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Feb
2025
Feb
2025
Real estate dominates Romania's M&A market
The real estate and construction sector was the most active in terms of the number of M&A transactions in Romania during 2024, accounting for 28% of the total market, which reached an estimated value of between €5.7 and €6.1 billion.
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Jan
2024
Jan
2024
Property companies expect higher financing costs in Europe this year
Cost of financing and capital availability are some of the core challenges this year for real estate companies in Europe, shows a Deloitte survey.
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Jan
2023
Jan
2023
The biggest winners of the M&A wave will be large funds
The current economic downturn may result in more mergers and acquisitions in most of the CEE countries. Owners of some hotels and retail centres may divest their assets to minimize loss. Property Forum asked Csaba Polacsek, Partner, Advisory Services at PwC Hungary about the mood of the possible buyers and the remaining risks in the coming years.
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Latest news
- Bucharest's unoccupied homes stock more than doubles in decade
- Ljubljana’s largest-ever development enters strong leasing phase
- Realia fund acquires 14,000 sqm Czech retail park
- Czech industrial real estate hits record construction levels in 2025
- GTC leases nearly 32,000 sqm in Polish shopping centres
- Romania's construction volume close to new record in 2025
- Hushoffice expands in Łódź with 13,000 sqm across two Panattoni sites
- 7R sells warehouse to French investor entering Poland
- Speedwell completes 128 apartments in northern Bucharest
- Romania's retail stock second largest in CEE despite low density
New leases
- The EYEmova ophthalmology and training center has joined the tenant roster at Soho by Yareal in Warsaw’s Kamionek district, occupying over 500 sqm. The opening of the EYEmova center in Praga-Południe is scheduled for June this year.
- RPHI Romania secured approximately 9,000 sqm of premium lease agreements in 2025 at Bucharest-based SkyTower. The transactions comprised both new tenancies and expansions from existing occupiers. The tower attracted six new tenants across diverse sectors, including food delivery, insurance management, and cybersecurity.
- EPP's Galeria Sudecka in Jelenia Góra is strengthening its offering with lifestyle and service brands, including a newly opened Fit Style gym, the addition of Rituals Cosmetics and Kodano Optyk, and the expansion of Medicine and Wakacje.pl. The new agreements and renewals in Galeria Sudecka cover almost 1,900 sqm of commercial space.
New appointments
- Garbe Industrial is reorganising its senior leadership team. CEO Christopher Garbe will now focus on strategic orientation and international activities. Jan Philipp Daun assumes leadership of the Development division alongside his existing Investment and Joint Venture responsibilities. Andrea Agrusow expands her remit to include Portfolio Management while retaining control of Commercial and Real Estate Management. Additionally, Michael Marcinek and Maik Zeranski will now jointly head the restructured Development unit as Management Board Members, succeeding Adrian Zellner.
- CPI Property Group is strengthening its leasing structure with the appointment of Agnieszka Baczyńska as Head of Leasing. In her new role, she will be responsible for shaping and executing the leasing strategy across the group’s office and retail portfolio in Poland. At the same time, Izabela Potrykus has been appointed Leasing Office Director. Baczyńska brings more than 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate market. Prior to joining CPI Property Group in 2022, she served as International Leasing Director at Neinver Polska.
- Axi Immo has expanded its Office Agency team to strengthen its presence in southern Poland and Warsaw. Karolina Słysz joins as Head of Regional Markets, bringing 10 years of experience to lead efforts in Katowice, Kraków, and Wrocław. Elżbieta Golik has been appointed Associate Director, leveraging over eight years of expertise in tenant representation. In Warsaw, Filip Kowalski joins as Associate Director, focusing on lease negotiations. Additionally, Anna Piłka-Sutkowska has been promoted to Advisor following four years with the firm. To support these transitions, Natalia Majsterek has been hired as Office Department Coordinator.
