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Mixed-Use Complex in Zagreb Moves Forward

The complex will accommodate skyscrapers from 30 to 37 floors including two residential 95 meters and 74 meters high, and a 120-meter hotel.
The complex will accommodate skyscrapers from 30 to 37 floors including two residential 95 meters and 74 meters high, and a 120-meter hotel.
18 February 2020 | Zagreb, Croatia

Four towers, the tallest reaching as high as 135 meters, are proposed to rise at the entrance to Center Savica, a new mixed-use complex proposed in Zagreb. On a site of about 13,000 square meters, it is planned to accommodate skyscrapers from 30 to 37 floors with two residential buildings 95 and 74 meters high each, and a 120-meter hotel

The project was first publicly proposed in 2013 when a conceptual design was selected in a public tender funded by the investor, Savica, a project of the Austrian owner’s MOF Immobilien AG, whose program was developed by IGH. The work of ATP and the team led by architect Dario Travas was selected from among 15 works, and since then a public debate has taken place. In April 2014, the Town Hall accepted City Hall as a city project. After six years in limbo, it was reported in 2020 in the Official Gazette of the City of Zagreb, that a location and building permit had been initiated.

The city administration was given the documentation necessary for the reconstruction of the extended Prisavlje Street, from the roundabout on Prisavlje to Marina Držić Avenue and part of the west side of Držićeva. Also, a traffic study and a utility study were conducted. 

Residents of Trnjanska Savica felt a myriad of different ways about the project. 

A large complex would have a huge impact on the entire neighborhood, and even a new thoroughfare and intersection would still not alleviate congestion completely, some said. 2,000 parking spaces are planned, but that is also likely to be insufficient according to concerns from residents. Residents are also concerned about the heights of the buildings, which will be built about thirty meters from the existing buildings, saying they’ll see "neither the sun nor the moon."

There is currently no known start date on the construction. Martin Kutscher and Martin Vabitsch, who were the directors of the Savica-project company in 2014, explained the value of the project "to Trnje, Zagreb and the whole of Croatia" in a letter sent to then-Assembly Speaker Darink Kosor.

The complex would comprise approximately 110,000 square meters of gross floor area (excluding garages) with an investment of about €200 million (US$216 million). The city of Zagreb would collect HRK70 million (US$10 million) of municipal fees and HRK14 million (US$2 million) in water taxes. The project will add public spaces that can be rented out for events and a kindergarten or a library which will benefit all residents and neighbors.

Housing and office space would accommodate about 800 residents and 2,000 businesses along with hundreds of jobs being created, explained Martin Kutschera and Martin Vabitsch in a letter. Architect Dario Travas said that the documentation for the further stages of the project is being worked out.

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