In the 3rd quarter, there was only a slight increase in the total area of modern office space in Prague, and it continues to be slightly above the 3.95 million m² mark. In the first nine months of 2024, 69,500 m² of office space was completed in Prague, which represents a decrease of 29% compared to the same period in 2023.
Since the beginning of the year, the office vacancy rate in Prague has increased from 7.4% to the current 8.1%, which represents the highest value this year. A total of 318,200 m² of office space was immediately available. On a year-over-year basis, the current vacancy rate is 78 bps higher than the same period in 2023.
The total rental activity for the first three quarters is 458,100 m², which represents a year-on-year increase of 27%. Renegotiations of existing contracts accounted for more than 49%, similar to the same period last year.
Net demand increased by 26% year-on-year, reaching 222,800 m² in the first three quarters of this year. Thanks to the ČS transaction, the financial sector is the most active (44% of this year's net demand).
The basic rent for class A offices in the center of Prague and in the outskirts has stabilized. It increased slightly in the wider city center.
On September 12, 2024, CTP, the largest European developer of industrial and logistics parks, opened its state-of-the-art office building I in the Vlněna complex in Brno, which was created by the revitalization of a former brownfield. The festive event was attended by important personalities from among clients, partners and the city. The 60-meter-tall structure, designed by architectural studio acht, boasts innovative technologies, including a drone mail system that was demonstrated with a test flight at the event.
Almost half of Czechs eat lunch directly in the office, and only a fifth of them go to company canteens, according to a new survey by the IN CATERING company, conducted by the Ipsos agency on a sample of 509 respondents aged 18 to 65. About a tenth of Czechs go to restaurants, and when choosing a place, the most important factors are the quality of the food and the price, while the strongest motivator for changing a favorite restaurant is special prices and discounts.
Profile Furniture has completed the implementation of interiors of the new CEZ office building at the Dukovany nuclear power plant. The total volume of the contract reached CZK 11.4 million. The design of the building is the architectural studio DI5, which held the design inspired by the power plant itself. The project included 242 jobs, meeting rooms, dining room, classrooms and workshops and was implemented in two stages in the first half of this year.
The modern AFI Europe office complex with the largest green facade in Central Europe will soon welcome another prestigious tenant. The law firm Wolf Theiss, which until now was also based in Karlín, but near Florence, will move its team here. The European media and entertainment company Sky CP Limited will open a development center in Prague for the Sky Showtime streaming video service with millions of viewers worldwide. It plans to hire dozens of developers specializing in so-called front-end programming and the JavaScript language to the premises in Karlín.
When you think of the development of Karlín, you probably think of the period at the turn of the millennium, when investors led by Serge Borenstein started to transform the gray inner periphery of the city into a new lively district. The development was also accelerated by the floods in 2002, which, although they were a disaster for many, meant new construction possibilities for Karlín.
V polovině června začala výstavba další části obrovského projektu Smíchov City, který staví developerská společnost Sekyra Group. Druhá fáze, nazvaná Smíchov City Jih, bude v mnoha ohledech výjimečná. Třeba výší investice, rozsahem výstavby, ale i tím, že v ní vznikne nové sídlo České spořitelny.
From July 1, 2024, the new Building Act also applies to ordinary buildings. In the long term, it will speed up and simplify construction management. It waives unnecessary technical requirements, which will make housing construction cheaper. The building permit is obtained by the builder in one place online in the builder's portal. Along with the new construction law, the related implementing regulations, including the modern decree on construction requirements, also came into force. The law also provides for a transitional period until the end of June 2027. Until then, it will be possible to use the documentation that the builder developed before the new building law came into effect.
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