On Thursday morning I did not follow my brother to the exhibition. I finished my breakfast and I went up to the 4th floor, to my room, at Splendid hotel. "Ilia, imagine how big the crisis is… a simple man like you managed to find a room there, without paying a very high price for ..

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The "investment clock" of CEE countries As many major European investors explain, the previous Real Estate expansion on the Central Eastern Europe (CEE) was clockwise: It started from Poland and then Czech Republic followed. Slovakia and Hungary were the next ones to join the party. Every phase of this "Real Estate invasion" lasted for several ..

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Hello from Cannes. As you read these lines I am probably out of the exhibition, having finished from there and enjoying some sun before I fly back to Bucharest tonight. Between you and me, half of the visitors and participants left already from Thursday night. The other half are still here, but very few come ..

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The plane from Bucharest to Rome and then Nice was not full. People are not smiling and don't look eager to arrive at Cannes, our destination. The Romanian "community" is not exactly what one could describe as "loud". Just one residential developer (Panhol group) with future projects. Also one design and construction firm (Sommering). There ..

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(All time classic) My company MORE Real Estate Services proudly represented Romania during MIPIM 2008. MIPIM, the no.1 Real Estate exhibition worldwide, took place at Cannes from 11th to 15th of March. There were plenty of Romanian companies there (8) plus the municipality of Bucharest had its own stand, promoting the city and the country ..

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      Let me have a necessary break during my forecast for what is coming up during 2010. Since Wednesday I am at Cannes, where I participate at MAPIC. For the ones who are not familiar, MAPIC is the no.1 Real Estate exhibition for retail. 1.400 retailers, tens of Malls and Retail Parks, developers and all ..

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