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.
Skanska's latest and largest administrative project in the Czech Republic, Port7, received the prestigious LEED Platinum certification in the latest v4 version. According to available information, the project received the best rating of all commercial projects built last year in the Czech Republic. Buildings D and E even ranked among the best in the ranking of the most sustainable office buildings in Europe certified in 2023. Demanding environmental criteria were followed both during construction and now during the building's operation. Skanska was able to obtain 3 platinum certifications at once in the campus certification scheme.
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.
Colliers, a leading professional services company in the field of commercial real estate and investment management, has released its forecasts for the Central and Eastern Europe region for 2024. The GDP growth rate is expected to increase and therefore the activity in the commercial market. What are the other key points and trends from the Colliers predictions?
The new look of Vítězné náměstí in Prague's Dejvice will begin to take shape thanks to the winning proposal from the consortium of studios Benthem Crouwel Architects, Opočenský Valouch Architekti, Rehwaldt Landscape Architects, PUDIS and AED. This architectural quintet joined forces to create a well-thought-out design for the fourth quadrant, which Prague residents call nothing else than "Kulaťák".
Investment volume in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE-6) fell by around 52% to €5.1 billion in 2023, reaching a ten-year low. Higher borrowing costs and the price difference between buyers' and sellers' expectations are among the reasons why transaction volumes are well below the ten-year average level of around 10 billion euros. Domestic capital was the most active with an impressive 56% share of total regional volumes. Czech capital secured the highest share of volumes with 28%. This results from a survey by Colliers, a leading provider of diversified professional services in the field of commercial real estate and investment management, which was presented at a February meeting of Czech and Slovak investors and other financial experts working in the field of commercial real estate.
Canon has expanded its portfolio of office equipment with six modernized A4 format models in the i-SENSYS and i-SENSYS X series. The new products designed for modern businesses will bring additional benefits including higher scanning speed, lower energy consumption, a clearer interface and improved security features.
In the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE-6 countries), a significant increase in the GDP growth rate is expected this year, from less than 1% last year to approximately 2.5%. According to experts from the Colliers company, which belongs to the top in the provision of diversified professional services in the field of commercial real estate and investment management, activity will therefore begin to increase in the commercial real estate market in this region in the second half of the year. However, the condition for this development is a reduction in interest rates in the eurozone. At the same time, retail parks will continue to be the main engine of growth. Other trends and forecasts published by Colliers for the CEE region in 2024 will include:
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