Dreams and realty

Over the next few pages you can read some of the comments made by dogs, cats and a horse. A four-legged friend of one architect came up with the gnomic remark: “I am silent for the whole year before I say something. What about you?” I will reply on behalf of the editorial team. “We are talking the entire year: we ask questions, provoke responses, and seek out the answers. And in this issue we focus on entertainment parks, among other topics. Thriving enterprises they might be across Western Europe and further afield – and the scale of the projects announced is impressive – but what about the CEE region? Here the entertainment park adventure usually ends with news of the spectacular bankruptcies of the companies that had wanted to build them. An exception to this, however, is the dinosaur park – a segment that continues to develop dynamically. Well, I suppose we need to start somewhere.

We are doing rather better when it comes to fulfilling our dreams of living in the clouds. The construction of two spectacular

residential projects is nearing completion in Warsaw: Złota and Cosmopolitan. The next few months will reveal whether people with fat wallets realistically dream of living on the 30th floor with a view onto the Palace of Culture and Science.

We also turn our attention to the demand for professionals in the property sector. And? Don’t worry. All is well. Job market specialists are actually insisting that they can see the clear signs of a revival and that the industry is shaking itself out of its lethargy. That this is true is shown by the fact that over the last few months we have been receiving a great deal of news about personnel changes in the industry. And sometimes the news concerns ourselves...

This is why I would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to all our readers and to ‘Eurobuild CEE’ magazine at this point. Starting from the January issue I will become one of its readers myself. Considering the efforts of the editorial team in creating this magazine and its internet service, I have no doubt that there will be many more interesting articles in the future. I would like to thank my colleagues, my readers and my interviewees for three exciting years.

Last, but not least, I would like to wish all of you working in the real estate sector a coming year that will finally be one filled only with good news. I believe that your dreams can come true and that these will change the world around us for the better.