Trigema filed a lawsuit against the management of Prague 12 over its houses in Kamýk
Prague – The Trigema investment group has filed a lawsuit against the councilor of Prague 12, which also rejected the revised project for the arrival of Kamýk apartment buildings. Trigema wants to build them in Vosátková Street and according to the new design, the buildings should have nine and 15 floors. According to the management of Prague 12, this is still a building that should be prepared in the vicinity of the traffic situation and life. According to Trigema, however, the proposed houses are in accordance with the zoning plan and the arguments of the councilors are irrelevant. By the end of the year, Trigema wants to start demolishing the existing shopping center building, which now stands on the land where the developer wants to build. Trigema spokeswoman Petra Martínková informed ČTK today. In addition to the town hall, the inhabitants of Kamýk also petitioned against the construction.
The Council of Prague 12 rejected the construction in a resolution in August. The Deputy Mayor of Prague 12 Eva Tylová (BEZPP / Pirates with the Greens) then stated that the supported building is oversized in comparison with the surrounding pledge, there is a risk of a loss of parking spaces for local residents and civic amenities will be missing at the proposed project. According to the Deputy Mayor of Prague 12 Petr Šula (TOP 09), the building is not in accordance with the stabilized area. At the end of September, the City Council of Prague 12 also confirmed the dissenting position of the town hall on the project called Two Towers, when a petition against citizens will be under construction.
Trigema rejects the councilors’ arguments. “The City District of Prague 12 is still spreading false information about us, falsely accusing us of wrongdoing, and thus preventing us from submitting the project to the building authority for expert assessment. Therefore, on Sunday, October 3, we filed a lawsuit against the City District in Prague 12 addressed in fact to the councilors of Prague 12, who actively voted against the Kamýk Apartment House project, “ said Martínková.
The filing of the lawsuit was preceded by a pre-litigation appeal, which Trigema sent to the management of Prague 12 on 17 September. Deputy Mayor Šula subsequently stated in a press release that the town hall will negotiate with the developer on further modifications to the project. According to Martinková, however, no one from the management of Prague 12 City Hall has contacted Trigem yet.
According to its spokesman, Trigema is now demanding the annulment of the council’s negative resolution on the Kamýk Apartment House, an apology and damages in the amount of interest service costs for the week that elapsed between the council’s first meeting after sending the pre-litigation summons and filing a lawsuit. Martínková added that if it should be thwarted in the future project, Trigema will also demand compensation for damages that would correspond to the total costs of the project. Trigema now estimates about 160 million crowns here.
Deputy Mayor Tylová told ČTK today that Prague 12 considers the lawsuit to be an interference with the city’s rights to self-government and the protection of the public interest of its own inhabitants. At the same time, it objected to the company’s claim that the town hall did not have the necessary information to comment on the new version of the plan, as Trigema mentioned in the pre-litigation summons. “The city district officially received a description of the project from the authorities concerned, which Trigema requested an opinion on the updated project. This description of the number of proposed floors, flats and parking spaces and other parameters are sufficient to express an opinion on whether the building is oversized or not.” said the deputy mayor. Tylová also denied that the town hall would accuse Trigema of an infringement and that it was already preventing the project from being submitted to the construction department for expert assessment.
Trigema bought the building of the original low-rise shopping center in 2018 with the aim of demolishing it and building two modern apartment buildings with a commercial parterre in its place. The towers were originally supposed to have 18 and 14 above-ground floors. However, the proposal did not receive the necessary permits from the authorities, so it underwent changes. Now the planned buildings have nine and 15 floors, in which there should be apartments for about 300 inhabitants. Three-storey underground garages are designed for them.