Sun, Jul 05 2009
The commercial property market in Bulgaria is expected to grow by 300 per cent in the next three to five years, Colliers Bulgaria real estate agency head Atanas Garov said.
Garov took part in a conference linked to the upcoming Balkan Property exhibition (BalPex), investor.bg reported.
All sectors of the property market had been developing dynamically and investment was expected to increase in the next years, Garov said.
Office property market growth was expected to double in the next three years.
BulPex will take place between May 17 and 19. Its main goal is to present various points of view of investors' representatives on the property market on the Balkans.
International companies Engel East Europe, Pinnacle, Development Capital Management, DTZ and the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (EBDR) feature among forum participants.
The project will be financed by the Bulgarian Bank for Development, and the Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas, or Jessica Programme, although the report has so far failed to reveal the total cost of the vast enterprise.
The strategic plan envisages the conservation of the nature "for decades ahead", and it was formulated by a municipal team headed by professor Ivan Nikiforov, backed by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.
Once the overhaul and reconstruction of the Sofia–Vidin line is complete, it will cut travel time to three hours, as the train will be able to reach speeds of up to 160 km/h, shortening the journey to three hours.
Marriott however has made it clear that is not interested in investing in construction, but rather to occupy and manage existing buildings. Its strategy is to obtain management contracts.
Investors realise that it’s not viable to have a building remaining empty over the course of a year – so it's better for them to employ more flexibility to offset that loss.