Trading activity in the office market slowed in the third quarter of this year, mirroring trends from 2021-2022. Total demand for modern leased office space in Bucharest dropped by 25% to 236,000 square meters compared to the same period in 2023. New lease demand reached 82,000 square meters, reflecting an 11% decrease year-on-year, according to Colliers data.
Leasing activity in the Bucharest office market in the first half of 2024 saw new demand rise by 7% year-on-year, reaching 64,000 square meters, while total demand slightly decreased to 160,000 square meters, according to Colliers’ report on real estate market developments for the first half of the year.
German giant Infineon Technologies, a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, has appointed Colliers as the project manager for its new Romanian headquarters, which will be built in the Dimitrie Pompeiu area of Bucharest by the leading real estate investor and developer One United Properties.
The Zonal Urban Plan for the conversion of the former Carbochim industrial platform and the restructuring of the 1 Mai Square area was recently approved by the Cluj-Napoca Local Council. The investment of the IULIUS & Atterbury Europe companies, estimated at over half a billion euros, represents an effort to capitalize on an industrial area and transform it into a pole of urban attractiveness with multiple functions - the largest retail area in Romania (120,000 rentable square meters) , office, culture and new entertainment concepts – , whose anchor will be a large urban garden with access to the Someș river.
The first half of 2024 ended with real estate transactions totaling 419 million euros in Romania, which represents a two and a half times increase compared to the volume of the same period last year, according to the Colliers report on the evolution of the real estate market in the first semester of this year. The outlook remains favorable, and with a significant volume of ongoing transactions, including some recent ones where owners want quick completion, reaching the €1 billion mark in 2024 seems an achievable goal, Colliers consultants say.
Copeland, a U.S.-headquartered global provider of sustainable climate solutions, today announced the opening of a new office in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, to help meet the demand for sustainable heating and cooling solutions for Copeland’s European customers.
Large infrastructure investments, significant salary growth above inflation, a stable external economic context, and central banks’ victory in combating inflation are helping the Romanian real estate market maintain a favorable outlook. However, results are generally mixed, according to Colliers Romania experts in their market report for the first half of the year, set to be released at the end of the month.
Colliers announces the promotion of Alexandru Atanasiu to Head of Construction Services and Member of the Board of Directors. Previously, he held the position of Deputy Head of Construction Services and Asset Services.
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