The year 2021 was very successful for UBM Development Czechia. It sold three projects (in Prague, Lipno and Karlovy Vary) and also approved the Astrid Offices projects in Holešovice, the Andaz Prague Hotel on Senovážné náměstí and the Neugraf residential project in Smíchov. This list also includes the start of construction of an extensive residential project Arcus City in Prague-Stodůlky, where it also directly opened a sales center. This year, UBM will start construction of the next stage of this project. At the same time, they are negotiating new acquisitions. Following the example of the Austrian parent company, it is going to use ecological wooden constructions of houses and prepare a pilot housing project in the Czech Republic.
The construction, operation, financing, development and acquisition of commercial real estate in 2022 and beyond will continue to be affected by the prices of fuels, energy and building materials. Added to this are problems in supply chains, nearshoring operations and rapidly rising inflation. The Colliers CEE Investment Scene 2021/2022 study predicts that these factors will have a direct impact on sales prices and rents.
JRD Development, a member of the JRD Group, has completed the rough construction of the Bohdalec Quartet energy-saving project. The residential area includes 183 apartments with a healthy indoor environment, 5 commercial spaces and a ground floor with a playground and designer furniture. Commissioning of the project, on which the developer is cooperating with the RSJ investment group, is planned for the beginning of 2023.
According to the latest Savills report, the last quarter of 2021 was the busiest quarter of commercial real estate investment in the Czech Republic. 30 transactions with a total volume of more than EUR 628 million were closed. This was the highest quarterly real estate investment since the first quarter of 2020, and an improvement of 23% over the fourth quarter of 2020.
State-of-the-art technologies including intelligent building control, high-quality archi-tecture, BREEAM Excellent certification and a prestigious address in the newly es-tablished centre of the city. These are the most interesting attributes of the Organi-ca building, the current project of Contera in Ostrava. Once completed in 2023, a major part of the building will be rented by TietoEVRY, an international provider of IT services and one of the biggest employers in the Moravian-Silesian region. How-ever, Organica will offer much more to its users and visitors.
An analysis by CBRE, a world leader in commercial real estate services, shows that despite the ongoing covidu-19 pandemic, new brands are still coming to the domestic retail market, in unprecedented numbers. There were 29 of them last year, which represents a year-on-year increase of 26%. This result is even significantly better compared to the ancestor year 2019. The main event last year was the Prague premiere of the Irish clothing and accessories store Primark on Wenceslas Square, and from the perspective of the High Street the opening of the Versace Italian luxury fashion boutique in Pařížská Street. With regard to the emerging trends, the opening of the so-called phygital store (from the English words physical and digital) of the partner companies eobuv.cz and Modivo in Smíchov, Prague, can also be considered a turning point. The new store, offering a wide range of products in the field of fashion, footwear and accessories, uniquely combines the advantages of the stone shop with the comfort of e-shops and is a harbinger of shopping in the near future.
UBM Development Czechia, which completed and approved the Astrid Offices office building in Prague's Holešovice in May, sold it to the PORTIVA investment group. Both parties have decided not to disclose the amount of the transaction. The property, which has 4,300 m2 of office space and 440 m2 of retail space on the ground floor, is now fully leased. Since December, it has also become the headquarters of UBM Development Czechia, which has moved here from its offices in Liben.
The long-awaited HolKa footbridge construction project will make it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to move between the two dynamically developing districts of Prague. At the same time, it activates the creation of follow-up projects of the capital and private investor CA Immo, which will contribute to the attractiveness of the Vltava embankment in the area of Rohan Island.
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