Global Real Estate recognition for Romania: Debut of its National Pavilion at MIPIM 2025, under AREI's protective wing
Romania is set to make a significant impact at the global real estate fair, MIPIM 2025, held in Cannes, France from March 11-14. The nation's participation, marked by the first-ever Romanian national pavilion, aims to capitalize on its rapidly expanding commercial real estate market, attract international investments, and promote strategic industrial and logistics hubs.
The Romanian national pavilion is organized under the Association of Real Estate Investors in Romania (AREI) umbrella and will be represented by leading players in the industry, including AFI Europe Romania, Alber Holding, Forte Partners, Globalworth, Mulberry Development, One United Properties, Speedwell, and Urbanio Timisoara.
The pavilion serves as an essential platform for exchanging ideas, best practices, and access to strategic information on sustainability, social projects, and urban development. It strengthens the link between the public and private sectors for harmonious urban development and attracting strategic investments.
Romania's participation at MIPIM 2025 offers a unique opportunity to learn from the experiences of other cities and promote the local real estate market. The Timișoara City Hall will also be present at the Romanian national pavilion, reaffirming Romania's commitment to sustainable economic development, smart urbanization, and international collaboration.
The Timișoara City Hall will be represented by Ciprian Ciucu, Mayor of Sector 6 of Bucharest, and Dominic Fritz, Mayor of Timișoara, at the Political Summit, a major event at MIPIM 2025 attended by local government leaders from around the world. High-profile participants include Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London), José Luis Martínez-Almeida (Mayor of Madrid), Roberto Gualtieri (Mayor of Rome), Haris Doukas (Mayor of Athens), and other leaders from around the world.
Mario Daraghi, former Prime Minister of Italy, will open the Political Summit, providing a framework for debate on economic trends, urban investment, and sustainability strategies. The event underscores Romania's dedication to fostering dialogue and cooperation in the real estate sector.
Over the years, various institutions and companies from Romania have been present at MIPIM. Romania's participation in MIPIM 2025 represents a unique opportunity to promote the local real estate market and attract foreign capital. The pavilion will participate in conferences, workshops, and debates on key topics such as sustainability, social projects, and the future of real estate investment.
One of the key benefits of Romania's participation is showcasing a booming commercial real estate sector. Romania’s industrial, logistics, and office real estate markets are experiencing record expansion in 2025, with projected transactional volumes increasing markedly (22% over 2024), and an overall logistics stock of 7.5 million sqm with potential for further growth compared to mature European markets. Presenting these trends at MIPIM 2025 can attract global investors and developers.
Another advantage is attracting international investors and partnerships. Leading European real estate investors like M Core are actively expanding portfolios in Romania, developing modern and strategically located properties such as industrial parks and retail centers. MIPIM provides a platform to highlight these opportunities, encouraging more investors to enter the Romanian market.
Romania also promotes its strategic advantages at MIPIM. The country combines competitive labor costs with a geographically strategic position at Central and Eastern Europe crossroads, making it an attractive nearshoring and logistics hub. MIPIM enables Romania to market these advantages directly to international companies seeking operational bases or warehouse facilities.
Moreover, Romania is diversifying into modern office and integrated mixed-use developments including retail and hospitality, exemplified by projects like the Promenada Mall Bucharest extension. Participation in MIPIM helps in networking with developers and institutional investors interested in diverse commercial real estate segments.
Despite some permitting delays and rising costs, the strong momentum and optimistic outlook for smarter, greener, and resilient real estate development in Romania can be emphasized to stakeholders at MIPIM to foster further confidence. The event provides a platform to discuss and address these challenges, ensuring a sustainable and prosperous future for Romania's real estate market.
In summary, Romania’s involvement at MIPIM 2025 enables it to capitalize on a dynamic real estate market, attract foreign investment, showcase strategic sector strengths — especially industrial/logistics — and build vital international partnerships that support ongoing economic and infrastructural development.
- The Romanian national pavilion at MIPIM 2025, organized under the Association of Real Estate Investors in Romania (AREI) umbrella, is designed to foster strategic partnerships within the real estate sector, attracting global investors and promoting sustainable economic development by highlighting the country's rapidly expanding commercial real estate market, such as industrial and logistics hubs.
- As part of Romania's participation at MIPIM 2025, leaders from various sectors will engage in debates on key topics like sustainability, social projects, and the future of real-estate investment, with the aim of attracting foreign capital and developing modern, mixed-use properties, all while showcasing the country's potential as a nearshoring and logistics hub at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe.
