Economy
As all of the socialist governments considered heavy industry to be the driving force of the entire economy, it for decades dominated Novi Beograd's economy too: Motors and Tractors Industry - IMT, Metallic cast iron factory - FOM, Beograd (formerly Tito) shipyard, large heating plant in Savski Nasip, MINEL electro-construction company, etc. All of these complexes will be removed and develop in business and residential areas.
In 1990s with the collapse of gigantic state-owned companies, Novi Beograd's local economy bounced back by switching to commercial facilities, with dozens of shopping malls and entire commercial sections. These activities are further enhanced in the 2000s (decade). The 'Open Shopping Mall' or the Belgrade's flea market is also located in Novi Beograd.
New Belgrade become main business district in Serbia and becoming main business district in South East Europe. Many companies choose New Belgrade for their headquarters or regional centres such as Acer, Comtrade group, Imtel Computers, Microsoft, Ikea, Delta Holding, DHL, Jat Airways, OMV, Siemens, Société Générale, Telekom Serbia, Telenor Serbia, Unilever, Vip mobile, Yugoimport SDPR, Ericsson, Colliers International, CB Richard Ellis, Cisco Systems, SAP AG, Hewlett-Packard, Huawei, etc. The Belgrade Stock Exchange is also located in New Belgrade. Other notable structures built not too long afterwards include convention and congress hall Sava Center, Hotel Jugoslavija, Genex condominium, Genex Tower sports and concert venues Hala Sportova and Belgrade Arena, and 4 and 5-star hotels Continental Hotel Belgrade, Holiday Inn, Hyatt Regency, Tulip Inn etc,with 1253 rooms,... Many structures are currently under construction like Ada Bridge, Airport City Belgrade, Elektroprivreda Srbije HQ., Intesa HQ, West 65 business-residential complex, etc.
Now over 1,2 million square metres is under construction in New Belgrade. Estimated value of construction in next two and half years will be over 1.5 billion Euros. Currently finished projects in New Belgrade are Delta City, Sava City, Univerzitetsko Selo and Ušće Tower.
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