<body>Z Plzně brzy zmizí největší nepovolená stavba, město se dohodne na demolici</body> translates to: <body>The largest unauthorized construction in Plzeň will soon disappear, the city will agree to its demolition</body>

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29.03.2022 17:05
Czech Republic

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Plzeň – Plzeň should come to an agreement within two months with the owner of the devastated seven-story former Carimex car dealership on the demolition of the largest unauthorized structure in the city, which has not been removed for about 20 years. The remnants of the building, which the people of Plzeň call "glass hell," could disappear from the busy intersection in the Letná part on Rokycanská Street towards Prague by the end of the year. Strong Plzeň developer companies InterCora and BC Real want to build a complex of buildings with offices, apartments, and shops there. This was stated by Mayor Pavel Šindelář (ODS) to ČTK. The site is already being cleared. InterCora confirmed today the preparation of a memorandum and the new construction.


"I believe that in May, at the latest in June, I will come to the council with an agreement (with the Prague company RP Letná, which owns more than half of the area and the rest belongs to the city). The agreement is quite simple," said Šindelář. According to the mayor, a consortium of companies InterCora, which is requesting land from the city, and BC Real, which plans to build residential buildings there, is preparing to build on the site. The complex will further include retail units. "They want to implement a new project. And we say: if you need our land, first demolish 'glass hell' and then we will sell it to you; otherwise, no. And this is agreed upon," stated Šindelář. The transfer of land would be approved by the city council after signing the contract.

The mayor did not dare to estimate when the remnants of the building would be leveled. "It will depend a lot on them whether they choose the tactic of demolishing quickly or whether they will design and demolish it just before the zoning decision," he added. They could also first obtain the decision and then demolish.

"We are preparing a memorandum, which will be signed by InterCora, BC Real, and RP Letná on our side with the city. We want to demolish (the devastated remnants) and we want to build there," said the managing director of InterCora, Ivan Hlaváček. According to him, the timing of the demolition will depend on the outcome of the agreement with the city, that is, once the developers are clear about the land, their prices, and the zoning decision. The memorandum will precisely address the further procedure and demolition deadlines. "It stands that we must first demolish it, and then the city will sell us the land," he added.

For apartments to be able to arise on the site, the city must change the zoning plan. "Shops can be there even today. They have it phased into three stages - shops, apartments, and offices," stated the mayor. The developers are not currently designing because they do not yet have the land. "But there is a study, discussed in the city departments and at the Waterworks," he said. The area is relatively complicated according to Šindelář, because it is intersected by water supply and sewage networks, which cannot be relocated. Future buildings must be placed in free areas outside the networks, because construction on the networks is not allowed, he said.

The construction of the car dealership was once approved by the city. A Plzeň businessman, who originally had a car dealership on the site, significantly expanded the structure without permission with several additions and three upper floors. The unfinished structure then deteriorated, and several court disputes over the ownership of the land began. The city has long been trying to finalize the proceedings to remove the building, but the previous long-term owner of the remnants of the building repeatedly applied for a building permit. The removal proceedings were then always halted until the building authority rejected the additional permit.
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