Companies have contracted office spaces for over 7,000 new employees in the first half of 2025, with new demand totaling 64,300 sqm on the Bucharest market, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.

Romania's real estate market has seen sustained demand for office, retail, and industrial spaces with over 150,000 sqm of the total real estate stock occupied during H1 2025, finds a new report by CBRE Romania.

Smartown Group has successfully completed the sale of the historic Dionisie Lupu office building in Bucharest, at a yield of 8.2% 

GTC, a major investor and developer in CEE commercial real estate, has appointed three new members to its Management Board. The new executives, Jacek Bagiński, Mihály Ország, and Botond Rencz, bring extensive experience from the real estate, finance, and advisory sectors. 

The office real estate market in Prague is reflecting the differentiation based on location and building quality, with proximity to the metro remaining a key factor influencing both prices and demand, describes Colliers in its latest analysis of the Prague office real estate market.

Adinel Tudor, CEO of EVO Properties, spoke with Property Forum about the ongoing transformation of the London & Oslo buildings into a multifunctional project following a planned investment of €10 million and the trends in the Bucharest office market.

Bucharest hosts over 50 flexible workspace locations operated by nearly 30 providers, with this niche holding a 2.3% share of the total office stock in the city, similar to Dublin or Prague, according to a report by Colliers.

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) has provided in total €40 million investment loan facilities to an office fund. The fund will use the financing for the acquisition of two office buildings in Warsaw and to improve their ESG status. The asset management will be done by George Leslie, Resolution Capital Management.

Nicolae Ciobanu, Managing Partner – Head of Advisory at Fortim Trusted Advisors, talked to Property Forum about the firm’s growth in office leasing and land transactions, as well as the outlook on rents and the role of the defense sector in boosting industrial demand going forward.

Investor interest is diversifying, with hotels and office properties being the most sought-after segments in H1 2025, and a growing trend of repurposing older office buildings into hotels or residential use, according to experts of Colliers Hungary.