Ghelamco announces projects for Kraków, Łódź and Katowice

"We could also speak about pre-leases, but our new projects were at a very early stage. Anyway, 30 pct of The Hub has already almost commercialised. So it was impossible to do more than we did. 2017 was a very good year, but after the opening of Warsaw Spire and what we have done with this project, the perception of us has changed quite a bit... so really, we can’t complain. We have successfully finished our Wronia project and leased it and finished the leasing of our Wołoska 24 project. We have completed the Mbank building in Łódź and sold it to a fund. So two buildings have been sold, two are leased, some are under construction – and so there’s no reason to complain. So for 2018 and the near future it’s going to be – The Hub, The Hub and The Hub. This is the gleam in our eyes for now. We will also have some news about Kraków, but I can’t say any more about this yet. All I can say is that we are now developing a 10,000 sqm project and planning another one. We are also working on one or two projects in Łódź. I think we will be able to start both this year. We have big plans, but you have caught us at a moment when we cannot tell you any more about them. So we are planning a project in Katowice and to build more in Kraków, but we will be focusing on Łódź, where we have a big project that we are now consulting with the city about. This is to be the new city centre and the project will be marketed as such, although I can’t tell you what it’s going to be called. We have wide-ranging plans for regional markets and will be focusing on The Hub in Warsaw as well as developing hotel space," told us Jarosław Zagórski.