The estimated and planned size of the mix-use project is over 220,000 square meters, but, as Bay points out, their General Urban Plan allows for nearly 410,000 sqm.
– We will not do a Hong Kong project on our 15 hectares of land and destroy the market forever. We have a phased approach and we want to raise all standards and real estate values for properties throughout the city of Nis.
Clean Earth Capital previously worked with AECOM from Virginia in the early phases of the project, and now they are using Leo A. Daly from Washington DC as a designer.
– Locally in Nis we are very happy with
Forma Antica and BNN as designers and many, many others from Nis, as well as Kodar/Elektromontaza from Belgrade, Inobacka from Novi Sad, Triogradnja from Loznica and also, many, many other subcontractors from all over Serbia – Bay points out.
Thanks to the project, Nis was featured on the pages of The New York Times, and Bay says that, while this is not important for the project, it is crucial for the city of Nis.
– Articles from newspapers like the New York Times puts us on the map, and raises awareness to the outside world that opportunities and great human resources exist outside of the capital cities. The international community, both at the political and financial level, neglect secondary cities on a daily basis – Bay says for eKapija.