Event Program

June 16th 2016, Sheraton Hotel, Platinum Hall

8:30 – 9:00 Welcome Coffee

9:00 – 10:30 1st Session: Office

• Romania’s attractiveness in the region for real estate investments – facts & figures
• Bucharest’s capacity to absorb this year’s new office deliveries given that some 17 projects totaling over 300,000 sqm are scheduled to be completed in 2016 in the capital
• What new areas of Bucharest are of interest for office developers?
• The profile of companies leasing office space in Bucharest at present and how are their demands changing the way office buildings are being developed
• Evolution of prices on office rents and land prices in 2016
• Office trends: green buildings

10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break

    10.45 – 12.30 2nd Session

  Retail

• How are new projects different from the ones built a few years back
• How owners are keeping up with more recent projects on the market. The need to upgrade existing shopping centers to meet new market demands
• New consumption trends – the profile of retailers expanding their local presence and consumer behavior
• Evolution of prices on commercial rents in 2016

 Industrial & Logistics

• The evolution of the industrial and logistics market this year after an effervescent 2015
• The profile of companies fueling demand for logistics and industrial space and the factors behind their decision to invest locally
• Predictions about new investments and consolidations on the local market

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 3rd Session: Residential

• residential market overview
• New development poles on the residential segment – areas of Bucharest that are of interest to residential developers
• New trends in residential development:
  – Investing in the premium residential: the premium segment is set to more than double by the end of 2017 compared to the previous two years, making it a lucrative investment option;
  – Is the local market ready for sustainable greenhouses?
• The implications of the ‘passing to pay’ law for the residential market