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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.

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.

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. 

Construction management in the Czech Republic is entering a new, digital era. The long-awaited change has not been easy. Having not enough time to get acquainted with the new regulations and digital systems, both sides, building authorities and builders are struggling, reports E15.cz.

The development of new communication channels and increasing customer demands mean that effective real estate marketing requires an ever-increasing investment in quality - this is just one of the conclusions reached by the participants of the panel discussion on real estate marketing, which took place as part of the June conference Future of Real Estate 2024 in Warsaw. The event was co-organised by Property Forum and RICS.

With a collective urgency to accelerate decarbonisation in our built environment, national targets and business commitments are supporting change. However, we critically need to turn these plans into action and realise significant carbon reductions in our towns and cities.  

At their recent session, the Prague councillors agreed to the amendment of the zoning master plan concerning the space of railway tracks of the Main Railway Station. The possibility of construction in this important city location has not been defined at all so far. With this step, the city is planning to retain full control over future construction.

The Institute of Planning and Development City of Prague (IPR) has completed a new study dedicated to the state and development of the number of municipal apartments in Prague. 29,841 apartments are currently owned by the capital city and its districts.