Once considered a purely transactional asset class, retail in CEE is rapidly evolving into a platform for experience, community, and brand identity. This shift was at the centre of the discussion at SEE Property Forum 2025, where industry leaders explored how shopping centres are adapting to changing consumer expectations, ESG requirements, and the growing demand for meaningful, multi-use spaces. 

Romanian developer One United Properties has been ranked among Europe’s top 10 long-term growth champions, according to the Financial Times’ FT1000 Long-Term Growth Champions 2025 list, which highlights companies that have achieved exceptional and sustained revenue growth over the past decade.

The evolution of Poland’s rental market is giving rise to new services that support both tenants and landlords in building mutually beneficial relationships. A good example of this trend is Bingo-Rent – a fintech company developing a solution that eliminates the need for a traditional cash deposit. This innovation makes renting simpler and more accessible for everyone – both tenants and property owners.

The hotel sector across South-Eastern Europe is evolving beyond its post-pandemic rebound. At SEE Property Forum 2025 in Bucharest, industry leaders agreed that while the “revenge travel” wave has subsided, the market remains on a strong footing—driven by solid fundamentals, new investment opportunities, and rising traveller expectations. What comes next, they noted, will be defined less by recovery and more by adaptation: sustainability, conversions, and smarter capital deployment are now shaping the region’s hotel landscape.  

The Czech Republic is not playing second fiddle to the Polish or Hungarian markets, as suggested by the demand and the increase in the ratio of new leases. The end of Q3 2025 has seen more than a million square meters of warehouse and manufacturing space under construction in the Czech Republic, according to the report on Q3 2025 Market Figures by the Industrial Research Forum.

By the end of the decade, more than 300 kilometres of new expressways are to be built in the Czech Republic, altering not only the country's transportation map but also the strategy of companies searching for locations for their logistics and production facilities, according to Colliers' analysis.

Finding a vacant space in the highest-quality office buildings in central Prague has proven to be a mission impossible. According to Savills’ analysis, vacancy in AAA properties has consistently remained at zero.

The residential market with new apartments in Bratislava has experienced another significant recovery during the third quarter of 2025. According to a report by BuiltMind and Cushman & Wakefield, the number of available units increased by almost 17% compared to the previous quarter, which is the highest value since 2018.

Czech lucrative properties such as hotels, offices, and shopping centres are now heading into the hands of domestic investors. On the other side, foreign investors are gradually leaving the market, reports seznamzpravy.cz.

CEE economies have been delivering solid GDP growth, outpacing many Western European peers despite external trade uncertainties and recent inflationary pressures, according to Colliers' latest report.