Sun, Nov 08 2009
Real estate investment company Greenfield Bulgaria, operating in Bulgaria and Romania, plans to invest 40 million euro in building a commercial park in Turgovishte, investor.bg reported.
The planned park is 100km north-east of Veliko Turnovo. According to the company's executives, the park will occupy a 92 000 sq m land plot, strategically situated near Turgovishte's ring-road and the highway connecting Sofia and Varna.
A mall, a number of hypermarkets selling food, electronics, construction supplies and furniture, a petrol station and a fast-food restaurant will all find place within the park's compound, with an envisioned 40 000 sq m built-up area.
For the convenience of all customers, a parking for 1200 cars has also been planned.
The company said it expected to obtain a building permit by the end of 2008. The completion deadline was set for 2010, investor.bg said.
Architect of the project is London-based studio Chapman Taylor, which was involved in the design of recently opened Mall Varna.
According to Greenfield executives, the annual return on investment was expected to be 8.5 per cent.
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