Shopping destinations in Romania are increasingly competing on experience, convenience and their ability to understand consumers, rather than simply attracting more visitors. At SEE Property Forum 2026 in Bucharest, retail experts discussed how changing shopping habits, local brands, accessibility and data-driven strategies are reshaping retail properties, with a growing emphasis on creating reasons for customers to stay longer and return more frequently.

CTP N.V. recorded gross rental income of €632.0 million in the first nine months of 2026, a 12.5% increase year-on-year, driven by new deliveries and like-for-like rental growth of 4.8%. Annualised rental income reached €871 million at 30 September 2026, with the company reiterating its target of €1.0 billion by 2027. Occupancy remained stable at 93%, with a weighted average unexpired lease term of 6.3 years.

Russian attacks have destroyed roughly half of Ukraine’s modern warehouse stock. By early September 2026, 2.1 million sqm of the 4.2 million sqm of Class A/B space that existed at the start of 2022 had been lost, according to the latest research by UTG. New construction has added around 800,000 sqm over the same period. That is not enough to offset the damage. The URE Club (Ukrainian Real Estate Club) has summarised the situation in an article for Property Forum.

For decades, the geography of European real estate investment has been expanding eastwards. Markets once considered peripheral have become established destinations for international capital, with Central and Eastern Europe developing sophisticated commercial property sectors, institutional investment markets and increasingly international developer communities.

Property Forum is excited to announce the winners of its annual SEE Property Forum Awards in 2026. The winners were selected from our shortlist by the jury committee, comprising the leading players in Romanian real estate. The awards, celebrating the best projects, most impactful transactions and most inspiring personalities of the Romanian market, were presented at our awards gala in Bucharest, part of the annual SEE Property Forum.

Countries and cities are competing to attract the industries of the future. But winning investment increasingly depends on their ability to turn economic potential into projects that companies, developers and financiers can actually deliver.

From London's £20 billion investment pipeline to regeneration projects in Newcastle and Cardiff, UK cities are finding new ways to attract capital, bridge development viability gaps and turn economic ambitions into investable opportunities.

Technology is becoming increasingly embedded in real estate, but the industry's biggest challenge may still be getting the basics right. At our recent Zagreb Property Forum 2026, technology experts discussed how better data, AI and digital platforms can improve investment decisions, building operations and development processes, while warning that technology can only deliver results when companies have the right data, processes and people behind it.

CEE's strong economic growth, improving liquidity and increasingly sophisticated local capital base are strengthening the region's appeal to real estate investors. At the Poland & CEE conference session at Expo Real 2026, panellists highlighted Poland as the region's benchmark market while pointing to opportunities across the Baltics and wider CEE, with offices, living, logistics and alternative sectors all attracting capital.

European real estate investors are navigating a market where higher financing costs and geopolitical uncertainty continue to weigh on sentiment, but improving liquidity, rental growth and renewed capital flows are creating opportunities across the risk spectrum. Speaking at the Real Estate Capital & Investment Decisions Forum 2026 in London, co-organised by Property Forum and RICS, investors discussed how strategies are shifting towards resilient income, active asset management and carefully selected value creation opportunities.