French retail group Carrefour, the second largest player on the Romanian market by turnover, has appointed Alina Gamauf as human resources manager.
NEPI Rockcastle, the biggest mall owner in Romania, has started work on expanding the Promenada mall and on the office building to be integrated into the shopping center in the north of Bucharest. NEPI had been previously granted the permit to start work on the basement of the project in 2019.
Alina Marulis, a Bucharest entrepreneur with 16 years of construction experience, is investing EUR10 million in a boutique project consisting of 12 villas located in the Baneasa forest area in northern Bucharest.
Local coffee shop chain Captain Bean expanded in full gear last year, amid the pandemic, when its franchisees opened ten coffee shops. The network therefore ended 2020 with 17 coffee shops, and there is still room for development, Captain Bean owner Ruben Filimon says.
Pillar II private pension funds generated an average yield of 6.2% in 2020, triple compared with the 2.06% inflation rate, despite the effects of the pandemic, stock declines in spring and uncertain economic climate, an official of the the Romanian association for private pensions APAPR said Monday.
Romania had the lowest government support package to fight the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in Central and Eastern Europe, of just 4% of GDP, a report by ratings agency Moody’s showed.
Paint and coatings manufacturer Köber is investing EUR5 million in manufacturing and logistics space in 2021.
Otopeni, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Iasi and Sibiu, Romania’s five largest airports saw an up to 70% decline in passenger traffic last year compared with 2019, the data the airport officials supplied show. Timisoara recorded the worst decline, more than 70.5%, while Iasi only 64.4% decline.
Real estate developers bought some EUR300 million worth of land in 2020 to build homes and residential projects, real estate consultant Colliers Romania says. However, they either did not buy land for office space projects or postponed such plans.
Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk, the leading insulin and diabetes medications globally, has appointed Cristina Popescu as its new corporate affairs director for Romania starting January 2021.