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From uncertainty to opportunity: What’s driving Romania’s new wave of residential growth?

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News From uncertainty to opportunity: What’s driving Romania’s new wave of residential growth?
11
Nov
2025

From uncertainty to opportunity: What’s driving Romania’s new wave of residential growth?

by Forum Property
At the SEE Property Forum 2025 in Bucharest, leading voices from Romania’s residential real estate sector came together to shed light on how developers, investors, and buyers are adapting to a period of economic uncertainty, rising construction costs, and shifting consumer priorities. From the growing appeal of build-to-rent and integrated communities to the urgent need for regulatory reform, the panel offered a forward-looking view of a market that is evolving rapidly yet remains defined by strong fundamentals and an enduring demand for quality homes.
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Report

News Carbon Construction ESG RICS Sustainability
11
Nov
2025

RICS warns of global sustainability slowdown in construction

by Forum Property
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, revealing a slowdown in global demand growth for sustainable buildings and concerning lack of progress in carbon measurement across construction projects. The report, based on insight from more than 3,500 real estate and construction professionals across 36 countries, warns that momentum behind sustainable development risks stalling without stronger policy intervention and skills development.
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DL Invest Group partners with Boosteroid for European data centers Property leasing in Romania keeps steady in Q3, says CBRE Deliveries in Romanian real estate driven by industrial in Q3

Residential

News Bucharest Construction Hercesa Residential Romania Romeo Ghica Vivenda Residencias
11
Nov
2025

Hercesa completes resi complex spanning 1,400 units in Bucharest

by Forum Property
Hercesa Romania has announced that the launch of the last block from Vivenda Residencias, where sales recently started, marks the final stage of the project launched in 2007, which will reach 1,400 apartments in total.
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Cloud9 launches second phase of resi project in northern Bucharest AFI starts construction of over 500 rental apartments in Prague Indotek to build thousands of affordable homes in Budapest

Hotel

News Accor Croatia Hotel Novotel Opening SEE Zagreb
11
Nov
2025

Novotel opens first Croatian hotel in Zagreb

by Forum Property
Novotel has opened its first hotel in Croatia, marking the Accor brand's debut in the country. Located at the eastern gateway of Zagreb, the 163-room Novotel Zagreb sits 20 minutes from Franjo Tuđman Airport and 15 minutes from the city centre.
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Solida Capital secures financing for Warsaw aparthotel project PPF expands its hotel portfolio in Prague From revenge travel to real strategy: Hotel sector resets

Industrial

News Bucharest Colliers Industrial Infrastructure Logistics Retail Romania Victor Coșconel
11
Nov
2025

Romania's logistics market records 64% demand surge on nine months

by Forum Property
Romania's industrial and logistics sector recorded strong growth in the first three quarters of 2025, driven by activity in the Bucharest area. Total leasing demand reached almost 640,000 sqm between January and September, up 64% compared to the same period last year, according to Colliers data.
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CTP Romania drops bid for P3 project Slovak industrial vacancy hits highest level in recent years CTP reports 15% rental income growth on nine months

Career

News Austria Career Expansion Hungary Indotek Group Investment Office Portfolio Private Equity Real Estate Vienna
10
Nov
2025

Indotek Group opens Vienna office for private equity expansion

by Forum Property
Indotek Group is expanding its Western European office network with a new Vienna office. The company has been expanding in Western and Southern Europe for over a decade, and the Austrian office will also serve as the first regional private equity investment centre for the Budapest-based group.
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Atenor appoints new Country Director for Hungary Globalworth appoints joint CEOs as Dennis Selinas steps down NEPI Rockcastle names COO Marek Noetzel as new CEO

Interview

News Andrei Radu Chișineu-Criș ESG interview Nepi Rockcastle pv renewable energy retail solar
10
Nov
2025

Why NEPI Rockcastle is investing €100 million in greenfield PV

by Nicolae Ovidiu
Andrei Radu, Group Development Director at NEPI Rockcastle, talked about the developer’s focus on net zero with a €100 million investment in clean energy production. With the recent launch of a 54 MW solar park in Romania, the group expects to cover almost 50% of its total CEE electricity needs by 2026, offering cost control and doing the "heavy lifting" for tenants.  
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Small towns and rural communities: The next growth market for strip malls Tenants are consolidating into fewer, better office buildings Griffin Capital Partners: Scaling platforms and shaping new sectors in CEE real estate

Office

News Brain Park C Breeam Echo Investment Greenstone Asset Management Investment Judyta Sawicka Krakow Office Poland Stephane Chauvel Sustainability
07
Nov
2025

Echo Investment sells office building in Kraków for €33 million

by Forum Property
Echo Investment has signed a sale agreement for Brain Park C building. The latest phase of the Kraków-based office complex will be acquired by Greenstone Asset Management, a private equity and investment firm. The building provides 13,700 sqm of GLA and has an BREEAM rating.
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Skanska starts work on Poland's first net-zero office building Penta, Alto ink joint venture for Bratislava offices Globalworth renews Access4you certification for entire Romanian portfolio

Investment

News Budapest Stock Exchange Expansion Hungary Poland Retail Romania Shopper Park Plus
06
Nov
2025

Shopper Park Plus plans €100 million share offering for CEE expansion

by Forum Property
Shopper Park Plus, a Hungarian real estate investment company, announced plans for a secondary public offering of approximately 8 million newly issued shares in the last quarter of 2025. The company expects to raise between €90 million and €110 million through the offering on the Budapest Stock Exchange.
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Echo Investment sells Libero Katowice for €103 million Ares Management and Slate Asset Management to buy €300 million Polish portfolio Investor picks up historic building in Budapest

Economy

News Europe grwoth One United Properties report Romania
31
Oct
2025

Romanian developer joins Europe’s top-10 fast growing companies

by Forum Property
Romanian developer One United Properties has been ranked among Europe’s top 10 long-term growth champions, according to the Financial Times’ FT1000 Long-Term Growth Champions 2025 list, which highlights companies that have achieved exceptional and sustained revenue growth over the past decade.
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Trump imposes tariffs on Serbia and Bosnia Commercial and resi real estate brace for higher taxes in Romania Financial pressure on CPI may lead to buyout

Retail

News Bydgoszcz Carrefour Comfy Park Bydgoszcz Construction Development Newgate Investment Poland Redkom Development Retail Shopping Centre
30
Oct
2025

Comfy Park Bydgoszcz retail park to open in Q1 2026

by Forum Property
A retail park is being developed on the site of the former Glinki shopping centre in Bydgoszcz, with opening planned for Q1 2026. The project, developed by Redkom Development, will initially have 16,000 sqm GLA. A second phase is planned to add another 4,000 sqm GLA. The investor is Newgate Investment.
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Romania retail deliveries surpass 2024 levels in nine months Studium Green sells large land plot near Bucharest for €17 million Futureal secures €165 million refinancing for Etele Plaza

New leases

  • Elmet Group Metal & Electric, a metal and electric components specialist, will lease 4,565 sqm of space for production and storage activities within ELI Park 5 Bucharest. The project is being developed by ELI Parks in partnership with Eren Cons.
  • P&G Romania will relocate its HQ to a space of approximately 7,000 sqm in YUNITY Park business campus, developed by Genesis Property. The lease contract will run for 10 years.
  • DevHub, a Romanian software development company, has solidified its presence in the Romanian market by opening two new offices, with a total area of over 1,000 sqm, located in the office buildings within the mixed-use projects Iulius Town Timișoara and Palas Iași, developed by Iulius.

New appointments

  • Garbe has named Zuzana Štěpánková as Business Development Manager in the Czech Republic. She has previously worked at iO Partners as Senior Consultant.
  • Romanian developer Redport has appointed Sorin Ioan Blaga as COO. In recent years, Blaga has served as CEO of Liebrecht & wooD Romania, managing real estate developments with a combined value of several hundred million euros, and as COO & Co-CEO of The Concept Group.
  • From mid-October, László Csapó will take up the position of Director of Business Development at Danubius Hotels Zrt. He succeeds Andrea Róna, who had held the position since 2022.

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