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Poland Engineers will move into Brain Park

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Volvo Tech Hub will occupy 10,000 sqm of space in the Brain Park C building owned by Echo Investment. The new part of Volvo Car Poland will move into the Kraków office building in stages, starting in September 2024. 

Volvo Tech Hub will occupy 10,000 sqm of office space on seven floors in the Kraków office. It is Volvo Cars' fourth software development centre. The company currently operates Tech Hubs in Stockholm and Lund, Sweden, and Bangalore, India. The Kraków office was opened in 2023.

In March, we celebrated the first anniversary of the Volvo Tech Hub in Kraków. We already have 150 people working in our centre and will eventually employ more than 500 specialists. It was therefore a priority to find a headquarters that would support Volvo's further development in Poland. This transaction, the largest on the office market in Kraków, will significantly increase the visibility of Volvo in the city.
Przemek Berendt, head of Volvo Tech Hub

In the transaction, the tenant was represented by JLL Polska, the PDS department of JLL also provided support in the project.

JLL is also advising Volvo on technical issues and monitoring the progress of the finishing work on the new office. We are managing the planning and execution of an extremely high-tech space that will combine office and research and workshop functions.
Paweł Młynarczyk, senior project manager, PDS, JLL Polska

Brain Park offers a total of 43,000 sqm of office space and nearly 10,000 sqm of green areas at the junction of Al. Pokoju and ul. Fabryczna in the city centre. The complex is equipped with a number of amenities, including charging stations for cars and electric scooters, bicycle racks and changing rooms with showers.

The complex was designed by the Baumschlager Eberle Architekci Kraków studio in accordance with the latest trends in sustainable construction. The office buildings are partly powered by green energy and use energy-saving solutions to reduce their environmental impact. It is also the first WiredScore Platinum-certified project in Kraków.

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