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Cushman & Wakefield's Helsinki Retail Q1 2026 report analyzes the Finnish capital's retail market amid continued economic growth constrained by geopolitical uncertainty, with GDP growth forecast at 0.6% for 2026 and 1.4% for 2027. The report indicates prime retail rents at €102 per square meter, prime yields ranging from 5.4% for high street to 7.0% for retail warehouses, approximately 45,500 square meters of new retail space completed during 2024–2025 with 35,000 square meters under construction, and growing occupier activity driven by foreign brand interest and demand for big-box discount retail assets.

In Q1 2026, Helsinki's office market showed an overall vacancy rate of 18.1% across thirteen key areas in the metropolitan region, with CBD prime rent stable at €42.00 per square meter per month, while the Finnish economy continued modest growth at 0.47% quarter-to-quarter amid global uncertainties and geopolitical concerns. The market displayed polarization with strong demand for high-quality CBD and core assets while secondary locations and mediocre properties faced downward rental pressure and higher vacancies, with approximately 109,000 square meters under construction scheduled for completion between 2026 and 2028.

The Luxembourg Retail MarketBeat H2 2025 report covers the Luxembourg retail property sector's performance in 2025, providing economic context, occupier market trends, and investment activity analysis. Full-year 2025 retail take-up reached 24,360 square meters across 57 transactions with prime rents stable at €145/sq m/month for high street, €90 for shopping centres, and €25 for out-of-town locations, while investment volume totaled €188 million across 2 transactions with prime yields holding steady at 4.50% for high street, 6.00% for out-of-town, and 6.25% for shopping centres.

Cushman & Wakefield's Stockholm Office MarketBeat Q4 2025 report analyzes the Greater Stockholm office market, showing 74,000 sq m of completions in 2025 with no deliveries in H2, while overall vacancy reached 18.5% with decentralized areas at 23.0% and CBD at 7.5%. Prime rents in the CBD remained flat at SEK 9,800 per sq m quarter-over-quarter but grew approximately 2% year-over-year, while prime yields compressed to 3.85%, and 44,000 sq m of new space is forecast for H1 2026.

Cushman & Wakefield's Sweden Retail Q4 2025 MarketBeat report covers economic indicators, occupier market conditions, and investment activity for Swedish retail real estate, documenting metrics including inflation at 2.3%, unemployment at 8.2%, and retail investment volume of SEK 15.3 billion for full-year 2025 (a 40% increase from 2024). Key findings indicate high street prime rents recorded growth in Q4 after remaining flat since March 2024, prime yields compressed to 3.95% for high street assets and 5.80% for retail parks, and retail sales rose 5.5% year-over-year driven by durables sales growth of 8.5%.

This Cushman & Wakefield MarketBeat report covers Sweden's logistics real estate market in Q1 2025, detailing supply completions of approximately 150,000 sq m (70% pre-let), rising vacancies to 9.0% nationwide with Stockholm reaching 14.0%, and prime rents increasing across major regions while yields remained stable at 5.00-5.50%. The report forecasts new completions for full-year 2025 at 0.4 million sq m (70% lower than 2024's 1.4 million sq m) and notes Swedish economic indicators including 2.4% GDP growth, 2.3% inflation, and a -0.2% construction cost index decline.

The Luxembourg office market recorded 45,000 sq m of take-up in Q1 2025, with approximately 75% of the 406,000 sq m pipeline under construction already pre-let, reflecting ongoing flight-to-quality demand for modern, ESG-compliant buildings despite a single large 16,000 sq m pre-letting transaction (Lime House by FM Global) driving much of the volume. The investment market experienced its weakest Q1 on record with only €31 million in completed transactions across two deals, while prime rents remained stable at €54/sq m/month and prime yields held steady at 5.00%, with near-term growth dependent on renewed corporate occupier confidence amid persistent geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties.
The Greater Porto office market recorded 7,150 square meters of leasing activity across 17 deals in Q1 2026, representing a 67% year-on-year increase, with the TMT & Utilities sector driving 73% of demand and Zone 3 (ZEP) capturing over 60% of take-up. The overall vacancy rate tightened marginally to 8.7%, prime rents remained stable across submarkets ranging from €17.00 to €21.00 per square meter per month, and an estimated 116,800 square meters of new office supply is forecast over the next three years with approximately 91,500 square meters already under construction.
The Marketbeat Portugal Industrial Q1 2026 report for Greater Porto covers demand, vacancy, rents, and development trends in Portugal's industrial and logistics sector, reporting 13 new occupancy deals totaling 65,110 square meters (a 16% year-on-year decrease), vacancy in Greater Lisbon at 4.3%, and prime rents rising to €6.00 per square meter per month in the Port of Leixões–Airport area. The report notes Portugal's GDP growth of 2.3% in Q1 2026, a substantial pipeline of 762,600 square meters scheduled for completion over the next three years with 394,000 square meters already under construction, and sustained occupier demand despite supply constraints.

Belgium's retail market achieved 562,000 square meters of take-up in 2025 across 1,049 transactions, outperforming the ten-year average by approximately 30 percent, while investment volume reached €2.155 billion, well above historical averages. The broader Belgian economy showed slow but steady growth of 1.02 percent in 2025 with inflation at 2.2 percent, stable financing conditions, and an unemployment rate of 6.15 percent, supporting expectations for modest continued growth around 1 percent in 2026 with prime high street rents rising to €1,750 per square meter annually and shopping centre prime yields at 6.00 percent.

Irish real estate investment reached €2.4 billion in 2025, approximately €800 million in Q4 2025, with retail leading at 30% of transactions by value, followed by office at 27% and the living sector emerging as the third largest sector. Key Q4 deals included Jervis Shopping Centre (€110 million), Project Galaxy student accommodation (€104 million), and Newmarket Square residential (€75 million), while economic indicators showed GDP growth forecast at 1.0% for 2026 and unemployment at 4.8%.

Italy's logistics market recorded Q4 2025 take-up of approximately 840,000 sqm, representing a 56% increase above the quarterly average since early 2024 and a 40% increase year-over-year, driven by returning medium and large-scale transactions primarily from 3PL operators and fashion retailers. Investment volumes in industrial and logistics reached approximately €960 million in Q4 2025, more than double the previous quarter, bringing year-to-date investment to €2.17 billion (a 21% increase versus 2024), while the vacancy rate stood at 6.6% and prime rents maintained €70/sqm/year in Milan and Rome with prime yields compressing to 5.25%.

Cushman & Wakefield's Italy Retail Q4 2025 MarketBeat report examines the Italian retail real estate market, finding that Q4 2025 volumes reached €1.2 billion, bringing full-year investment to €3.5 billion with retail as the top-performing sector, while prime rents remained broadly stable with Milan at €20,000 per square meter annually and Rome at €16,000, and prime yields are expected to compress over 2026. The report notes Italy's economy showed weak but resilient growth of 0.5–0.6% for full-year 2025, with inflation easing to around 1.1–1.2% and an unemployment rate of 5.9%, while occupier demand remained strong in prime locations with brands including Mizuno, Champion, and Normal opening flagships, and the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics stimulating retailer activity in mountain destinations.

Dublin office market take-up in 2025 reached approximately 253,200 square metres, the strongest performance since 2019, with Q4 specifically accounting for 67,800 square metres across 69 deals, while the CBD availability ratio improved to 13.7% by Q4 2025, the lowest in two years. The future development pipeline for 2026 and 2027 combined stands at only 146,000 square metres with approximately 64% already pre-let or reserved, significantly below the market's historical average annual take-up of over 202,000 square metres per annum.

Brussels office market take-up reached 341,000 square meters across 315 transactions in 2025, broadly in line with the previous year but 9% below the ten-year average, with Q4 particularly strong at approximately 140,000 square meters driven by the European Commission's 20,000 square meter deal. Investment volume totaled €914 million across 24 transactions in 2025, nearly 50% below the ten-year average, while prime CBD rents remained stable within the €370–390 per square meter per year range and overall office vacancy rose slightly to 9.25% by year end.

Cushman & Wakefield's Milan Office MarketBeat for Q4 2025 reports that Milan's office market recorded 118,000 sqm of take-up in the quarter (up 5% year-on-year) and 376,000 sqm for the full year 2025, with a 10.8% vacancy rate and prime rent of €800/sqm/year across all property classes. Milan accounted for approximately 66% of Italy's national office investment volumes, reaching 1.1 billion euros for 2025, though investment remained below five-year averages; the market showed renewed investor confidence with Grade A availability at historic lows below 2% in central submarkets, supporting further rental growth despite limited supply.

Cushman & Wakefield's 2025 High Street Retail Report analyzes the high street retail markets of Lisbon and Porto, examining supply, demand, luxury and premium segments, and prime rental levels across both Portuguese cities. The report finds that 2024 marked growth in high street retail driven by increased demand from national and international brands seeking avant-garde, technological, and sustainable concepts, though limited retail space supply constrained expansion, particularly in prime luxury locations such as Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon and Avenida dos Aliados in Porto, with the food and beverage sector being the most prominent among new occupancies.

Italy's real estate investment market recorded €4.63 billion in fourth-quarter 2025 sales volume, a 31% year-on-year increase, with retail leading at 25% of quarterly volumes followed by industrial & logistics at 21%, while full-year 2025 totaled €12.5 billion marking a 23% annual increase and confirming market recovery. Foreign investors contributed 58% of total capital, retail achieved €3.5 billion in full-year investment with major transactions including a €420 million Carrefour portfolio acquisition, and office investment reached €1.63 billion for the year despite remaining 17% below 2024 levels and 41% below the five-year average.

Cushman & Wakefield's Industrial Q4 2025 report on Portugal documents full-year 2025 take-up of 484,970 square meters in the industrial and logistics sector, representing a 39% year-on-year decrease, with Greater Lisbon commanding 56% of activity and prime rents increasing to €5.65 per square meter per month in Greater Lisbon and €5.90 in Greater Porto. The report projects Portuguese GDP growth to accelerate to 2.3% in 2026 from 1.9% in 2025, notes a 4.1% vacancy rate in Greater Lisbon evidencing supply constraints, and identifies 758,500 square meters of logistics projects planned over the next three years with 449,900 square meters already under construction.

In Q4 2025, Ireland's retail investment market recorded €210.5 million across 9 deals with an average deal size of €23.4 million, down 29% from 2024's €733.4 million in 33 deals, with major transactions including the €110 million sale of Jervis Shopping Centre to Pradera and the €36 million LIDL portfolio sale to ICG. High street prime rental growth reached +1.0%, retail warehouse rental growth +11.4%, and shopping centre rental growth +4.0%, while consumer sentiment declined 17.2% year-on-year but showed signs of improvement in Q4, supported by low unemployment at 5%, average weekly earnings growth of 4.9%, and household deposits of €161 billion.

Ireland's industrial and logistics market achieved approximately 80,100 square metres of national take-up in Q4 2025, bringing the full-year total to 326,400 square metres—an 83% increase over 2024—driven primarily by Dublin where take-up more than doubled. Prime Dublin rents rose 6% in 2025 to €149 per square metre with further growth forecasted, vacancy remained tight at 3.6% nationally, investment volumes reached €100 million in Q4 led by the €61 million Northgate portfolio sale, and the sector delivered an 8.4% total return based on MSCI data despite moderating but resilient global trade conditions and Ireland's solid domestic economic performance.

The Cushman & Wakefield report covers the Greater Porto office market in Q4 2025, showing a 43% year-on-year drop in annual take-up to 43,700 sq.m, a vacancy rate of 8.8%, and stable prime rents at €21.00 per sq.m per month in the CBD Boavista submarket. Portuguese GDP grew 1.9% in 2025 with acceleration to 2.3% forecast for 2026, while the market pipeline contains 98,580 sq.m under construction with 32% pre-occupied and 119,880 sq.m projected completions within three years.

Irish investment spending reached approximately €699 million in Q3 2025, up from Q2 and 18% stronger than the prior twelve months, with the living sector comprising €260 million (led by Ardstone's acquisitions of Spencer Place and Birchwood Court) and the office sector accounting for €247 million across 12 transactions. Economic indicators for 2025 forecast GDP growth of 10.8% and personal consumption of 2.9%, while the sector breakdown shows residential representing 37% of investment volumes, office 35%, retail 14%, and industrial 13%.

Italy's retail market in Q3 2025 showed cautious stability with GDP growth of 0.4% year-on-year, unemployment near 6%, and inflation at 2%, while prime rents remained flat in Milan (€20,000/sqm/year) and Rome (€16,000/sqm/year), with strong investor demand driving retail investment activity to approximately €1.1 billion in the quarter. Shopping center yields compressed by 25 basis points to 6.75%, and retailers including Lululemon, Alo Yoga, and Autry opened new locations in prime high-street areas, with further yield compression expected through late 2025 and into 2026 amid improving credit conditions and recovering retail turnover.

Cushman & Wakefield's Q3 2025 Ireland retail report documents €94 million in transaction volume across 9 deals—a 41% decline from Q2 and 65% decline year-over-year—with major sales including The Arena Centre (€33 million), car showrooms in Swords (€24.5 million), and Nutgrove Retail Centre (€11.9 million), concentrated primarily in Dublin. Prime high street rental growth slowed to +0.2% year-over-year, while retail warehouse rentals grew 9.2% and shopping centre rentals 1.8%, supported by modest improvements in consumer sentiment (61.7 in September, though below the long-run average of 83.8) and retail sales volume growth of 3.5%.

Italy's commercial real estate investment market recorded 2.41 €Bn in total volume during Q3 2025, representing a 31% decline from Q3 2024 but remaining stable relative to the five-year average of 2.38 €Bn, with retail leading at 45% of investment activity while year-to-date volumes reached 7.7 €Bn marking a 20% increase from the same 2024 period. The Italian economy showed cautious stability with GDP growth of 0.45% year-on-year, unemployment near 6%, and inflation around 2%, while foreign investors accounted for 53% of Q3 investment with capital flows directed primarily toward retail and industrial sectors.

Italy's logistics market recorded approximately 600,000 sqm of take-up in Q3 2025, a 24% increase from the previous two quarters, with the vacancy rate at 6.9% gradually rising due to recently completed speculative projects. Industrial and logistics investment volumes rebounded strongly to around 400 €Mn in Q3 (up 167% from Q2), while prime rents remained stable at €70/sqm per year in Milan and Rome with yields holding at 5.50%.

Cushman & Wakefield's Italy Retail Q2 2025 MarketBeat report covers the Italian retail property market, documenting prime rents (Milan €20,000/sqm/yr, Rome €16,000/sqm/yr, shopping centers €1,200/sqm/yr) and yields alongside macroeconomic conditions including 0.5% GDP growth and 5.90% unemployment. Investment activity increased 16% quarter-over-quarter to €670 million in Q2, bringing H1 2025 to €1.240 billion and doubling H1 2024 volumes, while occupier demand strengthened with new entries from sportswear and lifestyle brands (Lululemon, Alo Yoga, Autry) driven partly by anticipation of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.

Milan's office market recorded 102,000 square meters of absorption in Q1 2025 with a 9.8% vacancy rate and €750/sqm/year prime rent, driven by strong Grade A demand representing 87% of quarterly volume, particularly from legal and IT sectors. Foreign capital accounted for 40% of the €410 million investment volume, with the two largest CBD transactions representing 43% of total investment activity and prime yields holding steady at 4.25% despite a 3% increase in prime rents over the quarter.
The MarketBeat Lisbon Office Q1 2026 report by Cushman & Wakefield covers demand, vacancy, rents, and development trends in the Greater Lisbon office market, finding that leasing activity increased 80% year-over-year to 28,910 square metres across 39 deals, the overall vacancy rate declined to 6.8%, prime rents remained stable except in New Office Areas where they rose to €22.00/sq.m/month, and six new buildings added 41,750 square metres with 286,050 square metres scheduled for delivery over the next three years. The TMT & Utilities sector drove 32% of quarterly demand, and Portugal's economy grew 2.3% in the first quarter, outperforming the Euro Area average.

The document analyzes office real estate activity in Lyon and its periphery during the first quarter of 2026, examining supply, placed demand, and transactions across market segments. Key findings show Lyon's office rental market experienced its weakest performance since 2014 with only 31,300 m² leased (a 48% decline versus the ten-year first-quarter average), while immediate supply increased 10% year-over-year to 635,800 m² and the overall vacancy rate reached 8.06%, with several central sectors exceeding 10% vacancy.

This Cushman & Wakefield report analyzes Spain's retail market in Q4 2025, documenting economic growth of 2.9% annual GDP, retail sales growth of 3.3% year-on-year in November 2025, and record tourism of 97 million international visitors, while noting strong performance in fashion (5.1% growth) and food and beverage sectors (4.5% growth) across shopping centres. Investment in the Spanish retail sector reached €2.48 billion in 2025, representing a 22% increase year-on-year, with shopping centres and retail parks accounting for 70% of total retail investment and prime yields contracting to 6.25% for shopping centres and falling to 3.60% for high street properties.

Madrid's industrial logistics market recorded 950,000 sq m of take-up in 2025 with a 9.15% vacancy rate and prime rent of €7.00/sq m/month, demonstrating continued resilience despite macroeconomic challenges and showing strong fundamentals through rising rents and healthy transaction levels. Barcelona's logistics market closed 2025 at 565,000 sq m (down 20% from 2024) with a vacancy rate of 4.0% and prime rent of €9.00/sq m/month, indicating emerging supply constraints that may drive further rent increases in 2026.

The Cushman & Wakefield MarketBeat report for Lisbon's office market in Q4 2025 documents office demand, completions, vacancy rates, and rental trends across Greater Lisbon's seven submarkets. Year-end 2025 take-up reached 204,240 square meters (down 8% year-over-year), the vacancy rate stood at 7.0%, prime rents in the Central Business District reached €28.00 per square meter per month, and 61,200 square meters were completed in 2025 with 327,860 square meters expected over the next three years.

This Cushman & Wakefield market report covers Spain's residential real estate sectors—including PRS (Private Rented Sector), BTR (Build-to-Rent), Flex Living, and nursing homes—through Q3 2025, presenting transaction volumes, rental rates, yields, investor activity, and demographic trends. Key findings include 422,000 total residential transactions up to July 2025 (18.76% increase year-over-year), PRS/BTR/Flex Living investment of €875 million in H1 2025 (52% increase), rental price growth exceeding 10% annually despite supply increases, and Spain's aging population projected to have the second-highest old-age dependency ratio in Europe by 2050, supporting strong fundamentals for senior care facilities.

Madrid's office market in Q3 2025 recorded a vacancy rate of 8.61% with prime rent at €42.50/sq m/month and quarterly take-up of 104,000 sq m across 87 new contracts, driven by strong demand for quality A/B-rated buildings and flexible assets in strategic locations. The document projects that office take-up will return to forecasted levels exceeding 500,000 sq m for the full year, with continued pressure on rents in the CBD expected to reach €42.50/sq m/month by year-end, supported by the recovery momentum and importance of corporate deal activity.

Madrid's office market achieved 147,000 sq m of take-up in Q2 2025 across 107 deals (25% higher than the same period in 2024), with the vacancy rate at 8.84% and prime rent reaching €42.50/sq m/month, driven by strong demand for high-specification A/B+ buildings that account for approximately 70% of transactions. Investment in the office segment exceeded €1 billion in the first half of 2025 (40% higher than all of 2024), with Madrid receiving approximately €500 million, while prime yields softened to 4.3% due to dynamic take-up levels and increased Core investor appetite for stable cash-flow properties.

According to Cushman & Wakefield's analysis, the Düsseldorf office market (including Neuss and Ratingen) recorded 212,300 m² of space take-up in 2025, representing a 5% decline from the previous year and 21% below the five-year average, with no year-end rally materializing in Q4 at 50,300 m². Prime rents remained stable at €46.00/m² in Q4 2025 but rose 5.7% over the full year, while vacancy rates increased to 11% (1.05 million m²) at year-end, driven primarily by new completions with only 46% pre-letting rates and structural workplace trends such as desk-sharing and flexible work concepts.

Cushman & Wakefield's MarketBeat report on Cologne's office market for Q3 2025 found cumulative take-up of 164,800 m² in the first nine months—4% above the prior year but 21% below the 10-year average—driven by large lettings from Jobcenter (32,000 m²) and mid-sized deals, with the market forecast to reach approximately 200,000 m² by year-end. The vacancy rate increased to 5.5%, prime rent remained stable at €34.00/m²/month, and weighted average rent rose to €22.60/m²/month, reflecting ongoing "flight to quality" toward modern, ESG-compliant spaces with good city-center connectivity.

Central London office take-up totalled 1.95 million sq ft in Q3 2025, down 21% on the 10-year average with Grade A accounting for 70% of quarterly leasing, while availability decreased to 27.79 million sq ft, remaining 46% above the 10-year average. The market faces a supply shortage in core locations as Grade A availability in core submarkets is projected to fall below 1.0 year's supply from 2026 onwards, with 7.18 million sq ft under construction expected to deliver by 2030, creating a significant imbalance between supply and demand over the medium term.

Düsseldorf office take-up in Q3 2025 reached 58,900 m² (a 7.1% increase year-over-year), but large-scale leases above 5,000 m² were absent, with cumulative nine-month take-up 18% below the five-year average. Prime rents rose to €46.00/m² (up 2.2% quarterly), while office vacancy increased to 10.8% (1.02 million m²), with demand concentrating on modern, ESG-compliant space in central locations while older peripheral stock faced higher vacancy pressure.

Berlin's office market recorded 366,400 square meters of take-up in the first nine months of 2025, down 12% year-on-year and 27% below the five-year average, driven by weak demand from the ICT and public sectors and a shortage of large-scale deals. The market faces subdued economic sentiment among companies citing policy concerns, though Berlin's GDP grew 1.3% in the first half of 2025, vacancy reached 9.8% with 2.11 million square meters available, prime rents remained stable at €45.00 per square meter per month while average rents declined 6% to €26.85, and the outlook anticipates continued vacancy growth exceeding 11% by 2026 despite expected economic recovery from 2026 onwards.

Hamburg's office rental market achieved space take-up of approximately 393,600 m² in 2025, representing a 5 percent decline from the previous year, with 433 total transactions recorded across 100 deals in the final quarter characterized by small-scale lettings. Top rents rose 5.7 percent to £37.00/m² and weighted average rents increased 7.5 percent to £22.80/m², while the vacancy rate stabilized at 6.4 percent with 206,000 m² of completions during the year, of which 81 percent of completed projects were pre-let.
In Q1 2026, the Munich office lettings market achieved 139,200 m² of take-up, virtually unchanged from Q1 2025 (138,100 m²), with activity stabilized by large deals including an E.ON lease exceeding 20,000 m² at Landsberger Straße, though the number of transactions fell 57 percent to 82 deals. Prime rents rose to €56.00/m² (a 3.7 percent year-on-year increase), average rents reached €27.10/m² (up 3.8 percent annually), and the office vacancy rate increased to 8.8 percent from 7.6 percent in the prior year, with modern Grade A properties showing disproportionately high vacancy increases despite remaining easily lettable.

Central London office take-up totalled 2.88 million sq ft in Q4 2025, up 17% on the 10-year average with 72% classified as Grade A, while core Grade A supply is depleting at an alarming rate with the City Core and West End submarkets holding only 1.1 years and 0.7 years of Grade A supply respectively, well below the 10-year average of 1.7 years. Investment activity recovered significantly with £3.31 billion deployed in Q4 (up 95% quarter-on-quarter) and £9.76 billion of assets traded during 2025, a 61% increase on 2024, though construction costs and limited development pipeline are expected to require continued rental growth to support returns in the near term.

Cushman & Wakefield's Q4 2025 MarketBeat report on Regional and South East office markets covers take-up, supply, rental values, and investment activity across the Big Five regional markets (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester) and the South East, finding that 2025 saw 6.4 million sq ft of take-up (10% below 2024 and 13% below the five-year average) and £1,861.7 million in investment (the lowest annual total since 2012), with Q4 showing a 12% quarter-on-quarter increase in take-up driven by Grade A activity and a 10.8% vacancy rate. The report projects 2026 will see continued rental growth, persistent Grade A supply constraints, and increasing investment activity supported by easing interest rates and improving credit conditions, with momentum expected to build as occupier demand for high-quality space and flexibility intensifies.

Office take-up in the UK regional markets and South East totalled 1.44 million square feet in Q3 2025, representing a 5% increase from Q2 but remaining 14% below the five-year quarterly average, with Grade A space accounting for 72% of activity. Refurbishments comprised 66% of all space delivered in 2025 as new development slowly returned, with 3.4 million square feet under construction across regional markets and headline rents rising in four of the Big Five cities to levels including Bristol at £50 per square foot and Birmingham at £46 per square foot.

Frankfurt's office market achieved 457,900 m² of take-up in the first three quarters of 2025, representing 77% growth over the five-year average and 30% above the full-year 2024 result, driven primarily by the Banking and Financial Sector's 151,000 m² contribution and anchored by Commerzbank's 73,000 m² lease of the Central Business Tower. The prime rent increased to €52.00/m²/month (up 7.2% year-over-year), the vacancy rate stood at 11.5%, and Cushman & Wakefield forecasts full-year take-up between 525,000 and 550,000 m² with no further prime rent growth expected by year-end.

Frankfurt's office market recorded 338,600 square meters of take-up in the first half of 2025, representing 86% growth compared to the prior year, with the vacancy rate at 11.1% and prime rent reaching €51.00 per square meter per month as of Q2 2025. The business climate index in Hesse improved to 95 points in early summer 2025, driven by a special government fund decision, though companies identified general economic conditions, domestic demand, and labor costs as primary risks to their development.

Ottawa's industrial market in Q1 2026 experienced a declining vacancy rate of 5.3% with net absorption of 88,000 square feet and asking net rents reaching $16.75 per square foot, though the economic outlook remains challenging with the city recording the largest employment decline in Ontario between February 2025 and February 2026, losing 30,500 jobs. Leasing activity declined to 157,000 square feet in Q1 2026, with notable decreases in Suburban East offset by stronger activity in Suburban West, while direct net asking rents continued rising across both western and eastern submarkets.

Montreal's office vacancy in the Greater Montreal Area declined to 17.8% in Q1 2026, driven by strengthening demand for top-tier assets in the Downtown Core. The industrial vacancy rate also declined modestly quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2026, reversing part of the increase witnessed through Q3 2025.

The Edmonton office market in Q1 2026 experienced positive absorption of 23,278 square feet, reducing the city-wide vacancy rate to 17.8%, with gross asking rents at $32.51 per square foot across all property classes. Notable activity included ATCO's announced relocation to ATCO Centre (accommodating approximately 1,200 employees), the Intact Building sale for $24 million at a 10.22% capitalization rate, and increased downtown foot traffic following the Alberta government's October 2025 announcement of mandatory full-time in-office work beginning February 2026.

The Edmonton industrial market recorded 87,529 square feet of net absorption in Q1 2026, reducing overall vacancy to 5.7%, with the Southeast and Leduc/Nisku submarkets leading positive leasing momentum. Alberta's real GDP growth is expected to moderate to 2.0% in both 2026 and 2027 amid geopolitical headwinds, while construction activity is projected to accelerate with over 1,000,000 square feet expected for completion by year-end 2026, with approximately 77% already pre-leased.

Calgary office vacancy reached 21.2% in Q1 2026, down 200 basis points from a year ago. Industrial vacancy was essentially flat at 5.2%, up just 10 basis points from the prior quarter, while retail vacancy rose to 4.7% at year-end 2025 from 3.6% in Q3 2025.

Ottawa's office market in Q1 2026 experienced rising vacancy to 13.3%, its highest level since Q4 2024, driven by significant job losses of 30,500 in the prior year and challenging economic conditions in the federal services sector. Despite increased vacancy, leasing activity rebounded to 305,000 square feet in Q1 2026, while overall average direct net asking rent decreased slightly to $17.72 per square foot.

Ottawa's retail market experienced rising vacancy and mixed performance across property types in the second half of 2025, with overall vacancy increasing 140 basis points to 4.9% as regional malls surged to 10.3% vacancy following Hudson's Bay closures that added over 330,000 square feet of vacant space. Overall gross asking rent increased modestly by $0.12 per square foot to $41.99 psf, while community malls showed positive absorption and downtown core rents rose to $53.22 psf, though the broader economy faced headwinds with Ottawa's unemployment rate reaching 7.3% and the national rate at 6.5% in November 2025.

Ottawa's office market in Q4 2025 recorded a 12.3% overall vacancy rate with year-to-date net absorption of negative 34,000 square feet, while asking gross rent stood at $36.75 per square foot across all property classes. The report documents that Canada's unemployment rate declined to 6.5% in November 2025, but Ottawa's rate rose to 7.3%, and leasing activity in the quarter totaled 270,000 square feet, down quarter-over-quarter, with particular weakness in the Central Class A market.

Montreal's industrial market closed Q4 2025 with a 7.6% overall vacancy rate and asking net rent of $14.60 per square foot, with negative net absorption of 5.3 million square feet year-to-date marking the second-lowest annual total in five years, though the trend improved gradually each quarter. U.S. tariffs concentrated on steel, aluminum, and lumber—key components of Quebec's economy—pose potential economic headwinds expected to dampen Montreal's economic growth in 2026, while mid-bay spaces continued to see strong demand despite large-bay spaces experiencing downward pressure.

Edmonton's multifamily rental market in the first half of 2025 experienced moderated migration growth, a 3.1% vacancy rate as of October 2024, and median rents of $1,295 for one-bedroom and $1,629 for two-bedroom units—both below national averages. The market fundamentals show 127 total properties sold with $779.1 million in sales volume year-to-date, an unemployment rate of 7.3%, and multiple developments in the construction pipeline expected to deliver over 1,500 new rental units by 2026, with The Parks downtown introducing 363 units in the first half of 2025.

Oklahoma City's office market in Q1 2026 showed a 28.8% vacancy rate with $19.78 asking rent per square foot, driven by an economy with 3.6% unemployment (below the 3.4% national average) and diversified employment across energy, aerospace, technology, and manufacturing sectors. The market has experienced measured supply growth with 6,000 square feet of year-to-date net absorption, sustained leasing in North and Northwest submarkets, and is seeing tenant demand shift toward smaller, higher-quality spaces supported by generous tenant improvement allowances ranging from $30–$50 to $75–$100 per square foot for shell space.