BIG Poland has completed the rebranding of the former Grodzisk Sfera Park and officially opened BIG Grodzisk Mazowiecki, its second retail park in the Mazowieckie voivodeship. The property, located at Żyrardowska 14 close to the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, offers approximately 11,000 sqm of GLA across 19 stores and service outlets. Tenants include Biedronka, Sinsay, New Yorker, JYSK, RTV Euro AGD, Rossmann, Pepco, Dealz, KiK, TEDi, Martes Sport, Maxi Zoo, Woolworth, Świat Książki and Kodano Optyk, as well as food and beverage operators. The fully leased park provides 350 parking spaces and benefits from access to the A2 motorway and the DK50 national road.

GTC leased more than 69,000 sqm of space across its portfolio in the first half of 2026, comprising nearly 40,700 sqm of office space and nearly 28,700 sqm of retail and service space. The result surpassed the approximately 55,000 sqm leased in the same period of 2025.

CPI Romania is bringing international fashion retailers Primark, Peek&Cloppenburg and Reserved to Sun Plaza in Bucharest, as part of a major refurbishment of the shopping centre. The move is backed by a €100 million club-deal financing secured by CPI Property Group from OTP Bank and ING Bank Romania.

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.

Hungary's commercial real estate investment volume reached €610 million in the first half of 2026, a 26.7% year-on-year increase and the strongest first-half result since 2021, according to Colliers Hungary. Domestic buyers accounted for 74% of activity. The office sector led with a 37.9% share, followed by retail at 32.9% and industrial and logistics at 18.5%. Prime yields held steady at 6.50% for offices, 7.00% for shopping centres and 6.75% for industrial assets. Based on the transaction pipeline, full-year volume could exceed €1.2 billion.

Alimentation Couche-Tard has announced a voluntary tender offer to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Żabka Group, Poland's largest convenience retailer listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The offer, to be made through its wholly owned subsidiary Circle K Polska sp. z.o.o., is priced at PLN 32.00 (equivalent of US$8.48) per share, representing a total equity value of approximately PLN 32.62 billion (equivalent of US$8.6 billion). The transaction, which Couche-Tard describes as the largest in its history, is expected to complete no later than December 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

CPI Europe AG has agreed to accept an invitation from its majority shareholder, CPI Property Group S.A. (CPIPG), to explore the possibility of combining CPIPG's retail assets with those controlled by CPI Europe, including assets held through S IMMO AG.

Europe's outlet centre market is holding steady even as broader brick-and-mortar retail faces pressure from shop closures and weak consumer spending. According to research by Wiesbaden-based consultancy ecostra, the majority of outlet centres across the continent report rising footfall and turnover, with significant vacancy rates largely absent. The pipeline of new projects has, however, thinned considerably.