Polish developer ATAL has added 31 apartments to its Kraków offer as part of the Zakole Wisły II ATAL development. The project will ultimately deliver 165 units in total, with the broader Zakole Wisły ATAL scheme having launched around mid-2025. Prices in the developer standard range from PLN 14,100 to PLN 16,900 per sqm.

Resi4Rent has opened a new build-to-rent development in the south-eastern part of Wrocław. The project, Resi4Rent Wrocław Bardzka, located on ul. Bardzka at the junction of the Hub and Tarnogaj districts, offers 620 furnished apartments available on a subscription basis.

Poland's regional office markets recorded total take-up of 307,350 sqm in the first half of 2026, representing a 20% decrease year-on-year, according to data from Avison Young. The combined modern office stock across the eight tracked regional cities stands at 6.76 million sqm, with a vacancy rate of 17.3%, down 0.1 percentage points quarter-on-quarter and 0.2 percentage points year-on-year.

Berner Polska Sp. z o.o. has signed a long-term lease for approximately 6,500 sqm of warehouse space at 7R Hub Nowa Huta, a logistics and technology park under development in Kraków. The company, a Polish subsidiary of the Berner Group, a family-owned B2B supplier of maintenance products operating in 21 European countries, plans to relocate its logistics operations from its existing distribution centre in Skawina to Building H1 at the new park in the fourth quarter of 2027. Building H1 will ultimately offer around 42,000 sqm of space. Cushman & Wakefield advised Berner Polska on the location selection.

Investment activity in Central and Eastern Europe's commercial real estate market continued to grow in the first half of 2026, with total transaction volumes across Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia exceeding €5.5 billion, a year-on-year rise of 6%, according to a new report by Knight Frank. Czech investors accounted for approximately €2 billion of that total, representing 36% of all commercial real estate investment in the region.

The Czech commercial real estate investment market recorded approximately €1.02 billion across more than 30 transactions in Q2 2026, more than double the volume seen in Q1, according to analysis by Colliers. Residential assets accounted for the largest share at approximately 38% of total investment, with office properties close behind at 35%. Mixed-use, industrial, alternative, hotel and retail assets made up the remainder of a diversified quarter. Czech capital dominated overall, though Western European and global institutional investors also participated.

NEPI Rockcastle, Europe's third-largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio value, reported net operating income of €318 million for the first half of 2026, a 3.8% year-on-year increase. The result was driven by rental indexation, active leasing and tighter cost control, with a recovery rate of 96%. Like-for-like tenant sales rose 2.7%, supported by a 3.3% increase in average spend per visit. Occupancy stood at 98.2%, and a €126 million valuation uplift brought the total portfolio value to €8.4 billion.

Romanians spent more than €42 billion in major retail chains in 2025, up 5.6% on 2024 and 77% above the 2019 level, according to the Romania Retail Snapshot 2026 report published by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, based on the financial results of 125 companies across 13 retail segments. Retailers recorded an average annual revenue growth of 10% between 2019 and 2025, outpacing cumulative inflation over the same period.

Investment transaction volume across the CEE-5 region (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania) reached €5.5 billion in the first half of 2026, up 6% year-on-year, according to a Knight Frank report. Poland remained the largest market, accounting for 55% of total volume, with transaction volume rising 77% year-on-year. Knight Frank forecasts that annual investment volume in Poland could reach €6 billion in 2026, the highest level since the pandemic. The Czech Republic accounted for 26% of CEE-5 volume, Hungary for 11%, and Romania and Slovakia for 4% each.

Poland's hotel market has entered a phase of stable growth after several years of post-pandemic recovery. More than 2,600 hotels are currently operating in the country, with the number of available beds rising from 321,000 to 334,700 between 2024 and 2025, a 4.3 per cent year-on-year increase. As of March 2026, 263 hotels operated under 58 brands belonging to 17 international chains. "After several years of recovery, the Polish hotel market has entered a phase of stable growth. Demand remains strong, while hotels continue to improve their operating performance. Investor activity is robust, and alongside new projects and the expansion of international brands, the modernisation and repositioning of existing properties are becoming increasingly important," said Katarzyna Tencza, Transaction Director at Walter Herz.