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Berlin's office market recorded 146,000 square meters of take-up in Q1 2026, a 42% year-on-year increase representing the highest growth among top German office markets, driven by six large lease agreements of 5,000 square meters or more compared to only one in the prior-year period. Prime rents stood at €47 per square meter with a 9.1% vacancy rate, while ICT firms and industrial headquarters collectively accounted for nearly half of total market activity, with major tenants including Strabag, 50Hertz, Wolt, Snowflake, and Doctolib.
BNP Paribas Real Estate provides quarterly market reports analyzing the Berlin commercial real estate investment market, with recent data showing transaction volumes ranging from approximately €420 million in Q1 2026 to €3.55 billion in 2024. The reports track investment activity across Berlin's property sector and position the city as a leading German investment location, while noting market conditions shifted from strong performance in 2021-2022 to more challenging environments in 2023-2024 before recovery in 2025-2026.
This document surveys the Catalan logistics real estate market in the first quarter of 2026, reporting record leasing activity of 238,575 square meters (up 61.6 percent versus Q1 2025), stable average rents of €6.40 per square meter per month rising 1.58 percent year-over-year, and a very low availability rate of 3.96 percent with future supply of 170,289 square meters concentrated in the second development ring. The market outlook reflects Spanish GDP growth projected at 2.3 percent in 2026 and notes that the Catalan logistics sector is well-positioned to absorb over 650,000 square meters of annual demand.
BNP Paribas Real Estate's first-quarter 2026 Barcelona office market report documents total availability at 11.95%, with absorption of 72,312 square meters across 61 transactions and average rents at 19.45 euros per square meter monthly, rising 4.3% year-over-year. The report projects 2026 gross absorption of approximately 315,000 square meters with a 5% increase in contracting activity, against a Spanish GDP growth forecast of 2.3%.
Munich's office market achieved approximately 581,000 square meters of take-up in 2025, representing a slight 4% decline from 2024's 606,000 square meters, though the final quarter registered 173,000 square meters, the strongest quarterly result since Q3 2022. Demand distributed evenly across all size segments with Centre Fringe East and City Centre as leading zones, while premium office rents reached €58.00 per square meter amid a low 3.4% vacancy rate in the city center.
Munich's investment market achieved €2.56 billion in transaction volume during 2025, with 44% or €1.1 billion concentrated in the fourth quarter, driven largely by two major Signa property sales (Oberpollinger and Corbinian); small and medium-sized deals under €100 million increased 15% compared to 2024 and reached €1.4 billion. Prime yields shifted modestly, with logistics assets rising 25 basis points to 4.50%, while retail high street and office sectors remained flat at 3.45% and 4.20% respectively.
Berlin's office market recorded 486,000 square meters of total transaction volume in Q4 2025, down 16 percent year-over-year, with large contracts above 5,000 square meters declining 71 percent while smaller deals up to 5,000 square meters increased 17 percent. Vacancy rose to 1.93 million square meters (8.9 percent vacancy rate) over the 12-month period, prime rents increased 4 percent to 47 euros per square meter, and top-performing submarkets were Mitte, Charlottenburg/Tiergarten, and Kreuzberg/Neukölln, with the market dominated by smaller, premium-quality spaces in city-center locations.
Milan's office market achieved 401,000 square meters of take-up in 2025 with a 6% year-on-year increase and 352 occupier transactions, ending two years of contraction, while Grade A/A+ premises represented 79% of total take-up. Prime office rents surged 11% in Q4 2025 to €800 per square meter per year in CBD Duomo and €760 in CBD Porta Nuova, though the overall vacancy rate edged up to 10.1% with CBD submarkets maintaining tight availability at 3.2% average vacancy.
The Munich logistics market recorded take-up of 266,000 square meters in 2025, representing a 26% increase compared to 2024 and approaching the ten-year average. Prime rents increased 7% year-on-year to €11.25 per square meter, while average rents rose 10% to €9.90 per square meter, with significant demand distributed across multiple size categories and sectors.
In the third quarter of 2025, Madrid's logistics market reached 379,831 square meters with contracting volume up 160 percent compared to the same period in 2024, comprising 21 new contracts and an availability rate of 8.77 percent. Prime rental rates stabilized at 7.00 euros per square meter monthly, with annual growth holding at 3.7 percent despite a 58 basis point decline in quarterly contracting.
Berlin's real estate investment market recorded €986 million in transaction volume during Q1 2025, representing a 116% increase compared to Q1 2024, with the market regaining its top position nationally from Munich; the surge was driven largely by the €400 million-plus sale of the Upper West to the Schoeller Group family office, supplemented by increased activity in medium-sized transactions. Net prime yields remained stable at 4.25% for office and logistics properties and 3.70% for premium retail, with office properties dominating 67.5% of investment volume and central locations accounting for 78.8% of transactions.
Frankfurt's investment market achieved a transaction volume of just over €1.6 billion in 2024, representing a 36% increase from 2023 despite falling 73% short of the long-term average of €6 billion, with office properties dominating at 62.1% of market share and generating approximately €1.0 billion in investment. Net prime yields stabilized at 4.50% for office, 3.75% for retail, and 4.25% for logistics properties, while Subcentres and the City Centre accounted for approximately 61% and 30.5% of investment activity respectively, with deals in the over €50 million segment rising to 62% of the market.
Cologne's warehouse and logistics market recorded take-up of 82,000 sqm in Q1 2026, representing a 156% increase year-over-year and 30% above the ten-year average, driven largely by major contracts including a 35,000 sqm lease by logistics provider Goodcang in Bergheim. Prime rent for modern logistics properties stood at €8.20/sqm with a year-on-year increase of 6.5%, while average rent reached €6.70/sqm (+6.3%), with both rental levels expected to remain stable through the year despite underlying economic and geopolitical headwinds.
Düsseldorf's logistics market recorded take-up of 66,000 square meters in Q1 2026, representing 10% above the ten-year average despite a 35% decline from the exceptionally high Q1 2025 result. Prime rents for space of 5,000 square meters or more stabilized at €8.70 per square meter, while average rents remained unchanged at €7.00 per square meter, with approximately 20 lease deals registered—the highest number since 2021.
Cologne's office market recorded 45,000 sqm of take-up in Q1 2026, representing a 33% year-on-year decline and 24% below the long-term average, amid a challenging macroeconomic environment characterized by subdued activity and fragmented contract structure. Prime rent remained stable at €33.50 per sqm while average rent increased 3.9% year-on-year to €21.40 per sqm, with total vacant space rising to 515,000 sqm at a 6.5% vacancy rate, though modern vacancy declined to 115,000 sqm with a high pre-letting rate of 73% on 190,000 sqm of space under construction.
The Cologne commercial real estate investment market recorded €256 million in transaction volume during Q1 2026, representing a 194.9% increase year-over-year, with office properties dominating at 79.3% of total investment and the City Centre accounting for 52.4% of activity. Net prime yields remained stable for office assets at 4.40%, while retail high-street properties increased to 4.00% (+10 basis points) and logistics rose to 4.50% (+25 basis points) compared to Q1 2025.
The document presents a 2025 market overview of the Luxembourg office sector, showing office take-up of 179,500 square meters, representing a 34% increase compared to 2024 and a 4% decrease versus the 2020-2024 average. The occupier market recorded 186 transactions in 2025 with an average transaction size of 965 square meters and a median of 322 square meters, with 75% of transactions involving spaces smaller than 1,000 square meters, and the largest deal being JP Morgan's letting of 13,975 square meters at The Waves building in Kirchberg.
Regional office real estate in France contracted by 9% in 2025 to 1.28 million square meters commercialized, with regions maintaining 44% of national volumes, though performance varied significantly by city with Lyon leading at 186,000 m² despite a 21% decline, while investment volumes fell 6% to 7.1 billion euros with office investment at 1.5 billion euros. Prime rental rates remained stable or progressed in most major regional metros, secondhand space dominated at 74% of leasing volumes, and REITs increased their presence to 34% of office investment while SCPIs declined to 27%.
The Düsseldorf logistics market recorded take-up of approximately 227,000 square meters in the first three quarters of 2025, representing a 20% increase year-on-year and 24% above the long-term average, with large-scale contracts accounting for roughly 28% of this activity. Prime rents increased 8% year-on-year to €8.50 per square meter while average rents rose 5% to €6.90 per square meter, driven by high demand for modern ESG-compliant space and limited supply.
In the first three quarters of 2025, Düsseldorf's investment market recorded €766 million in investment volume, matching the previous year but remaining 55% below the 10-year average of €1.7 billion, with the market ranking fourth among A-cities behind Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg. Net prime yields stood at 4.50% for office properties, 3.95% for inner-city retail, and 4.40% for logistics properties, with no transactions exceeding €100 million recorded so far in the year.
This document analyzes Luxembourg's office market for the first nine months of 2025, reporting that office take-up reached 128,600 square meters, representing a 42 percent increase compared to the same period in 2024 and a 5 percent rise above the 2020-2024 average. The report notes that despite a Q3 slowdown, the market recorded 137 transactions across nine months, with 80 percent involving spaces smaller than 1,000 square meters, and identifies JP Morgan's 13,975 square meter lease at The Waves in Kirchberg as the largest deal.
In the third quarter of 2025, France's regional office market posted 628,000 square meters of transactions across seven major metropolitan areas, representing a 5% quarterly decline and a 21% fall below the ten-year average, with Lyon leading at 135,000 square meters despite a 17% annual decrease. Investment in regional commercial real estate totaled 4.4 billion euros over the first nine months of 2025, down 16% year-on-year, with office assets representing 700 million euros (16% of the total) and experiencing a 38% decline, while logistics dominated at 39% of invested volumes.
Düsseldorf's office market recorded take-up of approximately 220,000 sqm in 2024, representing a 21% decline from 2023 due to slow economic recovery, though small spaces up to 2,000 sqm increased by 3% while large contracts exceeding 2,000 sqm fell 49%. Prime rents reached €43.50 per sqm (up 9% year-over-year) and average rents stood at €18.90 per sqm, with vacancy rising to 11.5% overall (though only 8.6% in the city center) and consultancies leading sector demand at 19% of take-up, while the absence of major deals above 10,000 sqm reflected challenging economic conditions despite stable contract numbers compared to the prior year.
Stuttgart's logistics market recorded take-up of 61,000 square meters in the first three quarters of 2025, down 29.9 percent from 87,000 square meters in the same period of 2024, driven almost entirely by small deals under 5,000 square meters with no major contracts exceeding that threshold. Prime rents remained stable at €8.50 per square meter and average rents at €6.50 per square meter, while weak German economic conditions and global trade uncertainties have dampened demand particularly from the automotive sector, though manufacturing continues as the leading user segment at 27.1 percent market share.
BNP Paribas Real Estate's H1 2025 Investment Market report for Stuttgart documents commercial real estate transaction activity, finding approximately €183 million invested across the first half of 2025 (€71 million in Q1 and €112 million in Q2), representing 70% below the long-term average despite a marginal 2% year-over-year increase. Logistics assets dominated with 58.4% market share, office investments accounted for 30.6%, prime yields remained stable at 4.40% for office, 4.25% for logistics, and 3.85% for retail, while 69.4% of investment concentration shifted to the periphery driven by logistics deals, with no transactions exceeding €50 million completed.
Rome's office occupier market showed positive momentum in Q1 2026, with take-up increasing 11% year-on-year to 34,600 square meters, though the number of deals fell 30% to 23 transactions, and Grade A space represented 57% of activity. Prime office rents stabilized at €600 per square meter in the CBD with a 4% year-on-year increase, while the overall vacancy rate stood at 7.6%, down 30 basis points annually, with particularly tight availability in prime locations and the CBD at just 1.1%.
Rome's office occupier market experienced a quiet year in 2025 with take-up of 144,600 sqm, down 19% year-on-year, and 113 total deals closed (down 20% year-on-year), driven partly by the largest transaction of the year exceeding 25,000 sqm in Q4. Prime office rent in the CBD reached €600 per square meter with 4% growth compared to Q4 2024, while Grade A/A+ space accounted for 71% of take-up in Q1-Q3 2025, and the overall vacancy rate stood at 7.8% (down 10 basis points year-on-year), with particularly tight availability in the CBD at 1.2%.
The document presents real-time Q4 2025 data on the Brussels office market, covering stock, vacancy rates, take-up, rental values, and investment yields across seven geographic zones including the CBD, decentralized areas, and periphery. Key findings include total market stock of 13.25 million square meters, overall vacancy at 7.70 percent, Q4 take-up of 121,000 square meters, and prime headline rent ranging from 185 to 400 euros per annum depending on location, with prime yields on 6/9-year leases at 5.25 percent.
The document analyzes Valencia's logistics real estate market in first quarter 2026, reporting gross absorption of 152,188 square meters across 13 transactions, average rents of 4.57 €/m²/month (up 6.16% year-over-year), and a vacancy rate of 2.42% with 332,212 square meters of new supply expected within 12 months. The report notes that Spain's economy is projected to grow 2.3% in 2026 according to the Bank of Spain, with Valencia's total logistics park exceeding 5.5 million square meters and new developments following grade-A standards with sustainability certifications.
Office demand in Île-de-France reached 367,400 square meters in the first quarter of 2026, representing a 15 percent decline year-over-year and an 18 percent decrease compared to the five-year average. The market environment remained constrained, characterized by increased user hesitancy driven by economic uncertainties.
The REview Bureaux Île-de-France T4 2025 report covers the Île-de-France office market for the fourth quarter of 2025, documenting 1.6 million square meters of demand placed over the full year 2025. Tertiary investment in the region reached 5.6 billion euros in 2025, representing a 57 percent increase year-over-year.
BNP Paribas Real Estate's fourth quarter 2025 market report on Valencia's office sector documents total contracting of 51,489 square meters (down 24.9% year-on-year), average rents of €13.44 per square meter per month (up 3.8% annually), and a global availability rate of 2.36% as of January 2026, with demand shifting away from prime zones (9% share, 0.35% availability) toward decentralized areas (37% share) and periphery (33% share). The report projects approximately 100,000 square meters of high-quality prime office space will be delivered over the next three years to address supply constraints, against a favorable macroeconomic backdrop with forecasted GDP growth of 3% in 2025 and 2.5% in 2026.
Valencia's logistics market recorded 162,729 square meters of contracting in Q4 2025, representing a 43.5% increase year-over-year, with annual cumulative contracting reaching 594,681 square meters. Prime rental rates stood at 5.85 €/m²/month and average rates at 4.57 €/m²/month (both up approximately 6% year-over-year), while total stock expanded to 5.5 million square meters with 462,470 square meters under construction expected to enter the market in 2026.
BNP Paribas Real Estate's Q1 2026 review of Cologne's office market reports floor turnover of 45,000 square meters, down 33 percent year-over-year and 24 percent below the long-term average, attributed to challenging macroeconomic conditions and prolonged leasing processes. Prime rents remained stable at 33.50 euros per square meter while average rents rose 3.9 percent year-over-year to 21.40 euros per square meter, with vacancy increasing to 515,000 square meters (6.5 percent of total stock) and pre-leasing of new construction at a high 73 percent, though market activity is expected to recover through the remainder of 2026 given numerous large tenant inquiries in process.
Cologne's logistics real estate market achieved 82,000 m² in transaction volume during Q1 2026, representing a 156.3% increase year-over-year and exceeding the ten-year average by 30%, driven largely by a single major logistics service provider contract of 35,000 m² in Bergheim. Prime rental rates for modern logistics properties reached €8.20/m² (up 6.5% year-over-year) while average rents stood at €6.70/m² (up 6.3%), with logistics service providers accounting for 79.3% of market activity, substantially above their long-term average of 32%.
BNP Paribas Real Estate's Q1 2026 Hamburg office market review reports office take-up of 91,000 sqm (down 18% year-over-year) amid challenging economic conditions, with prime rents rising 8.3% to €39.00/sqm as demand concentrates on high-specification space in prime locations like the City, City South, and HafenCity. Vacant space increased marginally to 942,000 sqm (6.4% vacancy rate), with transport and logistics accounting for nearly 22% of take-up led by MSC's 13,000 sqm headquarters relocation, while the outlook notes continued upward pressure on prime rents with the €40/sqm threshold potentially achievable in coming quarters.
The document is a webpage listing BNP Paribas Real Estate's market reports on Munich's investment market, providing quarterly analyses from 2020 through Q1 2026. The page itself contains navigation menus and contact information but does not provide the actual substantive findings of the Q1 2026 report, as the specific transaction volume and key conclusions for that quarter are truncated in the provided text.
Berlin's office market recorded 146,000 sqm of take-up in Q1 2026, representing a 42% year-on-year increase and the largest growth among German A-location office markets, driven primarily by six large lease agreements of 5,000 sqm or more compared to only one in the prior-year quarter. Take-up of modern office space more than doubled, with prime submarkets Mitte, Municipal Area South, and Europacity leading activity, and prime rents reaching or exceeding €50/sqm in select premium properties while €47/sqm remained the primary market benchmark.
Düsseldorf's investment market recorded 167 million euros in transaction volume during Q1 2026, representing a 32.8 percent year-on-year decline and marking the weakest first-quarter start in ten years, though deal count remained stable and net prime yields held steady at 4.50 percent for office and logistics properties and 3.95 percent for best-located retail buildings. Retail investments dominated Q1 activity at 50.5 percent of volume due partly to four transactions linked to CENTRUM insolvency, while deals under 50 million euros prevailed, no transactions exceeded 100 million euros, and geopolitical tensions posed ongoing uncertainty despite expectations for increased transaction frequency in subsequent months.
The Stuttgart commercial real estate investment market recorded €177 million in transaction volume during Q1 2026, representing a 50% decline versus the ten-year average of €351 million but an improvement over the weak first quarters of 2024 and 2025, with office assets contributing €110 million of the total and around a dozen deals marking the highest transaction frequency since Q1 2022. Prime yields shifted across asset classes in the twelve-month comparison, with office properties rising 10 basis points to 4.50%, retail rising 15 basis points to 4.00%, and logistics increasing 25 basis points to 4.50%.
The Stuttgart logistics and warehouse market achieved take-up of 69,000 sqm in Q1 2026, approximately 60% above the ten-year average and nearly triple the previous year's result, driven largely by a single industrial contract exceeding 30,000 sqm. Prime rents rose 2% to €8.70 per sqm and average rents increased 5% to €6.80 per sqm by end of 2025, with supply in the new-build segment particularly constrained and no new-build take-up recorded in the quarter.
BNP Paribas Real Estate reports that Cologne's commercial real estate investment market achieved approximately €256 million in transaction volume during Q1 2026, a 195% increase year-over-year, with office assets dominating at 79.3% of activity and the highest transaction volume since 2022. Top-tier net yields remained stable at 4.40% for office properties and 4.50% for logistics, while retail yields increased modestly to 4.00%, and the analysis identifies geopolitical uncertainty as a key risk factor for market continuation in subsequent quarters.
Munich's warehouse and logistics lettings market achieved take-up of 57,000 square meters in the first quarter of 2026, representing a dynamic start to the year. BNP Paribas Real Estate's market report provides quarterly tracking of logistics real estate activity in Munich as part of its broader research coverage of German warehouse and logistics markets.
Frankfurt's logistics market achieved 464,000 square meters of take-up in 2025, representing a 13.7% year-on-year increase and positioning it as Germany's strongest logistics market outside the Ruhr region, with prime rents rising 10.7% to EUR 8.80 per square meter and average rents increasing 10.4% to EUR 7.40 per square meter. Manufacturing companies and logistics service providers each accounted for approximately one-third of annual take-up, while contracts exceeding 20,000 square meters tripled to 185,000 square meters, and the report projects Frankfurt's market will likely exceed 500,000 square meters in 2026 driven by economic recovery and increasing supply constraints.