Biograd Health and Tourist Center,

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Biograd Health and Tourist Centre is a project held by County, whose goal is a development of medical tourism offer within the Special Orthopedic Hospital in Biograd na Moru. It involves creating a new health and tourist center next to the existing hospital building.

In addition to the construction of new accommodation capacities and medical service facilities needed for various health treatments and therapies, the Project includes wellness and recreational area with indoor and outdoor amenities.

ESTIMATED VALUE

Estimated value: 25 mil EUR. LOCATION

The designated location is adjacent to the Special on and the Vrana Lake). It is a well-known Orthopedic Hospital in northern part of Biograd na Moru, tourist and nautical center in the midpoint of the Adriatic easily accessible from Adriatic Tourist Road (Jadranska coast, with over a century-long tourist tradition. It offers turistička cesta). Zadar International Airport is 28 km, while a wide variety of sports and recreational capacities, the -Split Highway is 22 km away. several marinas and rich gastronomic offer in numerous restaurants along the coast. In addition to its cultural The Town of Biograd na Moru is surrounded by national heritage and vicinity to the historical cities of Zadar, parks ( Islands, , , The Krka Šibenik and Nin, Biograd na Moru is considered as a Waterfalls, Plitvice Lakes) and nature parks (Telašćica destination for an interesting and dynamic vacation. TRANSACTION MODEL

Several possibilities are offered to the potential investors, including construction/concession, public-private partnership and other contract arrangements. This project, under the conditions stipulated by the Law on Investment Promotion (OG 102/15) can qualify for investment incentives. For more information, please refer to Section 5: Incentive Measures for Investments Projects. CURRENT STATUS

In accordance with the urban development plan, the area of 60,000 m2, owned by the Special Orthopedics Hospital in Biograd na Moru, is foreseen for the construction of health and tourist facilities.

The preparation of the project documentation is currently in process. The pre-study of development of health tourism has been made by Development Agency, ZADRA NOVA. Feasibility study as well as cost-benefit analysis have been finalized. A public tender for the creation of the urban-architectural preliminary design has been implemented and a contractor has been chosen.

The project is in accordance with the spatial planning documents and the preliminary design has been made. Public call for expressions of interest for the development of Biograd Health and Tourist Centre was announced in September 2016.

Croatian Chamber of Economy, Rooseveltov trg 2, 10 000 Zagreb, DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this document has been provided by Croatian Chamber of Economy. Purpose of this document is to give short information about companies 134 and/or investment possibilities to potential investors. The profile is for information purposes only. No responsibility or liability is accepted for the information in this document. Project name: Biograd Health and Tourist Center Address: 23 210 Biograd na Moru

PLANNED FACILITIES

Facility size:

• Gross floor area: 6,000 m2

• Ground floor size: 6,000 m2

• Total land area: 60,000 m2

• Allowed construction density: 0.3

• Allowed construction efficiency: 1.5

ZADAR COUNTY

Population (2011): 170,017 Zadar County is the seat of the majority of the Croatian GDP per capita (2014): 8,197 EUR tuna farmers and of the largest grower of white fish. It also Unemployment rate (2016): 16.0% has the highest concentration of the fishing fleet in Croatia (fishing cooperatives, enterprises and numerous fishing Average gross monthly salary: 963 EUR crafts).

Zadar County is situated in northern in Croatia. Zadar is also an ancient European university city with a The County’s total area is 7,487 km2 of both sea and land. tradition since 1396. It offers 24 academic departments, It is well connected via road, sea and air, i.e. Zagreb-Split- such as: Agriculture and Mediterranean Aquaculture, Highway, good ferry connections with Italy and Economics, Traffic and Maritime Studies, English, German, the rest of Croatia and an international airport. The shortest Italian and French Studies, Tourism and Communication maritime connections to central Italy pass through the Sciences department and Humanities department. Port of Zadar. Equally important is Zadar Airport which It has approximately 5,800 undergraduate, graduate, is a popular tourist entry point with 6.7% growth in the postgraduate and doctoral students. number of passengers in 2016 compared to 2015. The centrepiece of the rich tourist offer in the County is The County’s most important sectors are trade (22.5%); its capital – the City of Zadar which is a focal point to the manufacturing industry (22.4%) – food industry, metal archipelago of more than a hundred islands. Most of these production, production of vessels, textile industry; are uninhabited and contain highly preserved sceneries transport and storage (13%); fishery and agriculture and attractive coastal zones. These areas are foreseen for (9.2%) and tourism (10.6%). The main export markets further development and enrichment of the tourist offer are Japan, Italy, Slovenia and (while the most of the County. exported products are aluminium products, fish – fresh and processed and machinery. The County is conveniently located near some of the most attractive Dalmatian sights, including national parks Kornati Zadar County is the most successful Adriatic county and Krka and a famous extreme sports location Paklenica. regarding the production and export in the sector of The County’s tourism potential has been recognized mariculture. The tradition of fish processing industry in internationally with brands such as Falkensteiner present Croatia is more than 130 years old and is one of the first in the County, while serious investments in Zadar County’s industries on the Croatian coast and islands. marinas have been made by the renowned Dogus Group. CONTACTS Croatian Chamber of Economy, International and EU Affairs Sector; www.hgk.hr, www.investincroatia.hr, e-mail: [email protected] Ms Silva Stipić Kobali, Managing Director Zadar County Development Agency – ZADRA, www.zadra.hr, e-mail: [email protected]

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