Large employers have turned the work from home period into an opportunity to invest in design solutions for their office spaces, in order to attract employees and prepare for the new work formats. The most active sectors: IT&C, professional services, financial services, companies with online activities (eg. food delivery, betting). Hospitals and clinics, private schools and the hospitality sector are investing more and more in design solutions adapted to the new health, safety and wellbeing trends. Along with the regional offices in Cluj and Timisoara, COS inaugurates a new office in Iasi, according to TheDiplomat.ro.
COS, the office fit-out* market leader, reports almost EUR 23 million business volume in the 4th quarter of 2021, representing advisory, concept and complete interior design solutions contracts, up by 12% as compared to the same period of 2020. At the same time, the company continues its regional expansion, by inaugurating a new representative office in Iasi, considering the recent years` accelerated development the Eastern part of the country.
75% of COS business in 2021 comes from the office segment, the main field of activity for COS [Corporate Office Solutions], the demand coming mainly from large companies operating in industries such as software / IT & C, financial services and consulting and companies with online activities. However, there is a growing demand from other new segments of the market, which are beginning to invest aggressively in their interior spaces, given the new occupiers` requirements on health and safety.
„The medical sector (public and private hospitals and clinics), the educational sector (especially the private schools) or the hospitality sector (hotels but also restaurants) have started to invest more and more in design and their interior spaces, both as a result of the new health and wellbeing concerns, as well as from the point of view of increasing competition. The interior design and comfort have become strongly differentiating elements for the end customer, given the increasing competition between the players active in these segments,” says Christophe Weller, founder of COS.
Along with the official representative office in Bucharest and the two regional offices in Timisoara and Cluj, COS recently inaugurated a new representative office in Iasi, in United Business Center 3.
“All the transformations that the business environment in general is going through and the way Romania is developing across regional cities are opportunities for COS. Romanians are more and more concerned with design, with improving the spaces interior comfort and we see an increasing concern for quality. The price is no longer the main differentiator in the market and factors such as the efficiency and safety are gaining more and more ground,” COS official adds.
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