The Warsaw office market faces an almost complete halt in new supply in the coming months, which will continue to drive rent increases, according to JLL Poland.

The Polish office market is entering a new phase where fit-out costs are rising while move-in-ready space becomes scarce, according to an Axi Immo analysis.

Warsaw's office market demonstrated a significant increase in development activity during Q1 2026, with new deliveries vastly outperforming the previous year’s figures. 

The average total office fit-out costs in Bucharest increased slightly in 2025 to around €1,000 per sqm, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. However, Bucharest remains one of the most affordable markets in CEE, with fit-out costs 18% and 15% lower than in Warsaw and Prague, respectively.

Poland's property investment market recorded €1.02 billion in Q1 2026, representing a 43% year-on-year increase despite 30% lower liquidity, according to Avison Young. 

One of Hungary's wealthiest individuals, Dániel Jellinek, CEO of the Indotek Group, considers the Tisza Party's wealth tax proposal fair but sees serious risks in how the tax base would be determined. The property magnate talked to local business daily HVG and shared that he primarily expects the new government to stop unpredictable and often ad-hoc regulations.

Open-ended fund Reico Long Lease has purchased The Mill office building in Bratislava from developer Immocap, in one of the biggest property deals closed on the Slovak market in the year to date.

Penta Real Estate and PSN have received a building permit for the Vinohradská 8 mixed-use project in Prague that will feature apartments, boutique offices and an active ground floor with shops and restaurants.

The closing panel of Bratislava Property Forum 2026 highlighted a market navigating both maturity and transformation, with some segments approaching saturation while others continue to offer strong growth potential. Moderated by Martin Polák, Managing Director CEE at GARBE Industrial Real Estate, the discussion covered retail, logistics, offices, ESG, accessibility and data centres, outlining how shifting demand patterns and operational priorities are reshaping strategies across Slovakia and the wider CEE region.

Poznań's Andersia Tower, owned by DEKA Immobilien, has reached near fully occupancy following lease agreements covering over 3,500 sqm of space that have been closed in 2025.