Companies leased 410,500 sq. m of industrial & logistics spaces in H1, a total which reflects a 25% drop when compared with H1 2023. However, the new demand had a share of 52% in the overall leasing volume in the same period (213,500 sq. m), more than double vs. the new supply, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company.
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) industrial real estate market slowed down in the first quarter of 2024, following a period of sustained growth and record activity in 2021 and 2022, a study by iO Partners shows.
Romania’s real estate market prepares to end a “decent” year, with intense activity in the industrial sector, but also with a decline in economic dynamic and a significant decrease in investment market activity, as Colliers consultants predicted at the beginning of the year, in their report “Top 10 predictions 2023”.
The first three quarters of 2023 look good for the industrial & logistics real estate sector. Overall, total leasing demand of 550,000 square meters in the Q1-Q3 2023 period was largely comparable to last year’s level, according to data from Colliers, with the note that this result only includes leasing deals part of the public domain, i.e. deals part of the local real estate forum or those reported in other public documents, like financial reports of companies or media reports.
The local real estate market has rapidly adapted to the new social and business environment, largely countering the imbalances stemming from the restrictions imposed during the state of alert. Moreover, we can notice an upward trend in all market segments, even though there are still a few challenges, such as the increasing prices for construction materials, utility costs, inflation, decreasing purchasing power and also finding the best levers to get employees back to their offices.
The modern stock of industrial spaces in Romania has exceeded the threshold of 5 million sqm in 2020 and will reach approximately 5.5 million sq m this year, over 60% of the area under construction being already pre-leased.
At the beginning of 2021, Forbes Romania magazine realized the top of the largest logistics and industrial development companies in Romania in 2020, with the help of the real estate consulting company Dunwell, specialized in this market segment.
More than 8 out of 10 industrial & logistics companies want to accelerate investments in next 12 months or to keep them similar to recent years, according to a survey conducted by Colliers International among 26 top developers and tenants in the Romanian market.
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