Briefs

Gleeds at the site of Sosnowiec Outlet Centre

Gleeds Polska is to provide Lender's Representatives services at the 23,000 sqm Sosnowiec Outlet Centre. The Outlet Company is the developer of the factory outlet centre to be built on ul. Orlat Lwowskich, in Sosnowiec in the Silesia region, and CB Richard Ellis are leasing agents.

Contract for Budokor

Catalina Investment, (owned by the Catalina Group and two Israeli companies: Electra Real Estate and Dirom), has chosen the Budokor branch of Hochtief Polska as general constructor for the Catalina II apartment block in Warsaw. The project is due for completion in August 2004 and there will be 113 apartments in the 6,700 sqm building.

Mitex's Katowice contract

The Katowice Social Housing Association (Katowickie Towarzystwo Budownictwa Spolecznego) has commissioned Mitex to build a housing and retail complex on ul. Krasinskiego-Skowronskiego in Katowice.
The first stage of the investment is to be completed on September 30th 2004 and Mitex' contract will amount to PLN 17.7 mln plus VAT.

New airport terminal for low cost airlines in Balice

The Kraków local authority has been given a plot of land in nearby Balice, by the Polish Defence Ministry, on which to develop a new airport terminal, specifically for low cost airline operators such as Ryan Air and EasyJet, who are currently deterred from flying to and from Poland, because of its airports' prohibitive fees. Jacek Majchrowski, President of Kraków, has been quoted as wanting the terminal to be operating by next summer.

Resbud to construct retail centre in Lublin

The construction firm Resbud, based in Reszów in south-east Poland, is to construct a retail centre in Lublin, in the east of the country, for Polish furniture producer Black Red White, for EUR 2.3 mln.
The centre will consist of two stories and a total area of 10,000 sqm and is due for completion in seven months.

Construction sector gets a boost

Construction companies' sales grew 1.6 per cent in July 2003 compared to the same period last year, which is the first such improvement for several months.
Some experts believe that this figure signals the beginning of a reversal of fortunes in the sector. This would seem to be confirmed by the 47 per cent increase in the business won by firms specialising in preparing plots for construction, which is likely to positively influence the number of new projects in the coming months.

Skanska united

Eleven subsidiaries merged with Skanska at the beginning of August. Przemyslówka Skanska, LPB Skanska, Budexpol Skanska, Exbud Rzeszów, PRDM, Exbud Nova, PPRD, RPRD, Hydrotex Skanska, RPRI and KPRM Skanska.
The merger is the next stage of Skanska's activity in Poland, which aims at consolidating all "branches" into one company.