Christian Schantl (Wiener Wohnung) on how Vienna solves the affordability dilemma
I interviewed Christian Schantl of Wiener Wohnen as part of VŠE/MBARE's ongoing podcast series. The episode just dropped on YouTubeand I've already gotten blowback from it. The mission of Schantl's company, which is owned by the City of Vienna, is to provide the...
Jan Kubíček: The retail sector has to change now
ThePrime is Media partner for the October 3 conference of the Czech Council of Shopping Centers, which is entitled Driving High Performance. It takes place at the Narodní dům in Prague 2 and will feature a full day of speakers and discussions. I spoke with executive...
Tomáš Kadeřábek (Assoc. of Developers): We need to look to the future
Your Association continues to grow and now you’re putting on your first conference. What’s the idea behind it? Over the last 35 years, this profession has developed tremendously in the Czech Republic, even if we’re still struggling with a number of problems. The idea...
Czechia almost tops Savills’ nearshoring index
According to the 2024 Savills Nearshoring Index study, the Czech Republic is the second most attractive location for industrial occupiers looking to ‘nearshore’ supply chains. Portugal ranks first, Poland in third place, Sweden being fourth, and Japan rounding out the...
Simon Johnson (Crestyl): Dornych will be a retail force in Brno
You've had a lot of apartments to sell at one of the few tricky times the Prague residential market has ever seen. You must be happy to see better times around the corner. We put a lot of product on the market last year. In a market with very difficult sales and...
Martin Piškanin (HOPI): We’ve cut energy consumption 50%
Martin Piškanin is chairman of supervisory board of HOPI Holding, a successful Czech logistics provider founded at the beginning of the century. ThePrime spoke with him at an event marking the beginning of construction for its newest warehouse in Panattoni Park...
David Musil (Penta Real Estate): Evolution, not revolution
What’s going to change about Penta Real Estate now that you’ve replaced Petr Palička? I’ve been with the company 16 years, Petr was here 17 years. We shaped the company together, so this is just evolution, not a revolution. The company grew organically, and sometimes...
Milota Sidorová on Slovakia’s digital urban planning revolution
Slovakia is on an 8-year path to a fully digitized urban planning system. By 2032, all towns and cities are expected to have submitted new master plans in electronic format. This remarkable journey into hyper-modernity began back in 2022 with the establishment of a...
