Sun, Jul 05 2009
Investment fund SECURE Investment Ltd has announced plans to invest nearly 150 million euro in South Eastern Europe, focusing on Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.
Forty per cent of the fund is owned by Italian investment company Aedes Investissement. In February 2007 it announced plans to invest in the property market in Central and Eastern Europe, investor.bg reported.
The company's strategy envisions investment in partnership with a construction contractor or other investors in residential development projects.
Aedes's participation in SECURE Investment is worth 20 million euro and the company expects a 22 per cent return on investment.
The project will be financed by the Bulgarian Bank for Development, and the Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas, or Jessica Programme, although the report has so far failed to reveal the total cost of the vast enterprise.
The strategic plan envisages the conservation of the nature "for decades ahead", and it was formulated by a municipal team headed by professor Ivan Nikiforov, backed by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.
Once the overhaul and reconstruction of the Sofia–Vidin line is complete, it will cut travel time to three hours, as the train will be able to reach speeds of up to 160 km/h, shortening the journey to three hours.
Marriott however has made it clear that is not interested in investing in construction, but rather to occupy and manage existing buildings. Its strategy is to obtain management contracts.
Investors realise that it’s not viable to have a building remaining empty over the course of a year – so it's better for them to employ more flexibility to offset that loss.