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. 

Crestyl has fully launched its new Dornych project in the neighbourhood of Brno's main railway station, offering a clinic, hotel, coworking and dozens of restaurants, bars and cafes. At the end of October, the old shopping centre has been closed and is now being cleaned out and is awaiting gradual demolition.

CBRE is celebrating 25 years on the Czech market with a review of how the commercial real estate market has changed over the past quarter of a century and where it is heading next. 

The transformation of Prague's Florenc quarter is progressing to the next phase. Penta Real Estate, in cooperation with the capital city of Prague and the city districts of Prague 1 and Prague 8, has announced four international architectural competitions for four blocks in the area between the highway and the Prague-Florenc bus station.

Romanian developer Iulius says its entire portfolio holds green certifications or is pending certification, with more than 500,000 sqm being included in the LEED standard for green buildings.

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.