UBM Development AG is aiming to fulfill its strategic goal of becoming the leading developer of wooden construction projects in Europe. In 2024, it already has over 300,000 m² of wooden buildings in preparation. Timber Pioneer, the first wooden office building with a wood-hybrid structure in the Frankfurt am Main business district, is now complete and its anchor tenant is Universal Investment. UBM recently started construction on the Timber Factory district in Munich, the Timber Peak high-rise in Mainz and the LeopoldQuartier Office complex in Vienna. The company has a number of other wooden buildings in preparation, such as the Timber Works and Timber Living projects in Munich or Timber Port in Düsseldorf. The vision of the parent company is also followed by the Czech branch of UBM Development Czechia, which this summer will complete the Timber Praha project, the first multi-storey residential wooden building in the history of the Czech metropolis.
In three years, the surroundings of Smíchovský nádraží in Prague will change beyond recognition. Today, there is a huge construction site where construction is taking place in parallel under the direction of private and public investors. Their representatives officially presented the next stage of the Smíchov City project on Wednesday.
The office market is slowly recovering from a deep depression. Managers are looking to more modern workplaces not only to meet future sustainability requirements, but also to entice employees from their homes back into the workplace. Škoda Auto recently moved to new offices, large media houses are changing their addresses, and Česká spořitelna, for example, is already looking at a modern building in Smíchov. Some authorities and public institutions are also looking for a new seat. However, many companies prefer the reconstruction of existing buildings.
The rebranding and reconstruction of the building on Karlov náměstí concerns retail and office spaces and architectural modifications with the installation of a new logo and brand identity.
The market for modern office space in Prague at the end of the 1st quarter of 2024 amounted to approximately 3.91 million m2. The vacancy rate increased slightly to 7.5%, representing approximately 292,000 m2 of vacant office space available for immediate lease. After a long period of inactivity, new speculative construction is now slowly starting to thaw. And despite the long-term growth of rents, Prague remains an attractive and competitive location attracting new investors. This is according to the regular quarterly survey of the office real estate market published by Colliers, a leading provider of diversified professional services in the field of commercial real estate and investment management.
Prague Research Forum announces data on the office market in Prague for Q1 2024:
Almost 71,300 m2 of office space is under construction, of which 82% will be completed this year.
In the first quarter of 2024, one office building was completed – Roztyly Plaza (21,700 m2). Thus, 80,300 m2 should be completed for the entire year 2024, significantly less than the long-term average.
Gross realized demand reached a total of 108,700 m2 in the first quarter of 2024, a year-on-year decrease of 19%.
Net demand was 46,000 m2 in the same period, 38% less than in the same period last year.
Net absorption was positive in the first quarter and reached 8,900 m2.
The vacancy rate increased 30 basis points from the previous quarter
to 7.5%.
The highest achievable rent increased slightly to EUR 27.50-28.00 per square meter per month.
The Dornych project of the Crestyl Group, which will replace the old shopping center in the neighborhood of the Brno Central Station in the coming years, will also offer a hotel. The Leonardo Hotels network will strengthen its presence in the Czech Republic with the opening of a new lifestyle hotel, NYX Hotel Brno by Leonardo Hotels. It will open in mid-2028 and will be the group's second hotel in the Czech Republic after NYX Hotel Praha, which opened in 2017. The Dornych project will offer a freely accessible public space flanked by several smaller buildings. The lower floors of the new buildings will be reserved for shops and services, while the upper floors will house rental housing and offices in addition to the aforementioned hotel. One of the buildings will be occupied by the EUC clinic.
Prague is the only city in the CEE region (Central and Eastern Europe) that can be proud of the so-called Prime High Street, i.e. a shopping street with exclusively the most prestigious global brands. It is Pařížská street, which currently has 46 occupied out of a total of 48 retail units. The interest of premium brands in this location increased significantly after the end of the Covid pandemic. According to experts from Colliers, a leading provider of diversified professional services in the field of commercial real estate and investment management, it is only a matter of time before another similar zone is created in Prague and the city's reputation as a global player in the field of luxury retail will grow even more.
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