Posts - Cushman & Wakefield Echinox

Investments in defence, green energy and critical materials to boost the logistics and industrial market

Bucharest, October 2025: Demand for industrial and logistics spaces in Europe, including Romania, is set to increase significantly in the coming years, driven by strategic investments in defence, green energy, critical materials for the technology sector, as well as life sciences, according to the r [...] Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox expands its Project & Development Services team, Gabriel Vinte joins as Business Development Manager

Bucharest, October 2025: Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, one of the leading real estate consultancy firms on the local market, announces the appointment of Gabriel Vinte as Business Development Manager within the Project & Development Services (PDS) department. In addition to responsibilities f [...] Read more

Foreign direct investments (FDI) in real estate and construction tripled during the 2014 - 2024 period, reaching 17.3% of total FDI stock

Bucharest, October 2025: Foreign direct investments (FDI) in the real estate and construction sector in Romania have more than tripled in absolute value during the 2014 - 2024 period (corresponding to an increase by €15.1 billion), up to a level of €21.6 billion. As a result, the share of this e [...] Read more

More than 60% of the total modern stock of industrial and logistics spaces in Romania is located within a 1 - hour drive from Bucharest; Moldova and Oltenia, the least developed regions

Bucharest, October: The total modern stock of industrial and logistics spaces in Romania is rapidly approaching the 8 million sq. m threshold, as more than 60% of the current stock is situated in projects located within a maximum 1 - hour drive from Bucharest, while Moldova and Oltenia remain the le [...] Read more

The largest ongoing real estate developments are predominantly built on former industrial platforms, with many cities across Romania still offering significant opportunities

Bucharest, September 2025: Bucharest continues to be the predominant location for the transformation of former industrial platforms due to the scale of its real estate market and the high number of available sites. The capital city generates the largest volume of land plot transactions within the ur [...] Read more

Romania, among the most favorable EU countries for property taxation; Romanians pay less than €100 annually – more than seven times lower than the EU average

Bucharest, September 2025: Romania stands out in the European fiscal landscape through a significantly lower level of property taxation compared with the European Union average, according to an analysis conducted by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company, based on EUROST [...] Read more

Zabka Group opens a new Froo store in Bucharest in America House office building

Bucharest, September 2025: Froo Romania Retail, a company of Żabka Group, opens a new Froo store in America House office building in the CBD area of Bucharest, with the lease being brokered by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy firm. There are no doubts about great succe [...] Read more

Romania’s Hotel Market Outperforms Expectations in H1 2025, Strengthening Its Investment Appeal in the CEE Region

Romanian hotel market experiences further performance growth in first half of 2025. The occupancy increased by around 4% in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a study conducted by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company base [...] Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox provided strategic consultancy for the Agora Mall, one of the largest shopping centers in Arad

Bucharest, September 2025: The retail team of Cushman & Wakefield Echinox has successfully provided strategic consultancy to the developer of Agora Mall Arad (formerly Galleria Arad), which officially reopened on August 28 following an extensive refurbishment and repositioning process. This mile [...] Read more

Companies leased office spaces for more than 7,000 new employees in H1 2025; nearly one-third of the Bucharest workforce is in modern office buildings

Bucharest, August 2025: The number of employees working in A & B Class office buildings in Bucharest exceeded 340,000 at the end of H1 2025, accounting for around 30% of the total workforce in the city. Companies contracted office spaces corresponding to more than 7,000 new employees in H1, with [...] Read more

Transylvania and Banat account for one-third of the modern retail stock in Romania, surpassing Bucharest; Moldova has the lowest stock but a strong pipeline

Bucharest, August 2025: The Romanian retail market has been very active throughout H1 2025, when projects totaling more than 162,000 sq. m were delivered. The modern retail stock in the country reached 4.73 million sq. m, with the largest share located in the Central - West region (16 counties in Tr [...] Read more

H1 2025, the 3rd best-performing first semester since 2014 in terms of demand for industrial & logistics spaces, 45% above the last 12 years’ average

Bucharest, July 2025: Companies leased industrial & logistics spaces with a total area exceeding 500,000 sq. m in H1 2025, corresponding to a robust y-o-y increase of 25% compared with the same period of last year, according to the Romania Industrial Marketbeat Q2 2025 report by the Cushman & [...] Read more

Romania emerges as a strategic destination for international retail; More than 40 new brands entered the market between 2020 - 2025

Bucharest, July 2025: Romania’s retail market continues to attract a growing number of international brands, according to an analysis conducted by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company. The analysis reveals that more than 40 international retailers entered the Romania [...] Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Releases 2024 Sustainability Report

CHICAGO - Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a leading global real estate services firm, today released its 2024 Sustainability Report, demonstrating the firm’s commitment to operational excellence and responsible business practices. The report highlights the firm’s global impact across key [...] Read more

Transaction volume in H1 remained high, 30% above the 12-year average

Bucharest, July 2025 – The total volume invested in income-producing real estate assets - office, retail, logistics and industrial spaces and hotels - in Romania reached approximately €391 million in the first half of 2025, corresponding to a slight decrease of 6.5% compared to the same period i [...] Read more

Industrial rents in Romania remain among the lowest in EMEA despite 15% growth since 2019

Bucharest, July 2025 – The global logistics and industrial markets continue to evolve at an accelerated pace, with Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) emerging as a strategic hub in the reconfigured global supply chains. Amid economic uncertainty, inflationary pressures, and the need for operational [...] Read more

Romanians spent approximately €40 billion in major retail chains last year, up 7.1% vs 2023

Bucharest, July 2025 – Romanians spent approximately €40 billion in large retail chains last year, corresponding to a growth rate of 7.1% vs 2023. The 2024 growth rate marked a slowdown compared with 2023 (+11.1% vs 2022), but remained above inflation, according to the Romania Retail Snapshot 20 [...] Read more

40% of tenants require physical presence in the office, while 1 in 8 expands its space – cost and uncertainty remain key factors related to real estate strategy

Bucharest, June 2025 – Approximately 40% of office building occupiers require employees to work from the office 2 or 3 days per week, while 1 in 8 tenants is planning to expand its office footprint. These are among the key findings of the “What Occupiers Want 2025” report, based on a global su [...] Read more

Land price, energy mix, workforce availability, IT infrastructure, are the main advantages of Romania to attract investments in data centers

Bucharest, June 2025: Romania benefits from a series of favourable factors that facilitate the growth and expansion of data centre capacity and could emerge as a developing market, offering multiple strategic advantages for the development of the sector, according to an analysis conducted by the Cus [...] Read more

The British real estate group M Core has invested over €150 million in Romania since the beginning of the year and plans additional investments of over €200 million in the next two years.

Bucharest, June 2025: M Core, the leader of the local retail park market, has invested over €150 million since the beginning of the year for the acquisition of the Focsani Shopping Center from KBC and Suceava Shopping City, along with seven retail parks from real estate investor MAS. At the same t [...] Read more

Decline in cinema attendance and revenue in Romania in 2024

Bucharest, June 2025: Romanians spent €59 million in cinemas last year, an amount 5% lower compared with 2023, as ticket prices recorded a 10% y-o-y increase and the total number of tickets sold declined by 14%, according to the data offered by the Romanian Film Center and analyzed by the Cushma [...] Read more

Investments in Rental Housing and Student Accommodation Increase Across Europe; Romania Emerges as a High-Potential Market

The European living sector, including rental housing (PRS), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), and collective living solutions, continues to attract strong investor interest. According to the European Living Investor Survey 2025 conducted by the Cushman & Wakefield global real estate co [...] Read more

The retail projects delivered in the last two months in Romania accounted for 80% of the entire 2024 new supply

There was no retail project completion in Q1 in Romania, but the delivery pace significantly picked up in April and May, when ~150,000 sq. m of new schemes opened (including one super regional shopping center – Mall Moldova – in Iasi). This area represents 80% of the entire 2024 new supply, acco [...] Read more

Demand slowdown, few deliveries, but signs of recovery on the CEE Office Market in Q1

Bucharest, May 2025: The office space demand slowed down in Q1 across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), where less than 30,000 sq. m were delivered across the region, corresponding to the area of a medium - sized building, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consul [...] Read more

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