The I&L real estate segment is probably the least impacted of the current crisis, as the latest events only exacerbated past trends which were already quite favourable in the longer run, like a shift to e-commerce and re-shoring (likely to be felt over the medium term). Together with Romania’s structural undersupply, things look bright when looking past the short-term noise. The 26 top developers and tenants which took part in our survey between 23rd of September and 3rd of October incapsulate such views.
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Uncertainties and the overall recession climate have negatively impacted I&L market participants, though not nearly as much as other sectors of the economy. So, while for about 46% of respondents 2020 looks worse than planned, for the rest, it is pretty much business as usual (which is quite positive given Romania’s dynamics) or above-plan results.