The office is increasingly a source of competitive advantage for employers — no longer simply a company address. According to Bartosz Oleksak, Associate Director, Office Agency at AXI IMMO, location, building quality and workplace design now directly affect employee comfort, team performance and a company's attractiveness to current and prospective talent.

Liebrecht & wooD Poland has reached a key construction milestone at Drucianka Campus, a mixed-use development on Warsaw's Praga-Północ district, built on the site of a former wire factory. The project will deliver nearly 38,000 sqm of office, retail and service space by 2028, including around 30,000 sqm of offices and 8,000 sqm of retail and services. The development is positioned as a talent campus — a multi-functional workplace designed to help companies attract and retain staff.

Investment in commercial real estate in the Czech Republic exceeded €1 billion in Q2 2026, up 121% quarter-on-quarter and 47% year-on-year. For the first half of the year, total volume reached €1.47 billion. According to Knight Frank's analysis, full-year investment could approach €3 billion, keeping the market above its long-term average.

Poland's property investment market recorded €3 billion in total volume across 66 transactions in H1 2026, up 77% year-on-year and matching the highest levels seen in the country over the past decade. Every sector recorded deals exceeding €100 million, with the single largest transaction — €575 million — completed in the private rented sector (PRS). Core investors are returning to prime assets, pushing average ticket sizes up while overall liquidity remains lower than in H1 2025.

The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published figures on the Warsaw office market for Q2 2026. The data is sourced from advisory companies including Avison Young, Axi Immo, BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland, CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL, Knight Frank, Newmark Polska and Savills, and covers modern office stock, new completions, take-up volumes and vacancy rates.

Industrial real estate is no longer just manufacturing and warehouse facilities near highway exits. Growing labour shortages, automated production and pressure for faster urban logistics adaptation are changing companies' expectations for modern industrial parks. Beyond technical specifications, the quality of work environments, transport accessibility for employees and the range of services on offer have become key considerations. There is also growing interest in smaller, multifunctional units combining a showroom, warehouse, offices and operational facilities in one location. This is according to data from Colliers.

Adinel Tudor, CEO of EVO Properties, talked to Property Forum about the successful transformation of the London and Oslo buildings into Bucharest’s first major multifunctional hub. He detailed how EVO Properties addresses the return-to-office challenge by empowering collaboration among employees.

Echo Investment has received an occupancy permit for the office buildings at its WITA destination complex in Kraków. Both buildings, totalling 18,000 sqm, were fully let ahead of completion — to Brown Brothers Harriman and OPmobility.

Halfway through 2026, Ukraine's commercial real estate market presents a picture of cautious resilience: no segment is booming, but none is collapsing either. Across retail, office and industrial property, the common thread is the same:  a persistent shortage of quality supply is doing more to shape rents and vacancy than any surge in demand.The URE Club (Ukrainian Real Estate Club) has summarised the key trends driving the market in an article for Property Forum

Fulga Dinu, Country Manager, CPI Romania, talked to Property Forum about the company’s strategy of resilience through diversification. She highlighted the growing integration of healthcare into office assets and the large-scale remodelling of Sun Plaza.