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Timișoara emerged as the sole Romanian city to experience growth in the office leasing market during H1 2025, defying a national downturn, according to a report by Fortim Trusted Advisors.

Square 7, part of M Core, is expanding its retail footprint in Romania with the development of M Park Orăștie.

Local developer EnVogue Residence will include a Hilton Garden Inn hotel in the final construction phase of the EnVogue Residence – Iuliu Maniu project. The hotel will be part of a new, two-section building whose structure has already been finalised.

Office leasing in Bucharest reached its lowest point in four years during H1 2025, according to Colliers consultants. Total leasing transactions exceeded 100,000 sqm, representing a more than one-third decrease compared to the same period last year.

Pavăl Holding, the investment vehicle of the Pavăl family and Romania's largest local entrepreneurial group, announced its strategic acquisition of Praktiker Hellas, Greece's leading DIY retail chain owned by Farifax Financial Holdings, for an undisclosed sum.

Romania's commercial real estate market recorded investment deals worth €391 million during H1 2025, down 6.5% compared to H1 2024, with offices gaining a bigger share of the total volumes. This was the second best-performing first half in the last 12 years, surpassing the average for the period by 30%, according to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. 

Alpha Bank Group has provided a €175 million financing to the British M Core for the acquisition of several shopping centres in Romania. 

Local developer Redport and Romanian entrepreneur Dan Șucu have started the construction of a new residential project in eastern Bucharest, which included the launch of a showroom.

Lavinia Ioniță Rasmussen, Real Estate Partner at Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP), talked to Property Forum about the firm's growing portfolio in industrial and renewable energy, but also about the new EU rules that will boost investments in green buildings.

Local developer Ansi has purchased a land plot in northern Bucharest from GTC, where it plans to kick off the construction of a new premium residential project.