The new industrial complex with a planned area of over 23,000 square metres will be built on the western outskirts of Karlovy Vary. The tenant will be the German manufacturing company Wacker, which focuses on the refinement of silicone compounds. The new production plant will also include laboratories and testing facilities. Construction is expected to begin during the second quarter of 2024.
Der dritte Fonds der Arete-Gruppe, der sich auf Industrie- und Logistikanlagen in der CEE-Region konzentriert, hat die Entwicklung eines Produktionskomplexes im Arete Park Plzeň Borská pole abgeschlossen. Langfristiger Mieter des Standorts wird Oxymetal CZ sein, ein Unternehmen, das sich auf die Metallverarbeitung und die Herstellung von Metallkomponenten für verschiedene Branchen spezialisiert hat, darunter die Automobil-, Energie- und Bauindustrie sowie andere Wirtschaftszweige.
CTP has so far concluded lease deals with a total area of over 400,000 sqm for space in industrial properties in the Czech Republic in 2023, including more than 10 lease contracts for premises larger than 10,000 sqm. The largest transaction was a contract to renew the lease of almost 54,000 sqm of space in CTPark Bor. The developer continues to build new industrial space across the Czech Republic and is confident that the Czech industrial property market will continue to grow.
A new logistics and industrial centre worth CZK 520 million (EUR 21.4 million) was opened in the area between Chomutov and Klášterec nad Ohří (west of Prague near the border with Germany). The construction of Garbe Park Klášterec II with a total lettable area of over 18,000 m2 was completed in eight months. Representatives of the investment group Progresus and the developer and co-investor Garbe have already handed over the building to the main tenant, the German manufacturer of sealing systems Isolite.
Only Helsinki, Munich, Oslo, Hamburg, London and several other cities in the UK and Ireland have higher rents in industrial property than Prague. Warehouses around Prague are much more expensive for tenants than in Paris, Rome, Madrid, Budapest or Warsaw. In the case of the Czech capital, it is specifically EUR 96 per sqm per year, with London the most expensive at EUR 313. Berlin is comparable to Prague, while Warsaw posted the highest rent achieved in Q3 at EUR 52 per year. The results come from a joint analysis by Czech real estate and consultancy company 108 REAL ESTATE and BNP Paribas Real Estate.
A number of new warehouses built on a speculative basis have been waiting for tenants for up to six months or more. This phenomenon, unprecedented in the Czech Republic for many years, is accompanied in some regions by even a slight decline in average rents. If we add to this the lengthening lease holidays, rising vacancy rates and expanding subleases, everything points to the fact that Q3 confirmed the change in the development of the domestic industrial space market - a slowdown. Based on the indicative data, this follows from the analysis of the Czech real estate and consulting company 108 REAL ESTATE. Gross demand reached a total of 158,867 sq m in the period from July to September, while net demand was only 122,186 sq m. This is a record low quarterly result, the worst in the last 7 years.
Rohlik.cz, the largest Czech online food retailer, is significantly expanding into the Ostrava region and the entire Moravian-Silesian region - a new strategic distribution centre is being opened in Ostrava. This is the company's fifth warehouse in the Czech Republic, with three already in Prague and one in Brno. Rohlík recently reached the milestone of 1 million customers served. However, the Ostrava distribution centre will help it significantly in reaching out to others. It will offer its services to up to 460,000 additional households and begin serving 250 new cities.
Compared to the Czech Republic, it is four times larger in area and approximately in population. In recent months, it has set an example in many areas of the economy, including the construction, leasing and subsequent sale of industrial space. The supply of commercial real estate is also growing, thanks to massive investment in transport infrastructure and increasing purchasing power. This is most evident in the logistics and manufacturing segment, which has expanded by nearly 2.5 million sqm so far this year to a total of more than 31 million sqm.
