A civic initiative opposing development at Miločer has challenged plans to resume construction of the Janu Kraljičina Plaža complex, adding uncertainty to the restart of Adriatic Properties’ long-delayed hotel project. The group Citizens Protect Miločer has called for project documentation and architectural plans to be reassessed before work continues. No competent authority has announced a cancellation or suspension of the development.
The dispute follows a government settlement with Adriatic Properties aimed at enabling completion of the development and resolving wider disagreements over the Sveti Stefan and Miločer hotel complex. Under the settlement framework, the project is expected to comprise a hotel with 63 rooms and 63 apartments. The government has stated that completion must remain within existing approved dimensions and planning documentation. Citizens Protect Miločer disputes the planned scale and has raised concerns about an additional block that it claims could include approximately 7,000–8,000 square metres or more. Those figures are claims by the civic initiative and do not represent an official revision of the approved project area.
The Miločer site combines high-value tourism property with landscape and cultural significance, making development particularly sensitive. The dispute also comes against the backdrop of the prolonged closure of Sveti Stefan, which has affected one of Montenegro’s best-known luxury tourism destinations. The settlement with Adriatic Properties was intended to provide a route toward reopening the resort and completing related investments. Renewed disagreement over construction at Miločer could complicate that process.
For Adriatic Properties, a key issue is whether existing approvals provide sufficient legal certainty for work to restart. If construction remains within authorised parameters, the civic objections would not necessarily prevent execution, although administrative appeals, inspections, court proceedings or political intervention could create delays.
The project’s history of delays makes documentation and clarity over approved construction particularly important for contractors, lenders and hospitality operators. The development also reflects the wider tension between Montenegro’s efforts to attract luxury tourism investment and pressure to protect planning, environmental and heritage standards along the coast.
The proposed combination of 63 hotel rooms and 63 apartments is relevant to the broader debate over the role of residential units in luxury hotel projects. Apartment sales can contribute to resort financing, while regulators must ensure developments remain consistent with their tourism purpose. The wider settlement concerning Sveti Stefan is also important for Montenegro’s premium tourism sector. The country has attracted major developments including Porto Montenegro, Luštica Bay and Portonovi, while Sveti Stefan’s continued closure has kept an established international tourism name outside operation.
The planned restart would provide visible progress following years of legal and political disagreement. However, the latest civic initiative has not resulted in an official construction ban, and its demands currently remain requests for reassessment rather than a binding regulatory decision. The government’s position that the project must remain within approved dimensions and planning documentation will be central to the implementation of the settlement and the resumption of work.
