Cushman & Wakefield Echinox has provided strategic consultancy to Prime Kapital for the Mall Moldova development in Iași. The shopping centre is set to open on April 17, 2025, and will become the largest retail facility in the Moldova region and the only super-regional mall in Romania outside Bucharest. The Cushman & Wakefield Echinox retail team supported Prime Kapital in securing a range of well-known international and local brands for the project, including Inditex, Peek & Cloppenburg, IKEA, and Leroy Merlin. The collaboration focused on creating a diverse tenant mix to position Mall Moldova as a key shopping and entertainment destination in the region. The centre will offer approximately 125,000 sq. m of retail space, featuring more than 250 stores, a cinema complex—the largest in eastern Romania—and over 10,000 sq. m dedicated to entertainment and leisure. Bogdan Marcu, Partner Capital Markets at Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, noted the company’s long-standing cooperation with Prime Kapital and emphasised the importance of retail sector support in the development process. Dana Radoveneanu, Head of Retail Agency, highlighted recent growth in Romania’s retail sector, citing the delivery of 735,000 sq. m of new retail space across the country between 2020 and 2024. Around a quarter of that space was developed by Prime Kapital. Future projects planned by major investors may add another 600,000 sq. m by 2028–2029, targeting cities such as Cluj-Napoca, Bacău, Galați, Arad, and Bucharest. Upon its opening, Mall Moldova will increase Iași’s total modern retail stock to 231,000 sq. m, placing it second among Romania’s regional cities after Timișoara, which currently leads with 264,700 sq. m.