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Romanian investors topped the commercial real estate acquisition ranking in January-September 2025, generating transactions worth EUR163.5 million, representing 32% of the total investment market volume, per the latest report by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

Office space rentals in the first six months of the year went down by an average of 30% in the five largest cities of Romania - Bucharest, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Brasov, with the sharpest decline in demand in the capital city, according to a report by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

Cluj-Napoca in the first nine months of 2024 registered a record high number of office space leasing deals, generating 825 of the area traded nationwide and volumes are estimated to be three times higher than in 2023 by yearend, reveals an analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

The ranking of real estate investors in the local commercial sector is led by Romania ones, who acquired 12 properties, with prices ranging between EUR1.4 million and 44.7 million, in line with research by Fortim Trusted Advisors.

Capital city Bucharest remained the most dynamic office lease market in the first half of 2024 too, with local companies covering 84% of the total volume of office spaces transacted in Romania, as per an analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

The overall volume of office spaces leased outside Bucharest is rising and 82% of the total area is in Cluj-Napoca, reveals an analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, part of BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

Companies in 2023 leased fewer office spaces outside Bucharest, with regional hubs generating just 18% of Bucharest volumes, as part of major deals underway were postponed to 2024, reveals a survey conducted by Fortim Trusted Advisors, member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

In 2024, office building owners will face two challenges, namely, carrying out negotiations with banks to refinance outstanding loans in parallel with the renegotiation of lease agreements with existing tenants, according to an analysis by real estate consultancy company Fortim Trusted Advisors, member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

Bucharest remains the most dynamic city in the area of office leasing, but its weight in overall deals shrank in 1Q/2023 to 75% from 84% in the year-earlier period, with companies also focusing on Timisoara, Iasi and Cluj-Napoca, reveals an analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

Real estate investments in the first quarter of 2023 topped EUR153 million, up 72% from the same period of last year, reveals an analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Parisbas Real Estate Alliance.

The ranking of cities with the most modern commercial spaces is led by capital Bucharest which is followed by Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Constanta and Brasov, considering that investors exponentially increased the number of retail parks and the total surface area of new spaces delivered in shopping centers over the last three years and for 2022, it is estimated a record area, as per data from Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.