Fri, Feb 10 2012
Israeli firm BSR Europe will build a mixed-use office and residential complex in the city of Varna on the Black Sea, Dnevnik learned from Anet Events, one of the agencies handling the company's public relations in Bulgaria.
The Varna One compound will occupy part on the site of former engines maker Vamo. The remainder of the Vamo site is owned by ECE Projektmanagement, which plans to build a shopping centre on it, which it plans to call Cherno More Park.
Cherno More Park will reportedly offer 54 000 sq m of retail space. According to executive director Plamen Ilchev, ECE Projektmanagement investment will top 150 million euro. The ground for the project will be broken in autumn.
BSR Europe's development will have a footprint of 74 421 sq m, with six Class A office, five residential buildings and two hypermarkets. Varna One is BSR Europe's third project in Bulgaria. It will be implemented in partnership with Luxembourg-registered Edmond de Rothschild Real Estates.
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Average market prices of homes in Sofia fell by one per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010, according to the Raiffeisen Real Estate Index, as quoted by Klasa daily.
Proportionately, the number of transactions in leva increased as people reacted to speculation that the euro would disappear.
Nearly all banks are ready to finance between 80 per cent and 90 per cent of the price of a home, provided it is a good building in a large city, Bulgarian daily says.
Property prices in Bulgaria were five to 10 per cent lower in 2011 than in 2010, while initial estimates for this year are that they will remain largely unchanged, with transactions remaining at ‘crisis levels’.
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia ranks 17th, report says, quoting Global Property Guide.