A survey of employees working at the Brumlovka office district in Prague has found that 96% are satisfied with the location, with the share describing themselves as "definitely satisfied" rising from 23% in 2016 to 47% in 2026. The research, now in its seventh wave since 2001, was conducted by agency STEM/MARK for developer Passerinvest Group between May and June 2026 and drew 2,822 completed responses from 12,350 people contacted, a return rate of 23%.

Echo Group closed the first half of 2026 with a 14% rise in residential sales and considerable activity in its commercial segment. The Group completed the sale of part of the Resi4Rent portfolio, comprising 18 projects and 5,322 units, for approximately PLN 2.4 billion, the largest transaction to date in the Polish PRS market. It also sold two buildings in the Brain Park office complex in Kraków for €74.3 million. Capital raised from these transactions is being directed towards debt reduction and new investment, primarily in central Warsaw.

With occupier demand increasingly focused on prime, well-located buildings, Warsaw’s office market is becoming more selective. Around Rondo Daszyńskiego, one of the city’s most established business locations, this trend is particularly visible. The FORM is among the office assets benefiting from this shift: since opening in early 2025, it has become fully leased, attracted a diversified mix of public- and private-sector occupiers and demonstrated substantial day-to-day use. Its performance to date, combined with the continued evolution of the surrounding district, reinforces its position as a trophy office asset.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a structural factor in corporate operations rather than an emerging technology, according to a market report published by Colliers Hungary. The analysis, authored by Kristóf Tóth, Associate Director and Head of Research at Colliers, examines the economic impact of AI on Hungary and the wider region.

The European commercial real estate debt financing market is showing signs of renewed recovery, according to CBRE's European Lender Intentions Survey. Some 72% of European lenders plan to increase their volume of new loans in 2026 compared with 2025, while only 7% expect a decline. The survey, which gathered responses from 134 lenders between 18 March and 28 April 2026, reflects a stabilisation of the outlook amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

Skanska has begun construction of the first phase of its Nowy Format office complex in central Kraków, on the site of a former newspaper printing press. The nine-storey building, designated Nowy Format A1, will provide 21,400 sqm of gross leasable area and is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2028. The broader complex will ultimately comprise three buildings totalling approximately 48,000 sqm in the Grzegórzki district.

Signum Work Station, an office building on ul. Domaniewska in Warsaw's Mokotów district, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating, awarded by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The certification, which is independently verified and evidence-based, covers operational protocols, cleaning and maintenance, air and water quality management, emergency preparedness, and communication with building occupants.

Bucharest is consolidating its position within the Central and Eastern European (CEE) real estate market, combining rental growth across major asset classes with investment yields that remain well above Western European levels, according to the DNA of Real Estate Europe Q2 2026 report published by Cushman & Wakefield. Across Europe in Q2 2026, prime office rents rose 4.5% year-on-year, retail rents increased 3.0%, and logistics rents grew 2.4%, while investors remained selective as yield movements pointed to a more balanced market following the repricing cycle of recent years.

The first half of 2026 brought a shift in occupier demand in the Kraków office market towards the city centre, according to the "Office Occupier - Office Market in Kraków" report published by Newmark Polska. Although total take-up fell sharply compared with the same period in 2025, leasing activity recovered in the second quarter. The vacancy rate edged up to 19.0% across the city, though it stood at just 10.5% in the Centre.

GTC leased more than 69,000 sqm of space across its portfolio in the first half of 2026, comprising nearly 40,700 sqm of office space and nearly 28,700 sqm of retail and service space. The result surpassed the approximately 55,000 sqm leased in the same period of 2025.