Business Park Sofia is a unique, multifunctional business park in Southeast Europe located in Sofia, Bulgaria. The business park currently has 9 buildings totaling 66,000 square meters with 98 companies and over 7,600 employees. It aims to eventually have 30 buildings totaling 228,850 square meters of office, retail, and industrial space once fully developed. The business park attracts both multinational and domestic companies from a variety of sectors and has tenants from 27 countries.

1. Business Park Sofia-
Unique in South-East Europe
June 2003
Presented by: Mr. Rossen Plevneliev
General Manager of Business Park Sofia EOOD

2. What is a Business ParkWhat is a Business Park
??
Business Park is a complex of buildings and its correspondingBusiness Park is a complex of buildings and its corresponding
infrastructure, which is developed by extend to provide betterinfrastructure, which is developed by extend to provide better
quality of the environment. It is based on wide-range ofquality of the environment. It is based on wide-range of
consept, which determines the type of the business parks-consept, which determines the type of the business parks-
industrial, logistic and distribution, office, multifunctional, high-industrial, logistic and distribution, office, multifunctional, high-
tech etc.tech etc.
- Complete Master plan consept harmonised with the- Complete Master plan consept harmonised with the
communitycommunity goalsgoals
- Long-term investment horison- Long-term investment horison
- Continuing Property Management responsibility- Continuing Property Management responsibility
- Premium ranking on the lease market- Premium ranking on the lease market
- Tenants mix and synergy effects.- Tenants mix and synergy effects.
Business Park Sofia is a multifunctional and high- techBusiness Park Sofia is a multifunctional and high- tech
business park.business park.

3. Factors of the successFactors of the success
Permanent factorsPermanent factors
LocationLocation
CommunicationCommunication
High- tech buildingsHigh- tech buildings
Energy resourcesEnergy resources
managementmanagement
Effective FacilityEffective Facility
managementmanagement
Variable factorsVariable factors
ServicesServices
SynergySynergy
MarketingMarketing
Shareholders valueShareholders value
Quality at workQuality at work

4. Business Parks in UK, USA, Germany and EU
UK, Maidstone
UK, Southampton
UK, Heathrow
Kings Hill
Solent Business Park
Stockley Park
Multifunct
Offices
Offices
2002
2005p
1986
342t m²
243t m²
342t m²
263 ha
78,9 ha
160 ha
USA, Edison
USA, Plainsboro
Raritan Center
Princeton Forrestal C.
Multifunct
Multifunct
1966
1976
990t m²
351t m²
950 ha
708 ha
D, Regensburg
D, Nürnberg
Gewerbepark Regens.
Süd- West Park
Mix
Mix
2000
2004p
155t m²
180t m²
HU, Ungarn
PL, Warschau
CZ, Prag
RO, Bukarest
BG, Sofia
Info Park
Lazy Business Centra
The Park
Metav Business Park
Business Park Sofia
Mix
Logistic
Mix
Offices Wh
Mix
22 ha
14 ha
2005p
2008p
2010p
2002
2009p
99t m²
11t m²
70t m²
110t m²
280t m²
7 ha
4 ha
19 ha
9 ha
22 ha
Country, City Name Use Accompl Lease area Plot area

5. Parameters of theParameters of the
projectproject
Total investment EURTotal investment EUR 110000 millionmillion
Plot areaPlot area 220 000220 000 sq. msq. m
30 buildings with build-up area30 buildings with build-up area 22885 0005 000
sq. msq. m
Office spaceOffice space - 140 000- 140 000 sq. msq. m
Retail -Retail - 6565 000000 sq. msq. m
Industrial -Industrial - 4040 000000 sq. msq. m
Corporate buildings -Corporate buildings - 40 00040 000 sq. msq. m
Parking for employees - 3 000 lotsParking for employees - 3 000 lots
Parking for visitors – 310 lotsParking for visitors – 310 lots

6. City-within-a-cityCity-within-a-city
Business Park Sofia TodayBusiness Park Sofia Today
9 buildings with total build-up area 66 0009 buildings with total build-up area 66 000
sq. msq. m
9898 companiescompanies
11764764 employeesemployees

7. BPS Tenants mix in %BPS Tenants mix in %
Finance & Insurance 9
Food & Beverage 2
Restaurants 6
Pharmaceutics 10
Recreation & Business Travel 2
Energy and row materials 3
Telecommunications 8
IT 14
Services 12
Construction 7
Media 2
Commerce 13
Light industry 6
Representative Offices 3
Other 1

8. BPS Tenants StructureBPS Tenants Structure
Firms
divided
by their size
Examples Number
Big
Multinational
companies
Allied Domecq, Brown Forman, Allianz, Wuerth, Group 4,
Air Liguide, IMX, Interbrew, Kraft Foods, Le Grand, Minolta,
Mitsubishi Corporation, Rigips ( BPB), Allied Pickfords,
Sodexo Pass, Sony, HVB Group,Westinghouse Energy
systems, Philips, Henkel, Hilti, Cilag AG International,
Scheider Electric, Umicore, Unilever, 3M
27
Big
Domestic
companies
Alexandra video, Bulstrad, Germanos Telecom, Dynacord,
Evrocom Cable, Energo-pro, Trops House, Komexco,
Kosmo Bulgaria Mobile (OTE), Lindner, Mercurius, City
Call, Telelink, World courier, YKK, United Bulgarian Bank,
Opet Gaz / Kotch Holding
19
Small and
Middle size
businesses
Smile Dental Clinique, Medical Lab- HDS, Europe Matrix,
Uvi Consult, Sherita M, Free net,Unicoms trading, Top
group, Teksidea, Surnevetz, Stoyan Garov, Stimex, SBS,
Synthesia, Selekta, Ceiba Drug stores, SBM, Roseli, Profo-
Ivan Popov, Prime Investment, Petrobau, Markan, Marvena
etc.
52

9. Companies by country of their originCompanies by country of their origin
Country
of origin
Number Examples
USA 10 Brown Forman, Eurocom Cable, E-Adgility, Colliers
Continental Properties, Kraft foods, Allied Pickforts,
Westinghouse Energy Systems, Unicoms Trading, Medical
Center “ Doctor Greenberg”, 3M
Greece 9 Balkan Multimedia Systems, Bulgarian Post Bank, Germanos
Telecommunication, Care Direct, Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile
( OTE), Marvena, Opel Axon, Europe Matrix, UBB
German
y
8 Allianz, Wuerth, Dynacord, Lindner, Petrobau, HVB Group,
World Courier, Henkel
Belgium 5 Wasteels, Interbrew, City Call, Cilag AG International, Umicore
France 5 Air Liquid, EMX, Le Grand, Sodexo Pass, Schneider Electric
UK 4 Allied Domecq, Group 4, Rigips ( BPB), Unilever
Japan 4 Minolta, Mitsubishi Corporation, Sony, YKK

10. Companies by country of their originCompanies by country of their origin
Country of
origin
Number Examples
Holland 2 Philips, Unilever
Switzerland 2 Hilti, Cilag AG International
Denmark 1 Group 4
Holland 1 I.N.A. Trading
Turkey 1 Opet Gaz/ Kotch Holding
Sweden 1 Becker Acroma Group
Czech Republic 1 Energo-pro
Lebanon 1 Pain D’or
Russia 1 BHH

11. Country of
origin
Number Examples
Bulgaria 47 Absolut Plus, Alexandra video, Alpina,
Alphalink, Auto-profi, Belvedere Distribution,
Bulvas, Bulstrad, Galen Pharma, Jet Finance,
Dobi Press, Eurocom Cable, SG Ingeneering,
FJI International, Trops House, I.N.A. Trading,
Skylink, Comexo, Markan, Martinik,
Mercurius, Mobil Tel, Prime Investment,
Profo, Rosseli, SBM, Ceiba, Selekta,
Synthesia, SBS, Stimex, Stoyan Garov,
Surnevetz, Tako, Teksidea, Technopolis,
Telelink,Top Group, Fire 97, Freenet, Sherita
M, Uvi Consult, Medical Laboratory HDS,
Dental Clinique “ Smile”
Companies by country of their originCompanies by country of their origin

12. Number of employees atNumber of employees at
BPSBPS