The announced construction work will mostly affect the northern part of Ljubljana, which will get a completely new look in a few years. The Zlatarna Celje jewelry company has recently bought the land opposite Bavarski dvor i.e. where the new Intercontinental Hotel will stand in the future. Another skyscraper which will feature a hotel and luxury apartments is planned to be built on the recently purchased land.
The construction of the Kozole 2 parking garage on the other side of Slovenska Cesta street is nearing its end. And just a few streets away in the area of the old Kolizej, according to Mayor Zoran Janković, construction work on the new Schellenburg neighborhood is to start in April. Of course, there will be no new opera house at that location, although it was envisaged in the initial plan of the project.
"The fact is that something new is happening in Ljubljana, something we've long been waiting for. There will be more funds coming in from the community infrastructure levy. The construction pits, which have been Ljubljana's black holes for a long time, are now being sold," said Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković.