The number of the available Sofia offices dropped with 12%

According to real estate company Colliers, in the first six months of the year were rented more than 75 000 sq.m. of office premises. This means that the number of the available offices in Sofia is decreasing and has dropped with 12% for that period. Currently, the available office premises in Sofia are around 348 000 sq.m. The research shows that there is a serious interest by many international companies and outsourcing companies which are looking for offices of high class in Sofia city. At the same time, year 2013 started with low level of activity in the construction of new office premises. The Sofia office buildings that were completed in the first half of the year had total area of 34 000 sq.m. and at the same time no new office projects were started. Currently are being constructed 190 000 sq.m of office premises, which will be completed next year. These offices will be part of two office centers – Bulgaria Tower on “Bulgaria” Blvd. and Capital Fort on “Tsarigradscko Schousse” Blvd.

Sofia offices that are on demand are those with good location, placed in office centers and business centers with many extras. The companies which are looking for offices in Sofia city work in the sphere of software, pharmacy, trade, call centers. The two large companies that entered the office market in Sofia are Covance Medical in Bulgaria House office center and Servantes Institute in Sveta Sofia business center.