Construction will begin next January on a multifunctional house in Šlapanice in the Brno Region that will provide space for shops, surgeries and a crisis apartment. It will be built in place of the current buildings, which are no longer suitable and will go down in Čechova Street, forming a corner with Karel Čapek and Nádražní Streets. It is to be ready by the end of October 2025, according to Hana Strnadová, head of the investment department at the city authority.
One of the houses awaiting demolition was a second hand shop and a kebab shop, while the neighbouring ground floor house was a florist or laminating service. There was also a wooden stall selling pastries in the open space. The entire area will be occupied by a two-storey building, for which the city will pay CZK 65 million, according to the approved contract with the construction company. “We also managed to get a CZK 26.6 million subsidy for the regeneration of brownfield sites for business use,” Strnadová said.
As there is a supermarket on the opposite side of the street, people will have a wider range of goods to buy in one place. The new building will include commercial units, surgeries including a veterinary surgery, there will also be public toilets and the city will also use part of it as a warehouse or archive. There will be a crisis apartment for any needs. “The house will thus increase the civic amenities of the town,” Strnadová added.
Šlapanice has just under 8,000 inhabitants and has seen intensive housing development in recent years, with the population increasing by around 1,500 in 20 years. They should not expand much further, also thanks to the fact that the size of the buildable area was reduced from 120 to 30 hectares in the zoning plan approved last year. Currently, the largest development area is the site of the former sugar factory, which had to be cleared of its ecological burden. The first projects could start next year. There are to be apartments, a community centre, a medical centre, a park and a playground.
Source: Města Šlapanice and CTK
Photo: Města Šlapanice
