Thus, the office space transactions outside Bucharest continued their upward trend for the third consecutive year, with Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara and Iasi on top spots, but companies also showed interest in other cities, such as Craiova, Targoviste and Targu-Mures, Esop said.
Compared with 2013, when most tenants operated in the IT&C sector, in 2014 and at the beginning of 2015, companies subject to relocations or pre-lease contracts operated in several sectors, such as energy, automotive, industry, IT&C.
In 2014, a total 306,273 square meters of office spaces were leased in Bucharest. The northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca was the most popular destination outside Bucharest, with office space transactions of 21,090 sqm, followed by the western city of Timisoara (11,452 sqm), the northeastern city of Iasi (4,100 sqm) and the southern city of Ploiesti (735 sqm).
Big tenants which chose other cities except for Bucharest include Recall, Bombardier, E On, EBS Romania, HP, Accesa and Genpact – which opted for Cluj-Napoca, ZTE, Microsoft, Linde Gaz, Accenture and Continental – Timisoara, OSF and GFK – Iasi and Webhelp – Ploiesti.