December 11 (SeeNews) - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with up to 250 employees rented almost half of the available modern office space in Romania this year, real estate company ESOP Romania said on Tuesday.
So far this year, SMEs leased over 114,367 sq m of office space in Romania, according to an analysis by ESOP Consulting.
"The market is balanced, in terms of volume of space rented by SMEs and large companies. The most powerful segments that rent most office space are medium companies with 50 to 249 employees and large companies with more than 250 employees," ESOP Consulting managing partner Alexandru Petrescu.
More and more co-working spacesoperators are emerging by renting areas of more than 1,000 sq m or even over 4,000 sq m, targeting SMEs which are mostly active in IT&C, Petrescu added.
Office space rentals by large companies with over 250 employees accounted for 54% of all office lease transactions this year, the study showed. Such large companies that moved in 2018 or pre-leased office space in 2018 are UPC, Dell, PWC, Thales, Microsoft, Deloitte, London Stock Exchange, Schlumberger and ING.
With more than 16 years of experience, ESOP has traded more than 120,000 sq m over the last three years. It is an affiliate member of CORFAC International - Corporate Facility Advisors - an alliance of entrepreneurial real estate companies activating at local, national and international level.