Business Forum
| 9 December, 2024 at 2:27 PM
NEPI Rockcastle acquires Silesia City Center in Katowice, Poland
The shopping center, with a total lettable area of more than 88,400 sqm, occupies a dominant position in Katowice.
The shopping center, with a total lettable area of more than 88,400 sqm, occupies a dominant position in Katowice.
The vibrant and well-connected environment of America House has played a key role in supporting OLX's growth, expanding from 65 employees in 2017 to approximately 200 employees.
In total, over 170 million sqm of office spaces are at risk of becoming obsolete in 2030 across 16 European markets.
The Polish fashion retailer signed its original lease at CTPark Bucharest West for 65,000 sqm in 2023 to create its first foreign distribution centre in Romania.
Praktiker Real Estate, the property company owned by Turkish investor Omer Susli, has purchased the Muntenia Business Center offices, in central Bucharest, from Longshield Investment Group for €8 million.
The first building of the Stellaris residential project in western Bucharest is 95% sold, and the works on the second one are progressing according to schedule.
Real estate investment decisions in CEE are currently made considering various challenges, such as difficulty in predicting five-year exit strategies for investments, liquidity in the region, and concerns about the impact of ESG regulations on building compliance and financing, to name a few. CEE Property Forum 2024 in Vienna has taken a closer look at European investment trends in the panel chaired by Tim Wilkinson, MRICS, Head of European Acquisitions at Indotek Group.
U•Center has been developed in line with Forte Partners' strategy to provide all the amenities and features of modern, comfortable urban living.
GARBE has been on the markets in Central and Eastern Europe for 4 years. Now the company has announced the full occupancy of all its industrial parks in the region.
The land market in Bucharest and other regional cities is seeing increasing demand from developers of data centers that want to accommodate growing investments in the country's IT&C industry, according to a report by iO Partners.
Romanian developer Forty Management plans to raise up to €5 million from a bond sale in a bid to finance its international projects.
Recently, Romanians want homes with high curtain walls, which imitate glass buildings, to offer a generous glazed space that maximizes natural light.
The disposable income gap between CEE economies, which are enjoying solid economic expansion, and stagnating Western European countries is narrowing fast. This is buoying consumer spending in markets like Poland and Romania and attracting international and regional retailers to large modern shopping centres that dominate the CEE's shopping and experience landscapes, while also offering higher margins and lower costs, NEPI Rockcastle's latest research concludes.
Property group NEPI Rockcastle has purchased a photovoltaic project in Arad County, Western Romania and plans to start its construction in early 2025.
Bucharest-based Calea Victoriei, the main retail street in Romania, boasts a prime monthly rental level of €60 per sqm, which was 9% higher compared with last year, according to a Cushman & Wakefield report.
Edwin Warmerdam, Partner, Head of Tax at Forvis Mazars in Romania, spoke to Property Forum about the taxation outlook in 2025 and the tax changes that could spur investments in the local market.
Anchor Grup has announced its Bucharest-based residential project Select Residences has reached the delivery phase.
The project covers an area of 8,500 m2 of land and has approximately 47,000 m2 built, including the underground, and each of the three buildings has a height of S+P+10E+Duplex.
Residential deliveries in the Bucharest-Ilfov region were down 23% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period of last year, according to a report by SVN Romania. The agency estimated last spring that this year could bring the lowest number of new homes delivered in the past five years.
The number of construction permits for residential buildings in Bucharest decreased with an annual rate of 4.2% in the first 9 months of 2024.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced plans to expand in the Balkans region, with five Hyatt Regency hotels and resorts expected to open by 2027.
Nhood Services Romania has been selected to support the international expansion of the Romanian restaurant chain Spartan.
he financing includes a loan to be used for the construction of the development in the amount of €28.5 million.
The Group currently operates 23 logistics parks, with strategic emphasis on urban logistics projects and Big Box facilities.
Romania's economy delivered a mild upside surprise in the third quarter, with flash estimates pointing to 1.6% annual growth, above expectations. However, the economy still contracted by 0.2% versus the previous quarter. After nine months of 2025, the economy is 0.8% above the same period of 2024, according to a report by ING Bank Romania.
MedLife, Romania's largest private healthcare network, announced financial results for the first nine months of 2025. The group recorded consolidated pro-forma revenue of over RON 2.36 billion (€464 million), up 19.5% compared to the same period in 2024. EBITDA pro-forma increased by 20.4% compared to the first nine months of last year.
The Romanian Investment and Development Bank (BID) has committed €20 million to the Three Seas Initiative Innovation Fund, becoming the fifth national promotional institution to support the EIF-led investment vehicle targeting growth-stage companies across Central and Eastern Europe.
Digi Communications has announced its Q3 2025 financial results, showing consolidated revenues of €561 million, up 14% compared to the same period last year. The telecom company achieved total revenues of €1.643 billion for the first nine months of 2025, representing a 16% increase year-on-year.
BT and BT Investments have received approval from the Financial Supervisory Authority to acquire BRD Pensii and the BRD mandatory private pension fund (pillar 2).