Cluj County Council announces that its headquarters will become the first green public building in Romania and that, thus, the building’s energy consumption will be extremely low, close to zero.

The institution’s future modernized headquarters will comply with BREEAM (Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method) standards for green buildings.

“Following the expansion and modernization works, the Cluj County Council headquarters will become the first certified green public building in Romania, with extremely low, close to zero energy consumption. By implementing this project, we are achieving two important objectives: on the one hand, we will benefit from an expanded, environmentally friendly headquarters, and on the other hand, we will bring under the same roof, in a single building, all the departments within the County Council, which currently operate in other spaces in the municipality. This aspect will contribute to the efficiency of the work of employees in all these structures, facilitating even better communication and collaboration,” said the president of the Cluj County Council, Alin Tișe.

The total developed area of the future headquarters of the Cluj County Council will almost double, namely it will increase from 3,552 sqm to about 6,700 sqm, with a ground footprint of about 960 sqm. The total value of the investment is 90,512,725.98 lei, with financing to be provided both from the County Council budget and from other sources. The duration of the works will be 18 months, a term that runs from the date of issuing the order to start the works.

Source: economica.net

Real estate consultant SVN Romania opened an office in Pipera, which will provide non-exclusive consultancy and brokerage services of residential projects located in the area and representation for buyers and sellers active on the secondary market.

The new office’s activity will be coordinated by Razvan Crainiceanu, a consultant with an experience of over 16 years on the new and secondary residential segments. The management team also includes Gabriel Voicu, Victor Vremera and Mircea Marin, consultants which in their careers advised the development and sale of dozens of new residential projects, totalling over 15,000 completed homes.

”Pipera is going through a real estate development boom, being the most important residential hub in the northern area of Bucharest. Dozens of residential projects were delivered in the are in the last decade and many homes are re-entering the market, thus creating a solid portfolio of units. In addition, we are already the consultant for several new residential projects located in the area, including First Estates Pipera, the first residential project in Romania which offers free heating, and Noura Residence, developed by football player Florin Tanase. The area will continue to attract new residential developments, considering that Ilfov Country surpassed Bucharest in terms of construction permits issued for residential buildings,” said Razvan Crainiceanu, managing partner SVN Romania | Pipera.

Over 3,000 homes are currently under construction in Pipera area according to SVN’s data, this being the most important development hub in the northern part of Bucharest. Pipera is followed by Fabrica de Glucoza, Aviatiei, Sisesti and Straulesti in terms of the number of new residential units under construction.

Permits for almost 980,000 usable square meters were issued for construction in residential buildings in 2024 in Ilfov, according to the National Institute for Statistics, compared to about 855,000 usable square meters authorized in Bucharest, volumes that also include reauthorizations. 2024 was the second consecutive year in which Bucharest was surpassed by Ilfov from this point of view, a situation that had not been recorded since 2016.

Almost 169,000 residential units were sold in 2024 in Romania, up 6.6% compared to 2023, while the number of homes sales registered in Bucharest and Ilfov, the largest regional residential market in the country, surpassed 60,000 units, up 7.6% compared to 2023, according to the data of the National Agency of Cadastre and Land Registration.

Hungarian company Duna Aszfalt Zrt will acquire Brașov-based Euro Strada SRL, which specializes in road and bridge construction. The value of the transaction is not public. Duna Aszfalt is one of the largest family-owned construction companies in Central Europe.

Euro Strada SRL had 102 employees in 2023. The transaction serves to increase Duna Group’s international presence, consolidate its role in the construction industry, and achieve the status of a medium-sized regional enterprise with Hungarian capital.

Duna Aszfalt bought one of the largest Polish road construction companies, Mota-Engil Central Europe (MECE), last year. Duna Aszfalt is controlled by businessman László Szijj.

Source: Profit.ro