Urban Developers and Investors (UDI)

Name

Urban Developers and Investors (UDI)

Legal name

URBAN DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS LTD

Website

https://urban-developers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Development

NAICS

Land Subdivision (23721), Industrial Building Construction (23621), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Operative Builders (1531), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Land Development & Subdivision Homebuilding (Build-to-Sell Communities) (IMAFABAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Real Estate Development Asset Management (Project/Construction-to-Stabilization) (BPAJAMAL)

Keywords

• Real estate development
• Residential property
• Commercial real estate
• Logistics development
• Investment fund

Headquarters

HQ city

Ceska

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Residential Property Sales: Development and sale of residential apartments to individual buyers and investors. Projects span multiple countries including Czech Republic, Serbia, Hungary, Poland, Costa Rica, and Panama. Revenue recognized upon property handover to buyers.
2. Commercial Property Development and Leasing: Development of shopping centers, office buildings, and retail spaces. Shopping Centre Lužiny is completed and rented out. Commercial spaces are offered for rent to tenants including retailers and service providers.
3. Logistics and Industrial Development: Development of logistics parks near major highways. Completed Sázava Logistics Park (sold to SEGRO). Přehýšov Logistics Centre under development with halls leased to tenants like Prefab Factory.
4. Qualified Investors Fund: UDI Group SICAV a.s. is a Qualified Investors Fund allowing qualified investors to participate in property development projects with potential returns.
5. Hotel Development: Development of mixed-use projects with hotel components. Parkside project in Budapest includes 152 hotel rooms operated under Staybridge Suites brand by IHG through operator Mogotel.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Urban Developers and Investors (UDI) is an international real estate development group that develops, sells, and leases residential, commercial, and logistics properties across six countries in Central/Southeastern Europe and Central America. The company handles the full development lifecycle from site procurement and planning through construction to delivery and post-sale accountability. It also operates the UDI Group SICAV Qualified Investors Fund, enabling qualified investors to participate in its development pipeline.

Product overview

UDI Group is an international property development company with 30+ years of experience operating across Europe and Latin America. The company operates as a project-based developer with distinct product categories: Residential (apartment buildings and complexes across Czech Republic, Serbia, Hungary, Poland, Panama, and Costa Rica), Commercial (shopping centers, office buildings), and Logistics (industrial and logistics parks). Key residential products include SIDE Smíchov Living (1,200 units in Prague), Urban Park (864 units in Brno), Ursus Classic (947 units in Warsaw), Lastavice (492 units in Belgrade), and Parkside (324 apartments + 152 hotel rooms in Budapest). Commercial offerings span Shopping Centre Lužiny and Shopping Park Líbeznice in Czech Republic, and LaViza Offices in Hungary. Logistics projects include Logistics Centre Přehýšov (136,000 m²) and Logistics Park Šimanovci (59,000 m²). The company also offers the UDI Group Fund for qualified investor real estate investments. Projects are developed with international architects including Morten Schmidt (SHL), David Richard Chisholm (CMC Architects), and Bogle Architects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UDI Group Foundation: Cultural foundation supporting Czech culture and heritage preservation, particularly focused on composer Jan Dismas Zelenka and cultural publications including the Fanzin magazine.

Products and services

• SIDE Smíchov Living Major mixed-use residential development in Prague's Smíchov district featuring 1,200 apartments with retail and service spaces on ground floors, community facilities, and a green courtyard accessible to residents and the public. Designed by CMC Architects / David Richard Chisholm.
• Urban Park Brno-Husovice Modern multi-phase residential and retail development in Brno-Husovice transforming an industrial area along the Svitava River into a residential complex with 864 apartments and retail spaces.
• Ursus Classic Large-scale residential development in Warsaw-Ursus on 30,594 m² featuring 7 residential buildings with 947 apartments, commercial spaces, and a revitalized commercial building from a former tractor factory.
• Lastavice Residential and office complex in Belgrade's Block 58 comprising two polyfunctional buildings with 492 apartments and commercial spaces on ground floors, developed in two phases.
• Parkside Budapest Multi-functional residential and hotel complex in Budapest's XIII district near Vizafogó park featuring 324 apartments and 152 hotel rooms in an 8-story building with enclosed inner garden, including green roof technology.
• Shopping Centre Lužiny Shopping center in Prague-Stodůlky with 13,360 m² of retail and office space, anchored by Billa, DM drogerie markt, and Euronics, with additional tenants including Lužiny Brewery, Czech Post Office, and Municipal Library. Designed by Hlaváček & Partner.
• LaViza Offices Budapest Office complex in Budapest's XIII district near Váci Corridor offering 48,000 m² of sustainable office and retail spaces targeting BREEAM and WELL certifications.
• Sázava Logistics Park Logistics complex at D1 motorway exit 34 near Prague with 46,500 m² in four warehouses, BREEAM Very Good certified, featuring the first rainwater purification system in a Czech logistics complex. Sold to SEGRO European Logistics Partnership in 2025.
• Logistics Centre Přehýšov Logistics park at D5 motorway exit 100 near Pilsen with 136,000 m² across 3 warehouses, targeting BREEAM Excellent certification. Largest hall leased to Prefab Factory for prefabricated bathroom production.
• UDI Group Fund (SICAV) Qualified Investors Fund (UDI Group SICAV a.s.) enabling investment in Czech and foreign real estate projects with potential returns up to 15 percent, providing investors exposure to UDI's development pipeline.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sázava Logistics Park sold to SEGRO with over 46,000 sqm across 4 fully leased halls
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 June 2024UD I Group will build a Staybridge Suites hotel in Budapest for IHG chain. The operator will be Mogotel from the Baltics. Parkside project includes 152 hotel rooms.
• Prefab FactorycoreOthersPrefab Factory is expanding its prefabricated bathroom production at UDI's Přehýšov Logistics Centre, leasing the largest hall in the complex.
• MogotelcoreOthersBaltic hotel operator managing Staybridge Suites hotel in Budapest's Parkside development for IHG brand.
• WEDOminorOthersLogistics operator for whom UDI Group built the Sázava Logistics Park superhub on D1.
• Morten Schmidt / SHL / PAX ArchitectscoreOthersDanish architect Morten Schmidt (founder of SHL) collaborates with PAX Architects on Latin American projects including Aranjuez 23, SQ72, and ZITĀ. Morten Schmidt & PAX Architects partnership for high-rise residential developments.
• Kuryłowicz & AssociatescoreOthersRenowned architectural studio responsible for Ursus Classic design in Warsaw, creating classic yet modern residential architecture.
• ZAP ArchitecturecoreOthersSerbian architectural studio collaborating with UDI on Lastavice and Duga projects. Local expertise complements Czech partners like Hlaváček & Partner.
• Bogle ArchitectscoreOthersBritish architect Ian Bogle won international architecture competition for Duga project in Belgrade, a major 565 million euro mixed-use development.
• A3 ArchitectscoreOthersResponsible for Parkside Residence design in Budapest, an 8-floor residential and hotel complex.
• ATP architekten ingenieurecoreOthersArchitecture and engineering firm responsible for LaViza Offices design in Budapest targeting BREEAM and WELL certifications.
• Hlaváček & PartnercoreOthersCzech architectural studio responsible for Shopping Centre Lužiny and multiple residential projects including Urban Park Brno and Lužiny apartment buildings.
• CMC Architects / David Richard ChisholmcoreOthersLed by architect David Richard Chisholm, responsible for SIDE Smíchov Living project design in Prague.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Skanska Commercial Development: Global construction and development group with deep CEE presence (Prague, Warsaw, Budapest) in sustainable office and residential developments. Competes with UDI for BREEAM- and LEED-certified office tenants and for institutional JV capital in CEE capitals.
• CPI Property Group: One of the largest publicly-listed real estate groups in CEE, with a multi-country office, retail, residential and hospitality portfolio across Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere. Broader and more diversified incumbent that competes with UDI for institutional capital and tenants in Prague, Budapest and Warsaw.
• STRABAG Real Estate: Development arm of STRABAG SE, active across CEE in residential, office and hotel projects. Overlapping footprint in Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia and Poland — one of UDI's country CEOs (Bernhard Widder) is a former STRABAG executive, indicating direct competition for talent and land.

Direct peers

• CTP: Largest listed developer of industrial and logistics properties in CEE by gross lettable area, with a pan-European industrial park network. Closest direct peer to UDI's logistics business (Sázava, Přehýšov, Šimanovci), competing for the same blue-chip logistics tenants and institutional buyers such as SEGRO.
• Central Group: Czech Republic's largest residential developer, headquartered in Prague. Direct peer to UDI with overlapping Czech residential pipeline (Prague apartment projects), same core customer base (Czech owner-occupiers and buy-to-let investors), and similar mixed exposure to commercial developments.
• Multi Corporation: European mixed-use retail and urban regeneration developer with shopping centers that overlap with UDI's Shopping Centre Lužiny and Shopping Park Líbeznice (same retail tenant profiles, similar central-European mall locations).
• Trigema: Czech residential and mixed-use developer, notably a large-scale brownfield transformation (Nákladové nádraží Žižkov) in Prague that competes head-to-head with UDI's SIDE Smíchov Living and Žižkov projects for buyers, land and finance.
• Accolade: Czech-founded industrial and logistics real estate platform with a pan-European footprint, including parks near major motorways in Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. Direct competitor for logistics tenants and institutional buyers of completed logistics parks (same category as Sázava sold to SEGRO).
• HB Reavis: Slovak-headquartered international real estate developer active in CEE and Western Europe, focused on office, mixed-use and now residential. Direct competitive overlap with UDI in multi-country urban development and on BREEAM-certified office projects in CEE capitals.

Emerging players

• YIT (residential business, divested to CVC): Finnish-origin residential developer historically active in CEE (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Baltics) with similar mid-rise urban apartment pipeline. Note: UDI country executives include former YIT staff, indicating directly comparable operating model and customer base in CEE residential.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@urbandevelopersandinvestor
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/urban-developers-and-investors-ltd.

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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