Photo: FoNetThe state has the right of first refusal to purchase the Genex Tower, a cultural monument, at an auction in early February. The price is trivial. That is why there are also interested people from abroad
The business part of the Genex tower, the property of the once famous foreign and domestic trade company Generalexport in bankruptcy, will be offered at public auction for the third time in less than a month, with a starting price of 834,68 million dinars or slightly more than seven million euros.
The initial price, at the first auction, was two billion dinars.
Today, the Zajedno party sent a request to the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, as well as the Republic Directorate for Property, that Serbia, under the right of pre-emption, buy this significant building and convert it into a student dormitory, "thus showing that it cares about the architectural pearls of the city, but also students".
Since the latest auction was announced at the beginning of the year, there have been several proposals for what to do with the Genex tower.
The tenants of this cultural monument proposed to the state to use the right of pre-emption and proposed the "Tesla Tower" project, a cultural and educational unit.
The state is a potential buyer because in November 2021, the Geneks Residential and Business Center was declared a cultural monument. Tenants estimate that it is in the state's interest to buy office space for 400 euros per square meter.
Apart from the state, it seems that there are also interested parties from abroad.
The bankruptcy administrator of Generalexport, Budimir Mrdović, entered in the regular quarterly report to the Commercial Court in Belgrade on the course of the bankruptcy proceedings and the state of the bankruptcy estate, that there are interested buyers for the company's assets from Switzerland, Turkey, the Russian Federation and England.
Let us remind you that the state has the right of first refusal.
At the previous auction, in August of last year, not a single interested buyer for the Genexa building came forward, and at the first one, held in May, no one paid a deposit or submitted a bank guarantee.
The tower is owned by the former Generalexport company, which was engaged in international and domestic trade, hotel management, catering and air transport. Today, only this building with its 35 floors and 135 meters high reminds us of the once most powerful foreign trade company in Yugoslavia. Only one tower is for sale, while the other belongs to the tenants.
At the public auction, 28 business premises with a total area of nearly 15.000 square meters were offered, premises between the 27th and 37th floors with a total area of 1.450 square meters, a garage of about 9.000 square meters, as well as 10 garage spaces with an area of 6.445 square meters.
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