Sasa Popovic's Opatija Apartments Sold to One Buyer

Both apartments in Opatija that Sasa Popovic and his wife Suzana Jovanovic owned for years have changed hands. The buyer, according to family friend Dejan Cirkovic Cira, is a man from Belgrade, and the same buyer took both units.

Cira shared details with domestic media about the sale of the properties that had long served as the Popovic family’s seaside retreat on the Croatian coast. By his account, Suzana cleared out all her personal belongings from both apartments and moved them to Belgrade. He also denied claims that Suzana had been staying in Opatija in the period after Sasa’s death.

The Opatija apartments were for years the place where the Popovic family spent their summers. Son Danijel, as Cira told Elita, happily went there with his wife Tijana, while daughter Aleksandra was never especially attached to that part of Croatia. Plenty of well-known names from the domestic entertainment scene passed through as guests, the same source said, which is why many people still remember Opatija for those summer stays.

Cira spoke plainly and without hedging about the sale itself.

Both apartments that belonged to my old friend were sold to one man from Belgrade. Suzana took everything out and moved it to Belgrade.

Property prices in that area have, according to Cira, jumped sharply in the meantime, so the buyer had to set aside a serious sum to take both apartments. Neither the buyer’s identity nor the exact sale price has been made public.

Prices in Opatija are insane, everything has gotten more expensive. As for the yacht, it’s also for sale, but I’m not sure it has a buyer yet. I think Sasa made the decision to sell the apartments while he was still alive, what would Suzana do with that much property, she’s alone now.

With that statement, the family friend also revealed the fate of another valuable piece of the Popovic estate, the yacht, which remains on the market but, by his account, still has no seriously interested buyer.

Cira specifically stressed that the decision to sell the apartments was not made after Sasa’s death, but while Sasa Popovic was still alive. That, he says, puts to rest any talk that Suzana had suddenly decided to get rid of the family’s property in Croatia once she was left on her own.

Why the Family Is Leaving Opatija

The family friend also told Elita that he personally will no longer go to Opatija now that Sasa is gone. That single line shows just how much weight the sale of two apartments carries for people close to the Popovic family, even though it is, at its core, an ordinary real estate deal.

While the apartments have been sold, the Popovic family yacht is still waiting for a new owner. Cira is not sure whether anyone is currently interested in buying it, even though the vessel has, by his account, already been listed for sale for some time.

There is no information yet on how much the yacht is worth, or when it might find a buyer. The sum for which the Opatija apartments were sold has likewise not been disclosed, nor has any detail about the new owner beyond the fact that he is from Belgrade.

News of the apartment sale comes at a time when, per Cira, real estate prices on the Croatian coast are climbing fast. That is likely also why the family finally decided to part with the Opatija property, even though the decision, as Cira maintains, was made while Sasa Popovic was still alive.

The yacht is, for now at least, the only piece of the former Popovic family estate in Croatia still waiting for a buyer.