Real Estate

Industrial

Significant Industrial Pipeline for 2022 Despite Slow Q1

First-quarter delivery for the Hungarian industrial market has been described as restrained, although the total pipeline for the year, if...

Industrial

Lithuania industrial production expands in April

Lithuania's industrial production expanded at a stronger pace in April, driven by the growth in electricity and manufacturing output, figures...

Office Market

Developments Undertaken in Multiple Locations

Office development is being undertaken in multiple areas across the city, reflecting the limited supply of suitable plots in any...

Office Market

Generational Project That Revitalized a District

The BBJ talks to Tomasz Lisiecki, CEO of TriGranit, about its hugely influential Millennium City Center development, which began a...

Office Market

Icon: People-centered Approach, Expertise Keys to Success in Property Management

Icon Real Estate Management is a dynamically developing player in the Hungarian market, and its rapid growth has drawn the...

Office Market

Uncertainty Hallmarks Today’s Budapest Office Market

Although restrained delivery in recent years means there is little risk of oversupply in the Budapest office market, a rethinking...

Sustainability

Educating Through Better Sustainability, Quality and Technology

You might not expect education to be a theme that crops up often in conversation with a leading real estate...

Office Market

Property and Facility Management Leading the ESG Charge

With the increased importance of office interiors, property management and facility management are seen as needing to adapt to new...

Office Market

Budapest Office Stock 4 mln sqm and Growing

Total modern office stock in Budapest surpassed four million sqm in the first quarter of 2022 according to the Budapest...

Office Market

Post-pandemic, Office Interiors are Having to Evolve

Office interior themes have become integrated into the concept, design, leasing strategy, and property management and facility management of office...

Office Market

Market Talk: Offices an Evolving Rather Than Endangered Species

The Budapest Business Journal’s real estate editor talks to some of the leading players in the Budapest market to assess...

Office Market

Despite Challenges, CPI Embraces ‘Exciting’ Period of Change

These may be uncertain times, into our third year of the COVID pandemic, with the unwelcome return of war in...

Logistics

Euronics opens modern, robotized warehouse in Üllő

Exclusively Hungarian-owned technical goods chain Euronics opened its new 28,000 sqm warehouse in Üllő, near Budapest, this week, according to...

Residential

MNB points to ‘historically high’ home price overvaluation

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) said home price overvaluation has risen to "a historically high level of 18%" in...

Office Market

Atrinova office building refurbished

The renovation of Budapest's Atrinova office building is now complete, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business...

Industrial

PSS Expands Hungarian Capacity Serving BMW, Mercedes and Others

Premium Sound Solutions is expanding its Hungarian manufacturing footprint with a new purpose-built plant at LogStar Park Fehérvár in Szabadbattyán...

Sustainability

Enthusiastic Visionary Optimistic About Sustainable Future

Nándor Kovács jokingly describes himself as a “revolutionary” when it comes to real estate sustainability. Spend just a little time...

Residential

Budapest Castle District Voters Back Short-Term Rental Ban

Nearly 59% of participants in an online vote in Budapest’s District I supported a complete ban on short-term rentals, Castle...

Real Estate

Erste Real Estate Investment Fund Buys H2Offices

Skanska has agreed to sell the second phase of its H2Offices complex to Erste Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented...

Sustainability

Westend Shopping Center Wins Green Investment of the Year Award

One of the leading Budapest malls, Westend Shopping Center, operated by Gránit Pólus Group, has won the “Green Investment of...

Real Estate

Investors Becoming More Selective as Markets Rebound

Commercial real estate investment across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 billion for H1 2026 compared with EUR 5.4 bln...

Sustainability

ESG Elements Central to Investment and Financing

Analysts say a sustainable recovery in the investment markets is underway, although investors are more selective in how they allocate...

Sustainability

Accreditation Systems Face More Complex Demands

Developers and asset owners in the region see a growing need for higher-level third-party sustainability accreditations such as BREEAM, LEED,...

Sustainability

The Business Case for Building Less, and Managing Better

Tibor Karsai, managing director of Rustler Kft., explains how coordinated design, investment and property operations can make circular strategies commercially...

Sustainability

Taking Discipline, Perseverance, and Goal-setting from the Pool to the Workplace

In his sporting life, Valter Kalaus was an Olympic swimmer at 18 and, now 56, competes regularly in Masters events....

Budapest Office Vacancy Rises to 13.1% as Leasing Demand Falls Year-on-Year

Budapest’s office vacancy rate rose to 13.1% in the third quarter of 2026, while total leasing demand fell 9% year-on-year,...

PSS Expands Hungarian Capacity Serving BMW, Mercedes and Others

Premium Sound Solutions is expanding its Hungarian manufacturing footprint with a new purpose-built plant at LogStar Park Fehérvár in Szabadbattyán...

Enthusiastic Visionary Optimistic About Sustainable Future

Nándor Kovács jokingly describes himself as a “revolutionary” when it comes to real estate sustainability. Spend just a little time...

Civil Engineering Surge Masks Decline in Building Construction

Civil engineering output more than doubled in Hungary in August, while building construction declined and the volume of new contracts...

Hungary’s Housing Costs Drive Buyers Toward Garden Plots and Former Wine Cellars

Rising house prices and living costs are pushing more buyers toward properties on Hungary’s outlying garden plots and vineyard land,...

Budapest Castle District Voters Back Short-Term Rental Ban

Nearly 59% of participants in an online vote in Budapest’s District I supported a complete ban on short-term rentals, Castle...

Erste Real Estate Investment Fund Buys H2Offices

Skanska has agreed to sell the second phase of its H2Offices complex to Erste Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented...

Westend Shopping Center Wins Green Investment of the Year Award

One of the leading Budapest malls, Westend Shopping Center, operated by Gránit Pólus Group, has won the “Green Investment of...

Investors Becoming More Selective as Markets Rebound

Commercial real estate investment across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 billion for H1 2026 compared with EUR 5.4 bln...

Government Gives Green Light to M49 Extension to Romanian Border

The government will proceed with the second phase of the M49 expressway, extending the road to the Romanian border, Transportation...

ESG Elements Central to Investment and Financing

Analysts say a sustainable recovery in the investment markets is underway, although investors are more selective in how they allocate...

Accreditation Systems Face More Complex Demands

Developers and asset owners in the region see a growing need for higher-level third-party sustainability accreditations such as BREEAM, LEED,...

The Business Case for Building Less, and Managing Better

Tibor Karsai, managing director of Rustler Kft., explains how coordinated design, investment and property operations can make circular strategies commercially...

Taking Discipline, Perseverance, and Goal-setting from the Pool to the Workplace

In his sporting life, Valter Kalaus was an Olympic swimmer at 18 and, now 56, competes regularly in Masters events....

Budapest Residents Move Less as Outer Districts Gain Ground

Fewer Budapest residents moved between districts in 2025, with around 29,000 people registering a new permanent address elsewhere in the...