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Italian Co-Ver Industrial to build Tishman and GE's Sofia Airport Centre

Thu, Jul 31 2008 17:48 CET

byElitsa Savova

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Italian company Co-Ver Industrial won the tender for the construction of a business centre near Sofia Airport, Italian news agency Ansa said as quoted by Dnenvik daily.

Investors in the development, Sofia Airport Centre, were Tishman and General Electric Real Estates. The investment was estimated at 250 million Euro.

Tishman launched the construction of the first building of the business centre, Marketing Suit, in August 2007. By the end of 2007, General Electric Real Estate joined the project and shared the investment equally.

The centre would be build in two stages. The first of which should be completed by the end of 2009. The whole project was expected to be finished by 2013, Dnevnik quoted SeeNews agency as saying.

Sofia Airport Centre is planned to spread on 165 000 sq m, 100 000 pf which would be office area. It would also have a luxurious hotel with 250 rooms.

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