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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced on Thursday (January 29) that it invested a record EUR955 million ($1.14 billion) in 37 projects in Romania in 2025, a sharp increase from EUR707 million for 44 projects in 2024.
The office operational costs in Bucharest have increased by approximately 17% over 2025, according to an analysis of the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company. The upward trend was driven by a combination of macroeconomic and operational factors, including high inflation, increased personnel costs, and changes in fiscal policy.
Law firm PeliPartners has assisted Swedish company Skanska in the sale of Equilibrium 2, the second building part of Equilibrium compound of northern Bucharest.
French real estate group Catinvest has completed works to expand ElectroPutere Mall Craiova, in the wake of a EUR22 million investment, with the shopping center becoming the third largest outside Bucharest.
Land sales in Romania in 2025 registered a similar level with the previous year, when deals totaled almost EUR450 million, amid political uncertainty and fiscal adjustments in the first half of the year, according to Colliers consultants.
AROBS Transilvania Software, a tech entrepreneurial company listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange, has acquired Quest Global Romania, part of Quest Global Engineering Services, an end-to-end global product engineering services and solutions.
Wizz Air, the largest local airline, will launch two new routes from Iasi airport starting this summer season, to Milan Malpensa and Pisa, Italy.
The competition for buying Garanti Bank Romania is becoming increasingly interesting, as after ING and Raiffeisen, now Italy’s Intesa has joined the fray, banking sources say.
Primark, an Irish fashion retailer that entered Romania in 2022, is looking for a manager for its store in Sibiu, one of the cities where it will open stores this year, according to information on LinkedIn.
Protena, one of the largest independent players on the Romanian animal feed market, which owns a factory in Sanpaul, Mures County, opened as a greenfield investment in 2019, operated at almost capacity in 2025, with a production of 180,000 tons out of an annual capacity of 200,000 tons.
Turkish heavy commercial and armored vehicle manufacturer Otokar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to acquire a 96.77% stake in Romanian defense company Automecanica S.A. for EUR85 million.
The Bucharest land market reached in 2025 the lowest level in the past seven years, with the number of land transactions in capital city Bucharest decreasing by 13.4% compared to 2024, according to data compiled by real estate consultancy Crosspoint Real Estate.
Skanska has sold the second building of the Equilibrium office complex (Equilibrium 2) in capital city Bucharest to Gordiusz Private Equity Fund, an investment fund managed by Hungary's Granit Asset Management, held by Istvan Tiborcz, Hungary's riches man and the son-in-law of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Romanian store chain Contakt, the leading retailer of cell phone accessories in Romania, saw an 8% growth in revenue to RON138 million in 2025, from the RON128.7 million in 2024.
Raiffeisen Bank Romania and InnovX are launching MagicMoon, a project dedicated to Romanian entrepreneurs aged below 30 who run companies with turnover ranging between EUR100,000 and EUR1 million and aim to expand abroad.
The interministerial committee has granted the final sign-off for the restructuring plan envisaging the sale of assets in an international tender at Liberty Galati, the largest steel plant.
Romanian executives in the manufacturing industry, retail and services forecast a moderate economic activity decline for January-March period, while construction ones believe the number of employees will fall, reveals a survey conducted by the country’s statistics board INS.
The battle for the acquisition of Garanti Bank Romania is turning increasingly interesting: after ING Bank and Raiffeisen, Italian group Intesa has also entered the game, according to banking market sources.
Bozankaya, a manufacturer of public transport vehicles of Türkiye, has won a contract worth RON105.7 million (around EUR21 million), VAT not included, with Timisoara city hall, for the delivery of 10 new trams.
Avram Iancu International Airport in Cluj recorded its highest passenger traffic ever in 2025, more than 3.58 million people, about 10% more than in 2024, when 3.26 million people passed through it.19549 items