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Romania's ongoing energy crisis, marked by record-low Danube water levels and declining nuclear output, has prompted sustainability consultancy BuildGreen to argue that decarbonisation should be treated as a cost management and risk reduction tool rather than purely an ESG obligation. According to ANRE data,…

7R Group has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, prepared in accordance with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the EU Taxonomy. The report is the company's third, published voluntarily despite the absence of a formal…

For decades, Romania's investment story has largely been associated with Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and the country's western industrial hubs. Yet as investors search for new growth opportunities across Central and Eastern Europe, attention is increasingly shifting east. This emerging trend will be at the heart of…

Ádám Ambrus, Manager of Amera Grup, talked to Property Forum about the firm’s strategic expansion, including the Ibis Styles Cluj-Napoca hotel development. He discussed new industrial parks in Oradea and Arad, the rapid growth of their self-storage business, and the importance of aligning investments with…

At the beginning of this year, Erste Group, which was already very active in the real estate financing market in Poland and the CEE region, acquired a controlling stake in another significant lender – Santander Bank Polska. And it continues to make the headlines with a series of major deals. In our latest exclusive…

Commercial real estate can serve a far more significant purpose than simply providing operational premises. For many manufacturing, logistics and industrial businesses, it has become an integral component of capital structure and a source of growth financing. The sale and leaseback (SLB) model — whereby a company…

Warehouses are no longer simply the operational backbone of supply chains. Increasingly, they are where the principles of Industry 5.0 are being put into practice—a concept that combines automation, sustainability and a people-centred approach. For Polish occupiers - says JLL - this is changing the criteria for…

The office is increasingly a source of competitive advantage for employers — no longer simply a company address. According to Bartosz Oleksak, Associate Director, Office Agency at AXI IMMO, location, building quality and workplace design now directly affect employee comfort, team performance and a company's…

Roxana Frăţilă, Partner, Head of Real Estate & Construction at CMS Bucharest, talked to Property Forum about the investment growth in secondary cities, the integration of renewables, and the need for robust legal frameworks to support complex urban-regeneration projects.

Analysis of how Hungary's political transition and forint appreciation following the April 2026 election is reshaping the hospitality sector's business dynamics and distribution strategies.