Thu, Feb 09 2012
Gardens Group company plans to invest in a large-scale project of mixed type near Sofia's village of Lozen.
The investment would total 400 million euro, investor. bg reported. The name of the complex would be Garden City and it would cover 600 000 sq m.
The complex would include nearly 200 apartments, 240 houses, trade centres, office buildings, a sports centre, a school and a kindergarden.
The project is expected to be completed by 2012.
More than 100 000 sq m of the terrain would be covered with green areas. The sales price of Garden City is expected to reach 500 to 600 million euro.
Gardens Group started construction of its Bistritsa Gardens residential complex on September 20. The new complex at walking distance from the centre of the village of Bistritsa. It would include 52 one-family houses with total build-up area of 16 000 sq m.
Average market prices of homes in Sofia fell by one per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010, according to the Raiffeisen Real Estate Index, as quoted by Klasa daily.
Proportionately, the number of transactions in leva increased as people reacted to speculation that the euro would disappear.
Nearly all banks are ready to finance between 80 per cent and 90 per cent of the price of a home, provided it is a good building in a large city, Bulgarian daily says.
Property prices in Bulgaria were five to 10 per cent lower in 2011 than in 2010, while initial estimates for this year are that they will remain largely unchanged, with transactions remaining at ‘crisis levels’.
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia ranks 17th, report says, quoting Global Property Guide.