Fitness operator World Class leases 1,000 sqm in Bucharest’s America House

Fitness operator World Class has leased 1,000 sqm in America House, the office building owned by French investment fund AEW. The transaction was mediated by Jones Lang LaSalle. World Class will open a fitness facility on the first floor of the building, within the retail gallery where consultancy & other services companies operate.

America House is a Class A business center, built on 9 floors, with a lettable area of 27,000 m² and providing for 350 underground parking places. Other tenants in the building are Deloitte, Mastercard, Ericsson, BCR, Schlumberger,Tuca  Zbarcea &Asociatii,  S&T and the Embassy of Japan.

AEW Europe is an investment fund based in France, with offices in Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, the Nordic countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. In Romania, AEW Europe also owns European Retail Park Targu Mures, anchored by Auchan, Baumax and Cinema City- expected to open in late 2011. Currently, World Class operates six centers in Bucharest, two in Cluj and Timisoara.