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.