Prague 10 wants to sell the former headquarters on Vršovická Street and the Eden cultural house

Prague - The City Hall of Prague 10 wants to sell its former headquarters on Vršovická Street, from which it had to vacate due to the emergency state of the building. It also wants to sell the nearby cultural house Eden. Interested parties can apply until October 31 of this year. The city district also called on property owners to submit offers for the sale or long-term lease of space for the town hall. This is evident from the information published on the official bulletin board of the town hall and on the tenderarena.cz website. The intention to sell the old building instead of renovating it was declared by the leadership of Prague 10 as early as June this year. In July, the opposition protested against this.

The city district office relocated at the end of last year due to the emergency state of the building from the 1970s called Vlasta to rented premises in an office building on Vinohradská Street. The city district wants to evaluate the offers for the purchase of the building first and then decide.

Today, the town hall also issued a call to real estate owners to submit offers for the purchase or long-term lease. Among the conditions published on the official bulletin board, the location, its accessibility, and parking options are significant criteria in addition to the price.

The decision to sell the Vlasta building was made by the city district council at its last meeting in June this year. Mayor Martin Valovič (ODS) then stated that an analysis conducted by PwC for the town hall shows that renovation is the least favorable option. Prague 10 would have to take a loan for repairs, which would burden its budget for a long time and prevent further investments. The repairs were estimated to cost over two billion crowns.

The opposition Pirates and ANO movement criticize the intention to sell. According to them, the town hall would lose a strategic property that it could use as a school after renovations.

Prague 10 had been preparing the renovation for several years, and the initial estimate was about 1.1 billion crowns. Due to delays and rising construction costs, according to town hall representatives, the estimate increased to 1.86 billion. The PwC study then showed that the total costs for the renovation, including securing alternative spaces, would amount to 2.6 billion crowns, the city district reported.

According to the number of residents, Prague 10 is the second largest Prague district after Prague 4, with about 110,000 people living there. It consists of Vršovice and parts of the cadastral areas of Strašnice, Malešice, Záběhlice, Michle, Vinohrady, Hrdlořezy, Hloubětín, and Žižkov. Since November 2022, the city district has been governed by the coalition Together for Prague 10 (ODS and TOP 09), the local group Vlasta, and STAN with KDU-ČSL.