108 The Agency published the first edition of the original project. A report that provides a clear summary of the most interesting data and information from the industrial real estate market in terms of the share of individual development companies and owners. The updated report will be published regularly twice a year.
While the current pandemic situation has accelerated the development of e-commerce, retail parks in the CEE region have shown resilience to the constraints of traditional brick-and-mortar retail. Last year, they were among the more profitable types of real estate. In addition, interest in investing in them is growing. Retail parks have higher operational flexibility, in essence it is an open, partly outdoor shopping concept, the advantage is their location with good accessibility for shoppers with a spacious parking lot. The design and area of the stores in them adaptability to the requirements of retailers using the omnichanne model of sales.
Petr Narwa, Head of Transaction & Consulting Services at Prochazka & Partners, who has long been involved in commercial real estate and investment services, answered the interview. What does Petr say about the current situation in the market, where tenants are currently trying to save as much as possible and where the pandemic has disrupted the income of real estate investors?
Originally a Czech company, CTP, one of the top five real estate developers in Europe, is expanding its network of CTParks to the Netherlands. The company, which Remon Vos founded in Humpolec in 1998, has now appointed new management in the Netherlands and recently committed to invest 300 million euros (less than 8 billion Czech crowns) in the country after the recent announcement of its intention to list Euronext Amsterdam with its shares.
Most industrial developers have received building permits for large industrial halls or warehouses in Ostrava and its surroundings. Almost three-quarters of a million m2 of industrial real estate will now appear here. This is a consequence of the fact that the Moravian-Silesian Region and the City of Ostrava, within the framework of reclamation, support the establishment of logistics and storage zones also on the territory of former industrial areas, in which production no longer takes place today.
The supply of modern industrial premises in the Czech Republic increased by 314,800 square meters in the second half of 2020. This marked a slight (7%) slowdown in construction activity compared to the first half of the year. According to the latest Savills report, the total area of industrial space for rent reached 9.11 million square meters at the end of 2020. More than half (62%) of this area fell on the three most developed sub-markets - Prague (3.21 million square meters), the Pilsen Region (1.33 million square meters) and the South Moravian Region (1.15 million square meters).
The largest retailer of sporting goods on the domestic market will move its logistics base from Rudná near Prague to Ostrava. The lease of the Sportisimo warehouse in Contera Park Ostrava D1 with a built-up area of over 90,000 square meters has become the largest lease on the industrial real estate market in 2020. The gradual move to the new techno center will begin this year.
Among other things, the interview states that the basis for efficient logistics is healthy data from the field of human resources and their deployment, as well as data from material flows, preferably in real time. "We use this information, analyze it and, with the involvement of employees at all levels in the 'continuous improvement' program, then streamline processes and find new, more effective solutions," says Svatopluk Úradček. He sees the latest innovations to increase efficiency in automation and robotics. The e-commerce segment is under development. "Without the automation of assembly, packaging and handling lines, this segment of logistics simply cannot be done," adds Svatopluk Úradček.
