Briefs

Kopernik Office Buildings soon to be enlarged

Liebrecht & wooD, the developer of office and retail space will soon announce the enlargement of its Warsaw based Kopernik Office Buildings complex. The developer recently managed to sign two new lease agreements. The pharmaceutical company Merck will occupy almost 2,000 sqm in the current building which was built in the second phase of development. The new office building of the third phase will be constructed for HDS, who will take almost 1000 sqm in February 2005. Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker participated in this deal.

Andersia Tower - the construction starts

The Andersia Tower complex in Poznań (Western Poland), which will be completed in 2006, took its first steps forward in May with the ground breaking ceremony. The project will be developed in two phases. Firstly the Andersia Tower building will be constructed with 44,000 sqm of office, hotel and retail space. This phase is set to cost USD 60 mln. During the second phase 36,000 sqm of further retail space will link the tower with the neighbouring Poznań Financial Centre. This will cost USD 35 mln. Andersia Tower complex is a joint venture between Von der Heyden Group and the city of Poznań. Warbud has been appointed as the general contractor and Knight Frank as the leasing agent. Grupa Inwestycyjna Probuild will supervise the construction process. Andersia Tower was designed by pracownia Architektoniczna Ewy i Stanisława Sipińskich.

Skanska to bring offices to Miasteczko Wilanów

Skanska Property Poland has unveiled its purchase of 1.2 hectares of land from Prokom Investments to be developed into an office and hotel complex within the Miasteczko Wilanów development. The offices, each containing approximately 13,000 sqm space will be built in two phases, with the first likely to be delivered at the beginning of 2006. The hotel, though plans are not fixed, will probably offer around 150 rooms with a 2 or 3 star level of service and conference facilities to meet the needs of the neighbouring businesses. Though development of Prokom's town development is continuing, it has created a lot of criticism because of its proximity to Wilanow's historic palace. A planned Auchan hypermarket has had to go through legal arbitration and development is still delayed. Skanska now possesses at least three sites in Warsaw, situated at Rondo ONZ in the CBD, Marynarska Street in Mokotów and now Miasteczko Wilanów. Construction work is yet to begin at any of these developments.