The Bucharest hotel market remains attractive for hotel operators to expand their networks in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Bucharest is the 5th most attractive market out of 20 cities in CEE in terms of the interest of the main operators to invest in new hotel facilities in the next period, real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield says in a report.
Central and Eastern Europe, including Romania, is benefiting from the relocation of production activities from more far away countries, such as Asian ones, closer to consumers, particularly owing to the significantly lower costs compared to Western Europe, reads a report drawn up by real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.
Approximately 500,000 square meters of office spaces are unoccupied in capital city Bucharest, reflecting a vacancy rate of 15.2%, and the highest availability is reported in the Pipera North, Center-West and Floreasca – Barbu Vacarescu submarkets, as per data from real estate consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
The investors already active on the local real estate market are interested to consolidate their positions, but one can notice the absence of investors from a specific part of the world, says Mihnea Serbanescu, general manager of real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Major retail networks in 2021 registered overall turnover almost 20% higher than in 2019, a pre-pandemic year, 60% above the consumption growth rate of the past two years (12.5%) and above the overall inflation of 2020-2021, of 7.8%, reveals Romania Retail Snapshot survey carried out by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Real estate consulting team Cushman & Wakefield Echinox expands its Land & Industrial team coordinated by Andrei Branzea by recruiting Marius Frunzuc and Stefan Oprea, who will be working as Land Agency consultants.
Real estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox has appointed Raluca Mihaiu to the position of CFO & Operations Manager.
Real estate consultancy company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox said Thursday it has expanded and consolidated its Land & Industrial team by recruiting Liviu Marginean and Stefan Radeanu, two specialists with a combined experience of 22 years in the real estate market, within the department coordinated