Real estate | 17 July, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Kaufland reaches 193 hypermarkets in Romania
Kaufland has opened its fourth store in Pitești, expanding its national presence and reaching a network of 193 hypermarkets
Kaufland has opened its fourth store in Pitești, expanding its national presence and reaching a network of 193 hypermarkets
Pavăl Holding, the investment vehicle of the Pavăl family and Romania's largest local entrepreneurial group, announced its strategic acquisition of Praktiker Hellas, Greece's leading DIY retail chain owned by Farifax Financial Holdings, for an undisclosed sum.
Yitzhak Hagag, Co-Founder and Chairman of Hagag Development Europe, talked to Property Forum about the company's investment pipeline north of €360 million and its ongoing developments in luxury retail, offices, residential and mixed-use projects.
Carrefour Romania has launched the country's first intelligent shopping cart system, at its Corbeanca hypermarket.
NE Property BV, part of the NEPI Rockcastle Group, has obtained a €190 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility from a banking consortium in Romania.
Romanians spent approximately €40 billion in large retail chains last year, marking a 7.1% increase compared to 2023, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. The result, while a slowdown from the 11.1% increase in 2023, still outpaced inflation.
Colliers Romania has been appointed to coordinate the repositioning process for the two Unirea Shopping Centres in Bucharest and Brașov. These centres boast significant retail spaces, with the Bucharest location covering over 80,000 sqm and the Brașov centre 16,000 sqm.
Rădăcini Estate, the real estate division of Rădăcini Grup, is set to develop a modern retail park in the Chitila area. This project, a partnership with general contractor ImoSteel, represents an investment of nearly €8 million.
Prime Kapital has secured a €20 million financing facility from Garanti BBVA for the third phase (residential) of its Silk District urban regeneration project in Iași.
Urbano Group has secured construction permits for the first phase of a commercial park in Transylvania, backed by an investment exceeding €100 million.
M Core has significantly expanded its retail portfolio with over €150 million in strategic investments over the past six months and has an active pipeline exceeding €200 million in projected developments over the next two years.
Romanian developer Iulius is investing €28 million in its third retail park under the Family Market brand in Tomești commune, Iași County.
Seven out of ten Romanian businesses anticipate a decline in sales due to unfair competition from international e-commerce platforms, primarily from Asia.
Polish developer Scallier opened a new retail park with a leasable area of 10,000 sqm in Ploiești.
Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione (IGD) has sold the Winmarkt Crinul Nou shopping centre, located in Alexandria, southern Romania, to a private Romanian investor, for €3.3 million.
Romanian tech startup Footprints AI has launched the first AI copilot specifically designed for physical retail, while boosting its international expansion through new strategic partnerships.
Flanco, the local smart discounter for electronics and IT, has opened its first store in Cluj-Napoca, in the Artema Shopping Center.
Romanian tech retailer Flanco has announced its most significant expansion strategy in six years, committing approximately RON 20 million (close €4 million) to investments.
The Romanian retail market experienced a substantial surge in April and May 2025, with approximately 150,000 sqm of new retail schemes delivered, including the super-regional Mall Moldova in Iași.
Romanian retailer Flanco expanded its Smart Discounter network in April by opening two new stores and revamping a third, bringing the total number of projects under this brand to 22.
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).