Sun, Nov 08 2009
Spanish company Ferry Group will invest nearly one billion euro in one real estate and one energy project.
The company focused its investment plans on tourism, real estate and agriculture as the key economy sectors in Bulgaria, head of Ferry Group Manuel Ferry Sanchez said.
The value of each project can reach up to 500 million euro, investor.bg reported.
The real estate project initially included the construction of only a golf course near Sofia region village of Kutina. Planned investment later increased to between 400 to 500 million euro.
Besides the golf course the company plans to develop an entire satellite village, offering apartments, villas and one-family houses. The village will feature a big five-star hotel and sports facilities and will cover an area of nearly 400 000 sq m.
Ferry Group's Green Energy project envisions the cultivation of tree species for obtaining biomass and processing refuse plant products for the production of eco-fuel.
The company will search for suitable terrains for the project near the towns of Vidin, Montana and Lom.
Office rent transactions peaked at 65 000 sq m between July and September 2008, but collapsed to 10 700 sq m in Q3 2009, Forton manager Sergei Koinov said.
Most potential buyers are now opting to buy a luxury flat in the range of 120 000 to 150 000 euro or a single family home for about 500 000 euro.
About 30 000 to 35 000 people employed in the construction sector were facing redundancies in 2010, Bulgaria's Regional Development Minister Rossen Plevneliev said on October 26.
Average market prices of housing in Bulgaria dropped five per cent in July-September, measured quarter-on-quarter, the National Statistical Institute said on October 23 2009.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has released a 43.5 million euro loan to Sofia Municipality, for infrastructure projects worth 88.1 million euro in total