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iO Partners, the JLL Preferred Partner, appointed Robert Sgariboldi as the Head of Industrial agency in Czechia. This strategic move comes in the wake of the recent appointment of James Fitzgerald as Regional Director for the Industrial & Logistics business, covering the CEE and Balkan region.

Ostrava Airport has opened an air cargo terminal called Cargo 2 at the airport in Mošnov in the Novojičín region (25 minutes south of Ostrava). It cost CZK 139 million (€5.6 million) to build and was constructed by the Ostrava company HSF System. The terminal will increase the airport's capacity and improve the quality of cargo handling, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reports.

Czech BHM group continues its purchases in Slovakia. This time, according to Seznamzpravy.cz, the holding bought a logistics and production complex called Trenčín Industrial Park used by automotive suppliers. The group did not publish the price of the transaction. 

BO! holding, a group of companies focusing on real estate, investment and development activities, has agreed with Martin Zaremba, the owner of Sting Real Estate Agency and Sting Finance, to purchase 100% of RK Sting and Sting Finance shares. This will create one of the largest real estate agencies in the Czech market. The price of the transaction was not disclosed. 

According to three independent sources of the daily e15, Microsoft will likely cancel its plans to build a data centre in Prague. "There is still some small hope, but it is more like wishful thinking on the part of the managers of Microsoft's domestic branch," one of the sources, who did not want to be named, described the project.

The first residents will move into Creditas Real Estate's Nové Boroviny residence near Kladno (30 km north of Prague) in early 2024. In the first stage of the project, there are 161 flats with layouts from 1+kk to 4+kk, some of the flats have already been sold. 

Developer UDI Group will launch a residential development in Prague directly opposite the Lužiny metro station. With an investment of more than CZK 1.3 billion (€52.6 million), two apartment buildings will be built here to complement the shopping centre, in line with the original plan from the 1980s. 

It would be an unfavourable purchase, Prague councillors agreed in the case of the Jindřiška Tower, for which the Prague Archbishopric is demanding CZK 100 million (€4 million). This is twice as much as an expert's opinion, according to newstream.cz which commented on the original CTK report. 

The Garden Lofts boutique project in Prague 5 with luxury apartments has been approved. New owners will be able to move in during the autumn. The lofts also include access to a private multi-purpose garden with greenery, seating, workout area and a garden pool. The exclusive sale is being handled by Luxent - Exclusive Properties. 

Property developer Finep has sold a house with rental apartments in Prague 9 to Mint's residential fund. The former Veltex building in Poděbradská Street is expected to bring mainly small apartments to the rental housing market within about two years. According to the daily e15.cz, the transaction is worth almost CZK 1 billion (around €40 million).