Investment in European property continued to gain momentum in Q3 with the return of big-ticket deals in major markets across the region, according to the latest market snapshot for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) released by Colliers International. Leading cities including London, Milan, Paris and Frankfurt saw major single-asset deals in the July-September quarter, as investor confidence rebounded further from a slow start to the year. Prime office assets located in the centres of national capitals remained the major draw for investors seeking secure repositories of value.

S Immo will further expand its Hungarian portfolio. The company is planning to develop a 40,000 sqm project on the Váci Road office corridor.

Belgian WDP, the developer of industrial and logistics projects, says it has ongoing investments of around €102 million in several Romanian cities with deliveries expected by the first quarter of 2022.

Urszula Kowalska, Krystyna Pietruszyńska and Patrick Pospiech were appointed directors in JLL’s Living Investments department at the beginning of October and, with the support of Paweł Sztejter, Head of JLL Living, they will focus on developing transactional and development advisory services on the Polish residential market.

Accelerated yield compression is expected for year-end 2021 after Q3 2021 valuations, CTP announced in a portfolio update.

Local investor Českomoravská Nemovitostní has expanded its portfolio with three properties in Prague's Karlín district with a total area of more than 30,000 sqm. The company bought the Zirkon, Apeiron (Ruby) and Corso Karlín office buildings.

JLL Hungary has advised the seller on the sale of an operating apartment hotel, Escala Hotel & Suits. The 50-apartment hotel, located in Budapest's Corvin quarter, was sold in August, JLL said in a LinkedIn post.

The potential of the commercial real estate market in Poland is constantly growing, and the profile of projects that investors focus on is changing

Colliers is starting a new business line - Living Services - from the services offered so far by the Corporate Finance department. The new line will focus exclusively on projects in the living sector and will be offered to clients operating not only in Poland but in the entire CEE region.  

Commercial real estate investments in Romania amounted to €570 million in the first nine months, down 29% compared to the same period of 2020, according to JLL Romania. The Bucharest market attracted 70% of the total investment volume, mainly in the office segment.