The year 2020 closed stores, drove people out of offices and significantly changed conditions in the real estate market. While until last spring, commercial property owners could choose who to rent space to and set prices, now the situation has changed.
A total investment volume of €290 million was transacted in the Czech Republic during the first quarter of 2021, according to Savills latest research. Without the exceptional €1.3 billion Residomo portfolio sale transaction, the investment volume was only down by 8% y-o-y.
Last year, the demand for offices in virtually all European countries fell sharply. Compared to 2019, it decreased by 41% to 9 million m2. This was the lowest volume of realized demand since 2009. According to analysts of the international consulting company BNP Paribas Real Estate, there is already a recovery in this year's tenant activity, but the office market is not expected to recover until 2022. At that time, demand should reach 12.2 mil. m.
Dirt, cables, holes and dust everywhere. Robot manufacturers and developers are enthusiastic about the premises located in the newly built TechTower science and technology park in Pilsen. At least according to the words of Luďek Šantory, director of the Information Technology Administration of the City of Pilsen, under which the project falls. This is a two-storey space of the original boiler room in which the explosion occurred. This has created an ideal place for developers, which provides them with real conditions.
The activity of real estate investors fell to the lowest values since 2013 in the first quarter of this year. The owners changed their commercial (and residential) buildings for EUR 310 million. Rather than the effects of covid measures, the result was affected by the lack of quality real estate to buy.
Explosion of teleworking, advent of flex-office, new organization of spaces: the place of the office in the post-Covid-19 economy is clearly being called into question.
More than a million Czechs work in state administration or state-owned companies. Although the state office market is approximately the same as the market for Prague offices (currently approx. 3.7 million m2), the situation with investments in equipment is diametrically different. The expert jury of the Office of the Year competition spoke about the need for enlightenment among state authorities or companies at last year's meeting, as quality equipment is important for the satisfaction not only of company employees but also of state officials.
AFI Europe has signed an agreement to purchase the Avenir Business Park office center in Prague 5, owned by one of the funds of the British company Tristan Capital Partners. The premium office complex with a total leasable area of more than 25,600 m2 is almost 100% occupied. Prestigious tenants include companies such as ČSOB, ING, Porsche, McDonald’s, Dermacol and Coloplast. The value of the transaction, including certain settlements, is EUR 66.5 million. The transaction will be completed as soon as the seller meets the pre-agreed conditions in the transaction contract.
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