Press released

Prague, May 4, 2011 – The Analytic Committee of the Ministry of Culture, set up by the Minister Jiří Besser, will issue its statement regarding the conservation of the Freight Station Žižkov this week. The final decision is then in the hands of the Minister. Civic initiatives pressing on the conservation don’t regard the fact that the area can’t be revitalized in a suitable way. That has been confirmed by the famous architect Eva Jiřičná.

Prague, February 23, 2011 – The area of the former Freight Station Žižkov in Prague 3, with its size over 33 ha, is one of the largest potential development areas in Prague. In December 2010, the Ministry of Culture declared the central part of the area, i.e. the former freight station, together with the reception building and fences, the cultural monument. The owner of the site, the company České dráhy, a.s. (Czech Railways), represented by the developer, the company Žižkov Station Development, a.s., appealed against this statement. Also the City District Prague 3 disagreed. In this case, the conservation efforts are fundamentally clashing with the plans for further use and revitalization of the area, and disable the planned development of the new traffic infrastructure important for the whole capital.

Prague, December 6, 2010 – Sekyra Group is selling the building site in Praha – Malešice to the SIDI PRAGUE Company. By this, Sekyra Group demonstrates its focus on large development projects in the broad center of Prague.

Until the first half of the last century, the territory of the ROHAN CITY project was the riverbed of Vltava; then it was filled up and moved towards north. The newly created areas were used for industrial and storage purposes; however, in the course of years, they became neglected brownfield areas.