Evolvia Capital opens Boutique Hotel in the Historic Center of Bucharest

Evolvia Capital investment fund buys an emblematic house near the Historic Center of Bucharest, on Cavafii Vechi Street, for EUR 4 million, in which it will open a boutique hotel.

 

Built in 1891, the building is a merchant house with a surface area of ​​approximately 1,970 square meters and over 30 rooms.

 

“This investment reflects our strategy of identifying assets with historical value and urban regeneration potential in premium areas. We aim to bring this property back to contemporary standards, while preserving its architectural identity and cultural relevance for Bucharest,” said Ery Pervulescu, CEO and shareholder of Evolvia Capital.

 

Source: economica.net

Popeyes Romania Expands with two New Restaurants

Popeyes continues its expansion in Romania and opens two new restaurants, the first in Târgu Mureș and the eighth in Bucharest.

 

Popeyes is already present in Bucharest through its restaurants in the Drumul Taberelor Shopping Complex, Afi Cotroceni, Orhideea Shopping Complex, Parklake Shopping Center, Mega Mall, Băneasa Shopping City and Lemon Park.

 

“Popeyes’ expansion is part of the company’s ambitious plan to expand into more areas and cities in Romania. The opening of the first Popeyes restaurant in Târgu Mureș, as well as the eighth in Bucharest, is part of a broad development plan for the future of the brand in Romania, so we are focusing all our efforts on the new restaurants,” said Jakub Aleksandrowicz, Popeyes Marketing Director for Central and Eastern Europe

AFI Advances Rental Housing Scheme in Bucharest with Second AFI Home North Building

Israeli real estate developer AFI Properties, owner of Romania’s largest mall, AFI Cotroceni, will complete construction of the second building in the AFI Home North rental apartment complex in the north of the capital this year, delivering 164 new apartments.

 

The first building, AFI Home North C, with 80 apartments, was completed in April last year. Rents start at EUR 800 per month for a two-room apartment and go up to EUR 3,500  for a four-room apartment. Work on the second block, AFI Home North A, is expected to be completed in the second quarter of this year.

 

AFI Properties generated net operating income of EUR 117 million from Romanian properties in 2025, almost half (EUR 50.5 million) being generated by AFI Palace Cotroceni, the mall maintaining a 100% occupancy rate. The company started 2026 with 251,000 square meters of office and residential projects under construction, including in Romania.

 

Source: Profit.ro

Hotel Galaxy Timișoara Joins Radisson Individuals Network

Hotel Galaxy Timișoara has announced its affiliation with the international Radisson Individuals brand. Centrally located, the unit relies on contemporary design and visionary architecture to serve both the business and leisure segments.

 

According to data provided by Galaxy Timișoara, the hotel features 45 spacious rooms and three premium suites, specifically configured to accommodate extended stays. The hotel’s infrastructure includes all-day dining restaurants, a lobby bar with an outdoor terrace, rooms dedicated to corporate events and meetings, a modern fitness center, and an exclusive spa. Logistically, the property benefits from outdoor parking and a strategic position relative to main transport hubs: seven minutes away from the main train station and 20 minutes from the international airport.

Rituals opens new store in Băneasa Shopping City

Rituals Cosmetics continues its expansion on the local market by opening a new store, located on the ground floor in Băneasa Shopping City.

 

“We are happy to be closer to our customers in northern Bucharest and to invite them to discover the Rituals experience in our new space in Băneasa Shopping City. We want every visit to the store to become a moment of reconnection and discovery, in line with our philosophy of transforming everyday gestures into meaningful moments,” says Dorota Prat-Carrabin, Managing Director CEE at Rituals

 

Rituals Cosmetics is already present in several shopping centers in Bucharest, including Mega Mall, AFI Cotroceni, ParkLake Shopping Center and Sun Plaza, Promenada and Plaza Romania.

VGP prepares its largest logistics park in Romania

VGP continues its investments locally and plans to build its largest logistics park in Romania. The company has committed to acquiring two new large plots of land, a total of 76 hectares, on which the development potential is almost 400,000 sqm of logistics and industrial spaces.

 

The developer is expanding to Timisoara and wants to buy a plot of land of almost 480,000 sqm, i.e. 48 hectares. The development potential on this plot is almost 257,000 sqm, which will make it the largest logistics park of VGP locally when it is fully built.

 

The company has also committed to acquiring a plot of land of 286,000 sqm in Oradea, the new city that it is putting on the map of expansions in Romania. The plot has a development potential of 135,000 sqm of logistics spaces.

 

Source: economica.net

Continental Forum Oradea reopens following modernization

Continental Hotels Group has announced the reopening of the Continental Forum Oradea hotel following an extensive modernization and reconfiguration process, with an investment estimated at approximately EUR 4 million. The project aimed to align the four-star unit with current comfort standards, targeting all 168 rooms as well as the technical infrastructure, common spaces, and operational areas.

 

Radu Enache, CEO of Continental Hotels, stated that the group’s priority is to consolidate performance and ensure a consistent guest experience, rather than achieving a fixed capital recovery horizon.

 

With 35 years of experience in the local market, the Continental Hotels group currently operates 12 hotel units, totaling 1,754 rooms in cities such as Bucharest, Arad, Constanta, Oradea, and Sibiu.

Kronstadt Hotel resumes works at the Ibis Styles Brașov

The Ibis Styles hotel project in Brașov, which also includes a residential component, has obtained a new building permit for soil stabilization and the continuation of works on a 3,461 sqm plot in the Strada Mică area. The investment, estimated three at EUR 2.5 million, is being developed by the company Kronstadt Hotel on the site of a former sanitation warehouse.

 

The project’s implementation was interrupted due to the swampy nature of the terrain, which caused massive water infiltration during foundation excavations. The new permit issued by the Brașov City Hall is valid for 12 months and targets specific soil improvement works. The project involves the construction of two attached buildings: one dedicated to a 3-star hotel and another for housing, with the ground floor allocated for offices and services. The general plan also includes access roads, fencing, and utility networks.

WDP acquires industrial park in Iasi

Developer Warehouses De Pauw is entering the Iasi county market by taking over the industrial park developed and controlled by the Proinvest group, led by businessman Vasile Sandu.

 

The transaction is being finalized and is scheduled to be concluded by April 23, 2026. The transaction value could exceed EUR 20 million.

The park was leased in 2023 and covers approximately 300,000 square meters of land. In the end, it is estimated that around 130,000 square meters of logistics and industrial spaces will be built here.

 

Recently, the developer also bought a plot of land measuring over 40 hectares, at a price of 15 million euros, next to its park in Ștefăneștii de Jos.

 

Source: Profit.ro

Kaplan family to build logistics project on the A1 highway

The American Kaplan family, which links its expansion to the chemical industry in the 1950s, is reactivating real estate projects in Romania and is initiating the construction of a first logistics building near the eMAG warehouse on the A1 highway.

 

Kaplan Group began investing in the Romanian market in 2006 through the Carpathian Real Estate Investment Fund (CREF), which has the local representative company Terra Kapital.

 

The American investors own a plot of land with an area of ​​15.2 hectares at kilometer 22 on the A1 highway, in the town of Ciorogârla, on which they want to develop, in stages, an industrial/logistics park. The first stage aims to build a warehouse for rent with an area of ​​approximately 21,000 square meters. The land remaining free after the construction of this hall will be approximately 78,000 square meters and will be intended for subsequent construction phases.

 

Source: Profit.ro

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