Posts - Cushman & Wakefield Echinox

Increased supply of industrial & logistics spaces in 2024, as the stock reached almost 7.6 million sq. m

Bucharest, February 2025: Developers completed new projects with a leasable area of 572,000 sq. m across the country in 2024, reflecting a 27% growth when compared with 2023, while the total industrial & logistics stock in Romania reached almost 7.6 million sq. m at the end of Q4. The developmen [...] Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox assisted Lion’s Head in the acquisition of a 15-Hectare plot in Popesti Leordeni

Bucharest, February 2025: The Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consulting company assisted Lion’s Head, real estate investment fund currently owning assets in Romania and Bulgaria, in the acquisition of a 15-Hectare plot in Popesti Leordeni, in an important road node. This transaction m [...] Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox assisted MAS PLC in the disposal of its strip malls portfolio in Romania to M Core Group

Bucharest, February 2025: Cushman & Wakefield Echinox assisted MAS PLC, a leading property investor and operator in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), in the disposal process of the strip malls portfolio in Romania to M Core Group. The portfolio consists of 7 assets with a total GLA of approxi [...] Read more

More retail projects were delivered in 2024 compared with 2023, but the total leasable area was 15% lower; Jumbo Center was the most important project completed in Bucharest

Bucharest, January 2025: The modern retail stock in Romania reached 4.62 million sq. m, with projects cumulating around 180,000 sq. m GLA being completed in 2024, reflecting a 15% decrease when compared with 2023, while still being one of the best years in the past decade when it comes to new comple [...] Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox valuated properties exceeding EUR 8.5 billion in 2024, in a market highly influenced by the political environment and the decisions aimed at reducing deficits

Bucharest, January 2025: The valuation department of the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company valuated properties totaling 5.5 million sq. m, with a cumulative value of more than EUR 8.5 billion in 2024. This corresponds to a 10% portfolio growth compared with 2023, based [...] Read more

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

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