More than 50% of the industrial and logistics projects under construction in Romania are already pre-leased with leasing activity in Q1 2021 rising by 50% to over 300,000 sqm compared to the same quarter of 2021, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. 

Companies in the IT&C sector had a share of 32% in Bucharest’s office lease market in Q1 and generated 93.6% of new leasing transactions in regional cities such as Cluj-Napoca, Iași, Timișoara and Sibiu.

Irish fashion retailer Primark will open a new store in AFI Cotroceni, the shopping mall owned by AFI Europe in Bucharest. 

Romanian developer Genesis Property will invest €50 million in the transformation of office complex Novo Park into YUNITY Park, a campus that will include co-working and co-living spaces. The project spanning seven buildings with a leasable area of 75,000 sqm will be completed in the first quarter of 2023. 

Logistics provider Maracana has signed a lease to expand its warehouse capacity to over 10,000 sqm in MLP Bucharest West, in a deal brokered by real estate consultancy JLL Romania.

Over 27,000 new homes are under construction in Bucharest and its surrounding areas, which is the largest number in the modern history of the local residential market, according to real estate consultancy SVN Romania. 

Property developer P3 Logistics Parks has completed a new accommodation building spanning 2,000 sqm for the staff employed in the P3 Bucharest A1 logistics park near Bucharest. 

InteRo Property Development, owned by the Canadian Topolinski investors family, will the start the construction of its first premium residential project and a villas complex with a combined value of €54 million. 

The used cars platform operator Spotawheel has leased over 800 sqm of office space and an additional 11,000 sqm showroom outdoor space in the Sema Parc - Paris building, which is developed by River Development.

Asking prices for apartments in Romania were up by 3.8% in March compared to the previous month to an average €1,654 per sqm, according to data by Imobiliare.ro platform.