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Edition 12 (176) December 2012

Editorial

A very, merry crisis...

Merry crisis and a happy new fear - encouraging words, and perfect for the last issue of the magazine this year. The new year is approaching, raising hopes for a better future, as well as fears that it might be worse.

Ewa Andrzejewska
Architecture

Hala Koszyki rises again

POLAND An art nouveau indoor market and retail hall, which was designed by Juliusz Dzierżanowski in 1909, is now to be re-built. Hala Koszyki on ul. Koszykowa in Warsaw is where residents of the capital city could buy nearly anything they could dream of. There were once even stalls offering fish and live birds. Hala Koszyki has a U-shaped plan. Its structure is made of steel, its internal walls are made of brick and its façades are made of clinker and plaster with elements sculpted by Zygmunt Otto. Its courtyard was surrounded by arcades with a roof on steel supports.

Aneta Cichla
Hotels

Back to basics

POLAND Miguel Martins, the general director of Polish Hotel Company, has been based in Poland for the last four years and believes that he has found a niche on the Polish three-star hotel market. He explains that the competition in this segment mainly comprises old hotels that have lagged behind with investment as well as a large number of non-branded establishments.

Alex Hayes
Stock market report

Return of the downtrend

The growth on the global stock exchanges in September has now vanished without a trace. The signals pulling the indexes down are no longer just coming from Europe, as the situation in the USA has also contributed to the declines. After a brief surge, the construction companies index in Poland was hit once again

(Mir)
Feature

The day before Christmas...

"Merry Christmas, Mr Scrooge - and God bless you!" cried a cheerful voice from among the Christmas throng on the high street. It was the voice of the nephew of Scrooge, the property financier.

Nathan North
Feature

The need for green

Architectural studios are being populated with green building professionals as having a team with LEED or BREEAM assessors increasingly becomes a necessity

Zuzanna Wiak, Alex Hayes
Investment & finance

Future focus

This year is the 25th anniversary of the founding of Austrian real estate investor CA Immo. One of the more active companies in the CEE, it is never far from the headlines. In November, the company in a 50:50 joint venture sold the Warsaw Financial Center in a deal worth EUR 210 mln. We spoke to Bruno Ettenauer, the CEO of CA Immo to find out what the company is planning next

Nathan North
Residential

2013: A living space oddity

A huge supply of homes. Prices at rock bottom. The end of the ?Family's Own Home' scheme. Throw in the development act and the fact that banks are unwilling to lend, and you have developers facing a very hard year

Radosław Górecki
Human resources

What are the trends that currently dominate the real estate recruitment market?

What are the qualifications (apart from an outgoing personality) that job hunters need in order to bag themselves a position with solid prospects for future personal development? Headhunters give their take on what is driving recruitment on the real estate market

Alex Hayes
Eurobuild Awards

The personnel touch

What are the qualifications (apart from an outgoing personality) that job hunters need in order to bag themselves a position with solid prospects for future personal development? Headhunters give their take on what is driving recruitment on the real estate market

Aneta Cichla
Events

Risk is not an option

The warehouse market is facing new challenges. In some regions of the country the supply of ready-for-lease areas is decreasing, which is at least one thing that is making developers happy. However, the market conditions are not conducive to developing speculative projects and tenant behaviour is hard to predict

Aneta Cichla
Events

Two polar opposites

The reputation of the Mapic fair and the charm of Cannes continue to attract developers and tenants of shopping centres from all over the world. This year the work of the former and the latter was harder - the old (and maybe already the new crisis) is continuing to make an impact

Aneta Cichla
Endpiece

Fairy-tales and horror stories

When admiring unique architectural designs, we immerse ourselves in a fairy-tale world - one where almost anything is possible...

Radosław Górecki

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