Romania's green certification market remained active in 2025, with over 4.6 million sqm of real estate space receiving sustainability credentials despite European changes to reporting obligations.

Czech investment company ZDR Investments has completed two acquisitions on the Austrian market for its qualified investor fund Zdr Fki. The company acquired the PRO shopping centre in Linz's Urfahr district and Amstetten West retail park in the Mostviertel region for a combined value of €50 million.

Shopper Park Plus' successful capital raise covering approximately 50% of the transaction value has enabled the acquisition of a strategic portfolio of eight Auchan hypermarket anchored assets across Poland, with the remaining amount financed through a loan facility signed with Aareal Bank AG last week, marking a significant milestone in the company’s continued expansion within food-anchored retail real estate. The favourable financing terms further enhance the portfolio’s strong cash-flow generating capacity and support SPP’s intention of increasing dividend per share in the future.

Big Poland has acquired a retail park project in Dzierżoniów, becoming the 11th retail park in its Polish portfolio.

LCN Capital Partners has completed the sale of three Konzum stores in Croatia back to the tenant, successfully exiting the investment with returns exceeding those underwritten at initial acquisition.

IGD – Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione has completed the sale of an asset in Turda through its subsidiary Win Magazin.

Slovakia's property investment market experienced significant recovery in 2025, with investment volumes reaching €978 million across 29 transactions, representing an 82% year-on-year increase and the second-best year in history, according to a CBRE report.

The latest EBI Construction Activity Report found that although the expansion of M1 motorway caused a surge in the value of started construction projects in Q3 2025, the last three months of the year brought very low activity-start. Even at current price, such a low number of construction projects did not start in a quarter in the past nine years.

Gránit Asset Management has completed the acquisition of the Park Center retail portfolio from Revetas Capital, creating one of Hungary's largest centrally managed retail park networks under the Zone Retail Park brand.

Shopping centres outside Bucharest were the most attractive real estate asset class for investors in 2025, accounting for almost 40% of the total transaction volume, according a new report by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. Bucharest office buildings came second, with a 30% share in the total investment volume.