Sun, Nov 08 2009
Investment firm Winslow Developments has secured a loan of 72 million leva from Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria to fund the construction of the first stage of its Winslow Gardens residential project in Sofia's Manastirski Livadi borough, investor.bg reported.
The loan has a maturity of 42 months, investor.bg quoted the bank as saying.
The developer plans to start work on the first stage of the gated community, which will cost 105 million leva and is scheduled for completion in mid-2010, later this month. Despite that fact, last week the company said it has sold 60 per cent of the apartments in Winslow Gardens off-plan.
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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