Fri, Feb 10 2012
Litos Ibuilt OOD has delayed construction of the trade complex in the city of Pazardjik by a year, according to town mayor Todor Popov, as quoted by Stroitelstvo Gradut.
The manager of the construction company, Ivo Koloushev, informed him officially by letter that the company would place any further investments on hold in light of the economic crisis and related altered projected costs.
In July 2008, Litos Ibuilt declared that it would invest 6.5 million euro for a new mall in Pazardjik, which was to be completed by the end of 2010.
According to blueprints, the project would encompass a total of 1661 sq m, near the Saint Georgi church in the city centre. The project is a brainchild of Studio 17.5 OOD Sofia, whereas DS build will be entrusted with the foundation construction, with Stroi Control Correct being the consulting company.
The mall will consist of 120 shops, which will be rented out, an entertainment centre, restaurants and boutiques. It will also have an area designated for small children.
The initial investment intentions and the total cost of the project were made by Litos Ibuilt on May 30 2008 when the symbolic first sod was turned. However, construction has not started at all. The only work accomplished so far is the removal of the old tarmac of the former municipal parking lot with a total area of 1661 sq m, for which the company paid in excess of 840 000 leva.
More commercial ventures are put on hold as crisis deepens but some commentators belive that this will lead to more realistic
A modern condominium equipped with a private beach, spa, bar and an outdoor swimming pool will be built on the north tip of the Zlatni Pyasutsi (Golden Sands) resort in Varna.
At the beginning of January 2009, Sandanski mayor Anton Totev signed a contract with the Environment Ministry in which plans were approved and the go-ahead was given for the waste management depot in Sandanski to be expanded and to have its processing capacity increased. This was reported by Stroitelstvo Gradut in its January 26 edition.
The new digital map of Varna has surpassed all previous errors of its kind observed in Bulgaria to date. Entire apartment blocks, constituting whole boroughs, have magically disappeared from the mapping process.
Extrapack OOD has invested 25 million euro in a second large production base in Veliko Turnovo, on the motorway at the entrance from Sofia, approximately five km west from the first factory.
Aquamarine 2 real estate complex started construction in the Bulgarian seaside town of Obzor at the end of 2008, 100m from the coast on the south edge of the town near its predecessor, Aquamarine 1, Stroitelstvo Gradut reports.
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.