Fri, Feb 10 2012
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.
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.