Romanian real estate developer Iulius says it will invest around €35 million in the infrastructure and urban mobility features for its Palas Campus project in Iași. The mixed-use project will feature 54,000 sqm of office spaces targeting tech companies and 6,000 sqm of retail spaces.

Radisson Hotel Group announced the relaunch and repositioning of Radisson Blu Hotel Bucharest, following a major capital investment to transform the hotel’s lobby and garden area, as well as increase the hotel’s room inventory by more than 600 rooms.

Warehouse owner and developer P3 Logistic Parks says it leased over 35,800 sqm of logistics and office space in Romania in Q1 2021. The company renewed contracts for more than 22,500 sqm of spaces, while the rest was represented by new leases.  

An investment company controlled by UiPath founder Daniel Dines has acquired 5% of the shares of One United Properties, a Romanian real estate development company founded by Victor Căpitanu and Andrei Diaconescu.

Romania’s Impact Developer & Contractor says it secured a loan worth €10.6 million from CEC Bank that will used for the completion of the first phase of Boreal Plus residential complex in Constanța.

Commercial property is viewed as having below-average risk levels in most CEE countries. Revenues from different asset classes are expected to recover to pre-COVID levels most rapidly in Poland, according to the RICS Global Commercial Property Monitor for Q1 2021.

Hungarian investor Indotek Group is ready to spend hundreds of millions of euros on diversifying its portfolio geographically. Krisztián Hornok, Transaction Director and Florin Tirla, Country Head for Romania & Bulgaria shared with Property Forum the details of the company’s ambitious international expansion strategy and also discussed the pandemic’s effects on the attractiveness of different asset classes.

Developer Fashion House has opened its second outlet centre in Bucharest following an investment of €25 million. The project is located in the eastern part of the city and spans over 12,000 sqm. 

Close to 88% of the employees in Romania believe that offices will exist in the future, but most say that the post-pandemic workspace needs to be transformed, according to a survey commissioned by Genesis Property. 

Logistics developer VGP has announced the appointment of Dana Bordei as Commercial Country Manager for VGP Romania. Dana, who started with VGP at the end of April 2021, will be responsible for the further development of VGP ́s portfolio of logistics- and semi-industrial facilities on the Romanian market.