Impact

30.11.2023

• Iasi

Iasi represents Romania’s third city in terms of population, with strong local universities that nurture over 55,000 students annually. With those figures, the city is still weak in terms of new, modern housing units.

Data collected by RPC from imobiliare.ro show that offers for the first three quarters in 2023 total 1,275 apartments, of which the new units listed count for 410, a minus of 18% as compared to the same period of the previous year.

The two major new residential projects in Iasi are developed by investors with national track record: Impact Developer & Contractor and Prime Kapital. Impact obtained the building permit for a major scheme totaling 1,062 apartments on Copou hill. Prime Kapital is developing a mixed-use scheme on the former Teba industrial platform. The new project has an important residential component, totaling 1,549 apartments to be delivered in different stages of construction. The first stage should be delivered by year end according to previous announcements from the developer, while construction for the second phase is underway. Each construction phase comprises approximately 300 units.

In terms of demand for both new and old units the figures for the third trimester show a plus of 4% as compared to the same period of 2022, while the figures for Q1-Q3 of the current year show a minus of 3% as compared to Q1-Q3 of the previous year.

Transactions for the first three quarters total 4,489 for the entire county, according to data from Cadaster Office – ANCPI. The figure represents a minus of 18% as compared to the previous year.

Regarding the rental residential units, there are increases for both first three quarters – a plus of 11%- and for the third quarter – a plus of 2%. The total offers indicate a minus of 31% as compared to the previous year and another minus of 16% for new listings on the market. The rents have seen an increase of 12% in Q3 2023 vs Q3 2022.

30.08.2022

• Iasi

IMPACT Developer & Contractor, the first real estate developer listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (stock symbol IMP), closes the first semester of 2022 with a 45% sales increase and a 64% gross profit increase compared to the same period of last year.

Thus, the developer obtained 90.3 million lei by selling completed units and a 35.23 million lei gross profit, with a 39% gross margin.

The sales increase is due to having completely finished the LUXURIA Residence compound located in Expozitiei area in Bucharest. In the first semester, IMPACT pre-contracted and reserved 177 new units in the company’s projects located in Bucharest, Constanta and Iasi. Thus, as of June 30, 2022, IMPACT had a total of 618 pre-contracted and reserved units, with a 363.1 million lei value, which will be recorded as income starting the second semester of 2022.

“We have quickly adapted to the new geopolitical context and managed to maintain a good pace of sales and pre-sales. Real estate remained one of the safest investment options and clients who wanted to secure their capital chose our projects due to the quality and sustainability of the developments. The first half of the year was, therefore, an effervescent one, with an intensification of operational activity, through the expansion in Bucharest and in other big cities of the country, a vertical consolidation at group level, and on the capital market, through the conclusion of capital increases, with a cash contribution and by incorporating reserves in a total amount of 45.4 million euro. For the second half of the year, we plan to accelerate production and continue expanding nationally. We are convinced that the ambitious project development program, along with the increase in free-float, will lead to better liquidity of IMP shares”, said Constantin Sebeșanu, CEO IMPACT Developer & Contractor.

As of June 30, 2022, IMPACT owned 89.4 ha of land with an EPRA value estimated at 786.5 million lei, of which 73.5 ha with immediate development potential, on which can be built up to 15,000 apartments, infrastructure and spaces for community services (schools, kindergartens, church, parks) and shopping centers, with a cumulative development value of over 1.5 billion euro.

By the end of the year, IMPACT will open GREENFIELD Plaza, which includes the Wellness Club by Greenfield, and will deliver over 300 new apartments. In the next 12 months, IMPACT plans to complete another 750 apartments and will start new investments nationwide for another 850 apartments, thus creating the conditions for a positive business development in 2023.