Further action is needed to meet national and global climate goals, while high costs of green practices has been cited as a barrier to sustainable building, finds the 2024 Sustainability Report of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Bucharest-based Calea Victoriei, the main retail street in Romania, boasts a prime monthly rental level of €60 per sqm, which was 9% higher compared with last year, according to a Cushman & Wakefield report.

JTRE has revealed the results of international competition for new Bratislava skyscrapers. Two towers are articulated not as a single volume but as a bundle of slender towers, each ending at different points, adding to the complexity of the city skyline.

According to the latest report from Cushman & Wakefield, Poland recorded the second-highest industrial take-up in Europe between January and September 2024. Looking ahead, robust demand, coupled with a decline in speculative construction, is likely to tighten the availability of warehouse space for lease.

Edwin Warmerdam, Partner, Head of Tax at Forvis Mazars in Romania, spoke to Property Forum about the taxation outlook in 2025 and the tax changes that could spur investments in the local market.

Czech Inn Hotels has headed outside the capital. It is buying the Barceló Brno Palace Hotel in the Moravian metropolis with a price tag climbing to CZK 1 billion (€39.5 million), reports Seznamzpravy.cz.

The total investment volume in the Czech Republic for the first three quarters of 2024 has exceeded the €1 billion threshold, reveals a regular quarterly survey published by Colliers. Approximately half of the properties bought and sold in 2024 are located outside Prague. 

Jan Čížek, Head of the Retail Warehousing Team with over 15 years of experience in the retail real estate sector, has become a partner at Cushman & Wakefield.

Cushman & Wakefield has summarised the third quarter of 2024 on the largest office markets in Poland. Office take-up in key regional cities remained on par with the figures recorded in the same period in 2023, signifying stability on the office rental market. Meanwhile, stagnation on the supply side, coupled with limited construction activity, is likely to push vacancy rates down in the future.

Donald Trump has secured the necessary electoral votes to secure a second term, raising questions about how his presidency will influence real estate markets in Europe and CEE.