16 February 2011

Shopping center City Mall in Bucharest, currently insolvent, is up for sale for EUR 33 million, according to Casa de Insolventa Transilvania, the judiciary liquidator. Victoria Holding, the owner of the mall, has a debt of around EUR 73 million. The shopping center filed for insolvency in November last year. Australian investment fund APN UKA bought the shopping center in 2006 for EUR 103.5 million.

16 February 2011

Rompetrol Rafinare, part of the Rompetrol Group, posted a loss of USD 193 million last year, 41 percent higher than the loss reported the year before. Its turnover managed to increase, however, by 12 percent, to USD 3.5 billion.

15 February 2011

ING has agreed to sell the majority of its ING Real Estate Investment Management business (ING REIM) in two separate transactions for a combined price of approximately USD 1 billion to CB Richard Ellis Group. Both ING REIM and CBRE are present on the Romanian market. ING REIM is present in Romania and owns the Felicia Shopping Center in Iasi. CBRE took over local real estate agency Eurisko in 2008.

15 February 2011

Era Shopping Park Oradea has signed the contract with a new anchor and plans to open the shopping mall phase of the retail project this autumn. The developers, Omilos Group, have signed the lease with clothing retailer Sprider Store, which will open a 850-sqm store in the shopping galleria. The new Sprider Stores unit will be opened mid-March.

15 February 2011

Romanian pharmaceutical producer Biofarm saw its net profit dropping by 26 percent last year, to EUR 3.45 million, according to preliminary financial data sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (symbol BIO), where the company is listed. Its operational profit was however up 22 percent compared to 2009, to EUR 3.9 million.

15 February 2011

The Romanian gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 1.2 percent in 2010 from 2009, according to the National Institute of Statistics. According to the early estimations, the fourth-quarter GDP was by 0.1 percent higher than in Q3 of 2010 in real terms (seasonally adjusted data).

16 February 2011

Shopping center City Mall in Bucharest, currently insolvent, is up for sale for EUR 33 million, according to Casa de Insolventa Transilvania, the judiciary liquidator. Victoria Holding, the owner of the mall, has a debt of around EUR 73 million. The shopping center filed for insolvency in November last year. Australian investment fund APN UKA bought the shopping center in 2006 for EUR 103.5 million.

16 February 2011

Rompetrol Rafinare, part of the Rompetrol Group, posted a loss of USD 193 million last year, 41 percent higher than the loss reported the year before. Its turnover managed to increase, however, by 12 percent, to USD 3.5 billion.

15 February 2011

ING has agreed to sell the majority of its ING Real Estate Investment Management business (ING REIM) in two separate transactions for a combined price of approximately USD 1 billion to CB Richard Ellis Group. Both ING REIM and CBRE are present on the Romanian market. ING REIM is present in Romania and owns the Felicia Shopping Center in Iasi. CBRE took over local real estate agency Eurisko in 2008.

15 February 2011

Era Shopping Park Oradea has signed the contract with a new anchor and plans to open the shopping mall phase of the retail project this autumn. The developers, Omilos Group, have signed the lease with clothing retailer Sprider Store, which will open a 850-sqm store in the shopping galleria. The new Sprider Stores unit will be opened mid-March.

15 February 2011

Romanian pharmaceutical producer Biofarm saw its net profit dropping by 26 percent last year, to EUR 3.45 million, according to preliminary financial data sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (symbol BIO), where the company is listed. Its operational profit was however up 22 percent compared to 2009, to EUR 3.9 million.

15 February 2011

The Romanian gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 1.2 percent in 2010 from 2009, according to the National Institute of Statistics. According to the early estimations, the fourth-quarter GDP was by 0.1 percent higher than in Q3 of 2010 in real terms (seasonally adjusted data).

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