Author: Buy2Greece

RE+D Magazine
05-02-2014, 07:05
«Πόρτα» για μεγάλες επενδύσεις στον τομέα της οικιστικής και παραθεριστικής κατοικίας με το ξεμπλοκάρισμα σημαντικών σχεδίων αξιοποίησης γης εταιρειών και οικοδομικών συνεταιρισμών, άνοιξε η υπογραφή των περιβαλλοντικών όρων για 7 έργα ΠΕΡΠΟ.

Η υπογραφή έγινε από τον υπουργό ΠΕΚΑ, Γιάννη Μανιάτη και αφορά σε έργα που έχουν εδώ και χρόνια «κολλήσει» στην Κρήτη, τη Θεσσαλία και τα Ιωάννινα. Μεταξύ των έργων που πήραν το πράσινο φως είναι και η επένδυση της εταιρείας Ικτίνος Τεχνική και Τουριστική σε έκταση 205 στρεμμάτων περίπου στη Σητεία της Κρήτης. Αναλυτικά, τα 7 έργα που μπορούν να προχωρήσουν και να δώσουν ανάσα στην οικοδομική δραστηριότητα και το real estate είναι:

1. Επένδυση στη Χερσόνησο Κρήτης και στη θέση Πλατύβολα – Ξυ Κεφάλι σε έκταση 293 στρεμμάτων. Η έκταση είναι ιδιοκτησίας της Ανώνυμης Κτηματικής – Τεχνικής – Κατασκευαστικής και Οικιστικής Εταιρείας με την επωνυμία «ΗΛΙΟΘΕΑ Α.Ε.» και βρίσκεται στο δήμο Χερσονήσου (τέως δήμος Γουβιών). Η αίτηση του οικοδομικού συνεταιρισμού είχε κατατεθεί το 2008 και η αξιοποίηση αφορά στην ανάπτυξη παραθεριστικών κατοικιών.

2. Αξιοποίηση έκτασης 126,6 στρεμμάτων στην περιοχή «Καλαμαύκα – Αράπη Κεφάλι» Δήμου Χερσονήσου Ηρακλείου Κρήτης. Πρόκειται για οικοδομικό – παραθεριστικό συνεταιρισμό με την επωνυμία “ΠAPAΘEPIΣTIKOΣ OIKOΔOMIKOΣ ΣYNETAIPIΣMOΣ YΠAΛΛHΛΩN πρώην Y.ΠE.XΩ.Δ.E. KAI MEΛΩN TEE/TAK ΣYN.Π.E.” ο οποίος ιδρύθηκε στις 21/3/1996. Ο Συνεταιρισμός επιδιώκει να εξασφαλίσει για τα μέλη του παραθεριστική κατοικία.

3. Επένδυση στη Φανερωμένη Σητείας σε έκταση 204.712 στρεμμάτων από την Ικτίνος με σκοπό την κατασκευή εξοχικών κατοικιών. Με βάση την ΑΕΠΟ προβλέπεται η κατασκευή ξενώνων, ξενοδοχείων και λοιπών τουριστικών εγκαταστάσεων αλλά και κατοικιών, καταστημάτων, εστιατορίων, αναψυκτηρίων, κέντρων διασκέδασης, πάρκινγκ, πολιτιστικών κτιρίων, συνεδριακού κέντρου. Υπάρχει ακόμη πρόβλεψη για λειτουργία καζίνο, τουριστικού λιμένα και εγκαταστάσεων εμπορικών εκθέσεων – εκθεσιακών κέντρων. Υπενθυμίζεται ότι η Ικτίνος προήλθε από την εξαγορά και μετονομασία της εταιρείας «ΤΣΙΜΕΝΤΟΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΑ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ ΑΕ» και διαθέτει έκταση πάνω από 2.800 στρέμματα στην Σητεία της Κρήτης. Η επένδυση δρομολογείται από κοινού με την Dolphin Capital Investors.

4. Επένδυση στη θέση Αμπελειά στο δήμο Μπιζανίου στο νομό Ιωαννίνων και σε έκταση 141,7 στρεμμάτων. Το σχέδιο, που χρονολογείται από το 1993 προβλέπει τη δημιουργία οικισμού σε έκταση που ανήκει στον Οικοδομικό Συνεταιρισμό Εμπόρων Ιωαννίνων.

5. Επένδυση στη θέση Κασίδες στο Κιλελέρ της Θεσσαλίας και σε έκταση 213,565 στρεμμάτων. Το έργο αφορά στην ιδιωτική πολεοδόμηση εντός Περιοχής Ειδικά Ρυθμιζόμενης Πολεοδόμησης (ΠΕΡΠΟ), στην έκταση της οποίας ιδιοκτήτρια είναι η «Εργοληπτική-Αναπτυξιακή Α.Ε. ΟΛΥΜΠΟΣ» προς εξυπηρέτηση πρώτης κατοικίας.

6. Επένδυση στη θέση Σαρλικιώστρατα ή Τσατάλι ή Μπούτζο Πηγάδι ξανά στο Κιλελέρ και σε έκταση 136,066 στρεμμάτων. Το έργο αυτό αφορά στην πολεοδόμηση ως Περιοχής Ειδικά Ρυθμιζόμενης Πολεοδόμησης (ΠΕΡΠΟ) προς εξυπηρέτηση α’ κατοικίας, σε έκταση ιδιοκτησίας της «Οικιστική Ένωση Φυσικών Προσώπων Αεροπόρων Π.Α. Λάρισας – Ομάδα Α».

7. Επένδυση στη θέση Σαρλικιώστρατα ή Τσατάλι ή Μπούτζο Πηγάδι σε έκταση 63 στρεμμάτων. Η έκταση ανήκει στην «Οικιστική Ένωση Φυσικών Προσώπων Αεροπόρων Π.Α. Λάρισας – Ομάδα Α» και θα αξιοποιηθεί για δημιουργία οικισμού.

Published on : Monday, February 3, 2014

Kefalonia, a western Greek island was hit by an earthquake of 5.7 to 6.1 magnitudes during the early hours of 03.02.14. Residents came out in the streets in a state of panic. The earthquake occurred just over a week after hundreds of buildings were damaged in a similar quake. Lixouri the second largest town close to the epicenter reported some damages revealed Kefalonia Mayor Alexandros Parisis.

However, no reports have come in so far of any serious injuries or home collapses. Authorities have yet to receive more information on the quake. People have been warned to exert caution.

The Athens Geodynamic Institute registered the pre-dawn quake, which struck just after 5 a.m. local time with a magnitude of 5.7 and an epicenter 12 kilometres northwest of the island’s capital of Argostoli. The U.S. Geological Survey registered a 6.1-magnitude. It is common for institutes to register different figures and to revise their initial measurements.

Earthquakes have been rattling the island constantly for the past week, after a 5.9-magnitude temblor struck the area on Jan. 26, damaging homes and slightly injuring seven people. Since then, thousands of residents have been spending nights with relatives or in ships sent for that reason.

The intense seismic activity has reawakened memories of the devastating 1953 quakes on Kefalonia and neighbouring Zakinthos, when a 7.2-magnitude temblor struck three days after a 6.4 quake, killing hundreds, injuring thousands and destroying nearly all the buildings on the islands.

Seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos said that the earthquake appeared to be a strong aftershock to the Jan. 26 temblor, rather than an entirely unrelated quake.

It has been reported that the initial data indicates that it is the strongest aftershock until now. The quakes are far away from almost 300 KM from Athens and more on the western Greek mainland. People are to leave their islands temporarily said Kefalonia’s mayor.

Residents have said that water supply to the area had been cut, and residents who had fled their homes also had to cope with intense bad weather, with strong rain and low temperatures.

Changes in the preferences of Chinese travelers who appear to be choosing destinations like Greece and Italy and France instead of Britain reflects recent research in the Pacific .

The survey was conducted by website Travelzoo ( listed company in the stock of the New York Nasdaq ) , was completed at the end and the findings meant ” bell ” in the tourist world of Great Britain as it shows that , despite the efforts of the British, the Chinese seem to prefer other tourist destinations .

The promoters Travelzoo estimate that the lost revenue of the United Kingdom from the inability to attract more Chinese visitors than 1 billion pounds (1.2 billion euros) a year.

The interest in Greece is that , according to the same survey , the Chinese will make this year more trips abroad are estimated to spend an average of £ 5,000 ( 6,000 Euros ) .

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Chinese developers have been purchasing big real estate projects in the world’s most important cities in the past year. They will continue the shopping spree this year, with other Chinese groups to follow the trend soon, according to real estate analysts.

Greenland Holding Group Co., a state-owned developer that built one of China’s tallest towers, on Tuesday bought the historic Ram Brewery Site in southwest London. The Shanghai-based company said it plans to spend $1billon to purchase and develop the place. Separately, it announced plans to invest another $1 billion in a residential tower in the Canary Wharf financial district.

Penn said Chinese investors will be more active in Europe and the Pacific, especially Australia. He said they may even enter Brazil and India because of the potential growth of those markets.

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News Posted On: 16 January 2014

2013 has been a positive year for Greece considering the debt-mountain it had to climb at the beginning of the year. However, it could have been a more fruitful year if the country’s court of auditors had not intervened in the sale of almost 30 state assets to a couple of companies based in Athens.

The country had targeted selloffs worth 1.3 billion for 2013, and despite promising signs of accomplishing its goal, Greece fell short.

Greece has a rescue package worth 240 billion euros, and the sale of state assets forms a key component of the package.

However, the debt-laden economy has thus far encountered several different setbacks forcing it to twice lower its target for privatisation proceeds in 2013. The main reason for its failure is identified as DEPA’s (Natural gas firm) inability to receive any attractive bids.

Real estate insiders have revealed that a number of “technical issues” regarding the sale of 28 state assets were raised by the court of auditors, but there was hope that the matter would soon be resolved.

HRADF to appeal against decision to block deal

The HRADF privatisation firm was set to appeal against the court for blocking a deal which was expected to collect more than 260 million euros. Over the past year, Greece has raised 960 million euros owing to privatisation proceeds, as confirmed by budget figures released by the state.

The 261 million euros that were supposed to come in through the sale of 28 state assets would have helped the country clear its target, but it did not materialise, leaving Greece in a troublesome state already having lowered the target twice.

Ethniki Pangaia – a real estate firm and Eurobank Properties were chosen in October 2013 as the bidders most preferred for the transaction which the state had originally intended to seal by the end of the year.

Both companies continue to attract hundreds of millions of euros from overseas investors at the moment, with Invel Real Estate – a private equity firm and Fairfax Financial Holdings – a Canadian investor responsible for a large part of its income.

The privatisation deals signed by Athens since 2011 are worth around 3.8 billion euros, raising around 2.6 billion euros in cash in total.

European Union and International Monetary Fund pressurizing Greece

Since Greece had to seek a bailout following an economic downfall earlier in the decade, the country’s international lenders – the International Monetary Fund and the European Union demanded the implementation of an asset sale program.

However, both organisations suffered a massive blow when DEPA failed to attract any concrete bids after Gazprom – the biggest gas producer in the world hailing from Russia, as well as the frontrunners to complete the purchase withdrew during the final stages.

The nation has made plans to offload DEP again in 2014. However, market analysts are sceptical about the sale, fearing that it may not be completed due to the European Union’s regulatory obstacles and lack of investor confidence.

Written by Les Calvert

In a meeting organized by the Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and representatives of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) and other tourism professionals the Greek government and the tourism professionals are realizing the importance of tourism for improving the country’s economy.

The tourism industry will play a vital role in improving the countries tourism so the government has decided to put a greater thrust on this industry. In 2013 Greece welcomed 17.8 million arrivals and registered an all-time record in revenues of 12.5 billion euros.

Speaking to the press the Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said 2013 was a very good year for Greek tourism and that next year she anticipates an even better season. The initial messages for 2014 are positive and encourage that Greece should expect more revenue and jobs, which will give a boost to the country’s economy.

E also added that since last year Greece regained its credibility in the global tourism market and changed its image abroad in addition to the great success in terms of arrivals and revenue. He said that the government is laying more emphasis on tourism and is trying to attract investment by enriching tourism products and with new products like medical and religious tourism. He is quite sure that with these positive endeavors Greek tourism will find its place in the global tourism market.

Greece can see a record year in tourism this year if the political stability is maintained felt the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, Andreas Andreadis. In 2014, Mr. Andreadis expects arrivals to surpass 18.5 million, direct revenue to add up to 13 billion euros and 50,000 jobs to be created. He said the main target is for Greece to attract 24 million arrivals by 2021 along with 48 billion euros in total revenue and 300,000 jobs.

2014 is expected to be a better year for Greek Tourism said president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris if political condition of the country is stable.

During the meeting, Mr. Tsakiris suggested the further improvement of the Greek tourism product with actions on the standards of medical tourism and the Greek Breakfast initiative. He also underlined the importance of upgrading the country’s hotel services, defining a new development model for tourism and he also stressed the need for further resources to be invested in Greece’s tourism promotion.

The Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis said the increase in tourism in 2014 would boost unemployment while Culture Minister Panos Panagiotopoulos announced the Culture Ministry’s intention to extend the hours of 30 of Greece’s most visited archaeological sites and museums from 8am to 8pm.

The Greek Tourism Ministry announced on 8 January 2014 that the history and archaeology graduates will now get a “fast learning” program which will provide them with a tour guides certification. This program will start from February 2014 in Thessaloniki.

The program will be held from 17 February 2014 to 17 April 2014 at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (also known as the Aristotelian University or University of Thessaloniki).

Those interested to participate can submit their applications along with the required documents; however the seats are limited to 40. The applications are to be submitted to the Tourism Ministry by 24 January 2014

A fee will be charged to those attending the program. The amount will depend on the number of persons attending. Further information on the program may be obtained (in Greek) from the website of the Aristotle University.