Alexandru Petrescu, Managing Partner ESOP Consulting, Speaker at the RRR Conference

On October 3, 2013, at the Caro Hotel, the conference “RRR – Restoration / Renovation / Rehabilitation” took place, where Alexandru Petrescu, Managing Partner of ESOP Consulting, held the presentation Perspective on the real estate market of restored buildings.

ESOP has been working for 11 years on the market of office space rentals in villas.

We probably have the largest database of villas that have office destinations. We manage more than 2,000 villas that exceed 500,000 square meters.

From the beginning of the year until now, we have rented an area of ​​8,055 sq m in villas. From our experience, we consider that the renovation and reintroduction of villas in the commercial circuit with offices is one of the most efficient methods of conservation and capitalization of real estate represented by these properties.

The presentation also presents the level of rent in Bucharest, for these types of properties, tips for landlords – individuals or developers – what level of rent should be aimed at, how to renovate villas to attract tenants on the office space market, from what are the tenants who rent such properties and what are they aiming for and why is it still an excellent deal to renovate historic buildings and introduce them to the commercial circuit.

Among the speakers at the conference “RRR – Restoration / Renovation / Rehabilitation”, together with Alexandru Petrescu, Managing Partner ESOP Consulting were Gheorghe Patrascu, Chief Architect of the Capital, Alexandru Muraru, Director General of the National Institute of Heritage, Ministry of Culture, arch. Calin Hoinarescu, president of the National Union of Historic Monuments Restorers in Romania, Dr. Eng. Traian Popp, president of the Association of Structural Design Engineers, Mauricio Mesa Gomez, general manager of Hercesa Romania, Calin Ispravnic, president of the Association for Private Property, arch. Doina Eleonora Marin, Vice President of the Romanian Architects Union, Prof. Dr. Augustin Ioan, President of the National Commission of Historical Monuments, Serban Tiganas, President of the Order of Architects of Romania.