Sofia Office Market Driven by the Technology Sector
In the last few years it is the technology sector that runs the office market in Sofia city. The main clients that are renting the class A offices in Sofia are the companies from the outsourcing and the IT sector, as well as international companies for shared services. These companies participated in 45 % of the signed deals for rental of office premises in Sofia in 2015.
There is a serious demand for good offices with central location and proper facilities. At the same time however Sofia has only 12 % offices of class A and B that are still available. At the same time, the office buildings that have been put into usage since the beginning of 2016 are around 13 500 sq.m. The expectations are for another 50 000 sq.m of offices to be released in Sofia city in 2016, while in 2017 the number of newly built Sofia offices is expected to be around 110 000 sq.m.