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The Cimos building is an abandoned, yet undemolished building in Zagreb, Croatia, situated on the intersection between Ljubljanska Avenue and Hrvatski sokol street in the Staglišće neighbourhood. The name CIMOS comes from a Slovenian enterprise that represented Citroën in the former Yugoslavia, which wanted to create an exhibition hall in the building. Gradis Maribor, Slovenia as investor, in 1991 sold the building to CEF-ing, Brezice, Slovenia. Currently, the building is used as a meeting place for local youth.

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Construction on CIMOS building began in 1988, when CIMOS traded other property for this 7700 m² lot with city of Zagreb. Construction work commenced in a partnership with the construction company Gradis, also from Slovenia. Construction work was soon terminated because of the Yugoslav wars during which Slovenia and Croatia became politically independent of one another. During the next decade the building was left to deteriorate and in a couple of years all the windows had either been broken or stolen, as had other construction material.

Neither CIMOS nor CEF-ing were able to sell this property until 2001 when Croatia and Slovenia signed an agreement that regulated the real-estate market between them. That same year CIMOS, forged the legal documentation and sold the building to another company, Berny Commerce, based in Zagreb. Berny Commerce was signed as the new owner in the land-registry. However, CIMOS withheld from Berny Commerce the information that Gradis had sold its majority share of the building to the CEF-ing, a Slovenian company based in Brežice.

Just when Bernny Commerce started to renovate the building in 2002, CEF-ing sued Bernny Commerce to enforce their rights to the property. Because of the on-going litigation, the banks denied Berny Commerce credit necessary for renovating the building.

In the meantime, Croatian mobile service provider T-Hrvatski Telekom illegally installed a signal repeater on top of the building. A court's final decision in that matter is expected towards the end of spring, 2006.

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• Ruglo će ipak postati poslovni centar? (Croatian)

Coordinates: 45°47′40″N 15°55′26″E / 45.79444°N 15.92389°E / 45.79444; 15.92389