Poland The real estate industry can be counted on

ESG

30 July 2024

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Paulina Krasnopolska and Ewa Dąbrowska, funders of Portus Vitae

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A unique place is being created on ul. Dąbrowskiego in Warsaw. Przystań (The Haven), the headquarters of the Portus Vitae Foundation, has not yet welcomed its first guests, but it is already bringing people together, thanks in no small part to the unfailing support of the real estate industry.

Industry insiders who know the foundation's co-founder, Paulina Krasnopolska, have spared no effort or support in creating this space. Paulina, who has worked at companies such as CBRE, JLL and RX France, believed from the start that people in the real estate sector can always be counted on. In 2022, together with her friend Ewa Dąbrowska, they founded the Portus Vitae Foundation and started to give help. 'Portus vitae' means 'haven of life'. They wanted life to pause for a moment, and to live

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