The man who built Cotroceni Park leaves Romania
Autor:
Cristi Moga
16.02.2010
Israeli-born Reuven Havar, 61, who supervised the development
of the biggest mall on the Romanian market - Bucharest's Cotroceni
Park - will step down as country manager of AFI Europe after
spending four years in Romania.
Havar worked for ten years in Prague and Bucharest, for AFI
Europe, a company controlled by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. On
the Romanian market he supervised both the Cotroceni Park project,
worth 300 million euros, and the aggressive land acquisition
campaign, of plots worth over 100 million euros, where no projects
are currently developed.
"My mission ends here. I am looking for a more serious one, and moving on to a higher position. I will be coordinating operations in several countries in the region, which will probably include Romania. AFI will start one or two projects at the most this year, but I don't think there is enough 'meat' for me here," said Havar, who also worked in Romania in the '90s for Prigat company.