It is just 10 days ago that we returned from Cannes, when my company participated in the no. 1 Real Estate exhibition of the world, MIPIM. I guess you have read all about it, as I wrote four consecutive times. Now we are ready to get the best out of the meetings we had there (and I am happy to find out that we have already 3 – 4 major transactions proceeding) and in the same time we prepare ourselves for SIMA, the no. 1 Real Estate event in Spain (www.simaexpo.com). It will be held in Madrid from 8 to 12 of April and my company will participate there too, having a stand. In the same time, I was [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]After MIPIM, here comes SIMA (and even more to come)
Filed Under: Uncategorized on Mar 26, 2008 @ 12:34 AM
Trying the impossible: “Collaboration with a “magician” real estate agent”…
Filed Under: Uncategorized on Mar 26, 2008 @ 12:32 AM
The first time I had met this young guy was some weeks ago. He came to my office, with a style of a prince. Dressed like he was going to pick up a drunk girl from a club in Ibiza, this distinguished gentleman entered in the big conference room of my headquarters, together with a common friend of ours, who did the introduction (“you should meet this guy, Ilia, he says that he is magician in real estate, finding properties where no one else can”). He sat (or to be more precise he laid on the chair) and he was ready to talk. My assistant brought his coffee, but as she left it 18 centimetres further [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Memories from Cannes (part 2)
Filed Under: Uncategorized on Mar 25, 2008 @ 12:30 AM
The 50 years old gentleman came to my stand, without knowing much about me, I guess nothing at all. He was a Romanian citizen living abroad for most of the time. He asked to sit and to talk to the boss, so my people informed me to join the conversation. He started talking by trying to understand who I am and what my company does. Then he changed to some topics that sounded irrelevant, probably he was checking my knowledge about the real life and facts in Romania today. Then it was time for… football! Steaua, Rapid, Dinamo and the other teams were mentioned… The time was passing and after [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Memories from Cannes (part 1)
Today it is the last day that I will refer to MIPIM exhibition and Cannes. After I presented to you last week the news of the market worldwide and the situation regarding the Romanian Real Estate market, it is time now for my personal memories, as this week, from 10 to 15th of March, it was one of the most interesting ones in my life. Did you meet the legendary Aristotelis Onasis? I guess not, neither did I. This is why I was really surprised when I realized that the gentleman who was sitting in front of me could really apply as his “resurrection”. Same face, glasses and style. I guess the [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]I am super very happy: The “Cavalry” is coming…
Filed Under: Uncategorized on Mar 24, 2008 @ 12:27 AM
I guess that all of you have seen “cowboys and Indians” movies. In these old American films, almost always the “white people” are put in difficult position by the Indians, but in the last minute the cavalry is coming, saving them from extinction. This is why this expression about the cavalry is used today in USA in many occasions, even if sometimes cavalry now can be a fleet of fighter airplanes or whatever else which is considered strong and something which creates a serious advantage in terms of power. Well, to be honest, I never felt that I am surrounded by Indians and that I am under [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Isarescu: In the next years, Romania’s GDP will continue growing by 5 – 6%
The President of the National Bank of Romania, mr Isarescu, had announced officially that the expectations for the Romanian economy are very high for the years to come. We are talking for a steady 5 – 6% per year for the next years, which is really impressive, especially if we keep in mind that it will lead to a decade of very high economy’s expansion. My personal prediction is that Romania will have the biggest GDP of the Balkans by 2013 – 2014, surpassing even Greece (except if the politicians in my country will increase again the GDP artificially, as this happened once last year). Of course [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Lovely weather – dramatic situation in the stock market
Filed Under: Uncategorized on Mar 24, 2008 @ 12:23 AM
Hello and have a nice week, wherever you are. This weekend the weather in Bucharest was more or less lovely, with the sun creating a nice and warm atmosphere (and the talk of the town to be the new club “Pasha”, owned by the famous football player Adrian Mutu, which had opening on Friday). Unfortunately the nature did not have anything good enough, so as to heal the hearts of the ones who invest in the stock market of Bucharest… On Friday the market was -7.3% down, for many different reasons, having fallen from 9.900 units since the beginning of the year to 6.762, in just 80 days. This market [...]
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Few days ago, on Tuesday, I had presented to you an interview of Mr Gavin Ryan, an expert in Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. As far as I understood from your feedback, this subject was really interesting for you, as the official information about this segment is really limited. This is why I decided to address to Mr Ryan again, summing some of your questions and adding some new ones. This domain is really interesting and I think that it worths to know ... 
NATO Summit: A great moment for Romania, a reborn country
Next week is one of the most important weeks in the last 20 years of Romanian history. The summit of NATO will be held here in Bucharest, from the 2nd until the 4th of April. The entire city is prepared for this event. Streets will be closed, check points will be created and in many cases the Romanian citizens will feel like they are hostages in their own homeland. In the photo here you can see the streets which will be closed, in the map given by the government. In the big square in front of Palace of Parliament (I don’t know why, but I keep preferring mentioning it with the name “Ceausescu’s [...]
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