion. Several large transactions with a value above €100 million contributed to this record.

CTP has transformed a former tire warehouse at CTPark Bor in the Czech Republic into a cutting-edge logistics centre. The newly refurbished 17,500 sqm facility has been prepared to serve a long-time partner, DB Schenker. 

The EBRD has invested €76 million in VGP's green bond program, supporting the company’s development and fund acquisitions of sustainable parks across Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and the Slovak Republic.

Gridarch (formerly Concens Investments), the BMW Group, the Statutory City of Ostrava and the Moravian-Silesian Region have laid the foundation stone of the BMW Group logistics centre this week.

Warehouse 2, part of the Good Point V logistics and production park in Łubna, Pomerania, has been awarded a final BREEAM International New Construction V6 certificate at the Excellent level, with a score of 73.5% in the Post Construction Assessment.  

The intensive construction of warehouse and production facilities for lease across the Czech Republic continued into the first quarter of 2025, according to the analysis of demand and availability of modern industrial space by Savills. However, supply remains insufficient in certain key markets, particularly in Prague and Brno. 

The Romanian industrial and logistics market  has recorded a 31% year-over-year increase in leased space, totaling nearly 260,000 sqm during Q1 2025, according to a new report by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.