European Retail Warehousing – 2026
Retail warehousing has proven to be one of Europe's best-performing retail formats in recent years, delivering sector-leading total returns of 7.4% in 2025.
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Inflation’s return: the implications for consumers and retail warehousing
Exceeding modest expectations neatly captures the mood surrounding the European economy.
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Retail parks embrace a more multifunctional future
Growing suburban consumer belts
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Retail parks embrace a more multifunctional future
Abstract
Growing suburban consumer belts
Demographic tailwinds move closer to home
Growing suburban consumer belts
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Demographic tailwinds move closer to home
Abstract
Growing suburban consumer belts
Evolution over broad-based expansion
European retail park stock has now reached 51 million sq m, on the back of a 2.4% increase last year, the strongest year of development activity since 2020.
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Evolution over broad-based expansion
Abstract
European retail park stock has now reached 51 million sq m, on the back of a 2.4% increase last year, the strongest year of development activity since 2020.
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Europe, the Middle East and Africa
"Strong wealth proposition and lifestyle provisions drive EMEA locations across the index"
Market in Minutes: European Investment Nowcast – Q3 2026 preliminary results
"Stronger economies are supporting property income, but renewed rate pressure is keeping the recovery selective, prime-led and regionally uneven."
Spotlight: European Office Leasing – Q2 2026
"European office vacancy rates remain stable, as shortage of new-build space pushes up prime CBD rents."
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Market in Minutes | Prague Office Market Q2 2026
"Total modern office stock in Prague reached 3.95 million sq m by the end of Q2 2026, expanding by 29,400 sq m during H1. "
Market in Minutes: European Investment Nowcast – Q2 2026 preliminary results
"A confidence shock, a quarter on mute."
Market in Minutes | Czech Republic Investment Market Q2 2026
"Commercial real estate investment activity in the Czech Republic strengthened following a subdued first quarter, with Q2 transaction volume reaching nearly €796 million "
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Small Business Units
"Over the past decade, the market has recorded average annual SBU deliveries of nearly 19,600 sq m."
Spotlight: UK Data Centre Building Capacity – H1 2026
"Training defines today's AI boom, but inference will determine the long-term infrastructure requirements."
Spotlight: European Office Development – May 2026
"European office markets remained resilient in Q1 2026, with take-up broadly in line with recent trends and vacancy stable at 9.4%, while a sharp decline in future completions points to tightening supply and rental growth."
Market in Minutes | Czech Republic Industrial Market Q1 2026
"The year started with a high volume of new development completions, which totalled 358,000 sq m in Q1 2026, representing a 14% year-onyear increase and the strongest first-quarter result in the market’s history. Full-year completions are expected to slightly exceed 1 million sq m of GLA in 2026."
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