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Real estate investment experts are not too worried about the potential negative impacts of the second Trump presidency on Europe’s economy. However, they agree that Europe as a whole must react quickly to improve its competitiveness. That was one of the key messages of the opening panel of CEE Property Forum 2024, held last week in Vienna.

With a total loan amount of €168 million Helaba and Erste Group are financing the acquisition of the prime office tower Warsaw UNIT for the Swedish real estate company Eastnine AB. The loan term is for five years and Helaba is acting as co-arranger and agent for the transaction.

Echo Investment has signed a conditional sale agreement for React, the office building located at 24 Piłsudskiego in Łódź. Upon completion of the deal, React will be acquired by Summus Capital, an Estonian-based investment company. The transaction is valued at €32.5 million.

CEE property investment volumes hit €5.0 billion in the first three quarters of 2024, up 24% year-on-year, according to a Colliers report.

Property group NEPI Rockcastle has purchased a photovoltaic project in Arad County, Western Romania and plans to start its construction in early 2025.

Ghelamco has sold its flagship development in downtown Warsaw – the Warsaw UNIT skyscraper at Rondo Daszyńskiego. It was acquired by the Swedish real estate company Eastnine AB for €280 million. This is the largest office market transaction that has been concluded in Europe this year.

Property Forum is excited to publish the results of its CEE investment market sentiment survey ahead of CEE Property Forum 2024 in Vienna. The results, providing an overview of market expectations across the region, are now available online.

Edwin Warmerdam, Partner, Head of Tax at Forvis Mazars in Romania, spoke to Property Forum about the taxation outlook in 2025 and the tax changes that could spur investments in the local market.

The total investment volume in the Czech Republic for the first three quarters of 2024 has exceeded the €1 billion threshold, reveals a regular quarterly survey published by Colliers. Approximately half of the properties bought and sold in 2024 are located outside Prague. 

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