Significant movement in the Prague commercial real estate sector as CA Immo divests a major office building in the sought-after Holešovice district. This sale highlights ongoing investor interest and the demand for high-quality office space in the city.
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SCS Software, a game studio whose truck driving simulators have a loyal fan base around the world, is moving into the Roztyly Plaza office complex, which was completed last year. The offices, which occupy the top three floors of the building, were designed by Perspektiv studio.
Investment and development company AFI announces the appointment of Karin Shalev Shogol as CEO for the Czech Republic. She replaces Doron Klein who will focus on other tasks and challenges related to AFI after fourteen years of successful leadership of the Czech team. He will continue in his role as Deputy CEO of the entire group and also as CEO of AFI Romania.
Similar to Prague, Brno also recorded only a slight year-on-year increase in the supply of modern office space in 2024, with the total market size increasing by only 8,600 square meters. The same was true in Ostrava, where the construction of modern office buildings has been subdued in recent years, with exceptions, and the average annual completed area over the past 5 years is 5,800 square meters. Despite the lower supply, both cities represent an attractive alternative for investors - rental prices are stable and lag behind the Prague market. In Brno, at the end of 2024, the rent for premium office space in a modern design was EUR 17 per square meter per month, while in Ostrava it ranged between EUR 14 and 14.50. Other regional cities, especially Plzeň, Hradec Králové and Olomouc, could attract investors' attention in the coming years thanks to new projects and improving transport infrastructure. This is according to the latest analysis of the regional office space market by Colliers.
After recently opening offices in India and Romania, the Czech real estate consultancy 108 REAL ESTATE is expanding into the south-eastern part of Europe - the Adriatic. Since September, a new office has been operating in Zagreb, covering the real estate markets of Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. Despite the territorial differences, the entire region is united by the growing interest of developers and tenants - especially in the field of industrial real estate. For example, the supply of modern warehouses and production space in prospective Serbia amounts to just 1.3 million sqm, which is less than new office space.
In the third quarter of 2024, approximately 188 million euros were invested across the main real estate sectors. Although this is one of the lowest volumes in recent years, a full 100% of buyers were from the Czech Republic. The total investment volume for the first three quarters of 2024 exceeded one billion euros. There were a total of 34 transactions. Approximately half of the properties with which transactions have been carried out so far in 2024 are located outside Prague. This is according to a regular quarterly survey published by Colliers, a leading provider of diversified professional services in the field of commercial real estate and investment management.
In the 3rd quarter, there was only a slight increase in the total area of modern office space in Prague, and it continues to be slightly above the 3.95 million m² mark. In the first nine months of 2024, 69,500 m² of office space was completed in Prague, which represents a decrease of 29% compared to the same period in 2023.
Since the beginning of the year, the office vacancy rate in Prague has increased from 7.4% to the current 8.1%, which represents the highest value this year. A total of 318,200 m² of office space was immediately available. On a year-over-year basis, the current vacancy rate is 78 bps higher than the same period in 2023.
The total rental activity for the first three quarters is 458,100 m², which represents a year-on-year increase of 27%. Renegotiations of existing contracts accounted for more than 49%, similar to the same period last year.
Net demand increased by 26% year-on-year, reaching 222,800 m² in the first three quarters of this year. Thanks to the ČS transaction, the financial sector is the most active (44% of this year's net demand).
The basic rent for class A offices in the center of Prague and in the outskirts has stabilized. It increased slightly in the wider city center.
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