Had everything gone according to plan, the Silesia Park retail
and leisure centre in Katowice would have been launched last year. It wasn't to
be but there's still hope for the ambitious project. It comes in the form of a
Dutch investor, Moonfleet
The talks over the acquisition were initiated relatively
recently, in January this year. Peter Long of Chelverton International,
Silesia's former owner, informed Eurobuild that all the necessary documents had
been signed and the final payments should be made by the end of this month.
Australians packing up
Two firms were originally involved in Nowe Centrum, which was what Silesia Park
used to be called. Those were Chelverton International, a development company
owned by the Australian firms Lend Lease and Chelverton Properties International
and Katowicki Holding Węglowy, the owner of the plot. The latter's shares were
however subsequently bought by the developer.
The first news of the Nowe Centum project, which was to consist o