Seems like Vilnius U/C projects are underpresented here a little :) So this mistake is being corrected in this thread :yes: There are way more residential projects, but I'm going to leave them for another time ;)



28fl. Register center

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Neighbourhood ;)
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26fl. Helios center

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20fl and 15fl in Vilnius Gate

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Pics by me
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24fl Vyrokas apartments

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3rd stage is undergoing
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16fl Victoria Tower and 12fl BCC2

4th floor is U/C, Victoria is finished :)
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2 15floorers and a shopping center "Panorama"

A rendering
http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/Projects/saltoniskes/salton1.jpg

Demolishion of old factory building is unser progress
http://img.miestai.net/IMGP0934.JPG

See white factory with a red office building
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In the middle
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The palace of rulers

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Thanks Mantaz!
There are many high-rises U/C in Vilnius.
http://img.miestai.net/IMGP0838.JPG
Looks very good. :yes:

@Mantaz i think we should ask Swede to rename this tread to "Vilnius development tread II", because old one is now locked.

And another good news from me. Seskine Bussiness city project will start 2005.05 first of all old buildings near two U/C 16 floorers will be demolished and there should be builded three new 12-16 floors office highrises.

@sdes Thanks, I admit that Vyrokas is getting more beautiful ;)

@Geex I'm currently creating the "Vilnius development thread" and this is a construction update, so the purposes are a bit different :)

I'll add Seskine business city to the project list :yes:

wow! NICE ONE!

Great projects going on there(not too many though :D, theres never too MUCH!)... BCC2 ALREADY 4th FLOOR?! Victoria looks fabulous!

@sdes Thanks, I admit that Vyrokas is getting more beautiful ;)

@Geex I'm currently creating the "Vilnius development thread" and this is a construction update, so the purposes are a bit different :)

I'll add Seskine business city to the project list :yes:

And i will try to get renders from SVG (sostines vystymo grupe) how Seskines business city will look ;)

Excellent update :okay:
Is there any good renderings of the Register Center available?
I remember seeing a pretty sketchy one some time ago...

Thanks tournesol. Too bad we don't have new renderings now, but I bet there will be available soon :yes:

Hello!:wave:

Nice Vilnius! I love you!
Thank you, Mantai!

oranger, welcome to SSC :wave:

Welcome oranger :cheers:

Thanx! Aciu uz silta sutikima!:cheers:

I made a small phototour today. These buildings aren't photographed that much ;)

16floorers in Seskine
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rendering
http://www.realtus.lt/admin/image.php?id=388

New building for Law University
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2 16floorers in Didlaukio street
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Another 16 floorer is U/C in same street. There should be 2 of them
http://img.miestai.net/2005/IMGP0987.JPG

rendering
http://www.alsva.lt/uploads/pic/alsva_pradinis.gif

A random shot of Siemens Arena
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Another 16floorer in Zvalgu Street, there should be its twin brother soon
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U/C office 16floorer in Kareiviu street. No renderings and data yet
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Another 16floorer in Zirmunu street. So far a hole only
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A random shot :D
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Another... yes, 16floorer
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A random shot to Antakalnis district
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A nice block of Flat
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Here's its rendering
http://www.molesta.lt/current_project/images/10.jpg

And the last one, near to NCC
http://img.miestai.net/2005/IMGP1019.JPG

so Many commies! The last picture reminds me Admirali maja alot(although admirali is taller :))

im still so curious how there are so many new blocks of flats built in Vilnius, what seem to be ordinary commie suburbs.. here no new apartments are built in commie districts - suicide for developer for sure, more and more single homes and semi detached built...
can you explain?

I dunno, just the demand of such flats is still big and the prices are still going up. There were 3000 flats built last year and 4000 planned for the next year. Maybe it's just a customary thing, can't explain it to you :)

well mantaz, i understan flats beeing popular, but im "what seem to be commie districts?!?!?!"... in estonia atleast all new flats are outside the commie areas!

Oh, you meant that :) Well, Vilnius is already spread way too much and there's a lot of vacant place inside the commie districts. Althaugh there's a completely new district where no old commies are met :) So it's just a customary thing, IMO ;)

well mantaz, i understan flats beeing popular, but im "what seem to be commie districts?!?!?!"... in estonia atleast all new flats are outside the commie areas!

Well, what difference this makes anyway? Here we got a lot of unused space in commie districts, so new flats are builded in those districts. Well it's even better for my, this whole thing makes city much more denser.

Still old commies will be reconstructed sooner or later, so whole area one day will be quite nice and dense. For example Zirmunai in district now first commies is under reconstruction.

For example Zirmunai in district now first commies is under reconstruction.
Really? Where exactly in Zirmunai it is so?

Really? Where exactly in Zirmunai it is so?

http://www.renovacija.lt/lt.php/pavyzdinis_projektas/12

So this one :) I think I'll to get there and see what's going on :)

http://www.paveldas.vilnius.lt/Photo/22524/3-1-1.jpg

I'm happy they changed design.

http://www.renovacija.lt/admin/image.php?id=28

This one looks quite ok.

Yeah, it's very cool :okay:

Btw, the milk factory demolition is progressing :okay:

I'd like to drive that thing :D
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Yes it's future of all 5 storey commieblocks in Zirmunu district ;)

Here is plan, how whole area shoud look:

http://www.renovacija.lt/admin/image.php?id=35

BTW i think they should build much more parking space for cars..

they will park cars on grass like nowdays :)

they will park cars on grass like nowdays :)

Well yes, nobody back in Soviet times thought that everybody will have own car, but now i think they should not only reconstruct old parking spaces, but to expand them too.

http://www.renovacija.lt/admin/image.php?id=28

Does anybody know anything more about this project?
How much did everything cost and etc.?

There seems to be so much construction and renovation of residential/domestic buildings in Vilnius.

What interests me is were is all the demand coming from for new apartments, as population growth is negative?

I think it's not populaition decrease, but income growth as residents choose the brand new apartments rather than old commieblocks.

Btw, welcome to the forums, are you an emigrant from Lithuania? :)

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very good looking :okay: :wave: :cheers1: :cheers2:

What interests me is were is all the demand coming from for new apartments, as population growth is negative?

Actually there is no such a big need for office space it is just a real estate bubble. Just those guys from property agencies are creating this situation in reality many office buildings are not filled. So in the future when this bubble will explode there will be lots of cheap office space.

Speaking about housing project there is another talk, there is a huge demand for them.

Actually there are no such a big need for office space it is just a real estate bubble. Just those guys from agencies are creating this situation
Your statement is a bit weird - do you think that investors are so dumb and that they just listen to what the guys from real estate agencies are speaking? Yes, for now there is enough of office space but this sphere is still booming. Some investors are thinking about the future too (don't forget that the prices of working force, construction materials are booming too and it's much cheaper to build now than it'll be in the future ;)). Also many offices are being built by companies who will use those offices themself: SBA, VP market, Hansa Bank, Registru center (?), etc.

^^^
No they are not dumb they are very smart. The whole art of keeping the prices high and making them growing is a perfect achievement. You see there are lots of office construction happening around Vilnius and even in the future (Šnipiškės, Vilniaus vartai) there are planned more. However the boom will not last for a long time, there will be not a huge need for space, especially knowing the tendencies of our socio-economic tendencies (the decrease of population, the last place of the direct foreign investment among whole EU countries). However the decrease of prices might change everything but not so radically.

Jimm, if the investor is expecting to gain profit from it I'm sure he knows what he's doing since he's investing millions and takes all the risk.
And what "bubble" are you talking about? Total office space in Vilnius is so tiny compared to any Western European or Scandinavian city of similar size (not sure but I think even in Tallinn there is more new office space than in Vilnius) and since economy is growing fast, the demand of new office space is increasing respectively. I also wouldn't say that a couple of new office highrises is a "boom" (that's how our newspapers are writing but if you want to see what a real boom is, take a look at some Chinese cities or Dubai ;)). I'ssay it's not a "boom" but rather a "wake up" after long stagnation.

I think it's not populaition decrease, but income growth as residents choose the brand new apartments rather than old commieblocks.

Btw, welcome to the forums, are you an emigrant from Lithuania? :)

Thanks for the welcome. My grandparents left during WW2 and I grew up in Australia and speak some Lithuanian.

I am fascinated and enjoy the field of construction and this site is awesome!

hmm, tallinn doesnt have a office boom atm, vacancy is 5% (which is very low), so office boom ought to start soon, what is making the higrise news in Tallinn is Residentials.. all of the towers proposed are residentials and Hotels.

Thanks for the welcome. My grandparents left during WW2 and I grew up in Australia and speak some Lithuanian.

I am fascinated and enjoy the field of construction and this site is awesome!
Very nice to know, that you don't forget your roots :) Have you ever been to Lithuania?

Why no underground parking halls instead of parking lots? They'd be far more better (and safer) for residentials.

Well, ol, simple, building them would be expensive, and blocks of flats need to be cheap to attract buyers... :)

I think soviets didn't think there will be a need that much so the underground parking would be a better choice. Now it'd be too complicated to install it since they'd need to interfere to the plot that is under commieblocks basements. That's way too expensive.

Btw, the program to rebuy commies from residents and explode them would be much better than restoring them (IMHO) :)

ah? They are building up commies that were not finished? That makes more sense :P btw, mantaz, i have more posts then you :D

Ah, crap. Didn't notice those red residentials were renovated commies. Nevermind! ;)

However, I think it's must for every new building to have underground parking space, or at least a parking garage instead of parking lot.

@ch1le: They are not building commies which were unfinished - they are just reconstructing old commies. And this is how they should look like after reconstruction:
http://www.renovacija.lt/admin/image.php?id=28

Very nice to know, that you don't forget your roots :) Have you ever been to Lithuania?

Yes I've been five times. First trip was in 95 and last trip was in 2003. It's amazing to see how quickly things are progressing. Each time I arrive in Vilnius I'm blown away to see how many new shops, pubs, clubs etc. have sprung up.

^^^ True, I was also amazed when arrive to Vilnius to study 3 years ago (Europa complex has been started then) :)