Cushman & Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Warsaw office market for the third quarter of 2024. Office take-up, both in leasing volumes and transaction numbers, was comparable to that recorded in the same period in 2023. Meanwhile, muted development activity, falling vacancy rates – particularly in central locations – and shrinking land availability are likely to encourage investors to launch redevelopment projects.

Romania remains one of the most affordable countries in the EU for office fit-outs, with costs significantly lower than in Poland, the Czech Republic, or Western countries, according to research by iO Partners. 

WOOD & Company has announced the sale of the Westend Tower office building in Bratislava. This transaction is the first sale of an office building within the WOOD & Company Office Subfund portfolio and a signal of recovery in the commercial real estate market. 

Despite a slight increase in vacancy, demand for new offices in Prague persists. However, companies still prefer renegotiations. Lease renewals are almost always accompanied by interior modifications leading to more efficient use of space, reports Prague Research Forum in its Office Market Figures for Q3 2024.

IWG has opened in Debrecen the first phase of its flexible offices under the Regus brand. Regus Debrecen spans 600 sqm and will double in size once the second phase is completed. 

Ghelamco has secured bank financing for its key project in Poland – The Bridge office complex in downtown Warsaw. The construction and investment loan was provided to the developer by Santander Bank Polska, which will also be an anchor tenant of the skyscraper.

Sirius Offices, the 30,000 sqm office complex based in Belgrade’s business district, has reached 100% occupancy with a mixed roster of tenants from finance, IT & telecoms, and construction. 

IWG has announced the opening of a new flexible workspace project in Budapest under the Regus brand in partnership with Proform Ingatlanbefektetési Zrt. 

By reconstructing the office building in Prague's Brumlovka, together with the optimisation of technology operation, Passerinvest Group reduced the building's energy demand by more than 50%. It included a complete renovation of the facade and roofs. At the same time, all technologies ensuring a quality indoor environment were also modernised.

Total demand for office leasing in Bucharest dropped by 25% to 236,000 sqm in Q3 compared to the same period of 2023, while new demand fell 11% to 82,000 sqm in the same interval due to the slowdown of the IT&C sector, according to a Colliers report.