Business Forum
| 27 November, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Forty Management prepares first bond sale
Romanian developer Forty Management plans to raise up to €5 million from a bond sale in a bid to finance its international projects.
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.
IMPACT had 333 pre-sold units in all projects as of September 30, 2024, with a total value of RON 193 million.
Wallberg has obtained the construction permit and financing for the fourth residential building in the XCity Towers complex in Timișoara.
Romania's property investment market reached close to €655 million in the first nine months of 2024, up by 169% compared to the same period of last year, according to an iO Partners report.
The demand for logistics and industrial spaces reached 575,000 sqm during the first 9 months of 2024, down 20% compared with the same period of 2023, according to a Cushman & Wakefield Echinox report.
VGP leases 4,580 sqm to Rondocarton Romania for storage operations at VGP Park Timișoara.
Romanian developer Iulius says its entire portfolio holds green certifications or is pending certification, with more than 500,000 sqm being included in the LEED standard for green buildings.
Bog'Art Building Management, the facility management company part of Bog'Art Group, has appointed Tudor Marchiș as CEO.
Under his leadership, Bog'Art Building Management aims to elevate industry standards by leveraging the expertise and strengths of the Bog'Art Group in construction.
Evo Properties, the owner of London & Oslo office buildings in Western Bucharest, has reached a 50% lease rate this year and aims to reach an occupancy rate of 85% by the end of 2025. At the same time, it continues to transform the project into a mixed-use hub that will include a premium hotel.
Speedwell Development has obtained the construction permits for the first 50 luxury villas in a new residential project in Corbeanca, near Bucharest, where it plans to invest €94 million.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) reveals that 78% of Romanian firms invested in the past year, up from previous editions but still below the EU average of 86%.
More than half of households globally (57%) are worried about annual broadband price increases and think these increases are unfair and unreasonable (60%), according to the latest EY decoding the digital home study.
Romanian employees are among the least likely to use artificial intelligence at work, with only 44% reporting AI usage in the past year compared to a global average of 57%, according to a PwC survey.
Romania's air passenger traffic increased by 8.2% in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, rising from 19.8 million to 21.4 million passengers, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics.
Ker Toki Power (Toki Power), the energy trading division of the Vienna-based renewables and e-mobility investment group Renalfa Solarpro Group (Renalfa)...