JLL Romania names new Head of Capital Markets

23
Aug
2018
News - JLL Romania names new Head of Capital Markets  #career #JLL #Romania

by Property Forum | Career

Andrei Văcaru has been promoted to Head of Capital Markets JLL Romania, effective 1st August 2018. Andrei has over 13 years’ experience in the Romanian real estate market which spans over different segments including capital markets, consultancy, retail leasing and retail tenant representation.


He joined JLL in May 2007 as Senior Consultant in the Retail Department. He then managed the JLL Retail team in Romania and, afterwards, the Research and Consultancy departments.
Andrei Vacaru

Andrei Vacaru

Head of Capital Markets
JLL Romania

Andrei Vacaru is responsible for sourcing and executing investment transactions in Romania. He provides advisory services for disposals and acquisitions, portfolio transactions, as well as financing deals, throughout the entire transaction process. He has over 13 years’ experience on the Romanian real estate market which spans over different segments including capital markets, consultancy, retail leasing and retail tenant representation.  More »
Since joining the Capital Markets team in 2014, Andrei has contributed to landmark transactions like the sale of Militari Shopping Center (€95 million), Radisson Hospitality Complex (cca €170 million), Sibiu Shopping City (€100 million), Europolis Park (over €100 million), Promenada (€148 million).
 
„Andrei’s appointment is overdue as he has been ready for the role for a while now and this has shown in his involvement in prominent transactions and his role in educating the strategy of the Capital Markets department in JLL Romania. I am confident that Andrei’s tenure at the helm of the team will be a successful one and that he has the full support of his team in the country as well as that of our colleagues in CEE and EMEA”, declared Silviana Petre Badea, Managing Director of JLL Romania.
Silviana Petre Badea

Silviana Petre Badea

Managing Director
JLL Romania

Silviana Badea has over 12 years of experience on the real estate market. Throughout her career, she has been involved in all aspects of property asset management on one side and advisory on the other side. Her specialities are disposal and acquisitions, office and industrial leasing negotiation, property and asset management, financing, property reporting and development. Her most significant assignments since joining JLL are the completion of the sale of Victoria Center to GLL, Buy Side Advisory for GLL on Floreasca Park, Due Diligence for Logicor on the acquisition of the Immofinanz CEE Portfolio, Financing of Sibiu Retail Park. More »
The JLL Romania Capital Markets team has advised on transactions with a total volume of close to €1 billion in the last 4 years. The team comprises of senior professionals specialized in structuring transparent competitive sales processes, strategic consultancy and debt advisory.
 
„We are seeing growth in investment volumes, the number of transactions and general depth of investor interest in Romania. In this context we will ensure that JLL's clients get the benefit of our local expertise as well as unrivalled regional and global reach together with corporate finance and debt advisory”, commented Andrei Văcaru, Gead of Capital Markets Department at JLL Romania.



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