Victor Constantinescu, Managing Partner & Co-Head of firm-wide Real Estate at Kinstellar Romania, talked to Property Forum about the key deals of 2024 and shared his expectations for the year ahead.
Romania remains one of the countries with the lowest mortgage penetration rates in the European Union, according to a Colliers' analysis.
Investors across Europe will continue to focus on sectors with strong structural tailwinds, such as living and logistics, according to a Knight Frank report.
Romania's industrial market reached a total stock of 7.56 million sqm, with 208,300 sqm of new completions in Q3 2024.
The total volume of investments from six CEE countries reached €5 billion in the first three quarters of 2024, and next year the regional real estate investment market could exceed €10 billion, according to a Colliers report.
Romanian developer Forty Management plans to raise up to €5 million from a bond sale in a bid to finance its international projects.
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.
Romania remains one of the most affordable countries in the EU for office fit-outs, with costs significantly lower than in Poland, the Czech Republic, or Western countries, according to research by iO Partners.
SEE Property Forum 2024, Romania's leading international real estate event, brought together top economic minds to debate the effects of the economic convergence process in the region and also the current and future economic outlook of CEE.
Pledge, supported by InvestEU programme, marks first EIF-backed fund focused solely on social infrastructure in Central-Eastern Europe.
Bogdan Papandopol, Partner and Head of Dentons' Global Real Estate Group in Bucharest, talked to Property Forum about the growing investments in green property projects and the reduction of lease terms in the commercial sector.
Germany's Garbe group, specialised in industrial investment, is looking to start operations in Romania and develop its first local projects.
Bucharest's hotel market is set to expand by around 2,400 rooms by 2026, outpacing the estimated growth from other CEE-based capital cities, according to a Cushman & Wakefield report.
Romania's commercial property sector recorded investment transactions of €418 million in H1 2024, up 131% year-on-year, marking the biggest volume growth across CEE, according to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Private equity (PE) fund investments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) reached a total volume of €1.71 billion in 2023, while Romania ranked 4th at the CEE level.
GTC, a premier commercial real estate company in Central and Eastern Europe, presents an analysis of its notable achievements in Poland during the first half of 2024.
Massive investments, and hence long-term finance, are needed to decarbonise the electricity sector in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and improve energy efficiency.
Nine countries experienced a higher number of insolvencies, and three countries recorded a decrease (Bulgaria, Croatia and Latvia).
PayU GPO Romania, the leader of the local online payment market, estimates that the value of the e-Commerce market will be around €11.5 billion in 2024.
Currently, the central office in Bucharest is home to 654 employees, the Timisoara office has 270 specialists and the Cluj-Napoca office has 124.
2024 brought a 5% increase in new car registrations and re-registrations, while registrations of imported used cars rose 11%.
The unit in Vernesti is part of the 5th phase of the Romania Eficienta program, supported by OMV Petrom with €7.6 million.
The study shows that data-related issues have caused 55% of the organizations to avoid certain Generative AI use cases.
Softeh Plus will move its headquarters in Timpuri Noi Square starting this spring.