CZECH REPUBLIC Nová Karolina Park sold as plans revealed for 200m Ostrava skyscraper

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Passerinvest has sold the Nová Karolina Park office building in Ostrava to local investment group RT Torax Group for an undisclosed sum.
Nová Karolina Park, which was completed at the end of 2012, comprises a total of 30,400 sqm of leasable space with 280 underground parking spaces. It is situated on 28 Října close to Masarykovo náměstí, the city’s old town square. At the end of last year, it was 95 pct leased to such tenants as ABB, Verizon, UniCredit Bank, Česká Spořitelna, Axa Assistance, Stora Enso, Raiffeisenbank, Hello Bank, NESS, Brose CZ and Y Soft. We are concentrating on Prague, where our largest projects
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