IHG Hotels & Resorts will operate the Athénée Palace hotel owned by Romanian ANA Hotels under a management contract, starting from 2023. Following the rebranding process, Athénée Palace Hilton will become InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest. 

Niro Investment Group, the Romanian property investor and administrator, has appointed Anca Simionescu as General Manager, tasked with coordinating and developing the company's investment projects both locally and internationally.

Costin Nistor, Managing Director of Fortim Trusted Advisors, member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance, detailed for Property Forum the real estate consultancy’s development plans for this year, also talking about the segments that will propel the investment market to over €1 billion in 2022.

Industrial developer CTP will expand its project in Craiova with a new warehouse of 13,500 sqm that has been fully leased. Following the new investment slated for completion by the end of 2022, the total leasable surface will climb to 53,500 sqm.

Monia Dobrescu, Partner, Mușat & Asociații spoke to Property Forum about the financing environment for the real estate sector in the context of the crisis in Ukraine and the law firm’s development plans for this year. The uniform application of the regulatory acts in the field is an issue that has an impact on players in the real estate market, and progress is being made in this area, Monia adds.

Romanian developer Iulius has opened its first convenience retail project in Miroslava locality, near Iași, following an investment of around €12 million.  

Romanian furniture retailer Mobexpert and industrial developer Global Vision have teamed up for a digital project that provides office design solutions for small and medium-sized companies.

The first Marriott Hotel in Brașov will open in the mixed-use scheme Urban Plaza that will include apartments, offices and commercial areas.

Vlad Drăgoescu, President of the Board of Directors – Nemo (Radisson Blu / Park Inn Complex) and Head of Portfolio Management at Revetas spoke with Property Forum about the growth engines for the Romanian hotel market and the €24 million overhaul of Radisson Blu that will make it one of the biggest 5-star hotels in CEE.

Romanian property developer ICD Grup and a local investor have purchased a historic villa in central Bucharest from the George Soros Foundation for an undisclosed sum.