Rents for commercial spaces on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest’s main shopping street, have in the past year registered the third biggest increase among the 50 markets analyzed globally in the 2025 edition of the “Main Streets Across the World” report drawn up by Cushman & Wakefield.
Mihaela Matei, HR lead Romania, Türkiye, Cyprus and Serbia at DP World, one of the largest port operators globally, says the company expects to boost its number of employees in Romania by 10% in 2025.
Bucharest’s Calea Victoriei (Victory Avenue), the main shopping street in Romania, has climbed two positions, to 38, in the ranking of the world’s most expensive shopping destinations, as Bucharest rents have in the past year posted the seventh strongest increase among the 138 markets analyzed globally in the latest “Main Streets Across the World” report drawn up by real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.
World’s largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Lyca Mobile, based in the UK, shut down its operations in Romania at the end of last year, eight years after launch, blaming an increase in operating costs for the move.