Sparkassen Immobilien to invest EUR 500mn in real estates until 2010

The Austrian Sparkassen Immobilien AG is planning to invest EUR 500mn in real estate properties in the country until 2010, according to a company statement. Sparkassen Immobilien will build business parks and hotels in the capital of Sofia as well as in the two other main cities Varna and Plovdiv . As recalled, Sparkassen Immobilien AG together with the German ECE Projektmanagement and the local Immorent Bulgaria plan to invest about EUR 180mn in the construction of a trade and business centre in Sofia . The new project named Serdika Centre will be finilised in 2009 and will open more than 2,000 new jobs. Construction works are expected to start in two months at latest.