The gap between offer and final prices is narrowing in the Czech Republic and is helping transaction activity for the rest of 2024, according to the regular quarterly office market survey published by Colliers. 

Crestyl has completed two residential houses in its Prague development district Hagibor. The Gamma building with 138 apartments for sale and the Delta building with 168 apartments for rent have passed the building use approval in July.

Savills is moving its headquarters to new office space within the Masaryčka project in the centre of Prague. An additional 50% floor space is giving the Savills the foundation to expand its headcount towards 100 employees over the next phase of the business.

The last unit of Arete Park Valašské Meziříčí has been finished and handed over to DB Schenker, completing the other two units in this park used by the same tenant.

Prague's office market has grown by 4 new buildings in Q2 2024, offering nearly 44,000 sqm of modern class A office space, reports Colliers in its regular quarterly office property market survey. A large part of these properties has found tenants before completion.

CTP has handed over a newly completed 18,000 sqm industrial and logistics building in CTPark Žatec to Fiege s.r.o. From this location, Fiege is planning to store and subsequently distribute tyres for retail clients from the Czech Republic, Moravia and Slovakia.

Sick building syndrome (SBS) is becoming a growing problem affecting millions of buildings worldwide. In Great Britain and New Zealand, up to 80% of employees have shown symptoms of SBS leading to increased sickness and reduced productivity.

CBRE's new pan-European survey has confirmed the success of the long-term effort of companies to attract employees back to their offices, with the best results achieved by large companies.

The Czech Republic has been risking losing its self-sufficiency in producing stone and sand, according to the Euroconstruct report. These essential materials are becoming scarce because closed deposits are not replaced with newly opened ones. Obtaining permits for new ones is extremely complicated and none have been created for long.

JTH Group has opened the new Kaufland store and the adjacent Retail Park in Lovosice in North-west Bohemia. This project has been developed on an area of approximately 40,000 sqm on a former agricultural field.