Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Open House Prague Festival took place again this year, this time from 2 to 8 August 2021. The weekly accompanying program offered a number of events that introduced architecture to visitors in an unconventional way. People could sail on the Vltava paddle steamer, take the Kotěr tram with an explanation by architect Zdeněk Lukeš, enjoy a unique composed evening with contemporary dance and an evening tour of Laichter's house, or take part in a debate and film screening on abandoned buildings right on the grandstand of the Great Strahov Stadium. There was also interest in the tour and discussion, which presented the course of the reconstruction of Zenger's transformation station, the future headquarters of the Kunsthalle Prague in Klárov. During the week, other guided tours and walks were prepared, for example on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the Prague Exhibition Grounds, 150 years since the construction of the Gröbe Villa in Havlíčkovy sady or 150 years since the arrival of the first train in Prague. "We were surprised by the great public interest in the accompanying program of the Open House Prague 2021 festival," says director Andrea Šenkyříková, adding: "The events were intended for a limited number of people, and despite the fact that we were already fully booked at the beginning of the festival week. "
A total of 1,000 sqm of office space in the Mayhouse building in Pragueʼs Pankrác district has been leased to two new tenants: RTB Media and Capgemini Czech Republic.
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The specialist for providing comprehensive security services, G4S Secure Solutions, is the new tenant of the completely renovated Office Building B. The agency occupied 815 m2 of office space in July this year, adding other renowned companies ABInBev, NEWPS and Alcon Pharmaceuticals. The owner and administrator of the building is the PASSERINVEST Group.
Gross take-up on the Prague office market in Q2 2021 amounted to 89,300 sqm, representing a 5% decrease on the previous quarter but a 10% increase in a year-on-year comparison. The Prague Research Forum has published the office market figures for the past quarter.
The Rustonka office building complex located in Prague 8 - Karlín will be complemented by another new building: the Red Court office building from the CMC architects workshop. The architectural and design company OBERMEYER HELIKA continued its successful operation in the construction of the RUSTONKA 1C and 2 office buildings. Now, as the general designer, it provides documentation for the building permit and for the construction of the Red Court office building. During the construction, it will also provide the function of author's supervision.
The coronavirus pandemic significantly affected office work. According to the Prague Research Forum, the share of vacant office space in the total supply in Prague increased from 6.98% at the end of 2020 to 7.6% in Q1 2021. The vacancy rate increased by 220 basis points year-on-year and reached the highest value since 2 quarter of 2017. However, not all office centers have struggled with the outflow of demand in recent months. At the time of the coronary crisis, both the landlords' approach to their tenants, who eventually got into trouble, and the famous ratio between quality and price played a key role. And in these respects, Class B offices often came out victorious. For example, Nagano Park, an administrative complex in Prague 3 - Třebešín, under the management of Geosan Development, recorded an increase in occupancy from 89.95% in February 2020 to the current 93.94%. New tenants include, for example, the state-subsidized organization Service Facilities for the Ministry of the Interior or Advande Labs.
The office market is one of the areas most affected by real estate pandemics. It is not yet clear how many people will return to the offices and what proportion of companies will require "pre-fashion" attendance from their employees. Investors and operators of coworking centers are venturing the opportunity to cut a larger share of the market.
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