The high street concept is enjoying great success in cities such as Vienna, Prague and Budapest, but this format has long been a failure in Bratislava. The city is experiencing a massive expansion of retail parks, shopping centres and discount chains, according to Colliers' latest report.

Polish developer Scallier opened a new retail park with a leasable area of 10,000 sqm in Ploiești.

Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione (IGD) has sold the Winmarkt Crinul Nou shopping centre, located in Alexandria, southern Romania, to a private Romanian investor, for €3.3 million.

BIG Poland has confirmed that a new 2,900 sqm building for Bricomarché will open at BIG Myszków retail park later this year. The company is also planning a further expansion of 6,000 sqm of retail space. The announcements were made during a community event held to mark the rebranding of the retail park.

From June 2025, Cushman & Wakefield is taking over the management and leasing of the 65,000 sqm Aupark shopping centre in Bratislava.

Aventin Shopping Jihlava, one of the largest retail parks in the Czech Republic, has become part of the ZDR Investments Master Fund portfolio. 

Adventum Group announced the signing of a refinancing for its KÖKI Shopping Center in Budapest.

The Romanian retail market experienced a substantial surge in April and May 2025, with approximately 150,000 sqm of new retail schemes delivered, including the super-regional Mall Moldova in Iași. 

The first quarter of 2025 has been marked by extraordinary activity on the Czech commercial real estate market. According to Colliers, total investment volume reached €1.48 billion, already surpassing the full-year 2023 results of €1.15 billion. Several large transactions with a value above €100 million contributed to this record.

NEPI Rockcastle, Europe’s third largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio value, recorded a 12.6% increase in net operating income (NOI) to €152 million in Q1 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.