Service providers, including international property agencies, are bound to adjust their services to the rapidly changing demand from occupiers, developers and investors. Property Forum asked Kata Mazsaroff, the recently appointed Managing Director of Colliers Hungary to unveil her expectations about the commercial real estate market in the region and in Hungary in particular.

Residential and commercial developer Nusco Imobiliara has appointed Bogdan Iliescu as Commercial Director. He has over 15 years’ worth of experience in the real estate market and has previously covered sales, coordination, and management roles in property companies. 

High inflation is one of the factors that will have a huge impact on budgeting related to leasing office space by tenants in the near future, says Avison Young Poland.

Flexible workspace operators and investments in amenities are boosting the efforts of companies and developers to accelerate the return of employees to office buildings, although hybrid work arrangements remain in high demand, concluded speakers in the post-pandemic office panel of SEE Property Forum 2022, held in Bucharest.

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, according to real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. 

As part of an office development project by Wing, the Ligeti Auditorium will undergo a complete renovation while preserving its historical heritage, according to the company's LinkedIn page.  

Romanian developer One United Properties has recorded a turnover of €‎184.2 million in the first nine months of this year, up 43% compared to the same period of last year, while the gross profit doubled to €‎97.2 million due to higher residential sales. 

Colliers has taken over the management of the Tensor office complex in Gdynia, owned by the joint venture of Czech open-ended real estate fund Investika realitní fond and Luxembourg private equity investor Bud Holdings. Experts from the company's regional office will additionally be responsible for supporting the owner in the property’s commercialisation.

The first phase of Budapest ONE, developed by Futureal, has received a WELL Platinum certification. The office building was the first in Hungary to meet the highest requirements of the International Well Building Institute (IWBI).

Prime headline rents in Bucharest continued to increase in the third quarter, reaching a monthly level of €19.5 per sqm, compared with €18.5 per sqm at the beginning of the year. However, the capital city remains among the less expensive destinations in Europe in terms of office occupancy costs.