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Prague – The dilapidated Cibulka estate in Prague's Košíře has been purchased by the Vlček Family Foundation, recently established by Avast antivirus company's CEO Ondřej Vlček and his wife Katarína. The Vlčeks plan to build a children's hospice with a palliative care center, a café, and educational and community spaces for the public in the complex, Mirek Čepický announced today on behalf of the foundation. The foundation acquired a complex of several buildings, including the nearby Chinese Pavilion, with a total area of over 11,500 m², but did not disclose the transaction price. They aim to invest up to 350 million koruna in the renovation and restoration of Cibulka over the next five years.

The future of the unused estate has been under discussion since the 1990s, and it has been occupied by squatters several times. The estate's owner, Oldřich Vaníček, initially approached the Prague 5 municipality with an offer to sell, but then changed his mind and began talks with another interested party.

Today, the Vlček Family Foundation announced that it has become the new owner of Cibulka. "We have resources prepared for the reconstruction and restoration of the estate. Our initial rough estimate of the costs for building a new Cibulka is between 300 and 350 million koruna. This amount includes the planned medical equipment but does not include the funds we have already invested in acquiring the property itself. It is realistic to complete all work by 2026," said Ondřej Vlček.

According to him, the estate will be renovated with respect for the history of the site and its unique spirit, in cooperation with heritage conservation experts and after discussions with people connected to the area. "We believe that we will manage to combine the preservation of its historical value with the demands of a top-notch healthcare facility of the 21st century," he added. The new appearance of the estate will be determined by the outcome of an architectural competition, which the foundation intends to invite renowned architects to participate in. Information about the planned restoration of the estate is available on the website www.novacibulka.cz.

"If I had to choose between the Prague 5 municipality, which, as I understood, still did not have a clear plan for what to do with Cibulka, and the offer from the Vlček Family Foundation, my decision was clear," wrote the current owner of the property, Vaníček, to ČTK today. He added that he initially planned to build a hospice for elderly patients with his son, but that did not materialize following his son's death. "By transforming the Cibulka estate into a refuge for severely ill children, I also pay my last tribute to my deceased son and his efforts to help his neighbors," he supplemented.

Deputy Mayor of Prague 5 Lukáš Herold reminded that the municipal district began the renovation of the Chinese Pavilion and was negotiating the purchase of the estate, which the council has already approved. "In the meantime, an investor emerged in the form of the Vlček Family Foundation, which came with a public benefit and clear goal of restoring Cibulka's former beauty and making it accessible to the public. We strongly support the plans of the new owner and will assist him in his difficult task," stated Herold in a press release from the foundation.

The Vlčeks announced in mid-March that they had invested assets worth 1.5 billion koruna into the newly established Vlček Family Foundation, with the aim, among other things, of building a children's hospice and palliative care center. About one-third of the amount invested in the foundation is earmarked for the purchase and renovation of the Cibulka estate and the first phase of the operation of the building and the foundation, said Čepický today. The remaining part will be used as collateral for investments, from which the proceeds will continuously finance the foundation's operations.

The Vlčeks are continuing the activities of their charitable organization, Golden Fish, which has been operating for six years, whose mission is to fulfill the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. The assets of their family foundation stem from Vlček's quarter-century-long involvement in Avast, which has become a successful global software company during that time. His wife Katarína is a doctor working in the mobile hospice Cesta domů.