Poland's property investment market recorded €3 billion in total volume across 66 transactions in H1 2026, up 77% year-on-year and matching the highest levels seen in the country over the past decade. Every sector recorded deals exceeding €100 million, with the single largest transaction — €575 million — completed in the private rented sector (PRS). Core investors are returning to prime assets, pushing average ticket sizes up while overall liquidity remains lower than in H1 2025.

Apsys is opening its latest project this summer — the revitalised Hala Targowa in Gdańsk, a 19th-century market hall being repositioned as a food and entertainment destination. The group has been building expertise in culinary-leisure formats across Poland and France for 30 years, with projects including Food Fyrtel at Posnania in Poznań and Boom Boom Villette in Paris — the first food & leisure concept of its kind in France, spanning 25,000 sqm at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in the Parc de la Villette.

Nhood in Poland has signed a one-year agreement to provide Specialty Leasing services across the entire Polish portfolio of Focus Estate Fund. The deal covers temporary letting of retail spaces and outdoor areas at ten shopping centres: Sosnowiec Plaza, Rybnik Plaza, Ruda Śląska Plaza, Galeria Mosty, Galeria Sandecja, Turawa Park, Ferio Legnica, Galeria Sandomierz, Shopping Park Eden and Galeria Awangarda. Over the past two years, Nhood's Specialty Leasing services have generated a 34% increase in revenue for its clients across Europe.

Halfway through 2026, Ukraine's commercial real estate market presents a picture of cautious resilience: no segment is booming, but none is collapsing either. Across retail, office and industrial property, the common thread is the same:  a persistent shortage of quality supply is doing more to shape rents and vacancy than any surge in demand.The URE Club (Ukrainian Real Estate Club) has summarised the key trends driving the market in an article for Property Forum

Croatia's first investment fund dedicated to commercial real estate has made one of the country's larger property transactions, a further sign that domestic capital is moving into a prime segment previously dominated by foreign owners.

Tesco is reportedly considering the sale of its operations in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, a move that would mark the British retailer's complete exit from international markets outside the UK and Ireland, according to reports by the Financial Times and Reuters.

GTC has announced changes to the leadership of its Polish operations. From July 2026, the business in Poland will be overseen through a matrix management structure. Danny Bercovich will be responsible for the retail segment, while the office business will be led locally by Łukasz Jarzyło, Commercial Director, working under the oversight of Ziv Gigi, who is responsible for the office segment at the Group level. GTC's matrix organisation combines local market responsibility with Group-level oversight of key business lines across Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Serbia and Croatia.

Scallier is developing a retail park in Bolesławiec, on Aleja Tysiąclecia Street within the city's retail district in its eastern part. For years, this area has been home to food service chains and grocery operators, strengthening its position as one of the region's retail destinations.

Redkom Development is nearing completion of the leasing process for its retail park in Tarnów, with around 90% of the scheme's leasable space either secured or in the final stages of lease negotiations.

Rezidential developer Alesonor and Fan Basketball Academy have announced a partnership to develop and operate the sports facilities within Amber Forest Agora, part of the Amber Forest suburb.