The outsourcing companies – most active tenants on the Sofia rental market

The outsourcing business processes companies and the IT companies working in the capital are the most active tenants on the Sofia rental market. Currently, they have taken one fourth of the total number of offices for rent in Sofia. The interest of these companies in towards modern office and business buildings of class A, which have parking zones and central location, that is serviced by the public transport and are easily accessible by car and on foot. Since the beginning of the year until the end of March the completed office premises reached total of 19 300 sq.m. Most of these office buildings were completed for the investors’ own needs. The rental premises in Sofi that have been rented for the first three months of the year reached 31 000 sq.m., which is a 23 % increase compared with the rented office premises in the previous three months.

The successful companies follow one basic tendency – they move to office buildings of a higher class, which have more facilities and extras and better location. That is why the number of the available offices in Sofia of class A is decreasing. The available offices in the business buildings of class A have dropped with almost 2 %. The available office premises in the ten best office centers in Sofia is just 17 %. The rental levels in these top office buildings vary from 9 to 12 Euro per sq.m.