October 13, 2020 - As Jutarnji.hr reports, a five-star hotel project that has been on hold for years should soon begin on the site of an old hospital in Icici.
Namely, as confirmed by the developer Denis Šikljan, owner of the DDG group, the construction of a 50 million euro five-star hotel will start at the beginning of the next year on an attractive plot of 20,000 square meters across the beach. The project holder is Rivas Hotels & Resorts, which is owned by the Talentis Group.
It is a company owned by the family of Lörinc Mészáros, a Hungarian investor who bought NK Osijek a few years ago and which should build a stadium worth 40 million euros in that city. Mészáros is a frequent guest in Opatija, which he loves very much, and his company has about 30 hotels in its portfolio in Hungary, Austria, Montenegro, and Romania.
The hospital in Ičići was once taken over by Industrogradnja, and as the company went bankrupt, the land went to Karlovačka banka.
"Karlovačka banka has been the owner for a long time and it had a lot of investors who knocked on their door, but they did not manage to realize it with any of them, because there was no 'middle man', and that is what we do. So, we reconcile the interests of all participants and prepare projects for implementation," said Šikljan.
He added that the works in Ičići will start after the New Year.
"We pushed the project for a year and a half and only when we completed everything, we went to the investors. The hotel should be completed by the 2023 season. We will turn almost half of that plot, which is private, into a public one, a new square will be built for the citizens to use, there will be movement in front of the hotel, which will meet the needs of the locals,“ said Šikljan.
The hotel will have 180 rooms and 12 villas will be built. The construction of a fountain is planned in the public part of the space, and commercial facilities will also be built. Also, across the road, to the beach, there will be a bridge.
'We plan new projects with Rijeka'
As a developer, Denis Šikljan worked on housing projects in Rijeka and Krk, and he also realized shopping center projects in Serbia. According to him, he is now developing a project for Haludovo in Malinska on the island of Krk, where he is in negotiations with the Armenian owners. He is also interested in Rijeka, which, as he says, he wants to start with new projects.
"This is a project of a residential and business center on the site of the former Istravina factory, and we have a project for a new marina that is planned to be built in Porto Baroš, as well as for the Rijeka bus station," says Šikljan.
For more info and photos of the future hotel, check the article on Novilist.hr.
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