Will Plac Zawiszy see the construction of the European Trade Center, the
highest building in Warsaw take place? Its visualisation downloaded from the site
www.skyscraperpage.com, appeared in the May edition of 'Eurobuild Poland.' The picture
also presented 2 other buildings which look impressive, but don't exist yet. We decided to
delve some more into what their story is.
European Trade Center
This 270-metre, 58 storey, skyscraper was designed by Robert Charkiewicz and Joanna
Lengiewicz back in 1997. The building was to be part of a mixed-use complex to be built
near Plac Zawiszy (where the Dworzec Główny station in Warsaw stands and on the other
side of the street at ul. Towarowa). Polska Sieć Handlowa Polma (Polma Polish Trade
Network), which includes Inter Commerce amongst others, were the consortium behind the
proposed scheme.
Plans stipulated that the 600,000 sqm complex would contain office, retail and residential
space as well as a hotel. (To compare, ING's