CONFERENCE REPORT

Croatian Real Estate Newsletter
The Eighth Annual International Conference
on the Real Estate Market in Croatia
CONFERENCE REPORT
CREN Patrons:
Volume 70, May 2012.
The Eighth Annual International Conference
on the Real Estate Market in Croatia
CONFERENCE REPORT
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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!!
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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 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.
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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,
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.
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
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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.
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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.
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:
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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
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Vučković, Director for Development,
Investment and Real Estate
Management, Tita grupa d.o.o. and
Sunčana Rapaić, Director, de Architekten
Cie. d.o.o.
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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;
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President of Real Estate Association
at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce
and Petra Škevin, Member of the
Management Board, Filipović Business
Advisory Ltd.
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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.
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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.
In the meantime, the panels held in the
Paris Suite were:
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We would once again like to especially thank all the sponsors, business partners
and media sponsors of the Conference:
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