The office stock in Bucharest’s sublease niche totaled 67,400 sqm in 2023, while new transactions in this segment amounted to 5,856 sqm, according to an iO Partners report.
Danbuiu Enterprises will start in Q2 2024 the development of A1 Shopping Center, a new retail project near Bucharest that will have a value over €10 million. The project is slated for completion in Q3 2025 and will target wholesale and cash & carry retailers.
The first Ibis Styles hotel will open on the Romanian seaside this summer following a franchise agreement signed by Accor and Paradis Hotels & Resort, a company owned by Romanian entrepreneur Aurelian Marin.
AFI Europe has appointed Luciana Giurea as the new Head of the Residential Division, tasked with overseeing all residential real estate projects – for rent or sale – in Romania. She will also drive the development of the division within the company.
Local retail chain operator La Cocoș has opened its fourth hypermarket in Brașov. The company has leased 10,000 sqm for the new unit in the Brintex complex, in a deal brokered by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Falling interest rates and higher incomes of Romanians coupled with increasing attractiveness of residential renting will drive the home affordability index, according to research by the Eastern European Construction Forecasting Association (EECFA).
Romanian property company Impact Developer & Contractor said its net profit amounted to 39.9 million lei (around €7 million) in 2023, down by more than 59% versus 2022 over lower revenue from residential sales.
Repaco Capital has started the construction of Crevedia Retail Park that will be completed in H2 2024 near Bucharest following an investment of €15 million. The project has a leasable area of 12,000 sqm and has already reached an occupancy rate of 80%.
Lion’s Head Investments, the commercial real estate investor owned by Old Mutual Property and AG Capital, has secured €150 million in fresh funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group.
Nivea Polska/Beiersdorf will open its first office in Warsaw, leasing nearly 400 sqm on the 37th floor of the HB Reavis-owned Varso Tower. The contract has been signed for five years and the office will begin operations in May 2025.
Business Link, an operator of flexible space belonging to the Skanska Group, has opened a second location in Poznań. The 1,800 offices are located in the Nowy Rynek complex.
Thinslices, a tech company incorporated in Iași, with operations in Berlin, Lisbon and London, has relocated its HQ in Iulius-based UBC 2 office building. The new office spans an area of around 500 sqm.
New appointments
Management Board of Globe Trade Centre has announced that on the 3rd of December, the company received a written statement from György Stof on his resignation as a Member of the Company's Management Board.
Dom Development has announced changes to its Management Board. Monika Dobosz will become a Member and Vice-president of the Management Board. In this position, she will replace Leszek Stankiewicz, who has submitted a declaration of resignation from this position. Dobosz will be responsible for the company's finances.
Dariusz Blocher has resigned from the position of chair of Unibep. The supervisory board has appointed Andrzej Sterczyński as president of the company from January 1st, 2025.
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