Escape from Mordor

Tomasz Szpyt, ‘Eurobuild Central & Eastern Europe’: How are tenants evaluating the availability and quality of office space? What could be changed? Ryszard Piskorz, director of BNP Paribas Securities Services in Poland: I can see pros and cons in the current situation. As a tenant I can see the supply outstripping the demand. This is of course very good for us. In Lisbon, where our headquarters are located, there is a shortage of class ‘A’ office buildings, but in Warsaw you can pick and choose – these are the positive aspects. As far as the negative ones are concerned, there is an insufficient level of urban planning. A basin of office buildings was developed in Warsaw’s Mokotów district, which is now referred to as ‘Mordor’, but no conclusions have been drawn from that – a new ‘Mordor’ is being developed in the city’s Wola district. The buildings are very pretty and comfortable, but the shortcomings can alr