HB Reavis has secured more than €50 million in additional financing for Varso Place in Warsaw, bringing the total refinancing package to €555 million. The increase was made possible through amendments to existing agreements with a consortium of seven banks.

Two thirds of the retail stock in Central and Eastern Europe is now more than 15 years old, according to a new report by Colliers, signalling that the market is entering a distinct new phase after three decades of rapid development.

US connectivity and network infrastructure company Belden has signed a lease for the entire 42,000 sqm HelloParks Páty PT5 warehouse facility in Hungary, where it will consolidate its Dutch and Hungarian manufacturing operations. The site will become Belden's largest European cable plant, with production expected to begin in early 2028. The deal was brokered with the involvement of Cushman & Wakefield.

Property prices in the Budapest agglomeration rose by an average of 11.5% in the first eight months of 2026, with the average square metre price reaching 872,000 forints. Buyers paid an average of 87.7 million forints per property, around 11 million forints more than in the same period of 2025. The share of transactions completed below 50 million forints fell from 28% to 19%, while properties priced below 100 million forints dropped from 81% to 69% of all sales. House prices per sqm rose by 13% to 814,000 forints, while flat prices climbed 9% to just above 1 million forints per sqm.

Corwin has officially opened Vilharia, a 36,000 sqm office complex in Ljubljana situated next to the city's main railway and bus station. Designed by architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen with local support from Elea iC, the building has achieved LEED Platinum certification, making it the first office building in Slovenia to reach that standard. Around 3,000 people are expected to work in the complex, with tenants including Generali, ACER, SAP, Delavska hranilnica and Leitner&Leitner. Approximately 10% of the office space remains available.

Total investment volume across the seven CEE markets tracked by Cushman & Wakefield reached approximately €5.4 billion in the first half of 2026, broadly unchanged year on year, according to the firm's CEE Investment Market Update for H1 2026. The stable headline figure masked a marked shift in activity towards Poland, which accounted for 56.7% of regional volume, up from roughly one-third a year earlier, recording its strongest first half since 2018.

Cerion Partners has launched as a pan-European investment firm focused on mission-critical real estate, with offices in Frankfurt and London. The firm was founded by Jorgen Verink, Sven Vollenbruch, Luca Krämling and Niklas Sahavi.

All five office buildings at West Gate Business District in Bucharest, covering a total assessed area of more than 94,000 sqm, have received a BREEAM In-Use Outstanding rating, the highest level under the international standard for assessing the performance of existing buildings under real operating conditions. The park is owned and managed by Genesis Property.

Property Forum is thrilled to announce the shortlist of nominees for the SEE Property Forum Awards 2026, celebrating the most outstanding projects, landmark transactions and influential personalities shaping Romania’s real estate market. The winners will be selected soon by a jury committee comprising leading real estate professionals, and the recipients will be announced at our Awards Gala on 20 October, part of our annual SEE Property Forum conference.

Atenor has obtained a building permit for BakerStreet II, a 280-unit residential development in Budapest's 11th district. The project will comprise 280 apartments across three buildings, representing approximately 26,700 sqm of residential space. Located near the Danube and university faculties, it is designed around a landscaped courtyard with green areas and shared amenities.