The market for modern office space in Prague at the end of the 1st quarter of 2024 amounted to approximately 3.91 million m2. The vacancy rate increased slightly to 7.5%, representing approximately 292,000 m2 of vacant office space available for immediate lease. After a long period of inactivity, new speculative construction is now slowly starting to thaw. And despite the long-term growth of rents, Prague remains an attractive and competitive location attracting new investors. This is according to the regular quarterly survey of the office real estate market published by Colliers, a leading provider of diversified professional services in the field of commercial real estate and investment management.
Prague Research Forum announces data on the office market in Prague for Q1 2024:
Almost 71,300 m2 of office space is under construction, of which 82% will be completed this year.
In the first quarter of 2024, one office building was completed – Roztyly Plaza (21,700 m2). Thus, 80,300 m2 should be completed for the entire year 2024, significantly less than the long-term average.
Gross realized demand reached a total of 108,700 m2 in the first quarter of 2024, a year-on-year decrease of 19%.
Net demand was 46,000 m2 in the same period, 38% less than in the same period last year.
Net absorption was positive in the first quarter and reached 8,900 m2.
The vacancy rate increased 30 basis points from the previous quarter
to 7.5%.
The highest achievable rent increased slightly to EUR 27.50-28.00 per square meter per month.
PlanRadar, one of the leading European platforms for digitization in the construction industry, which is already used in the Czech Republic by, for example, the construction companies BAK, Metrostav and Imos Brno, specialist in project management and technical supervision of buildings Unitrex Management or companies providing maintenance and property management such as Awigo or Trade Center Prague, launched a special tool focused on planning. It is designed to facilitate the construction of buildings and subsequently their maintenance and management. Above all, the novelty will facilitate the supervision of all tasks and help with meeting the set deadlines.
• Less than a year after the first tenant moved in, the Mississippi House and Missouri Park office buildings on the River City Prague office campus are fully occupied
• 18 concluded lease transactions with a total of 16,200 m2 of modern administrative space in the Prague portfolio of CA Immo during the first 5 months of 2022
• As companies struggle for the best brains, the trend toward the highest quality offices is growing
Large transactions returned to the Czech real estate market. The first quarter of this year was the strongest in the commercial real estate investment market in the last few years. The market thus returned to pre-pandemic levels. The confidence of domestic investors is also constantly growing. However, the impact of the war in Ukraine and the expected stagflation of the Czech economy remain largely unknown.
CAPEXUS is one of the leading Czech companies engaged in the design, planning and implementation of modern and energy-efficient office space, as well as the revitalization of older buildings with commercial use. In connection with the pressure on decarbonisation and energy-efficient operation of commercial buildings, a high demand for modern and functional revitalizations is expected on the real estate market. Cooperation with CAPEXUS will make it possible to reach new customers on the real estate market, especially investors in office space and tenants themselves. The merger of the two companies has already been approved by the Office for the Protection of Competition.
With effect from January 2021, IMMOFINANZ has entrusted the international real estate consulting company Savills with the exclusive management of its portfolio of seven office buildings in Prague. The total floor area of the assets is approximately 123,000 square meters.
According to the latest Flex Forward report from global real estate consultant Colliers International, European markets with a low level of existing flexible workspace saw the largest increase in new flexible operations in the first half of 2020.
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