The building, where actor Hugo Haas spent part of his life on Biskupska Street in Brno, had been near derelict for many years. The reconstruction has been carried out by a private investor who has transformed the ruin into a residential apartment building with exclusive apartments. House number eight on Biskupska Street was built in the early 20th century at the location known today as the Francis and Denis Gardens. The brothers Haas spent part of their life there – Hugo, was a well known actor and Pavel a world famous composer. There is a memorial plaque on the façade of the building as a permanant reminder of its most famous residents.

Nick and Janine are a young American couple living in Brno. Although they have lived here for just a short time, they have a lot of experiences. What brought them to Brno? What are the most challenging things? What do they like about living in Brno? They made time in their busy new life for our questions."

Borek Sipek gleans inspiration for his work in various cultural backgrounds. He lets himself be influenced by shapes, individual elements and colours. Thanks to his unique imagination, he has created an original and immediately identifiable style. He systematically searches for unexpected contexts and intentionally invites us – the audience – to think playfully.

The Czechinvest Investment and Business Development Agency, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the CR and the Association for Foreign Investment (AFI) have announced the results of the Investor of the Year 2010 and the Business Property of the Year 2010 competitions. Brno companies ranked very highly in both competitions.

127,000 sq m of industrial space was rented by companies across the South Moravian Region over the previous quarter. Roughly the same area was rented by companies in the remaining parts of the Czech Republic. In the South Moravian Region, companies focused their interest exclusively on Brno.

Decreased demand in recent years has affected both the residential property market and commercial property market development. Similarly to the situation across the Czech Republic, the market in offices and business and storage premises in Brno has seen a significant downturn and subsequent stagnation. However, we are currently witnessing a revival in developer projects in the commercial real estate sector, including office buildings, retail and also logistics premises. Considering the negative economic forecasts which have been literally bombarding us from every direction, the question is how long this clear market rebirth will last.

Not much is left of the Za Lužánkami sports facility, which used to be the envy of the whole of the Czech Republic. The winter sports stadium went to rack and ruin to such an extent that its ruins had to be demolished. The football stadium, which used to host up to forty thousand fans at the height of the Česká Zbrojovka football club era, is in a similar situation today. Only ambiguous property ownership relations to the surrounding plots of land stand in the way of its demolition and the possible construction of a new stadium one day. The Za Lužánkami swimming pool is not exactly new either, despite some recent remodelling. A new multipurpose sports hall, which was supposed to host the women's basketball world championship one year ago, is also still on the drawing board, so let us be grateful that in spite of this situation, Brno can be proud of one unique sports area.

The construction of a research centre in Královo Pole is about to be completed – to enhance a raft of centres of excellence and to strengthen Brno's leading position in the research field. The building in question will house the ALISI micro- and nano- laboratories.