CBD

Bucharest's central area, with excellent access to public transport and the city's main points of interest. It is characterised by premium office buildings, head offices and a limited supply of land for new developments.

Home to approximately 32,000 office employees, Bucharest's CBD (Central Business District) holds 350,360 sqm of modern office stock, with asking rents between €18 and €22/sqm/month. (Source: Crosspoint Research, Romanian Real Estate Market H1 2026)

About the area

The area, at a glance

The central business district gravitates around Piața Victoriei, where corporate headquarters, institutions and consultancies are concentrated. Addresses here remain the most sought-after in the city for prestige, with direct access to the metro and the main arteries. The stock is mature, with established Class A buildings.

History

The site of Piața Victoriei was called Capul Podului before the 19th-century systematisation of Bucharest. Calea Victoriei, laid out under Constantin Brâncoveanu to link the Mogoșoaia estate to the Princely Palace, later gave the square its name. Victoria Palace, the seat of the Government, was built between 1937 and 1944 to the plans of Duiliu Marcu, damaged in the Second World War and rebuilt by 1952; it became the seat of the first post-December 1989 government in 1990 and was listed as a historic monument in 2004. Piața Charles de Gaulle bore the names Jianu, Adolf Hitler, Generalissimo I.V. Stalin (with a statue of Stalin between 1951 and 1962) and Aviatorilor before its current form, from the late 1990s. The area entered the Class A office era with Charles de Gaulle Plaza, completed in 2003, and America House, brought into use between 2004 and 2006.

Amenities and access

The area is bounded by major arteries converging on the two squares: the Aviatorilor, Kiseleff, Lascăr Catargiu and Magheru boulevards, Calea Victoriei, Calea Dorobanților, as well as Constantin Prezan and Primăverii streets. Metro access is direct: Piața Victoriei station (lines M1 and M2) serves the CBD core, and Aviatorilor station sits right beneath Piața Charles de Gaulle.

Nearby:

King Michael I Park, adjoining Herăstrău, north-west of Piața Charles de Gaulle
The Arcul de Triumf, west of the same square
The "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History and Filantropia Hospital, both opposite America House, in Piața Victoriei
The Romanian Television headquarters, on Calea Dorobanților, about 100 metres from Piața Charles de Gaulle
The Millennium Cross and the statue of Charles de Gaulle, landmarks inside the square of the same name