And the winners of the skyscraper race are…

At first glance, the current situation on the office market in Warsaw resembles that of 2007, when a large number of new high-rise projects were being announced. That was when developers, encouraged by almost unlimited access to financing, kept on launching bigger and bolder projects. Some of the tower blocks were even planned to be up to 200m in height – one such colossus was to have been built on the site of the Robotniczy Klub Sportowy Skra labour club, while a 250m skyscraper was being planned for a site next to the Warta Tower. But what has actually been built since then? “Actually, no new office projects of this sort have been built in central Warsaw since that time. A skyscraper project is generally a difficult enterprise. On the other hand, skyscrapers in central locations, which are well-designed and efficiently managed, can be among the best facilities a city has for years to come, such as the Warsaw Financial Center or Rondo 1,” remarks Daniel Bienias, the