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Economic & Real Estate News Timeline
May 2007
| 2 May 2007 |
Fabian
Romania Buys Office Building In Bucharest
For About 60 Mln Eur
Fabian Romania Property Fund Ltd said
it has agreed to buy a class A office
building in North Bucharest for about
60 mln eur. The real estate investment
trust said it will initially pay 12.25
mln eur for the building with a gross
area of about 44,000 square metres, 5
mln eur of which has already been paid
in the form of a secured loan. More
(Source: Forbes.com, 2007-05-02 06:00)
America-Israel
To Build New Apartment Project In Bucharest
The Israeli company America-Israel, involved
in construction projects in Israel and
Canada, is expanding its construction
business to Romania, and has acquired
land for a new project in Bucharest. More
- (Source: International Source, 2007-05-02
06:00)
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| 3 May 2007 |
Dita
Founder Looks At Real Estate
Businessman Adrian Tarus, founder of
the pharmaceuticals distribution company
Dita, has stated that he intends to become
involved in real estate as well as in
a new drug distribution business, after
selling Dita to the Gedeon Richter group
for 14.5 million euros last year. More
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| 6 May 2007 |
Fabian
Romania Buys Evocenter Office Building
In Bucharest For 4.9 Mln Eur
Fabian Romania Property Fund Ltd said
it will purchase the Evocenter office
building in Bucharest for 4.9 mln eur
and said it expects a 9 pct yield from
building, once fully let. Fabian Romania
said the seven-storey Class A building
will be completed in summer this year
and will have 3,000 square meters of lettable
area. More
from ShareWatch.com
Price
Of New Housing Units In Bucharest To Go
Up 15-20 Pc A Year
The price of housing units built in new
residential complexes in Bucharest will
continue to increase in the next two-three
years, by an average 15-20 per cent per
year, and the demand will reach 10,000
units a year by 2010, reads the latest
report by Colliers International, presented
by Mediafax. More
Immoeast
And EFG To Invest 300 Million Euro To
Build Logistics Centers In Romania
Real estate investment fund Immoeast
and developer European Future Group (EFG)
will invest 300 million euro in the coming
years to build several logistics centers
in Romania. An Immoeast press release
says the Austrian fund will build eight
to ten such centers with a total rent
area of 400,000-500,000 square meters.
More
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| 7 May 2007 |
Tagor,
Patron Capital To Invest NIS 1b In Romania
Tagor Capital Ltd. (TASE:TGCP) and Patron
Capital Ltd. have signed a four-year cooperation
agreement to invest €56 million (NIS 307
million) in shareholders equity developing
residential and commercial properties
in Romania. More
Real
Estate Boom Doubles Revenues For Consulting
Companies
Investments worth billions of euros,
along with the presence of world-class
investors, as well as the fact that Romania
is one of the main targets for investors
in the region are some of the main factors
behind the booming financial results being
witnessed by companies on the local real
estate market. More
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| 8 May 2007 |
Romanian
Construction Retailers See Profits Double
The biggest Romanian-held distributors
of construction materials, Dedeman of
Bacau, Arabesque of Galati and Ambient
Sibiu, registered profit increases of
between 60% and 100% last year, according
to preliminary reports. More
(Source: Ziarul Financiar, 2007-05-08
06:00)
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| 11 May 2007 |
Romania
Allocates Some $4.7 Million For Industrial
Park Construction
The Romanian government on Wednesday
decided to allocate 12 million lei ($4.7
million) for funding the infrastructure
work and the utilities network of an industrial
park in central county of Cluj, where
Finish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia
is to build a factory and research center.
More
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| 15 May 2007 |
Romania's
Construction Sector To Surpass Agriculture
In GDP For First Time
Construction sector is expected to grow
by 17% in 2007, surpassing the farming
sector in terms of percentage of GDP,
the Romanian National Commission of Prognosis
said Thursday. More
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| 18 May 2007 |
Immoeast
Buys Euromall Pitesti For Almost 90 Million
Euros
Immoeast, the most active real estate
investment fund on the domestic market
is in advanced talks to purchase the Euromall
Pitesti shopping complex. According to
sources on the real estate market, the
deal is valued at around 90 million euros.
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| 22 May 2007 |
200,000
Sqm Of Office Space Pending Authorisation
In Pipera
In recent years, the northern areas of
Bucharest, such as Baneasa and Pipera,
have undergone considerable developments
in terms of office space, with developers
pumping more money into projects in these
areas amid the lack of available space
in the centre of the city. More
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| 24 May 2007 |
Billion
Euro-plus Casa Radio Project
Ongoing developments at the Casa Radio
project will witness a new Centre Ville
aparthotel. The project, on the banks
of the Dambovita close to Eroilor Metro
station, will include a luxury shopping
centre of over 120,000 sqm and a hotel.
The plans for the entire Casa Radio project
have already started and the time-frame
for completion is by 2017. Elbit Medical
Imaging, part of Europe Israel, will invest
around one billion Euro in the project.
More
Austrian
Property Firm Immoeast Ups Capital By
EUR 2.8 Bln Tofund EUR 6 Bln
Project Austrian listed property company
Immoeast AG increased its share capital
by EUR 2.8 bln in a secondary public offering
to finance its EUR 6 bln real estate investment
program focusing on South-East Europe
and mainly Romania, Romanian national
daily Ziarul Financiar reported Wednesday.
More
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| 28 May 2007 |
Futureal,
Immoeast To Build EUR 97 M Shopping, Entertainment
Centre In Romania
Futureal Group, a dominant palyer on
the Central European real estate market
and Immoeast AG, the leading real eastate
fund in CEE, have announced on Friday
they would jointly build a giant shopping
centre in Romania. More
from Portfolio.hu
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| 30 May 2007 |
America
House Invests 35m Euros In Housing
Turkish-based Ozer Construction, builder
of the America House and the Bucuresti
Mall shopping centre, will invest 35 million
euros in developing two residential projects
in Sinaia and the Aviatiei area of the
Capital. Following this decision, the
company also intends to enter the real
estate development sector after previously
only being involved in construction. More
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| 31 May 2007 |
Poalim
Real Estate Sells Romanian Project Stake
For €42m
Private equity fund Poalim Real Estate,
jointly owned by Poalim Capital Markets
- Investment Bank Ltd. and Czech company
Neocity Group, has sold half of its Colentina
Peninsula residential project in Bucharest
for €21 million. More
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