The amount of office space currently under development in Prague is higher than ever. 136,000 sqm was completed in 2017 and an additional 165,000 sqm of modern office space should be delivered to the market in 2018. This is the highest development rate since 2008. Despite that, the vacancy rate has dropped to a record low of 6.2 per cent. This is a year-on-year decrease of more than 3 percentage points. This should change, however, with seven new office buildings due to be completed this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

GTC is preparing to build another office building in the Hungarian capital, The Twist – Budapest City Tower. The developer recently obtained the building permit. The new project is located in the 13th district in Budapest, next to the Árpád híd metro station.

Romania becomes the seventh country in which Mindspace offers its flexible workplace solutions, following a leasing agreement Globalworth has just signed. Mindspace will start operating in three Bucharest buildings, on approx. 12,000 sqm across Globalworth Campus, City Offices and Bucharest Tower Center. At the same time, Globalworth is investing $10 million in the company to support its ongoing growth.

Wing, through one of its investment funds, has acquired Infopark D office building in the South Buda area. The transaction was financed by HypoNoe Bank AG.

GTC Hungary has completed its latest office building in Budapest, GTC White House, which offers 21,500 sqm of Class A space. The developer also plans to launch two new projects in the city.

After delivering the first two office buildings of the Globalworth Campus complex in Bucharest, the developer has started the construction of Tower 3, with a total leasable area of 35,000 sqm. Upon completion, Globalworth Campus will comprise three main office towers offering 92,000 sqm of leasable area and 760 parking spaces, along with green areas and a large conference hall.

Globalworth announced the closing of the acquisition of Quattro Business Park in Kraków by Globalworth Poland.

Avestus Capital Partners has sold Explora Business Centre in Prague to Golden Star Group, an international real estate group specializing in commercial and leisure real estate properties. Real estate advisors Colliers International and law firm Schoultz & Partners represented Avestus Real Estate while Golden Star Group was represented by Havel & Partners in this transaction.

Immofinanz has sold two plots of land managed by Adama, a developer part of theImmofinanz group, to Speedwell Real Estate Development. The buyer plans to expand its residential and office development portfolio in the northern part of Bucharest. The purchase price has not been disclosed.

In mid-June, international property developer HB Reavis announced the completion of a major real estate deal. The developer sold its office property Metronom Business Center located in Prague-Butovice to ČS nemovitostní fond, managed by Česká spořitelna’s REICO investiční společnost, for a sum of €89.2 million (CZK 2.3 billon). JLL advised HB Reavis on the sale.