The Czech real estate fund Investika became the new owner of the Tensor administrative complex in Gdynia. He is investing in Poland for the fifth time, this time one billion crowns. The popularity of the neighboring country is also growing among other Czech investors thanks to the greater number of opportunities, higher yields and still relatively affordable prices.
Europe's fight against carbon dioxide is pushing developers to reduce their carbon footprint. Building so-called sustainably will be crucial for the financing of new projects in the coming years. Domestic developers already want to use industrially processed wood to a greater extent for the construction of offices and apartment buildings. But legislation prevents them from doing so. Studio Qarta Architecture of architects Jiří Řezák and David Wittassek now offers a possible solution to break the ice in this regard in the Czech Republic.
In the Czech Republic, there is a growing interest in so-called mixed-use projects that connect offices, shops, housing and various forms of social enjoyment. Unfortunately, their construction still lags behind the surrounding countries. The reason is primarily the very long building permit process. While in Poland, for example, a permit for a new building takes only a few months, here it usually takes years.
The first quarter of this year brought a revival of the Prague office market. Growing demand may encounter a lower availability of new premium spaces in the coming years, as only a smaller number of new projects are currently under construction. This can also affect the currently stabilized price level of rents. Serviced office centers and projects that comply with ESG principles are on the rise. This results from a quarterly market survey carried out by the Colliers company.
Anyone who regularly moves around Prague's náměstí Republiky may have recently noticed an increase in construction activity at the somewhat run-down corner house adjacent to Kotvá. And in about a month, scaffolding will appear on the corner palace in the neoclassical style according to the design of the architects Adolf Foehr and Alfons Wertmüller, the author of the State Opera.
The Churchill Square office complex in Prague near the main railway station will be completely transferred to the domestic company Českomoravská nemovitstní. She already owns half of the building. The other half belongs to the Lebanese investment group CFH.
Scott.Weber Workspace, which operates flexible serviced offices, coworking and event spaces, is expanding. In the new locations of The Park and Port7, it will offer 830 office spaces with an area of 7,322 m2, in addition to expanding the area in Atrium Flóra by another whole floor. The Park in Chodov is a campus of office buildings with exceptionally rich civic amenities. Due to the nature of the companies located there, the location is referred to as "Prague's Silicon Valley". On the contrary, Port7 is a newly built complex in Holešovice, which is considered to be the new Prague waterfront. And it is, for example, the only place in Prague that can be reached by seven modes of transport. The Atrium Flóra concept, where offices are located in a shopping center building, is being expanded by another floor due to its great popularity.
The volume of investment in commercial real estate in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in 2022 was approximately 10.7 billion euros. Although this is a year-on-year decrease of only 3.3%, compared to the situation before the pandemic, it is a reduction of more than 20%. At the same time, domestic capital was the most active with a 38% share of total transaction volumes. In the first half of 2023, commercial real estate markets will remain subdued due to significantly higher financing costs and the subsequent price correction currently taking place in both CEE and many other regions. Colliers experts estimate that in 2023 investment volumes in CEE could reach between 7.0 and 10.0 billion euros. This follows from a study by Colliers, a leader in the provision of diversified professional services in the field of commercial real estate and investment management.
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