Bratislava
Slovnaftská
A multifunctional park for the 21st century, a space where you create, spend meaningful time, and work.
We are bringing life back.
The project focuses on Small Business Units, smaller flexible rental units that provide facilities for modern businesses. The space can be used for a variety of functions, and in addition to office facilities, there can be showrooms, stores, services, small warehouses, as well as laboratories or facilities for science and research. The space is also frequently used for so-called city logistics or "last mile logistics".
Our Vision
These flexible units consist of office space, showrooms, and small commercial, warehouse, production, or research and development facilities tailored precisely to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. They have a separate entrance from the street in addition to their own entrance for cars. Their popularity continues to increase.
Location
With an exclusive location on the borders with Austria and Hungary, this breezy modern city offers all the advantages of a western metropolis while still remaining quite a calm place. Residents of Bratislava have it all within a stone's throw. It takes less than an hour to drive to Vienna, an hour and a half to Brno, and two and a half hours to Budapest.
Bratislava
Bratislava has undergone tremendous development in recent years and has become a sought-after European metropolis. Many monuments have been given a new look, and a number of modern buildings have been built. The CITYSITE Slovnaftská project, which is revitalizing a dilapidated brownfield, is also part of Bratislava's revitalization process. Thanks to the Small Business Units (SBU) concept, the project thinks of local entrepreneurs who do not have to make a complicated commute to large and often remote warehouses. Thanks to SBUs, they can manage everything within their own city. In the future, we plan to further expand the range of shops and services on offer in addition to creating new office premises where more businesses can take advantage of a full range of facilities. All of this with a focus on enhancing the community’s lifestyle.
Supporting local businesses is important to us. Therefore, within Bratislava CITYSITE Slovnaftská we offer several interesting premises for rent. This is especially true for small and medium‑sized enterprises, as here they can use the intelligent and flexible concept of Small Business Units. Thanks to easy accessibility, they do not have to commute to remote warehouses and can thus live in the spirit of work-life balance.
Supporting the urban economy
Sustainability and smart technologies
CITYSITE Slovnaftská is designed with great attention to the environment and is maximally environmentally friendly. We are not expanding a built-up area, we are simply revitalizing a brownfield. We are taking a sensitive approach to this dilapidated space and breathing a second life into it.
Efficient water use
We manage water wisely. Our standard is to accumulate rainwater and use it, for example, to water the surrounding vegetation and parterre, which we pay attention to in front of every building. Overall, we minimize the consumption of drinking water, thus also contributing to the preservation of life on the planet for future generations.
Smart Technologies
HVAC systems with intelligent air distribution in buildings, cooling beams, and solar panels. In the future, we want to equip most of the buildings in CITYSITE with these smart technologies that help achieve sustainable development.
Thinking of clean mobility
Emission-neutral transport is another thing we green-light, and therefore we plan to build several chargers for electric cars, bike racks, and parking areas for electric scooters on-site.
Ubiquitous greenery
CITYSITE Slovnaftská is a synonym for greenery. It is designed with special attention to the appearance of the surrounding parterres, the park, and the overall greenery that surrounds the entire area. For some of the buildings, we are also considering the use of greenery on the roofs and facades. Such solutions reduce the internal and external temperatures of the buildings and reduce the overall energy requirements.
The revitalization of a brownfield
We go into areas that are overlooked by others. We rebuild areas in a way that they meet environmental standards with an emphasis on sustainable development — because that's the only way we can preserve places so future generations can have a better life.
A study
CITYSITE Slovnaftská is being created in a long-dilapidated industrial area, which we are bringing back to life. The revitalization of brownfields is part of our DNA.
History of the site
The history of the Vlčie hrdlo site is mainly connected to the modern era of the Slovnaft plant. It began in the 1950s. After several interruptions, construction finally started in 1956 under the head of the key construction contractor, the national company Hydrostav Bratislava.
The Slovnaft plant originally operated only as a refinery and later became a refinery‑petrochemical complex. Gradually, during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, warehouses, expedition centers, and energy facilities were added to the complex.
After the revolution, a part of Vlčie hrdlo was taken over by the company Hydrostav Bratislava, which had previously participated in the construction of the complex. However, the initial post-revolutionary enthusiasm was replaced by a gradual decline, which culminated in the company's bankruptcy in 2004. This part of the complex was then taken over by the financial group Arca Capital. The once functioning site, however, continued to fall into decay. The sale to Hydroterra servis and PSJ Hydrotranzit in 2007 began to reverse the declining trend. Three years later, PSJ Hydrotranzit bought out Hydroterra servis's share and remained at the site until 2020. During this phase, the first office building was built and the lodging house was renovated.
In 2020, Vlčie hrdlo Business Park was purchased by the Natland financial group, which managed this former brownfield site with an area of 33,420 m2 until October 2021.
In 2021, the site was purchased by the Czech development company CONTERA, which immediately started the revitalization and modernization of Vlčie hrdlo and plans to build a concept of so-called Small Business Units.
