Romanian payment solutions company Selfpay has signed a €1 million investment credit facility with BT to accelerate its development plans through the acquisition of new payment terminals that will be operated directly by the company.
Adinel Tudor, CEO of EVO Properties, talked to Property Forum about the evolution of the Bucharest office market, noting that by 2026, the sector will become increasingly polarised. At the same time, he added that tenants are choosing better spaces even if they opt for smaller office surfaces.
Raiffeisen Bank Romania ended 2025 with strong results, recording 22% growth in new clients compared to 2024.
Office administration costs in Bucharest increased by approximately 17% in 2025, according to analysis by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. The rise was driven by inflation, increased personnel costs, and fiscal policy changes.
Romania's land market closed 2025 with transaction volumes similar to 2024 levels, totaling nearly €450 million. Political uncertainty and fiscal adjustments affected the first half of the year, but market sentiment improved after elections, with the final months delivering some of the strongest results in recent years, according to Colliers.
Skanska has sold the second building of the Equilibrium office complex in Bucharest to Magyar Posta Takarék Real Estate Investment Fund (MPTIA), a public real estate fund managed by Gránit Asset Management.
The commercial real estate investment market totalled approximately €525 million in 2025, and transaction volumes this year are projected to hit the €800 million mark, according to Colliers Romania data.
Garbe Industrial has partnered with Fortress Real Estate Investments to develop a 61,000 sqm logistics centre in Bucharest.
Franklin Templeton has confirmed its commitment to continue managing Fondul Proprietatea for another four years, following a shareholder resolution from September 2025.
Over 92,100 mortgages were tabulated in Romania in 2025, up 6.4% compared to the previous year, with Bucharest, Ilfov, Timiș and Cluj being the areas where the largest numbers of mortgage loans were granted, according to a market analysis by online broker Ipotecare.ro.
Cordia Romania, a member of the Futureal Group, has acquired an 8,179 sqm land plot in Bucharest from Bog'Art Place and has begun construction on Centropolitan, a residential project featuring 274 apartments and 3,345 sqm of integrated retail space.
Speedwell has entered the development stage of Queens District, a mixed-use project in northern Bucharest. The development will deliver 237 apartments and 22,500 sqm of zero-carbon offices.
Terranova Logistic Park, located on Șoseaua București-Târgoviște in northern Bucharest at the intersection with the city's ring road, was acquired by a group of investors active on the local market, for an undisclosed sum.
Romanian investors led the commercial real estate investment market in 2025, accounting for 34% of total transaction value worth €579.4 million, according to a study by Fortim Trusted Advisors, an alliance member of BNP Paribas Real Estate.
The fourth quarter of 2025 brought the weakest residential sales result in Bucharest-Ilfov in nine years and the weakest nationally in six years, according to SVN Romania. Overall, 2025 ended with a 5.3% annual decrease in home sales nationally and an 8.5% decrease in the Bucharest-Ilfov region.
The Bucharest office market saw last year a shift in hierarchy regarding the sectors generating the most transactions, according to a study by Crosspoint Real Estate. Companies in the banking and financial sector accounted for 25% of the gross leasing volume in Bucharest, surpassing the IT sector (23%) for the first time.
Romanian developer Ecovillas Company has launched a residential project near Motoc forest in Mogoșoaia, which will be developed based on an investment of €8.6 million.
Freedom24, the European broker connecting retail investors to international exchanges, expanded its Romanian client base by 9% to over 4,300 investors in 2025.
Bucharest Mayor Ciprian Ciucu signed in late December a €29.7 million loan agreement with the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) to finance the consolidation of six buildings at seismic risk.
Flexible workspace provider Mindspace Romania has maintained a stable average occupancy of approximately 80% throughout 2025, counting nearly 100 member companies, with locations in Piața Victoriei and Pipera.
Energy company Electrica informs investors and the capital market that it has obtained the technical grid connection permits (ATR) for 17 new battery energy storage projects (BESS), with a total capacity of approximately 700 MWh.
The European Retail Banking Radar, Kearney's latest study now in its 18th edition, shows that Europe is entering a period of normalisation following the conditions of 2023–2025. For Romania, the challenge extends beyond the normalisation of interest rates.
Digi Spain has announced its intention to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on the Spanish stock exchanges, aiming to raise approximately €150 million.
Romania's national electricity transmission network operator, Transelectrica, has halted scheduled maintenance shutdowns to ensure the grid operates at maximum capacity during an ongoing extreme heatwave. The preventive measures aim to mitigate operational risks associated with severe weather conditions.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Romanian measures for the national investment and development bank Banca de Investiții și Dezvoltare (BID).