As FDI becomes increasingly concentrated in infrastructure-intensive sectors, corporate location decisions are becoming an important signal for real estate and institutional investors.

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has advised a US investor on the acquisition of Panattoni Park Poznań A2, a logistics complex located in Robakowo, Poland, for approximately €160 million. The asset is fully leased to H&M, which will continue to occupy the facility following the transaction.

CEE's strong economic growth, improving liquidity and increasingly sophisticated local capital base are strengthening the region's appeal to real estate investors. At the Poland & CEE conference session at Expo Real 2026, panellists highlighted Poland as the region's benchmark market while pointing to opportunities across the Baltics and wider CEE, with offices, living, logistics and alternative sectors all attracting capital.

Investment manager RCM Group has published a market commentary arguing that Warsaw's office market is better positioned than French and German institutional office markets to weather a prolonged period of higher interest rates. The firm's analysis, authored by George Leslie and dated October 2026, rests on three structural drivers pushing rates higher: rising sovereign debt levels, increased defence spending in a more volatile geopolitical environment, and the capital demands of environmental adaptation and the AI-driven data centre build-out.

Christie's International Real Estate is entering Poland through a new affiliate partnership with Vilea Property Boutique, a Warsaw-based brokerage. Vilea will serve as the brand's exclusive representative in Poland, extending Christie's International Real Estate's presence across Central and Eastern Europe, where it also operates affiliates in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Slovakia.

European real estate investors are navigating a market where higher financing costs and geopolitical uncertainty continue to weigh on sentiment, but improving liquidity, rental growth and renewed capital flows are creating opportunities across the risk spectrum. Speaking at the Real Estate Capital & Investment Decisions Forum 2026 in London, co-organised by Property Forum and RICS, investors discussed how strategies are shifting towards resilient income, active asset management and carefully selected value creation opportunities.

PPF Real Estate has agreed to acquire the Telehouse office building in Prague's Dejvice district from a group of investors comprising BPD Development and Radek Pokorný's Engine Prague Development. The building is situated close to PPF Group's headquarters in Prague 6.

Ghelamco has entered into a conditional sale agreement for its Chopin Tower project in Warsaw with a special purpose vehicle owned by an international investor. The sale price has been set at €54.4 million net. Under the agreement, Ghelamco will remain responsible for the project's development and construction, with proceeds from the sale to be applied to further deleveraging of the group.

Cerion Partners has launched as a pan-European investment firm focused on mission-critical real estate, with offices in Frankfurt and London. The firm was founded by Jorgen Verink, Sven Vollenbruch, Luca Krämling and Niklas Sahavi.

CTP has signed a lease for 24,400 sqm at CTPark Bucharest South with Romstal, a distributor of construction installation equipment. The space forms part of a 54,000 sqm facility within the park and will support Romstal's logistics and distribution operations across Romania and the wider CEE region. Romstal's product portfolio spans thermo, hydro, sanitary, electrical and ceramic categories, serving customers in the construction and installation sectors.