Last Tuesday I attended CPI, “Clubul Profesionistilor de Imobiliare”, an event organized by imobiliare.ro. There, during the presentations held by Isfachan Doechie and Iulian Niculae, I felt like I was living a dejavou… 2007 – 2008: Tens of hours invested in training… It was back in 2007, when I decided to move from simple trainings for my people, to an extensive programme. I was training my colleagues already since 2005, but I thought of trying something more intensive, more professional. I invested about 40 hours in providing to my team knowledge and know how, around 25 – 30 people at that [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Troy Javaher: “Cauza blocajului”
Un interviu foarte interesant a lui Troy Javaher pentru revista Diplomat [cincopa 10710255] Cu câteva zile în urmă, am găsit un interviu online a lui Troy Javaher, şeful de la Jones Lang LaSalle din România Cunscându-l de câţiva ani şi considerându-l actualmente unul dintre cei mai serioși baieti de pe piața imobiliară românească. M-am gândit că ar fi interesant pentru dumneavoastră să citiți și opinia acestuia … Iată-l… Interviu cu Javaher Troy Jurnalist: Ilie Corina Publicația: revista “Diplomat” www.thediplomat.ro Cauza blocajului “Declarând că piața [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Troy Javaher: “Reasons for the freeze”
A very interesting interview of Troy Javaher to Diplomat magazine [cincopa 10710255] Couple of days ago, I found online the interview of Troy Javaher, the head of Jones Lang LaSalle in Romania. Knowing him for some years and finding him one of the most serious guys in Romanian Real Estate world nowadays, I thought that it would be interesting for you to check his opinion as well. Here it is… Interview of Troy Javaher Journalist: Corina Ilie Media: “Diplomat” magazine, www.thediplomat.ro Reasons for the freeze “Declaring that real estate is still hot in Romania, Troy Javaher of Jones Lang [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Romanian Real Estate market through experts’ quotes
CEDER Conference: A must attend event for Real Estate professionals (part 1) I was not so sure whether i should attend this event or not. My programme was quite busy and a deal ready to be finalized. Plus, you know… we receive announcements for so many events, almost every week. But reading the list of panelists and knowing how serious and well informed are some of them, I thought that it should be pity to lose CEDER 2010 last Wednesday. And I was right, it worthed every minute of my time and every cent of the ticket i paid, in order to access the event. Just about 80 – 100 people were [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Peter Frank: “By the year end we will start feeling that things are not getting worse”
Peter Frank used to be the host of the only English speaking TV business programme in Romania, “The Frank Show” on The Money Channel. With a vast international experience in banking and media, he is someone who can approach Romania from a different point of view. For this reason, I asked him to share his thoughts with all of us regarding Romania, its economic potential and ofcourse its Real Estate market. Having a vast experience around the world, what level of maturity do you identify in Romanian economy nowadays? Romania remains, in many ways, an economy that has yet to mature. The mechanics [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Teodor Pop: “Second half of 2010, the first solid shore in this ocean of uncertainty”
Mr Teodor Pop is one of the market leaders today in Romanian Retail industry. Managing Partner of RED, Mr Pop has been involved in projects of several millions of euro and he has promoted Romania in international level. In his interview to me, he reveals to us few “restructuring secrets”, explains the new situation in the market and he is honest enough, so as to disclose that there are cases of retailers who don’t even pay the rents, exposing in the clearest possible way the dramatic situation of the market today. Also, he presents his confidence for the success of “Prima Casa” project [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Valentin Croitoru: “9% yield at least for a transaction of a commercial property”
Last week some of the top Real Estate experts (mainly the ones who were not still in vacation) gathered in Bucharest to discuss about the market, in a very interesting and successful event. I refer to Europaproperty’s SEE Commercial Real Estate Forum and the Awards Gala that followed. One of the participants there was Mr Valentin Croitoru. Working in Romanian Real Estate business since 2000, he is managing partner at in a real estate agency and I consider him one (and some of his colleagues that I met) of the serious people, with great potential and already a lot of experience collected. I asked [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]


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 ... 


Real Estate in Romania – subject to discussion for international investors
Romania is on the map for the truly important, foreign investors. For the first time in Romanian real estate history, our country took part in the MAPIC exhibition – the real estate and retail fair organized in Cannes, one of the most important in the world. Not only did Romania have a stand there but some of the most important business people in the country went there, trying to convince the heavy players to place money in Romania. Romania, although a country that enjoys many benefits, is unknown to many potential, international investors. And for those that have heard of it, there [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]