Briefs

Land has been sold

Hochtief Project Development has finally become the owner of the land next to the ONZ roundabout in Warsaw city centre, where it plans to develop a 100,000 sqm office building. The company has acquired an extra 5,800 sqm plot from PZU, the Polish insurance company. The transaction now has to be approved by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration.

Office building for Beiersdorf-Lechia

The cosmetics company Beiersdorf-Lechia is to build its own three-storey building of over 3,500 sqm and the investment will be launched in spring 2003. It was designed by Spanish architects Aguilera Ingenieros and construction will cost PLN 24 million.
According to "Puls Biznesu", the office building will be constructed near the company's modern factory in Poznan, which was itself completed at the end of 2001.

Topping out in Poznan

The investors and constructors of new office building Globis Poznań, have celebrated the building's topping-out ceremony. Final completion of the office building (13,000 sqm) is scheduled for the beginning of 2003.
The project's investor, company Globis Poznan, was established by Globe Trade Centre (75 %) and Orbis (25 %.). Hochtief Polska was the general constructor and architects Pentagram designed the building. SAP Project was involved in the preparatory stages of the project and the leasing agents are CB Richard Ellis and Blaszczyk Nieruchomosci.

Stratos welcomes Belgians

The Belgian Embassy's Wallon Region Trade and Economic Representation (AWEX), has leased 292 sqm. of office space at the Stratos office building in ul. Skorupki in Warsaw.
Stratos, completed in 2000 by general contractor Universale International, has a total area of over 9,900 sqm. It was designed by architects Majewski, Wyszynski and Hermanowicz and  is owned  by Karimpol.

New plans for Bialystok

City authorities in Bialystok are planning a profitability study for a new mixed-use project, (with office, retail and hotel facilities), near the central railway station.
The investment would be carried out on a plot of  around 14,5 h, of which  about 10 h are owned by PKP, (Polish railways). ,In order for the centre to be constructed, railway tracks will have to be replaced, new platforms constructed and the station renovated", said city Vice-President, Boguslaw Debski.
"We want this work to be financed from EU pre-access funds. The city authorities will be looking for partners for this project during the Expo Real fair in Munich, and MIPIM in Cannes, among others".

Hochtief awarded

Hochtief Polska Facility Management has received the prize for "the Best Integrator of the Year" Building Operation Management category, at the "Inteligentny budynek" ["Intelligent Building"] conference.
 Awarded by Grupa Inteligentnego Budownictwa [Intelligent Construction Group] -  the prize was for managing the BRE Bank headquarters complex in Warsaw.

First tenants in WBC

Winogrady Business Centre office building on ul. Serbska in Poznan (West Poland), has welcomed its first tenants: Wrigley (930 sqm), Polish general constructor Warbud (700 sqm), E&L Real Estates branch office (125 sqm) and Raiffeisen Bank (185 sqm.). DTZ Zadelhoff Tie Leung is the leasing agent of the WBC, which was completed this July.
The 9-storey Centre, of which 6,800 sqm is leasable, was developed by E&L Real Estates, invested in by special purpose company Keystone and designed by E&L Architects. Warbud was appointed the general constructor of the project.