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The volume of investments in real estate was expected to increase significantly this year, the study shows

26.03.2024

The volume of investments in real estate in the Czech Republic should increase by up to 22 percent this year and amount to 38 billion crowns (1.5 billion euros). In the first...

The battle for topsoil is headed for a compromise. A ban on construction would reduce the competitiveness of the Czech...

20.03.2024

In the increasingly fierce competition with Poland, Slovakia or Hungary for the construction of industrial sites, including those of the strategic gigafactory type, the Czech Republic can shoot itself in the foot....

The first phase of the revitalization of the old DMC ValMez complex has ended. Demaco will invest in further development...

14.03.2024

In July 2022, the development company Demaco became the owner of the industrial area with an area of 13 hectares, which until then was owned by the production company Schott. It has...

In Slovakia, they put into operation the largest smart battery storage replacing fossil resources

13.03.2024

In the industrial park in Banská Bystrica, the largest smart battery storage in Slovakia with an output of 2.7 megawatts was successfully put into operation. The brAIn repository, which was implemented by...

MARKET IN MINUTES | CZECH REPUBLIC INDUSTRIAL MARKET Q4 2023

11.03.2024

After a 12% growth in 2022, the total industrial stock in the Czech market grew by 8% this year and at the end of 2023 totalling 12.1 million sq m. The countrywide...

A new study advises how to effectively manage rainwater in industrial areas

08.03.2024

Developer Panattoni has been cooperating with the Research Institute of Land Reclamation and Protection (VÚMOP) for a long time. A current study carried out in Panattoni Park Prague Airport II confirms that...

Europe is changing, interest in warehouses and halls remains high, Accolade figures confirm

04.03.2024

Fewer orders, but more interested parties. The industrial construction market is changing, it reflects the European path to independence, says the head of the Accolade construction investment company, which manages millions of...

THE SAVILLS BLOG: Why build-to-suit warehouse units have taken a back seat to existing stock

13.02.2024

Build-to-suit (BTS) has long been a key feature of the industrial & logistics sector, providing occupiers with the opportunity to acquire a bespoke unit that fits their exact requirements. Prior to the...

Retail logistics is on the threshold of major changes

23.01.2024

Retail logistics is currently facing many demands and problems. Consumer demand is falling, logistics and stores are suffering from a lack of workers, and demands for reducing greenhouse gases and achieving ESG...

THE SAVILLS BLOG: The good, the bad and the ugly: What to expect from the warehouse market in 2024

17.01.2024

Although economic news has been rather downbeat in recent months, consumers, on the whole, have weathered the storm relatively well. With around two thirds of occupier demand for warehouses coming from retailers...

Logport expands its portfolio, it acquires an industrial hall in Kladno

20.12.2023

Savills negotiated the sale of a warehouse owned by ITB Transito s.r.o., to Logport Development s.r.o. The industrial hall is located in a well-established industrial zone in the southern part of Kladno and...

Developer CSPP to build a new logistics centre for Flosman in Planá nad Lužnicí

06.12.2023

Savills negotiated a pre-lease of warehouse space for Flosman s.r.o., a Czech company engaged in the retail and wholesale of food and pharmaceuticals. The lease covers 8,000 sq m of warehouse and almost...

MARKET IN MINUTES | CZECH REPUBLIC INDUSTRIAL MARKET Q3 2023

05.12.2023

Although the year-to-date volume of new completions is 27% down y-o-y, the total stock of modern industrial space intended for lease maintained a 2% quarterly growth rate, being in line with its...

Savills appoints Ondřej Míček as Head of Industrial Agency for Czech Republic & Slovakia

04.12.2023

Savills has appointed Ondřej Míček as Head of Industrial Agency for its Czech and Slovak operations effective December 2023. Since joining Savills as a consultant concentrating primarily on industrial space leasing, Ondřej...

After the records comes the slump

21.11.2023

The construction boom of industrial and warehouse space in the Czech Republic continues, even though the market is starting to change. After the end of the pandemic, the demand for e-shops decreases...

The price of land is affected by their critical shortage

16.11.2023

Land for the new construction of industrial and logistics parks in the Czech Republic is decreasing. Developers are thus looking more and more at locations that they paid minimal attention to in...

Industrial market infographic: Record construction is clearly a positive sign

02.11.2023

Jana Čožíková, Associate Industrial Agency at Savills, says: “The high activity of developers and record construction is a positive sign. Not only does it affect the amount of rent for industrial and...

Savills registers record industrial development in the Czech Republic. 1.4 mil. sq m is under construction and the largest rental...

20.10.2023

From Q1 2023, Savills registers around 1.4 million sq m of industrial space intended for lease that is in various phases of construction. These construction levels were also true in Q2 2023, representing...

Growth of semiconductor production across EU set to generate 10.8m sq m of warehouse demand by 2030

28.08.2023

According to Savills latest Spotlight, Semiconductors and the Logistics Sector, Europe’s share of semiconductor production will need to more than double to reach the EU Chips Act’s target of 20% of global...

MARKET IN MINUTES | CZECH REPUBLIC INDUSTRIAL MARKET Q2 2023

15.08.2023

Year-to-date, a total of 477,700 sq m of modern industrial space has been completed, an increase of 12% compared to H1 2022. The total stock thus reached 11.6 million sq m (+14%...

Away from Asia, towards the Czech Republic. The interest of companies in production halls is growing, they help developers and...

07.08.2023

From the second half of 2022, we are registering an increase in demand for renting modern industrial premises from manufacturing companies. In the second quarter of this year and in the entire...