Posts - Cushman & Wakefield Echinox

THE INDUSTRIAL AND LOGISTICS STOCK IS NEARING TOWARDS THE 7 MILLION SQ. M LANDMARK; BUCHAREST - ILFOV AND THE WEST, SOUTH - MUNTENIA, NORTH - WEST AND CENTER REGIONS ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 90% OF THE TOTAL STOCK

Bucharest, March 2023: The industrial and logistics market registered a new record year both in terms of supply and demand, with development being concentrated in the Bucharest - Ilfov and West regions. However, other areas have also benefited from consistent investments in such projects in the last [...] Read more

THE ASSET PORTFOLIO UNDER MANAGEMENT HAS TRIPLED DURING THE LAST 5 YEARS; GROWTH POTENTIAL REMAINS HIGH AMID THE OVERALL REAL ESTATE MARKET DEVELOPMENT

Bucharest, February 2023: The property portfolio under the management of the Asset Services department of the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company has tripled during the last 5 years, reaching more than 450,000 sq. m of office, logistics and retail spaces, both in Buchares [...] Read more

ADP ROMANIA PROLONGES ITS LEASE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER 5 YEARS IN GARA HERĂSTRĂU, A BUILDING PART OF THE GLOBALWORTH PORTFOLIO

ADP Romania prolonges its lease contract for another 5 years in Gara Herăstrău, a building part of the Globalworth portfolio. The total surface operated by the company is 8,300 square meters. A comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions, ADP unites HR, [...] Read more

OFFICE PROJECTS OF MORE THAN 275,000 SQ. M ARE PLANNED TO BE DEVELOPED OUTSIDE BUCHAREST IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS

Bucharest, February 2023: Developers announced the construction of more than 275,000 sq. m of new office projects in the major regional cities – Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Iasi and Brasov, and therefore the modern office stock should reach approximately 1.3 million sq. m in the next 5 years. An incre [...] Read more

AROUND 500,000 SQ. M OF OFFICE SPACES ARE VACANT IN BUCHAREST, 50% OF WHICH BEING LOCATED IN BUILDINGS OVER 15 YEARS OLD

Bucharest, February 2023: Around 500,000 sq. m of office spaces are unoccupied in Bucharest, reflecting a vacancy rate of 15.2%, the highest availability being reported in the Pipera North, Center-West and Floreasca – Barbu Vacarescu submarkets. There is still a significant discrepancy between A a [...] Read more

THE CEE PROPERTY INVESTMENT MARKET RETURNED TO GROWTH IN 2022, A POSITIVE EVOLUTION MAINLY DRIVEN BY ROMANIA AND SLOVAKIA

Bucharest, January 2023: The total volume invested in income-producing real estate assets - office, retail, logistics and industrial spaces and hotels - in the Central and Eastern Europe returned to growth last year, a positive evolution mainly driven by the activity recorded in Romania and Slovakia [...] Read more

THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN THE RETAIL MARKET REMAINS ANIMATED; OVER 230,000 SQ. M OF RETAIL SPACES ARE PLANNED TO BE DELIVERED IN 2023, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE LAST SIX YEARS

Bucharest, January 2023: Approximately 100,000 sq. m of retail spaces were delivered last year, with retail parks having an 80% share, while cities such as Bucharest, Timisoara, Pitesti, Turda, Baia Mare, Slatina and Miercurea Ciuc benefited from such investments. The new supply will significantly i [...] Read more

THE INCREASE OF LABOR ELECTIVITY COSTS PLACES ROMANIA ON THE 8TH POSITION IN TERMS OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING MARKETS IN EUROPE, AFTER THE CZECH REPUBLIC, POLAND OR HUNGARY

Bucharest, December 2022: The increase of labor, real estate and energy costs places Romania on the 8th position in terms of the most attractive manufacturing markets in Europe, after countries such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary or Portugal, while also being ranked 22st globally, according [...] Read more

AKCENT DEVELOPMENT COMPLETES THE TENANT MIX OF THE EMINESCU OFFICES BUILDING BY ATTRACTING BRINGO WHITIN THE PROJECT

Bucharest, December 2022: The Eminescu Offices building, developed by Akcent Development in the central part of the Capital City and managed by the Asset Services team of Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, completes its tenant mix by attracting the delivery platdorm Bringo whithin the project. Brin [...] Read more

NEW YORK’S FIFTH AVENUE CROWNED WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE SHOPPING STREET; BUCHAREST HAS MOVED UP ONE POSITION, AND IS PLACED JUST BEHIND WARSAW

Best in class physical retail passes Covid-19 ‘stress test’ with global rebound in rents; Luxury brands showing resilience and cities experience increase in leasing activity; Cushman & Wakefield’s global report tracks 92 cities November 2022 – New York’s Fifth Avenue has reclaimed i [...] Read more

THE CUMULATIVE TURNOVER OF THE 6,000+ STORES OPERATED BY LARGE RETAILERS IN ROMANIA INCREASED BY 20%, MORE THAN THE INFLATION RATE AND THE NATIONAL CONSUMPTION GROWTH

Bucharest, November 2022: In 2021, the large retail chains recorded a cumulative turnover almost 20% higher than the corresponding one for 2019 (the last fully operational pre-pandemic year), an increase 60% above the consumption growth rate pertaining to the last two years (12.5%), and over the tot [...] Read more

PRIVATE INVESTORS, MAINLY ACTIVE IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR, ARE NOW ALSO INTERESTED IN INCOME-PRODUCING REAL ESTATE ASSETS

Bucharest, November 2022: Income-producing properties are becoming an increasingly appreciated option for Romanian or foreign private investors who have previously been mainly active in the residential sector and who are now targeting "trophy" assets. Their focus is currently on all market segments [...] Read more

THE OFFICE RENTS IN BUCHAREST, ALTHOUGH INCREASING THIS YEAR ARE STILL AMONG THE LOWEST IN EUROPE, THUS ATTRACTING NEW IT&C COMPANIES

Bucharest, November 2022: The office rents in Bucharest are among the lowest both at regional and continental levels, an aspect which, along with the workforce availability and the competitive salary costs, represents a major point of attraction for tech companies, according to data from the Cushma [...] Read more

DEMAND FOR LOGISTICS AND INDUSTRIAL SPACES AT MAXIMUM LEVELS; ROMANIA NEEDS TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO SUPPORT THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE BUSINESS AREAS WHICH COULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL DEMAND

Bucharest, November 2022: The demand for logistics and industrial spaces is close to registering a new record in 2022, a matter which is reflected in the vacancy rate, a rate of 4.3% (one of the lowest in the last decade) at the end of Q3, according to the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate [...] Read more

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD ECHINOX: THE REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR HAS ATTRACTED AROUND 12 BILLION EUROS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS

Bucharest, October 2022: The real estate and construction sector has attracted around 12 billion euros of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the last ten years, as the share of this economic activity in the overall FDI stock increased to a level of 17.4% at the end of 2021, compared with 9.2% in 20 [...] Read more

PROMOTIONS AT CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD ECHINOX: BOGDAN MARCU BECOMES PARTNER CAPITAL MARKETS AND DANA RADOVENEANU HEAD OF RETAIL AGENCY

Bucharest, October 2022: The Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company announces new management promotions, by appointing Bogdan Marcu as Partner Capital Markets and Dana Radoveneanu as Head of Retail Agency. Bogdan Marcu has been working at Cushman & Wakefield Echinox s [...] Read more

DEVELOPERS ACQUIRED LAND PLOTS WHICH ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF OVER 30,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN BUCHAREST DURING THE PAST 2.5 YEARS

Bucharest, September 2022: Land transactions pertaining to future real estate developments with a total value of EUR 720 million were closed in Bucharest in the 2020 – H1 2022 period, a level almost double compared with the five previous semesters (H2 2017 - 2019), thus illustrating the strong app [...] Read more

THE PRIMARY REASON WHY EMPLOYEES GO TO THE OFFICE IS TO MEET THEIR COLLEAGUES; COMPANIES SPEND OVER 10,000 EUROS PER MONTH TO CREATE A CONTEXT FOR SOCIALIZING

Bucharest, September 2022: The hybrid work model is here to stay, but with it becoming mainstream, the employees’ reasons for going to the office have shifted towards socializing, collaborating and connecting with their fellow workers, and also achieving a solid work-life balance. In this context, [...] Read more

THE CINEMATOGRAPHIC MARKET HAS STARTED THE RECOVERY AFTER THE PANDEMIC, WITH THE NUMBER OF VIEWERS AND THE REVENUES OF THE OPERATORS INCREASING

Bucharest, September 2022: The Romanian cinematographic market has started the recovery from the declines faced during the pandemic but is still far from the figures recorded between 2016 and 2019. The high demand for movies after a long period of restrictions is likely to propel the cinema sector t [...] Read more

INDUSTRIAL AND LOGISTICS SPACES TOTALLING 542,000 SQ. M WERE LEASED IN H1 2022, AN Y-O-Y INCREASE OF 50%

Bucharest, July 2022: 542,000 sq. m of industrial and logistics spaces were leased in H1 2022, a 50% increase compared with the same period of 2021, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company. The volume transacted in Q2 was of approximately 240,000 sq [...] Read more

INFLATION AND THE REAL ESTATE MARKET: THE RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND RETAIL SECTORS ARE THE MOST EXPOSED, WHILE THE OFFICE SEGMENT REMAINS THE MOST RESILIENT

Bucharest, July 2022: Inflation has become a hot topic for the real estate market, as all players in the industry (tenants or investors), are experiencing the effects of rising prices in one way or another, the most exposed sectors to the inflationary pressures being the residential, industrial and [...] Read more

CUPIO, A ROMANIAN BRAND OF PROFESSIONAL COSMETICS, LEASED 3,200 SQ. M OF WAREHOUSE SPACES IN CTPARK TIMIȘOARA

Bucharest, June 2022: The group of companies which owns Cupio, a Romanian brand of professional cosmetics, leased 3,200 sq. m of warehouse spaces in the CTPark Timișoara Ghiroda project, located near the Timișoara International Airport. The transaction was brokered by the Cushman & Wakefield E [...] Read more

DEVELOPERS CONTINUE THEIR INVESTMENTS, AS OVER 500,000 SQ M OF RETAIL SPACES ARE PLANNED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN ROMANIA; LIMITED PIPELINE IN BUCHAREST

Bucharest, June 2022 - Real estate developers continue to expand their portfolios of retail projects in Romania, over 500,000 sq. m of new spaces being announced for the next 4 years, with 10 of the pipeline projects each having more than 10,000 sq. m, according to the Bucharest Retail Market [...] Read more

ENEVO GROUP HAS A NEW OFFICE IN THE AFI EUROPE PROJECT AFI LAKEVIEW

Bucureşti, June 2022: ENEVO Group moves its office within the AFI Lakeview owned by AFI EUROPE and located in the Floreasca-Barbu Vacarescu area in Bucharest, one of the main office hub in the country, in a transaction brokered by the real estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. [...] Read more

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