QR codes are currently booming. You can find them practically everywhere: on information posters, advertising flyers and tickets to cultural events. In addition, a number of restaurants have started placing them on tables for contactless menus and payments during the covid-19 pandemic. Anyone who knows the use of QR codes from practice knows how fast it is to scan and retrieve information from them. Thanks to this, they have spread from customers to industries, including construction. Adam Heres Vostárek, an expert on the digitization of processes in the construction industry from the company PlanRadar, explains how this technology can be effectively used in construction and real estate management.
Construction companies and developers look forward to this date with great uncertainty. From July 1 this year, building authorities will decide on all constructions according to the new building act. Although it came into effect at the beginning of the year for infrastructure and transport constructions, according to him, all other constructions, including large development projects, will also be assessed in the summer.
Regional cities in the Czech Republic are becoming an increasingly interesting alternative for investors looking for cheaper, yet high-quality office space outside of Prague. That's according to the latest survey by Colliers, a leading provider of diversified professional services in commercial real estate and investment management. According to him, net realized demand in Brno grew by 43% year-on-year, in Ostrava by 127%. At the same time, prices are kept at a level that is one third to one half lower than in Prague. Even more interest in regional cities could be aroused by a better offer of serviced offices, which are of particular interest to established companies on the market in connection with the development of hybrid work and the introduction of hub & spoke or flex & core models.
The development company Skanska has been demolishing the brutalist Merkuria building in Holešovice for a year and a half. The demolition period is indeed atypical, and there is a good reason for it – Skanska decided on a bold plan. In place of large excavators, on-site workers try to find other uses for all the material in the building, be it furniture, blinds, iron or concrete.
The company Savills is monitoring the changes in the approach of companies in relation to renting office space on the Prague market. Current trends are renegotiations, subleases, serviced offices, and there is renewed interest in reconstructed buildings. At the same time, second-hand spaces appear in the search engine of companies, where it is possible to take over a completed and often attractive interior, realized by another company. These changes are happening as a result of insufficient office construction in Prague, which is at its lowest level in at least the last decade. However, even such transactions can have a positive impact within the ESG strategy of companies - some existing buildings after reconstruction can meet the current demanding requirements for economy. According to the Savills survey, green rental contracts will become a completely common part of rental contracts by 2026.
Last year it became clear that Prague is not only a dynamic European city, but also the second most active market for flexible offices after London. Metropolises such as Warsaw, Amsterdam and Madrid followed at a distance. This success only confirms the growing attractiveness of flexible offices in the region. Moreover, according to the real estate consulting company CBRE, the world leader in the field of commercial real estate services, the positive trend will continue this year as well.
The international law firm CMS and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have rented office space in the newly renovated Palác Dunaj building on Národní třída. The total occupancy has now reached almost 80%. Only one floor of offices and retail units on the ground floor of the building remain vacant, though negotiations with potential tenants are already underway here as well.
The share of foreign and Czech companies based in Prague offices is equal. Although almost three-quarters of them are currently occupied by foreign companies, the demand for new premises is more domestic companies. Established foreign companies in many cases prefer to stay in established locations and renegotiate existing leases. One of the reasons preventing the further arrival of foreign companies on the Czech market may also be insufficient construction of new areas. Therefore, companies often look for locations for their centers in other European cities, this follows from the comments of experts and the findings of ČTK.
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