Leasing activity on the Warsaw office market continues unabated despite low new supply levels, pushing the vacancy rate down to 10.7% Meanwhile, pre-lets are on the rise, indicating growing occupier interest in office buildings under construction, reveals the latest quarterly report from BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland.

After nine months of this year, the Echo Investment Group has strengthened its position in key sectors of the Polish real estate market. It has also entered the private student housing segment, starting the construction of two projects. The total value of the Group's assets at the end of September amounted to PLN 6.6 billion (ca. €1.5 billion), while cash reserves exceeded PLN 469 million (ca. €107.5 million). In November, Echo signed a conditional sale agreement for the React office building in Łódź.

CA Immo recorded a 4% increase in rental income to €179.1 million in the first nine months of 2024 versus 2023 despite the sale of non-strategic properties, while it posted a net loss of €33.4 million compared with a profit of €61.1 million in the same period of last year.

With a total loan amount of €168 million Helaba and Erste Group are financing the acquisition of the prime office tower Warsaw UNIT for the Swedish real estate company Eastnine AB. The loan term is for five years and Helaba is acting as co-arranger and agent for the transaction.

Echo Investment has signed a conditional sale agreement for React, the office building located at 24 Piłsudskiego in Łódź. Upon completion of the deal, React will be acquired by Summus Capital, an Estonian-based investment company. The transaction is valued at €32.5 million.

Ghelamco has sold its flagship development in downtown Warsaw – the Warsaw UNIT skyscraper at Rondo Daszyńskiego. It was acquired by the Swedish real estate company Eastnine AB for €280 million. This is the largest office market transaction that has been concluded in Europe this year.

Wing has announced the sale of the Honvéd Center office buildings in the Central Business District of Budapest to Greve Honvéd Kft, a subsidiary of Hamburg-based Greve Group, for an undisclosed amount.

Vastint Poland has completed the second phase of the Gdynia Waterfront project in Gdynia. The complex, located near Kościuszko Square and the President’s Basin, offers residential, office, hotel, and commercial functions.

Českomoravská Nemovitostní (ČMN) has completed the acquisition of the Churchill Square office complex in Prague near the Main Railway Station. It has bought the remaining 25% stake from the investment group Corporate Finance House Group.

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.