Archive for April, 2009

Last week some of the top Real Estate experts (mainly the ones who were not still in vacation) gathered in Bucharest to discuss about the market, in a very interesting and successful event. I refer to Europaproperty’s SEE Commercial Real Estate Forum and the Awards Gala that followed. One of the participants there was Mr... »

Hello from the sunny Greek capital. Having arrived here in Athens on Monday night, I started meetings immediately. Two new clients, several others I already know and some top Real Estate and business experts provided me a lot of feedback regarding their approach for the near future of Romania and not only. I will... »

Buna dimineata to everyone! After a small period of vacation, today Bucharest returns to its normal standards. Last week the streets were quite empty and the majority of people were searching for ways to extend their holidays as much as possible, or (at worst case scenario) they were working without much mood. Today we... »

Probably most of you know that there was an earthquake during the weekend. Its epicenter was at Vrancea county (Focsani is the biggest city there) and it was also felt in Bucharest too (and other cities). Measured a bit over 5 points (at Richter scale), it woke up memories of the past, as 1977’s... »

The evening TAROM flight from Cluj to Bucharest is always a positive surprise for me. A bigger airplane awaits many people to fill it and usually I notice that the service of the flight attendants is excellent as well. After two very tiring days in the capital of Transylvania, I return back to Bucharest,... »

This happens when you invest without crosschecking before… I looked at my right. People sitting on the chairs, talking. Then at my left. The bar of Marriott café, at ground floor. I looked up a bit. The famous stairs made of marble. I took a magazine. I was able to read it properly. This quick... »

Linkedin: Answering to questions I don’t remember if I have told you, but lately I started being quite active at http://www.linkedin.com/, a site dedicated to business networking. I have to tell you a lot about it, but this is will come later on. Today I will share with you a question I received by someone... »

“Ilia, don’t meet me this period, I bring bad luck to everyone around me, including myself of course”. “I don’t want to reply to you, so please cut the crap”. “Really, my store has been robbed, my car is damaged and I search for a place to repair, my apartment has a leak” “Where... »

Hello and have a nice week, everyone. I really made a big effort to upload this post, as I can barely press the buttons of my laptop… This Saturday I played basketball for the first time since… I don’t remember when (!) and every possible muscle of my body hurts.  I guess that an... »

Hello to everyone. Yesterday my day could be described as “madness”, with meetings starting from 09.00, until late in the night, almost every one or two hours. So I got back home pretty late, trying to read the news that my friends have been talking about: “G20 summit saved the World”, “Finally, we finished... »