In the area of Tiby in Beroun, there is to be a new urban district instead of Teska

Beroun - A new urban district is to be built on the site of the former Tiba textile factory in Beroun. It will take the place where a private investor originally wanted to construct a Tesco department store. The mayor, Šárka Endrlová (Independent Beroun Citizens), told reporters today.
    "I have officially confirmed information that the construction of Tesco has been definitively rejected, and the investor came here to ask for a solution for a new way to utilize the site, where a completely new urban district should be created," Endrlová stated.
    The owner of the site wants to negotiate with the city about how the space will be divided, where housing will be created, and where green areas will be established. "The city set relatively strict conditions for the construction of Tesco that the investor would have to meet, and undoubtedly these conditions will remain the backbone of the conditions for the new solution," said Deputy Mayor Ivan Kůs (CSSD).
    The city previously rejected the construction twice due to the architectural design of the shopping center and poor traffic connection to the site. However, after modifications to the project, the council approved the project on the third attempt, and then it was waited until the investor had all the necessary building permits. Later, however, the investor submitted a new project that brought some minor changes. In the end, however, he was unable to successfully complete the preparations.
    The mayor welcomed the change of plans. "We can all imagine many better alternatives for use," she stated. She pointed out the increased traffic and noise burden, as well as the possibility that Tesco could put local stores out of business.
    "The concern was that while one brownfield would be resolved, others could emerge in parallel. Because at the moment when, for example, Tesco would price commercially so low, as was common in their concept, they could undermine other parts of the retail zones that are already here, and we would create new brownfields in places where busy department stores currently exist," Endrlová noted.
    The site of the former Tiba textile factory was established in the first half of the 19th century. During the period of the First Republic, over 1400 people worked there, and products from the factory were sent to all corners of Europe and the USA. During World War II, the operations were subdued, and production ultimately came to a complete halt. The plant was nationalized after 1945 and became part of the national enterprise Tiba Dvůr Králové in 1958. However, in the 1970s, the textile industry began to decline, and the site gradually became an unused brownfield.