The post-pandemic office market has fundamentally changed, and across the globe, landlords are facing the same uncomfortable reality: buildings that once hummed with activity are now significantly underoccupied, and the task of getting people back is proving far harder than anyone anticipated. The question is no longer whether the way we work has changed, because it clearly has, but rather what the right response looks like for those who own and manage commercial property, writes Jerzy Brodzikowski, General Manager of CIC Warsaw, in an opinion piece for Property Forum.

Savills has expanded its investment team in Poland with three appointments, including a new Head of Investment and a Head of Cross-Border Transactions for CEE, all based in Warsaw.

Following a competitive tender process, iO Partners Slovakia has been awarded the office leasing mandate and landlord representation for Twin City Tower, one of Bratislava's office assets.

Hybrid working has become a permanent feature of workplace strategies worldwide, according to a global survey by Manova Partners among 73 office occupiers.

Summus Capital has acquired The Park Kraków office complex for €48 million, strengthening its Polish office portfolio. The newly developed complex in Kraków's Podgórze district consists of two office buildings with 24,702 sqm of leasable space.

GTC reported rental and service revenue of €53 million in Q1 2026, up 7% from €50 million in Q1 2025, driven by 4% like-for-like growth in rental income. The increase was primarily supported by higher rents in Poland, particularly in shopping malls, as well as strong performance from properties in Sofia and Belgrade.

Wing-owned Witorp Kft. has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Capital Square, a landmark office building in the Váci út business district of Budapest.

The Czech commercial real estate market demonstrated calm and stability in the first quarter of 2026, with total investment volume reaching €431.5 million, according to Colliers. The share of individual asset classes was relatively balanced, and yields on premium properties remained unchanged.

Polish developer Echo Group has strengthened its liquidity framework in the first quarter of 2026, capitalising on the divestment of fully leased commercial assets. The capital raised from these sales will directly fund the company's pipeline of new office developments in central Warsaw. At the end of Q1, Echo Group reported total assets of PLN 6.5 billion (€1.53 billion).

Bratislava's office market recorded strong performance in Q1 2026, with leasing activity exceeding 50,000 sqm. Half of this activity consisted of renegotiations of existing leases, according to the latest report by CBRE Slovakia.