1. Greece: Hotels gain investment momentum
Analysts said Greece’s hotel market has been on an incredible journey especially since the pandemic, rising from a collapsed economy to become among the strongest regions for hospitality investment.
During the recent Atlantic Ocean Hotel Investors’ Summit, speakers noted a strong supply of coastal sites that are well positioned to accommodate high-end hotel development. Artyom Perevedentsev, director of hotel investment properties for Europe at CBRE, said Greece’s economic and hospitality fundamentals are very well-placed, with the country’s current room supply among the lowest in Europe.
2. UK: TikTok scrolls through options for large warehouse
Social media giant TikTok is reported to be scouting the United Kingdom’s Midlands property market for a for a big-box warehouse as part of early-stage plans to expand regional logistics operations behind its e-commerce platform, TikTok Shop.
Market sources said the company, owned by Chinese tech firm ByteDance, is looking to secure an industrial unit of up to 500,000 square feet in the region, looking across East and West, with an internal team leading the search. The company has United Kingdom offices in London and is exploring a handful of secondary warehouse units in the region.
3. France: Lender takes control of Paris tower
A lender group has assumed control of the Hopen Tower in Paris after former owner Praemia REIM France encountered financial struggles with an ongoing renovation of the office property.
Cale Street Investments, backed by a Kuwait investment authority, took control of the property in Paris’ La Defense business district, after Praemia fell behind on loan payments. According to Bloomberg, around €455 million in debt, including unpaid interest, was secured by the building.
4. Germany: Office properties take large share of 2025 deals
German office properties have caught up with some other categories when it comes to investment recovery, with several office deals ranking among the country’s 75 largest of 2025, according to Thomas Daily research.
Data showed office deals accounted for €2.6 billion, or a quarter of the year’s total investment volume, weighing in heavier than logistics properties at €2.2 billion. Retail deals accounted for the largest share at €3 billion.
5. Canada: Toronto office market speeds progress in shaking COVID-19 hangover
Toronto’s office market has had more occupiers move into space than move out for the first time in six years.
In its Greater Toronto Office Report for the fourth quarter, brokerage Avison Young said downtown Toronto is leading the long recovery from COVID-19. It added that net absorption, or move-ins versus move-outs, across the region turned positive for the first time since 2019. Net absorption totaled 940,400 square feet in 2025, with downtown Toronto leading the way and making up for markets on the negative side of the equation.
6. US: Office tenant demand returns to positive territory
For the first time since 2019, United States office tenants are committing to more space than they’re giving up, clearing a significant hurdle on the market’s road to recovery.
Net absorption, the change in space measured by move-ins minus move-outs, climbed in the final months of last year across the United States, meaning the office market was able to land its first year of positive leasing since 2019, according to data in a Newmark report issued this month. Data showed tenants signed on for about 12.5 million square feet more than they dumped throughout last year. It comes as CoStar research found that office vacancy may have peaked.
This report was compiled from CoStar’s news publications in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France and Germany.