The annualized rate of new demand for offices in Bucharest is comparable to the value recorded in 2019, even though it is about a third below the record volume of 2017, according to research by real estate consultancy Colliers.

Edina Magó will step up as Marketing Director and Nikoletta Ispánki will join the company as Commercial Director. The new appointments will strengthen the focus to enhance the growing markets.

Multi Forum is a multi-tasking facility management application developed for Multi Corporation by a Dutch proptech startup. Data from several Multi managed shopping centres across Europe shows efficiency benefits. The Multi Forum app is now used in five out of the six shopping centres managed by Multi in Poland.

Adventum Group has entrusted JLL advisors with the commercialisation of the retail and service section of the Sky Tower multifunctional complex in Wrocław.

The vacancy rate in Bucharest’s office market remained flat at 16.5% in the first quarter of 2022, similar to last year, although there is a growing gap between Class A projects and older buildings in areas with lower demand, according to real estate consultancy Colliers. 

As the pandemic forced many of us to shift a work-from-home routine, some people predicted that “the office is a dead concept” and that it will never return. I would agree that the office as we knew it is actually really dead, but the “new office” is here and all of us need to adapt to it, writes Petr Florián, Associate Director, Office Leasing at Avison Young in the Czech Republic for Property Forum in an opinion piece.

Real estate advisory firm Savills has been appointed as sole letting agent for office space in West Forum in Wrocław. The office complex is owned by GNT Ventures Properties managed by TFG Asset Management.

Consulting company Walter Herz has been selected as the sole agent responsible for the commercialization of space in the Blue Office complex, which is a complementary office part of Blue City mall in Warsaw.

Globalworth’s net profit in 2021 significantly improved to €47.5 million (2020: net loss of €46.8 million) while it recorded its best year in office leasing with 214,500 sqm of spaces taken up or extended. The company has released its annual report and audited consolidated financial results for 2021.

One United Properties continues to develop its Bucharest-based office portfolio which has reached an estimated value of almost €400 million. Property Forum spoke with Mihai Păduroiu, CEO of the Office Division of One United Properties, about the transformation in the office market triggered by the pandemic and the drivers of demand going forward.