Schaeffler Romania, the local subsidiary of Germany’s Schaeffler group with global revenue of EUR12.6 billion, plans to inaugurate in 2021 a new production unit in Brasov (central Romania), which will add to the five existing production units, and to the existing R&D campus, made up of engineering and testing centers.
Nordis Group, a local real estate developer specialized on luxury properties, announced it is investing EUR31 million in a mixed-use project totaling 14,000 square meters in Brasov, central Romania.
French DIY retailer Leroy Merlin has bought a property in Brasov in view of expansion from Belgian investor Mitiska REIM, specialized in the development and management of retail parks.
Fildas, a medicine wholesaler founded by entrepreneur Anca Vlad, has leased a 3,400 sqm warehouse and 400 sqm of office space in the logistics project Czech real estate developer VGP is building in the western part of Brasov.
Sphera Group (SFG.RO), which manages restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands in Romania and develops the KFC brand in the Republic of Moldova and Italy, continues to expand the Taco Bell business in Romania, by opening a new restaurant in Brasov, within the AFI Palace shopping center.
Parcel delivery service company DPD has leased new storage space totaling 5,500 square meters, in the cities of Arad, Bucharest and Brasov, in order to expand its capacity on a regional level, considering that the electronic commerce in Romania has potential to see the biggest growth in the European Union in 2020.
Polish Smyk Group, specialized in selling children’s products, will be opening a new store, in central city of Brasov, on October 21, reaching a 21-unit network in Romania.
The Meron coffee shop chain, founded in 2015 by Bogdan Ciocian in Cluj Napoca, will be opening a new coffee shop, in central city of Brasov, on October 10, following an investment of over EUR100,000, reaching a 17-unit network in Romania.