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Hanna Zdanowska was born in Łódź. She graduated in environmental engineering from the faculty of civil engineering and architecture at the Łódź University of Technology. She served for six years as the director of the Łódź Chamber of Industry and Commerce. In 2006, she became a member of the Łódź City Council and later the Deputy Mayor of Łódź, responsible for education, sport and EU funds. In 2007, she was elected to the Polish Parliament (Sejm), where she served as the vice-chair of the ‘Friendly State’ special committee for the reduction of bureaucracy. Since 2010, she has served as the Mayor of Łódź. Hanna Zdanowska has been a member of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) since December 2019. In her current term, she sits on the ENVE Commission (environment, climate change and energy), the SEDEC Commission (social policy, education, employment, research and culture).
Łódź has been cooperating with ‘EurobuildCEE’ for several years now, organising many joint events and meetings. The most recent conference we held together, focused on the construction of the CPK [Central Communication Port]. Perhaps the real estate market is an area that you are particularly engaged in. Why is that?
Hanna Zdanowska, the Mayor of the City of Łódź: It’s a pleasure to answer that question – not so much from the perspective of personal preferences, but rather in terms of the responsibility that comes with managing a city with such immense potential for transformation as Łódź. For any local authority, the real estate market is an extremely important tool – it shapes spatial development, affects residents’ quality of life, and plays a key role in attracting investment. Over the last dozen or so years, Łódź has undergone a profound transformation – from a post-industrial city with a vast stock of properties in need of
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