Privates on parade

What on Earth does a developer need a publishing company for? Or one, for that matter, that sells furniture? Why should a developer be interested in a maintenance company producing spare parts for lifts? The answer is simple - they?ve got their eyes on the attractive land the firms own. In Poland it is those companies based in Warsaw that are the most attractive, because it is their land that has the greatest potential. And the developers interested in such privatisations are not hiding the fact that their main aim is the fixed property. But what about the core operations of the companies? The latest privatisations, which have caused something of a sensation on the market, have also shown that things can pan out very differently. Some of the companies privatised have closed down their operations, while others have managed to survive. "There are a lot of properties in the portfolios of Polish public entities that should be analysed and prepared before the privatisation process and an op