Sun, Nov 08 2009
The resort village of Kamchiya, located 28 km southward from Varna, will attract significant investment to the tune of between 200 and 250 million euro over the next two or three years, Avren municipality mayor Krassimir Todorov said, as quoted by Bulgarian news agency (BTA).
The projected investment will add between 12 000 and 15 000 new beds to the capacity of the holiday compound, he added.
A new vacation complex will open doors in close proximity to Kamchiya village this year. It will deliver 200 apartments and 70 studios. Finance is secured by a British company, Todorov told media, without disclosing its name.
Investments will not be limited to tourism alone, with construction on the spaghetti factory in the nearby village of Zdravets due start in April, the mayor said. The investor is Korean company Sammi Sound Tech, which plans to export its produce to European markets.
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