Richard Hogg, Partner at the Cushman & Wakefield, has been appointed to lead its CEE Valuation & Advisory team.

According to experts from Colliers, the Czech real estate market is facing several challenges this year.

Developer YIT has launched the construction and sale of the new Sija Kamýk project in Prague 12. The development of the project is revitalizing the former brownfield used as a building site and later as office buildings in the Praha-Kamýk district.

The residential segment in Brno has booked rather not a positive record. Data from the real estate company Trikaya, as e15.cz reports, are speaking clearly: while 1,192 apartments in new buildings were sold on the Brno market in 2021, last year it was only 492. This is the least in the last 10 years.

The supply of modern retail space has reached 3.93 million sqm in the Czech Republic. Retail parks or shopping parks are taking a portion of 31% of this total according to Cushman & Wakefield's analysis of the Czech retail park market data. Traditional shopping centres account for about 67%, and the remaining 2% are outlets.

The past year has probably been the weakest since 2009 in terms of the volume of investments in real estate, both in the Czech Republic and throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This conclusion has resulted from the KPMG Property Lending Barometer survey. It has involved representatives of 48 banks from 10 CEE countries.

Zdeněk Hausvater, Director of Asset Management at AEW Europe, has confirmed that the shopping gallery Mylsbek in Prague is for sale, Hospodářské noviny reports.

As part of the so-called consolidation package, which has changed several dozen laws since January in the Czech Republic, the property tax is rising by an additional 80% starting this year, reports Seznamspravy.cz.

The Office for the Protection of Economic Competition (ÚOHS) has authorized the Czech real estate fund Trigea from the Partners group to buy the owner of the Prague shopping centre Arkády Pankrác, e15.cz reports.

The second stage of Skanska's project Modřanský cukrovar (Modřanský sugar factory) in Prague is offering 126 apartments in four sections. Currently, 35% of the apartments in the second stage have been sold, reports Newstream.cz.