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Volume 70, May 2012.Croatian Real Estate Newsletter

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CONFERENCE REPORT

The Eighth Annual International Conference on the Real Estate Market in Croatia

Croatian Real Estate Newsletter, May 2012. 3

The Eighth Annual International Conference on the Real Estate Market in Croatia was held on April 17 & 18, 2012 at The Regent Esplanade Hotel Zagreb.

At the Conference there were more than 500 participants from 15 countries: Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Albania, United Kingdom, Montenegro, Poland, Germany, Italy, France, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Czech Republic.

Partner Country of the Eighth Conference was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the biggest and the most influential financial institution in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe by far – the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) – was the Institutional Partner of The Eighth Conference. It was a great honour to collaborate with them and we would like to most kindly thank them for their support!!

great architects, Jim Heverin from Zaha Hadid and Damon Lavelle from Populous, were speaking about the projects they were working on for the Olympic Games Project.

We would especially like to thank the Ministers of Croatian Government who spoke at the Conference, Mr. Radimir Čačić, Principal Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Croatia and Minister of Economy, and Minister of Construction and Physical Planning, Mr. Ivan Vrdoljak.

This year is the year of the Olympic Games in London. From finding the site for the construction of the Olympic Park in 2005 until the completion of the Big Build in 2011, London has undergone

an extraordinary transformation. We would like to highlight the important projects that were discussed at the Conference, which are a Presentation of the planning and construction of London Olympic Games 2012 Project and Regeneration of Urban Centres – London and Liverpool. Two

CONFERENCE REPORT

The Eighth Annual International Conference on the Real Estate Market in Croatia


The Conference started with the introductory speeches from His Excellency Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr. David Slinn, Aleksandar Heina, Director for European Affairs from Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Ivan Vrdoljak, Minister of Construction and Physical Planning and Davor Bernardić, President of the City Assembly of the City of Zagreb..

The introductory speeches were followed by a Presentation of London Olympic Games 2012 Project Planning and Construction, held by architects Jim Heverin, Associate Director, Zaha Hadid Architects and Damon Lavelle, Principal, Populous.

The moderator was Mihovil Nakić, ex-basketball player and participant of the Olympic Games in Moscow and Los Angeles.

There was also a presentation of the development of a New Shopping & Leisure Centre in Vrbani in Zagreb, held by Jeffrey Sújar Blanco, Development Manager, Sonae Sierra and Igor Hržić, Country Manager, Bluehouse Capital.

Program of The Eighth Conference is the best program so far. It contained the most renowned speakers and institutions that supported The Eighth Conference. It was the most systematic because it included over 20 concrete, known and valuable projects being developed exclusively in Croatia with the total value of more than 10 billion kuna. It was the most professional because some of the top themes that were discussed on The Eighth Conference are Croatia entering EU, Olympic Games in London, Urban regeneration, Green building and a broad variety of other expert and concrete themes.

We would once again like to most sincerely thank everybody who contributed to the Conference success with their participation.


The second panel in the Emerald ballroom of the The Regent Esplanade Hotel Zagreb started with three presentations: 1) Urban Regeneration of the City of Zagreb by the Reconstruction of Municipal System, held by Branko Horvat, Mag.Arch. and Robert Planinc Mag.CE, 2) Presentation of the Round Table of the Leading Advisors, Analysts,

These were followed by a panel Regeneration of Urban Centers – London and Liverpool moderated by Vlaho Kojaković, Senior Banker and Mark Bousfield, Associate Banker from European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Institutional partner of the Conference. Panel members were: Simon Bayley, Chief Development Officer, TriGranit Development Corporation, Mark Gurney, Director Creative Design, Architecture, ECE

Architects, Urban Planners, Sociologists and Economists, held by the initiator of the Round Table and Director, Colliers International d.o.o. Vedrana Likan, and 3) Presentation of the Exclusive Media Partner: Jutarnji list, held by Mirela Miškić, B2B Director, Real Estate & Interior Design, Europapress Holding d.o.o.

Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG, Rob Monaghan, Head of Gateways, Liverpool Vision, Carlo Sessa, Director, Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems, Srđan Škunca, Department Head, City Department of Development, Urban Planning, Ecology and Land Administration, City of Rijeka and Arn Willems, General Manager, GTC Croatia.


After the conference opening, presentations and the urban regeneration panel, six more panels were held in the Istanbul and Paris Suites, two by two simultaneously.

In the Istanbul Suite the following panels were held:

Green Building - From Idea to Realization of a Green Building, moderated by Hrvoje Kvasnička, Vice-President, Green Building Council of Croatia; Surveyor, Jones Lang LaSalle d.o.o., while the panel members were: Aleksandar Hadzhiivanov, Principal Manager, Energy Efficiency & Climate Change, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Vedrana Likan, President,

Green Building Council of Croatia; General Manager, Colliers International d.o.o., Sven Müller, Board Member, Stipić Grupa d.o.o., Tomislav Perković, Head of Research & Analysis, Verdispar International / EELD; Project Manager, Jarun Panorama Development and Alan Leo Pleština, Head Architect, Partner, UPI-2M.

Let’s REdiscuss: Mosaic of Views I where the participants were: Marija Noršić, Member of the Management Board, Filipović Business Advisory Ltd. as a moderator, and Prof. Tomislav Borić, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Law,

Institute for Austrian and International Commercial and Corporate Law, Faculty of Law, University of Graz, Mark Gurney, Director Creative Design, Architecture, ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG, Davor Lukšić, CEO, Excelsa

d.o.o., Mirela Miškić, B2B Director, Real Estate & Interior Design, Europapress Holding d.o.o., Kevin Turpin, Head of Research CEE/SEE, Jones Lang LaSalle and Mihael Zmajlović, Mayor, City of Jastrebarsko.

Let’s REdiscuss: Mosaic of Views II was moderated by Petra Škevin, Member of the Management Board, Filipović Business Advisory Ltd., and the panel members were: Nicholas Frankopan, Managing Director, Oak Investment

Management Group, Arndt Schilkowski, Project Leader, Mall of Split, Paul Suchar, Partner, Taxation, Regulatory & Bookkeeping Services, KPMG in Croatia i Lorant Varga, Chief Executive Officer, CBS Property Zrt.


The topics discussed in the Paris Suite were:

Tourism, led by the moderator Goran Hanžek, Director, Arte Hotel Management d.o.o., while the panel members were: Lovro Celio-Cega,

Director, Rezidencija Skiper d.o.o., B.Sc. Arch., Maja Kuzmanović, B.Sc. Arch., Director of Project Development, Energoplan d.o.o., Ivana Šoljan, CEO, Jupiter Adria d.o.o., Armando Vičić, Urbanism and Planning Manager, Abilia d.o.o. and Silvije Novak, Partner, 3LHD.

Presentation of the Development Phases of a Project - Different Phases, Different Issues, Same Goal, where the moderator was Petra Škevin, Member of the Management Board, Filipović Business Advisory Ltd., and the panel

members: Una Barac, Director, Scott Brownrigg d.o.o., Ana Bilan, Architect, Hrvoje Hrabak, President, Croatian Architects’ Society, Darko Lujanac, Project Development Manager, Erste Group Immorent Leasing d.o.o., Karla

Vučković, Director for Development, Investment and Real Estate Management, Tita grupa d.o.o. and Sunčana Rapaić, Director, de Architekten Cie. d.o.o.


Presentation of Office Projects - Adjusting to the Market Needs; The Newest Technical Solutions was moderated by Natalija Vulić, Member of the Management Board, Filipović Business Advisory Ltd., and the panel members

were: Robert Bračun, General Manager, Regus Zagreb City Centre, Patrick Franolić, Director, Spiller Farmer d.o.o., Sven Müller, Board Member, Stipić Grupa d.o.o., Ingrid Gojević, Department Head, Project Development

Department, Zagreb-Montaža d.o.o., Tomislav Grlica, IT Manager, Microsoft Croatia, Valerija Petrović, Office Manager, Microsoft Croatia and Robert Hagen, CFO, Emerging Europe Land Development AS.

After the official part of the first conference day, speakers, participants, representatives of the Patrons, Sponsors, Partner Country, Institutional Partner and other guests were invited to the Emerald ballroom of The Regent Esplanade Hotel Zagreb for the Gala Reception.

In the musical part of the evening all of the guests could enjoy the performance of a music diva Natali Dizdar.

The Conference continued on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, with the presentation Zagreb on Sava, held by Radimir Čačić, Principal Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Croatia and Minister of Economy.

There were six more panels in Istanbul and Paris Suites. In the Istanbul Suite the following topics were discussed:

Real Estate Advisors REdiscuss, where the participants were: Boris Andrić, Senior

Consultant, Office Agency, Jones Lang LaSalle d.o.o. as a moderator, Patrick Franolić, Director, Spiller Farmer d.o.o., Vedrana Likan, General Manager, Colliers International d.o.o., Dubravko Ranilović, Partner, Kastel Real Estate, Zagreb;

President of Real Estate Association at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce and Petra Škevin, Member of the Management Board, Filipović Business Advisory Ltd.


Developers - Croatia goes International! moderated by Ward Stocker, National Director, Capital Markets, Jones Lang LaSalle d.o.o., while the panel

members were: David Boruta, Business Development Director, HB Reavis Croatia, Shilen Patel, Investment Manager, Aggmore, Tomislav Matija

Varga, Country Head and Managing Director, Erste Group Immorent Croatia and Yiannis Xanthopoulos, Investment Manager, Bluehouse Capital.

Development of New Shopping Centres was moderated by Tomislav Matija Varga, Country Head and Managing Director, Erste Group Immorent Croatia, and the panel members were: Denis Čupić, Board Member and Partner, F.O.

Development d.o.o. and Vice-President, Croatian Developers’ Association at Croatian Employers’ Association, Tiago Eiró, EMEA Sierra Services, Sonae Sierra, Igor Hržić, Country Manager, Bluehouse Capital, Krešimir Ljubetić,

Partner, Kastel Real Estate, Zagreb, Iva Rukavina, Arhigrupa and Anita Skela, Project Development Manager, Shopping City Zagreb d.o.o.


In the meantime, the panels held in the Paris Suite were:

Spatial Planning - Presentation of the Projects which do not Require Building Permits, moderated by Sabina

Majdandžić, Licenced Architect, and the panel members were: Rajka Bunjevac, Licenced Architect, Vice President, Croatian Chamber of Architects, Snježana Đurišić, B. Sc. CE., Head of the Sector, Sector for Developments

Significant to the Republic of Croatia, Physical Planning Administration, Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning and Ana Mrak Taritaš, B. Sc. Arch., Deputy Minister, Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning.

Housing, led by the moderator Dubravko Ranilović, Partner, Kastel Real Estate, Zagreb and President of Real Estate Association at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, while the panel members

were: Ilijana Jeleč, Management Board President, Erste Nekretnine d.o.o., Dražen Nikolić, Management Board Chairman, Raiffeisen Consulting d.o.o., Prof. Josip Tica, Ph.D., Department

of Macroeconomics and Economic Development, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb and Ana Živković, Sales Director, Kastel Real Estate, Zagreb.

Development of New Cargo and Logistic Centres – Railway, Airport and Port, where the participants were Tomislav Gavazzi, General Director, Poslovne konferencije d.o.o. (member of Infoarena Group)

as a moderator, and Mark Bousfield, Associate Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Marijan Banelli, Vice-President, The Cargo Center Zagreb (Railway), Miroslav

Drljača, Cargo Director, Zagreb Airport and Goran Manfreda, Member of Management Board, Adriatic Gate Container Terminal, as panel members.


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