Changing stations

A few months have passed since the signing of a certain agreement between Polish State Railways (PKP) and Slovakian developer HB Reavis. This partnership, for investing in the new Warszawa Zachodnia railway station (integrated with retail and office facilities) gives us the opportunity to take a look at some of the legal barriers that hinder the development of projects of this type The Warszawa Zachodnia (Warsaw West) station is just one of PKP's current projects involving large international development companies. The value of projects now being prepared by PKP in cooperation with developers exceeds PLN 1.5 bln, with the most important under construction being the transport and shopping centres in Katowice and Poznań. Over the next few years, dozens of railway stations are to undergo facelifts in a rather hurried revitalisation programme motivated by global trends that successfully combine public and commercial needs. The approaching European Football Championships are also playin