The Romanian retail market has been very active throughout H1 2025, when projects totaling more than 162,000 sq. m were delivered. Thus, the modern retail stock in the country reached 4.73 million sq. m.
The largest share is located in the Central – West region (16 counties in Transylvania and Banat), totaling approximately 1.56 million sq. m (33% of the national stock), followed by Bucharest – Ilfov with 1.33 million sq. m (28%), according to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
At a city-based level, the highest retail space density can be found in Pitesti (1,510 sq. m/ 1,000 inhabitants), Suceava (1,471 sq. m/ 1,000 inhabitants), Deva (1,252 sq. m/ 1,000 inhabitants), Sibiu (1,213 sq. m / 1,000 inhabitants), Oradea (1,123 sq. m/ 1,000 inhabitants).
Timisoara is the only city with a population of over 250,000 inhabitants that surpassed the 1,000 sq. m/ 1,000 inhabitants share. In other big cities this indicator varies between 522 sq. m/1,000 inhabitants in Cluj – Napoca to 914 sq. m/1,000 inhabitants in Iasi.
The H1 2025 new supply increased by over 80% compared with the same period last year, with Mall Moldova, a super-regional shopping center in Iasi (125,700 sq. m) and the Iulius Mall Suceava extension (16,500 sq. m) being the most important projects completed in that period.
Moreover, the Romanian retail market is projected to continue its growth in a context where more than 700,000 sq. m of new projects are in different development stages across the country and are due to be completed by the end of the decade.
The Central – West region, particularly Cluj – Napoca and Resita, is set to attract ~60% of these deliveries, while the East (notably Bacau and Galati) accounts for 16% of the national pipeline.
South has a lower pipeline of 65,000 sq. m, with Tulcea and Giurgiu being among the targeted cities. Meanwhile, Bucharest has 46,000 sq. m of new retail premises currently under construction.
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