Posts - Cushman & Wakefield Echinox

Stabilized inflation, reduced interest rates and overall income growth drive European and Romanian Real Estate development opportunities in 2025

Bucharest, January 2025: 2025 marks a crucial stage for the European real estate market, which is undergoing a process of recovery and transformation. Favorable economic factors, such as stabilized inflation, reduced interest rates and increasing real incomes are strengthening this sector as a key p [...] Read more

Optimistic Outlook for the Romanian Real Estate Market in 2025

Bucharest, December 2024: Investors are optimistic when it comes to their Romanian portfolios over the next 12 months, a clear improvement compared with the previous year. According to the 3rd edition of the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox “Real Estate Investors Sentiment Barometer” conducted am [...] Read more

Bucharest has one of the youngest office stocks in Europe, offering a competitive edge for new tenants

Bucharest, December 2024 – With an average age of approximately 11 years, the Bucharest office stock ranks among the youngest across Europe and the CEE region. This provides a significant advantage for landlords in attracting and retaining tenants, as the city’s office spaces are less likely to [...] Read more

Calea Victoriei in Bucharest climbs two positions in the ranking of the most expensive commercial streets across the world, up to the 38th place

Bucharest, November 2024 - Calea Victoriei in Bucharest climbs two positions, up to the 38th place, in the ranking of the most expensive commercial streets across the world, as rents in Bucharest recorded the 7th highest growth among the 138 analysed markets worldwide, in the latest edition of the " [...] Read more

The demand for logistics and industrial spaces reached 575,000 sq. m. in the first 9 months of 2024, showing a 20% decline year-on-year

Bucharest, November 2024: The demand for logistics and industrial spaces reached 575,000 sq. m during the first 9 months of this year, a decrease of 20% compared with the same period of 2023, according to the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consulting company. The new demand accounted fo [...] Read more

2024 is due to become one of the best years in terms of new deliveries on the retail market

Bucharest, November 2024: The new supply of retail projects could exceed the threshold of 200,000 sq. m in 2024, when considering that 140,000 sq. m of shopping centers and retail parks were delivered nationwide in Q1 - Q3, according to the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy com [...] Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox appointed as exclusive agent for the leasing of Jumbo Center in Bucharest

Bucharest, October 2024: The Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company was appointed to exclusively manage the leasing strategy and process of Jumbo Center in Bucharest, a Jumbo anchored and partially owned modern retail destination for the whole family. Jumbo Center offerin [...] Read more

The industrial and logistics stock in Romania will reach the 8 million sq. m landmark at the end of 2025, if the current development pace is maintained; Bucharest - Ilfov and the West region account for more than 50% of the total stock

Bucharest, October 2024: The total stock of industrial and logistics spaces in Romania could reach the 8 million sq. m threshold at the end of 2025, if the recent annual development pace of ~500,000 sq. m is maintained. As of mid-year, over 7.125 million sq. m were operational nationwide, with more [...] Read more

The real estate and construction sector became the second largest recipient of foreign capital in Romania, after industry

Bucharest, October 2024: The real estate and construction sector attracted approximately €2.2 billion of foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2023, as the share of this economic activity in the overall FDI stock stood at 17.5% at the end of 2023, according to data from the National Bank of Romania [...] Read more

The minimum wage increases have been having the highest impact on office occupancy costs

The office occupancy costs in Bucharest have increased by approximately 10% over the past two years, being driven by the growth in operational costs and by the rent indexations in a period with high inflation. The most significant factors impacting operational costs have been the rise in the minimum [...] Read more

BOGNER, the renowned German Fashion Company in Athluxury Sports Fashion, enters the Romanian market with its first store at JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel

Bucharest, September 2024: BOGNER, the renowned German fashion company specializing in athluxury sports fashion, globally active and represented in over 50 countries, is expanding into the Romanian market by opening its first store in the country within the shopping gallery The Grand Avenue, located [...] Read more

NewCold enters in Romania by aquiring a 9-hectare land plot from the Belgian developer WDP in the Northern of Bucharest

Bucharest, September 2024: NewCold, one of the largest automated and cold chain international logistics companies, has entered the Romanian market through a 9-hectare land plot acquisition from the Belgian developer WDP, in the Northern part of Bucharest, in the proximity of the A0 ring road. The [...] Read more

Companies leased new offices for around 8,000 employees during H1 2024, with a considerable new demand rebound

Bucharest, September 2024: The net office take-up in Bucharest across Q2 exceeded the renewal and renegociation transactional volume for the first time during the last two years, with a positive impact on the average vacancy rate, given that no new office projects were delivered in H1, according to [...] Read more

Retail projects totaling more than 87,000 sq. m were delivered in Romania across H1 2024, as the shopping center format dominated the development activity

Bucharest, August 2024: Retail projects totaling more than 87,000 sq. m were delivered throughout H1 2024, corresponding to a sharp increase when compared with the 30,000 sq. m new supply from the same period of 2023. This year’s evolution was mainly fueled by the second quarter completions, accor [...] Read more

The Bucharest hotel market is experiencing the highest supply growth among the CEE capitals between 2024 and 2026

Bucharest, August 2024: The demand on the Bucharest hotel market in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2023 had experience an increase of 3%, however, it remained below the 2019 level, according to data from the real estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield Cushman &a [...] Read more

AFI Europe acquired the myhive Victoriei office building from Immofinanz

The real estate developer AFI Europe has acquired the myhive Victoriei building on Calea Victoriei from the Austrian commercial real estate group Immofinanz. The transaction, valued at approximately 27 million euros, was facilitated by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox & Colliers International. [...] Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox advised Infineon Technologies in a 20,000 sq. m office pre-lease transaction, the largest ever contract in terms of value signed in Romania

Bucharest, August 2024: The Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company advised Infineon Technologies in a 20,000 sq. m office pre-lease transaction in Bucharest, the largest such transaction in a yet to be developed office building signed in Romania in the last five years. Moreo [...] Read more

The real estate transaction volume in Romania increased by 131% y-o-y during H1 2024, registering the highest growth rate in the CEE

Bucharest, August 2024: Romania recorded a 131% y-o-y growth of the real estate transaction volume during H1 2024, reaching a level of €418 million, corresponding to the highest growth rate in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This significant evolution places Romania 3rd in the region, follo [...] Read more

The H1 2024 new demand for industrial & logistics spaces was more than double compared with the new supply in the same period

Bucharest, August 2024: Companies leased 410,500 sq. m of industrial & logistics spaces in H1, a total which reflects a 25% drop when compared with H1 2023. However, the new demand had a share of 52% in the overall leasing volume in the same period (213,500 sq. m), more than double vs. the new s [...] Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox announces new tenants within Arghezi 4 office building developed by Strabag Real Estate in city center of Bucharest

Bucharest, July 2024: Cushman & Wakefield Echinox is pleased to announce that four local businesses - Sciccheria, Steam, Velocita, and French Revolution - are the newest tenants within the boutique office building Arghezi 4, located in the heart of Bucharest, near University Square. The Itali [...] Read more

Personal development or nutrition workshops and also product tastings are highly appreciated by the employees working in office buildings

Bucharest, July 2024: Personal development and nutrition workshops, massage sessions and multisensory experiences such as cheese or ice cream tastings organized by office building landlords are highly appreciated by employees. These initiatives aim to create a work environment which encourages a gra [...] Read more

Crane ChemPharma secured 3,000 square meters of production space whithin Industra Park Arad developed by Oresa Industra

Bucharest, July 2024: Crane ChemPharma & Energy, a global industrial manufacturer and subsidiary of Crane Company, secured a lease for 3,000 square meters of production space within Industra Park Arad in Romania, developed by Oresa Industra. This initiative, facilitated by the real estate consul [...] Read more

Romanians spent €36 billion in large retail chains across 2023, up 11% vs. 2022; supermarkets and hypermarkets accounted for more than 60%

Bucharest, July 2024: Romanians spent €36 billion in large retail chains, an amount 11% higher compared with 2022, out of which the FMCG spending accounted for €22.5 billion euros (more than 60% share), according to the Romania Retail Snapshot 2024 performed by the Cushman & Wakefield Echino [...] Read more

The total 2023 cinema box office in Romania increased by 25%, exceeding the previous record level from 2019

Bucharest, June 2024: Romanians spent €63 million in cinemas last year, an amount 25% higher compared with 2022, as ticket prices also recorded a 8.2% y-o-y increase, according to the data offered by the Romanian Film Center and analyzed by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consult [...] Read more

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