The Property Office proposed to sell 33 official buildings in Prague

Prague - In connection with the plan to build a government quarter in Letňany, the Property Office has proposed selling 33 administrative buildings in Prague. Two ministries want to open to the public. The proposal includes some buildings of the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of Finance, the Czech Environmental Inspection, and customs officials. This is evident from the list published today by the Office for State Representation in Property Affairs (ÚZSVM).

The office also stated that it has examined 101,000 plots of land in all 112 cadastral areas in Prague. According to the findings, the highest number of officials can be accommodated in Letňany. Other state and municipal lands are not sufficient for such a plan, it stated.

The Central Register of Administrative Buildings recorded 352 buildings used by state institutions in Prague last April, ÚZSVM reported today. Annual expenses for their operation and maintenance amounted to approximately 1.3 billion CZK. For the rental of 90 buildings for officials, the state spent about half a billion crowns.

According to the Property Office, there is a risk that in the next ten years, the state will pay around 25 billion crowns for offices in the capital. Approximately half of this amount will be made up of operating and maintenance expenses. Investments in energy-intensive offices are expected to reach 7.6 billion, and for rent, the state will spend 4.5 billion crowns.

The idea of building an administrative quarter was proposed by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO). Last Wednesday, he met with Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates), who had so far rejected the construction of the administrative complex. After the meeting, both politicians stated that they would continue to negotiate. The use of over 30 hectares of land near the metro station has been under discussion for some time. Currently, it is a field; previously, the then-mayor Pavel Bém wanted to develop the parcels for the Olympic Games.

During negotiations in January, Hřib requested a list of properties intended for sale. He received information about them on January 30 from the Director General of ÚZSVM, Kateřina Arajmu. Subsequently, on February 8, ÚZSVM received a letter from Hřib, which, according to the office, expanded his requests to all buildings that could be related to the relocation of state employees, and newly defined the requested data.

On Wednesday, Hřib stated that the prime minister had not provided the list of buildings that officials should vacate. "As a result, we are unable to assess the impacts of moving offices on the operation and development of the capital city," the mayor stated.

"The requested data is recorded in the Central Register of Administrative Buildings, which is public by law. Therefore, ÚZSVM is now analyzing the extent to which the data can be made public without violating the law," the office stated. It added that it is not hiding any data.

Overview of properties considered for sale:

No.	Authority managing for the state	Property identification	Cadastral area
1*	Czech Environmental Inspection	Na Břehu 260	Vysočany
2	Czech Environmental Inspection	Na Břehu 267	Vysočany
3*	Czech Environmental Inspection	Na Břehu 897	Vysočany
4	Czech Trade Inspection	Štěpánská 567	Nové Město
5	General Financial Directorate	Drahobejlova 945	Libeň
6	General Financial Directorate	Lazarská 15	Nové Město
7	General Financial Directorate	Orebitská 477	Žižkov
8	General Directorate of Customs	U Plynárny 1551	Michle
9	General Directorate of Customs	Washingtonova 1621	Nové Město
10	General Directorate of Customs	Washingtonova 1623	Nové Město
11	Ministry of Finance	Voctářova 2145	Libeň
12	Ministry of Finance	Legerova 1581	Nové Město
13	Ministry of Culture	Milady Horákové 220	Hradčany
14	Ministry of Regional Development	Letenská 119	Malá Strana
15	Ministry of Regional Development	Na Příkopě 390	Staré Město
16	Ministry of Justice	Křižíkova 20	Karlín
17	Ministry of Agriculture	Štěpánská 626	Nové Město
18	Ministry of Agriculture	Ve Smečkách 801	Nové Město
19	Ministry of the Environment	Vršovická 1442	Vršovice
20	Administration of State Material Reserves	Olbrachtova 1677	Krč
21	Administration of State Material Reserves	Šeříková 616	Malá Strana
22	State Land Office	Husinecká 1024	Žižkov
23	State Labor Inspection Office	Kladenská 103	Vokovice
24	State Veterinary Administration	Na Kozačce 870	Vinohrady
25	State Veterinary Administration	Slezská 100	Vinohrady
26	Czech Employment Office	Roháčova 133	Žižkov
27	Office for State Representation in Property Affairs	Hybernská 997	Nové Město
28	Office for State Representation in Property Affairs	Rašínovo nábřeží 390	Nové Město
29	Office for State Representation in Property Affairs	Ve Smečkách 599	Nové Město
30	Office for State Representation in Property Affairs	Washingtonova 1569	Nové Město
31	Office for State Representation in Property Affairs	Veleslavínská 1	Veleslavín
32	Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information	Mánesova 1453	Vinohrady
33	Road and Motorway Directorate	land plot area of the Directorate of Roads and Motorways in the cadastral district of Michle	Michle

 

* property co-owned by the state and a non-state entity. The subject of sale from state ownership would only be its share.

 

Overview of properties considered for public use:

Authority managing for the state	Property identification	Cadastral area
Ministry of Culture	Maltézské náměstí, 471	Malá Strana
Ministry of Regional Development	Complex of the Ministry of Regional Development buildings at Old Town Square	Staré Město

Source: ÚSVM