Even under the challenging circumstances of the pandemic, Romania’s real estate market continued its dynamic growth. In celebration of this growth, Property Forum has decided to open a new chapter in its local operations and launch a unique annual publication listing the 50 most influential people on the local market which is now available for download.

French real estate group Catinvest says it obtained the building permits to start the expansion of Craiova-based Electroputere Mall. The company will extent the food court with five new restaurants and add 5,500 sqm of retail spaces. 

Romanian real estate developer One United Properties has purchased a land plot of 21,165 sqm in Bucharest from a member company of Țiriac Group in a deal worth €15 million. 

One year (and almost a half) since the pandemic outbreak, business leaders across the world are still struggling with a million-dollar question: how to safely bring their teams back together in the office and fully restart business? With the hybrid model taking shape and employees slowly returning to the workplace in different scenarios, companies are looking to deploy frameworks for the healthy way of working of the future and some are already considering health performance indicators to confirm they are on the right track, writes Darren Allen, Development Manager at Genesis Property and Director of the Healthy by Design Building Institute, in an opinion piece for Property Forum

Real estate group Skanska says it fully completed the sale of office buildings Campus 6.2 and 6.3 within Campus 6, the complex developed in western Bucharest, in its biggest local deal valued at €97 million.

Romania is posting one of the biggest recoveries of non-food consumption in the European Union (EU) and retailers with online stores are set to benefit most from this growth, according to an analysis by real estate consultancy Colliers. 

Romania’s Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) has approved the listing prospectus of One United Properties. The developer aims to sell a 10% stake in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) carried out on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. 

MSL Logistics, a supplier of pharmaceuticals’ logistics services, has expanded its leased space within CTPark Chitila by 6,660 sqm. 

Knight Frank CSEE has announced the expansion of its European network with a new commercial property office in the heart of Athens.

Real estate developer Geometrik Build will invest €20 million in its first large-scale residential project located in southern Constanța.