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Echo building in Wrocław again

Office & mixed-use development
POLAND Echo Investment is starting the construction of the West Link office building on ul. Na Ostatnim Groszu in Wrocław.

The building will be located next to the West Gate office building, which Echo completed in 2015. West Link will have an area of over 14,000 sqm and 266 parking spaces. The completion of the construction work has been scheduled for the end of 2017 or early 2018.

“The decision to launch the construction of West Link was determined by the rapid commercialisation of the neighbouring West Gate building, which was fully leased before its completion. It will include the head offices of companies such as Nokia, Deichmann, Enel-Med, Aviva and Expander. The interest of such tenants is a clear signal that Wrocław still needs modern and functional office space in excellent locations,” claims Katarzyna Kubicka, a senior leasing manager in Echo Investment’s office and hotel department.

Echo Investment has been active on the Wrocław market since 2007, when it finished the Pasaż Grunwaldzki shopping and entertainment centre. Since then the investor has completed three class ‘A’ office facilities: Aquarius Business House at the junction of ul. Swobodna and ul. Borowska, West Gate on ul. Lotnicza and Nobilis Business House on ul. Skłodowskiej. The company has recently started the construction of the Sagittarius Business House at the junction of ul. Sucha and ul. Swobodna. Echo Investment has also carried out residential projects in the city: the Przy Słowiańskim Wzgórzu estate on ul. Jedności Narodowej and the first stage of Grota 111.

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