The leasing volume of industrial and logistics spaces in Romania amounted to 410,500 sqm during H1 2024, down by 25% versus the same period of last year, with close to half of the total take-up recorded in Bucharest region, according to a Cushman & Wakefield Echinox report. 

Warehouse rent levels in the Czech Republic have doubled over the past five years. Now they have reached the peak. According to experts from Colliers, price corrections are a topic for discussion.

CTP has leased circa 18,000 sqm of industrial and logistics space at CTPark Prešov South in Slovakia to a Chinese company producing interior parts for the automotive sector.

Panattoni is constructing a Built To Own (BTO) manufacturing centre for Compal. Electronic components for the automotive industry are to be produced in a factory that is under construction in Czeladź (southern Poland). 

Industrial developer WDP has secured a €250 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for investments in photovoltaic systems and electric vehicle charging stations across its portfolio. 

The abandoned brownfield of the former Poldi Kladno steel mill in the Czech Republic is soon to be transformed. On a large part of the area belonging to the RSJ investment group, the developer Panattoni has started construction of industrial halls this summer, reports E15.cz.

Law firm PeliPartners has assisted WDP in the acquisition of several industrial projects and a landbank from Globalworth and Global Vision. 

The modern, developer-led warehouse stock in the Czech Republic has reached 12.02 million sqm in the second quarter of 2024. Approximately 117,500 sqm were delivered to the market within 11 industrial parks. Industrial Research Forum has announced industrial market figures for Q2 2024. 

Panattoni has begun construction work on a new Built To Own (BTO) centre for the E.G.O.-Group (E.G.O.), a supplier for household manufacturers. The construction of the manufacturing plant is to start in July this year and the completion is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025.

The Czech industrial RE market has experienced a record growth of interest in renting new premises, especially from companies linked to e-commerce triggering extensive speculative construction. Although the market situation is stable and positively influenced by the gradual reduction of construction costs in combination with yield stabilisation, recently the vacancy rate has slightly increased and two new phenomena have emerged on the market.