Romanian Investment Marketbeat H1 2025
The retail market has been very active throughout Q2 2025, when projects totaling 162,200 sq. m were delivered, corresponding to a sharp increase compared with the previous quarter (when no completions were recorded) and with H1 2024 (87,400 sq. m). The most important delivery pertained to Mall Moldova, as super-regional shopping center in Iasi (125,700 sq. m), followed by the extension of Iulius Mall in Suceava (16,500 sq. m). The modern retail stock in Romania reached 4.73 million sq. m, which corresponds to a density of 248 sq. m/ 1,000 inhabitants, still one of the lowest in Europe. Moreover, projects totaling almost 700,000 sq. m GLA are in pipeline (planned or under-construction) and expected to be delivered by 2029.
