Drees & Sommer has released its Innovation Scouting Report 2024 this week. This year, in terms of technology trends and relevance, Trend Radar1 has placed AI first with 23.4%, big data analytics second with 15.3%, and Internet of Things (IoT) third with 11.9%, followed closely by cloud computing and digital twin.

Nearly a third of buildings on Prague’s office market are over 20 years old. This has posed a problem for many occupants because, in terms of buildings’ sustainability, they are not meeting their ESG targets.

A Luxembourg court has definitively confirmed the conclusions of the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Market. As per the verdict, Radovan Vítek's companies had been engaged in manipulation during the takeover of developer Orco, Seznamzpravy.cz reports.

Scott.Weber Workspace is expanding its coworking premises entering new buildings in Prague, Ostrava and Brno and opening 16,500 sqm of new offices for more than 2,000 people.

The permitting process has started for the first urban rental housing projects that PDS (Prague Development Company) is preparing for the capital city. Before the end of June 2024, PDS has submitted complete documentation and applications for building permits or zoning decisions for approximately 450 housing units.

Hauser, a refrigeration furniture and technology supplier, has leased new premises in Garbe Park České Budějovice. Development company Garbe is now arranging a permit for customising spaces for the client. 

The debt markets in Europe remain resilient. An extensive survey by CBRE among 130 companies shows that the lending environment is on a solid footing for when investment activity starts to pick up in the second half of 2024. Nearly two-thirds of respondents expect a recovery compared to last year with refinancing being the main source of demand. Industrial and multifamily are the preferred sectors for lending, with student accommodation and hotels seeing the strongest increase in demand.

In New Belgrade, on a plot of land about 4 kilometres from the city centre, Czech developer UDI Group has completed the first of 11-floor apartment buildings with 269 apartments. It is undergoing building use approval now with the new owners moving in in August and September. 

UBM Development Czechia has prepared an open-door event to educate the general and professional public. Guided tours of the Arcus City and Timber Praha residential projects are organised to support sustainable timber structure development strategies in the Czech Republic.

According to the report by Savills and Statista (statista.com), the European AI market is expected to reach €76.5 billion this year, up by 25.9% compared to 2023. The annual growth rate is expected to be 15.9% until 2030. These numbers confirm that artificial intelligence is gaining traction across industrial sectors, and data centres will be no exception.