JTRE (J&T Real Estate) was founded in 1996[2] in Bratislava, Slovakia as J&T Global by Slovak businessman Peter Korbačka as part of the J&T Finance Group.

The first project was Mestské vily Machnáč, a residential development on the Bratislava Castle hill in Slovakia.

In 2006 the company changed its name to the current J&T Real Estate and two years later JTRE Holding was established dividing from J&T Finance Group.

[6] In 2018 the company entered the UK real estate market by acquiring a project in the South Bank neighborhood of London.

The company's operations are divided into five business segments: Notable properties developed by J&T Real Estate include River Park, Zuckermandel, Panorama Towers, Landererova 12, Pribinova 19, Rustonka, Westend, Karloveske rameno, Fuxova, Grand Hotel Kempinski High Tatras, Baltschug Kempinski Moscow and Eperia Shopping Mall.