PPC Energie expands into retail with new household appliances offer
PPC Energie, the electricity supplier with approximately three million customers, has announced its expansion into the retail sector, becoming the first energy company to...
PPC Energie, the electricity supplier with approximately three million customers, has announced its expansion into the retail sector, becoming the first energy company to...
Romanian developer Iulius has begun the first phase of a major modernisation project for the Palas mixed-use complex in Iași.
DIY retailer Leroy Merlin has announced an investment budget of €27.9 million for 2025, representing an increase of nearly 50% compared to 2024.
Agora Mall Arad reopened its doors following an extensive renovation and repositioning process, with strategic consultancy provided by the retail team at Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
DIY retailer Hornbach will inaugurate its tenth local store on September 3. The new location, the fourth in Bucharest, represents an investment of more than €48 million.
The industrial developer WDP has signed an agreement with Action, the international non-food discount chain, for the development of a new distribution centre.
Property developer Prime Kapital has secured an €85.5 million refinancing facility from Erste Group for Argeș Mall, which opened in April 2024.
Starting August 1, Romania's new fiscal package increased the standard VAT rate from 19% to 21%. It also merged the 5% and 9% reduced rates into a single 11% rate.
Oasis Retail Development & Consulting has announced the completion of the third development phase of Prima Shopping Center, the largest retail park in the central-west region of Romania, which now covers 60,000 sqm.
The wholesale trade sector experienced an overall decline in H1 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
Primark, the international fashion retailer, will open its fourth local store on September 9, located in CPI Romania's VIVO! Cluj-Napoca project.
Nepi Rockcastle, Europe's third-largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio value, reported a 12.1% year-on-year increase in net operating income (NOI) in the first half of 2025, reaching €307 million. The company's investment property portfolio exceeded €8 billion for the first time in its history, supported by acquisitions completed in 2024 and active asset management. Vacancy remained low at 1.6%.
Erste Group Bank AG has provided a €85.5 million refinancing facility for Argeş Mall in Piteşti, developed by Prime Kapital.
M Core has received approval for the Zonal Urban Plan (PUZ) for a new retail project in Lugoj.
Companies have contracted office spaces for over 7,000 new employees in the first half of 2025, with new demand totaling 64,300 sqm on the Bucharest market, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Romania's real estate market has seen sustained demand for office, retail, and industrial spaces with over 150,000 sqm of the total real estate stock occupied during H1 2025, finds a new report by CBRE Romania.
F64, the local retailer specialized in the photo and video equipment market, is expanding its partnership with VTEX to launch a new marketplace and cross-border sales operations.
Local developer Global Vision is taking its first step into the Romanian retail market with the development of Oradea Retail Plaza, a commercial project valued at €10 million.
Romania's retail market recorded over 162,000 sqm of new projects completed nationwide during H1 2025.
M Core is expanding its Romanian portfolio with a new retail development located in Bucharest.

Romanian property developer Alezzi Group has completed the transfer of its concrete production operations to Heidelberg Materials Romania, the construction materials producers.
The Galați Court has approved the modified asset recovery plan for Liberty Galați, paving the way for the auction of one of Romania's most important industrial assets to resume.
Nuclearelectrica has completed the first continuous concrete pour for the permanent structures of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 refurbishment project. The operation used approximately 3,470 cubic metres of concrete for the foundation, equivalent to about 380 concrete mixer trucks.
Fondul Proprietatea has exercised its pre-emption right and subscribed to 5.6 million new shares in National Company Administrația Porturilor Maritime (CNAPM), investing €10.8 million to maintain its existing shareholding percentage.
Romania's central bank announced on Friday that annual inflation will rise above previously forecast levels in Q2 2026, but will experience a substantial downward correction in Q3.