Speedwell has appointed Răzvan Enache as Country Manager for Romania, as the Belgian-rooted developer expands its local portfolio and extends operations into regional markets. Enache takes over from Yannick van de Parre, who moves into a new regional role within the group, focusing on the company's international expansion priorities, including its activities in Poland, where Speedwell has been active since 2024.

Poland’s growing investment market and shifting capital flows are creating new opportunities across real estate, infrastructure and other key sectors. Bartłomiej Kordeczka, Partner and Co-Head of Office at Pinsent Masons, discusses the firm’s decision to enter Poland with a 40-plus-lawyer team, what is attracting international investors and where he expects the strongest transactional opportunities to emerge.

Dr. István Hüse, Real Estate Development Director at Indotek Group, talks to Property Forum about the company's turnaround strategy, the business case for revitalising existing buildings, and why economic, environmental and social value creation increasingly go hand in hand.

CTP has agreed terms to acquire 100% of the South-East Asia Logistics Partners (SLP) portfolio and operating platform in Vietnam for approximately US$500 million. The deal, which remains subject to regulatory approvals, includes seven standing assets totalling 504,000 sqm of net leasable area (NLA) and six development sites with the potential to deliver a further 585,000 sqm of NLA, bringing the combined portfolio to around 1.1 million sqm.

AI and accelerating digitalisation are driving a new wave of data centre development across Europe, while power, connectivity and increasingly water availability are reshaping where projects can be built. Peter Junker, Associate Partner at Drees & Sommer, explains why development is moving beyond traditional hotspots and how rising temperatures are changing the requirements for new data centres.

Czech developer IKONIX has taken an equity stake in NEMOMAX, a qualified investors' fund managed by the AVANT group, and will assume responsibility for the management of its development projects. AVANT remains the fund's manager and administrator and will continue to raise capital for its growth. Together, the partners plan to invest more than CZK 1 billion annually in new real estate projects, with an ambition to rank NEMOMAX among the three largest real estate qualified investors' funds in the Czech Republic by fund capital within three years.

Hotel investment across Southeast Europe continues to attract interest, but rising development costs, changing guest expectations and the importance of year-round demand are reshaping investment strategies. At Zagreb Property Forum 2026, hospitality executives discussed the growing role of mixed-use developments and branded residences, the opportunities emerging across the region and the need for realistic financial planning to ensure long-term profitability.

DL Invest Group has signed a loan agreement with BNP Paribas Bank Polska providing up to €54 million to finance the construction of logistics facilities. The loan matures in February 2033 and is secured against a portfolio of logistics properties.

For decades, the geography of European real estate investment has been expanding eastwards. Markets once considered peripheral have become established destinations for international capital, with Central and Eastern Europe developing sophisticated commercial property sectors, institutional investment markets and increasingly international developer communities.

EPP has increased its equity interest in the joint venture that owns the M1 shopping centre portfolio in Poland to 59.4%. The shareholder structure has been simplified and a new investor, RMB Investments and Advisory Proprietary Limited (RMBIA), has joined the venture. The three shareholders are now EPP (59.4%), RMBIA (23.1%) and Redefine Europe (17.5%).