Hungary's BrownField Property Database!

COST-EFFECTIVE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, SOCIALLY MORE ACCEPTABLE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Our goal is for new investments to burden and endanger our natural and environmental values as little as possible. We consider it extremely important to facilitate the recycling of areas that have been degraded by previous industrial activities and have already been recultivated in their current state, thus reducing the land requirements of green field investments.

“Target property search” and data validation

Factories and logistics centres

Glasshouses

Solar parks

Wind farms

Telecommunication hubs

Drone launching and receiving stations

Drone protection system

Our database contains more than 3,000 BrownField properties (evenly distributed across Hungary).
Based on a detailed analysis of the specific needs laid down in the individual requests, we provide data about the most optimal properties for a given investment.
The provided data contains accurate information on the current state of the site, its address (lot number), its owners, its history if available and any recultivation carried out.
The data owner is responsible for the quality of the provided data, with a clear expectation of unambiguous identification of the properties and their owners.
The data owner's obligation is limited to searching for “Target Property” and providing the relevant property identification data.
Additional information history if other additional data are available, and any recultivation carried out.

BrownFields (pros/contras)

Advantages and opportunities:
Extremely favourable price.
Cost-reducing factor: partially or fully decommissioned sites.
Of the draft law on Hungarian architecture, Section 9 [Principle of the priority of brownfield areas].
The sites are characterised by excellent infrastructure accessibility and a safe distance from residential areas.
The additional potential of the non-buildable parts of the property (e.g.: top cover and embankment wall of a landfill) can be economically exploited for solar energy production, which could result in significant energy independence for the investment (e.g.: energy intensive manufacturing, assembly or even greenhouse crop production activities).
Enhances the credible environmental awareness of the investor through the use of environmentally friendly circular real estate, reducing the need for land withdrawals from cultivation (GreenField).
Socially more acceptable and does not degrade the values to which the residents are accustomed.
Creates value: turns landscape wounds into utilised and well-maintained areas, while also generating employment.
Supportive municipal environment: an investor who creates value in a degraded environment is highly appreciated.
The significant number of properties scattered across the country creates opportunities for new alternative, innovative transport, storage, telecommunication and energy networks, whose entrance to the market can be aided by lower property prices.
the possibility of installing drone protection systems 448/2023. (X. 3.) Government decree according to the law on emergency measures for unmanned aircraft protection.

Disadvantages and risk factors:
Due to the limited capacity of the reclaimed land, partial or more regulated utilisation is possible.
Engagement only allowed in activities which are compatible with the specific characteristics of the site, and that requires a high level of awareness in the use of the land.
Management requirements (e.g.: leachate treatment, green area maintenance).
Sampling obligations may apply (e.g.: surface water, groundwater sampling).
Limited guarantee for recultivation, sampling results may trigger additional works.
Undetected environmental damage and the legal and financial risks thereof.
Difficulty in isolating the environmental impact caused by the activity resulting from the investment (inherited or caused environmental damage).
Unforeseeable changes in legislation concerning the specific (reclaimed) environmental characteristics of the property may make the use of the property more difficult and may even create additional financial obligations.

Legal environment

János Lázár (Minister of Construction and Investment):

“We have reviewed all the laws regulating construction, the protection of townscape and the protection of historical monuments, and we will reorganise them in The Act on Hungarian Architecture.”

(Source: Portfolio.hu, 06 March 2023)

On December 22, 2023, Act C of 2023 on Hungarian architecture was announced in the 187th edition of the Hungarian Gazette:

3. § (1) e) Principle of priority for brownfield sites: The Minister responsible for urban development and planning must keep a digital public register of brownfield sites. The deadline for setting up the public register is 1 January 2026. THE UTILISATION OF BROWNFIELD SITES MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY OVER THAT OF GREENFIELD SITES.

Díjkategóriák és szavatosság:

Fee categories	Lower area limit [gross ha]	Upper area limit [gross ha]
I.		< 0,5
II.	0,5 ≤	< 1
III.	1 ≤	< 2
IV.	2 ≤	< 3
V.	3 ≤	< 6
VI.	6 ≤	< 20
VII.	20 ≤

Fee category table based on gross area
[1 ha = 10.000 m²]

The data owner guarantees that, after the fee has been paid, the data on the real estate transferred to the Client will not be transferred to any third parties, or resold (recorded in its records as data transferred to the Client).
The fee received as compensation for the “Information Service” does not provide any guarantee of the purchase of the real estate, or the permissibility of the planned activity, nor does it impose any obligation on the data owner to carry out coordination activity in this respect.

Be part of our BrownField database:
As a first step, check if your property is listed in the largest Brown Field database of Hungary.
Send us your property's lot number, size (m²), gross sales price (€) and ownership details, then we will check whether it is already listed in our database.
If not, we will add it to our database without any obligation for and commission from the owners.
When adding it to our database, we will ask for further information on the property's history, and any recultivation work carried out. After that we will update the database and inform the data submitter about the successful completion.
Once the property is included in the database, it will be offered for sale in case it matches any "Target property" search.

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Do not hesitate to request a quote using the form below, we will get back to you as soon as possible.

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