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More than 90 ha of city area will be totally reconstructed. Huge investment plans include: 1. Underground railway station, 2. New railway connection through the city center, 3. Special Art Zone, Special Cultural Zone, Streets of Four Cultures. The project is supported by public funds. The New City Center project creates opportunities for both institutional and individual investors.






New city centre, as it is called both by the press and authorities, is going to be built on the base of a former factory district.

















new Art Zone:







current look:











city is known as a "Polish Manchester"









One of the biggest infrastructural projects in Poland- new train station in Łodź- worth about 500m euro.










it will be used also for HSR:




The whole train station will be placed underground as opposed to what we can see now with Fabryczna's current incarnation.

current look of the Łódź Fabryczna:



New underground train station (click to make pictures bigger):










 
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#158 ·
Green light for the sale of the lot prepared for 'City Gate'

To sell or not land at the Gate City ? Above this question councilors debated eight hours . There were dozens of questions , suspicions of corruption and insulting . Finally, the transaction councilors agreed. This can be caused later in the year

From morning debated Commission on New Centre of Łódź and the Plan Commission . Councillors did not believe in pure intentions of potential buyers of land for Gate City , where he was parking in front of Railway Station . They wanted a guarantee that the land will not be sold cheaper than the price resulting from the review of the potential value , or about 37 million zł .

Councillors of both the committee also took the position in which the turn to Prime Minister Donald Tusk of " taking the tender procedure preventative actions under the anti-corruption shield ." This , in turn, felt hurt municipal representatives working on the preparation of land for sale .

- I feel quite offended - said Vice President Agnieszka Nowak .

- This opinion councilors say that driving with the project to the fair to Cannes or Berlin , conducted criminal activities and corruption - said the visibly upset vice president Mark Cieslak .

Finally, the Commission for the New Centre of Łódź took the view that agrees to the deal, but only if the mayor writes to a resolution of the value below which the transaction can not be completed . The Plan Commission do not vote in their position and decided to wait to put the sales amount in the resolution .

- What wozimy investors at the construction site , since then we are afraid to sell the land - said after meeting Vice President Cieslak . - Working in such an atmosphere , in a climate of innuendo about corruption may cause the investor withdraws from the transaction.

Everything had to be decided at an extraordinary meeting of the city council . To deal was finalized later this year , the decision could not wait . The schedule is very tight and it shows that to sign the deed may be December 31 .

During the session, it was less emotional . Proposed a compromise solution . The contents of the resolution entered in the land is worth 39 million zł . Also adopted two other resolutions , in which the city council expects the mayor that the land will not be sold cheaply. The fact that this does not happen , they promised and Cieslak Zdanowska councilor .

Matthew Walasek on behalf of the club's Civic Platform persuaded to sell the land , because "it is a good project ."

- Are the most important jobs for the city . We keep our word for president you did not sell off land - said Vladislav Skwarka on behalf of the Democratic Left Alliance . Councillors supported the group finally decided to sell .

- We have no basis to believe the president - said Piotr Adamczyk of Law and Justice, which did not support the sale .

The council voted 32 in favor, 7 against and no abstentions .




http://lodz.gazeta.pl/lodz/1,35153,...o_dla_sprzedazy_dzialki_pod_Brame_Miasta.html
 
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Author of this film may be right, but only if you consider investments done by city administration or government that is infrastructure in general.

Private investments in Łódź are sadly still at very low level considering the city's population and compared to other polish big cities.
 
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#167 ·
It's one of the biggest investments in central Europe:

[28-12-2013r] Zdjęcia robione znad ulic: Węglowej, Targowej, Tuwima/Wydawniczej

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Nie wiem czy ta jest większa, bo budowa się odbywa razem z tunelem, który będzie miał ponad dwa kilosy:






by karol.ldz:





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#173 · (Edited)
Yes, the western part will be the Centre of Science and Technology, while in the eastern part a Centre of Film Art is planned. There is also a smaller part of the former power plant, called EC1 South-East, which is factory and museum of Se-ma-for, an animation studio which won two Oscars (for Tango by Zbigniew Rybczyński in 1982 and Peter and the Wolf by Suzie Templeton and Marek Skrobecki in 2008). This part wil be also renovated in the forthcoming years.
 
#174 ·
Cool. Sounds a bit like the Museumsquarter concept as realized in Vienna, adapted to the location and the features of Lodz, with a focus on technology. Are there already concrete plans about the other parcels of that larger city centre project area? There is this Libeskind building, but what about the rest? Still no vizualizations or informations available? What is the time frame for the development area again?
 
#177 ·
Łódź is still going through transformation problems. City is not as attractive as Wrocław, Gdańsk, Kraków or Poznań (not to mention Warszawa) and very neglected. This is generally why it is impossible for us to bring huge investor to develop whole area like you can see in Asian cities - it would simply stay empty.
This has to be economical process of growing city when space needed. Parcel by parcel and block by block ;)
 
#178 ·
I visited Lodz for the first time this past summer and after visiting most other large Polish cities and having been forewarned about the neglected state of Lodz, we were pleasantly surprised by the city. Neglected it was, but so many original beautiful tenement houses that of course need facelifts, a city virtually un touched by war and so many converted old factories. The one thing Lodz lacks and that EC1 and new train station will give it is a centre. Every city in Poland has a centre of some kind such as a rynek, CBD or other such hub. Poitrkowska is tunning but its only one very long street that could serve as another major node but not as a centre or cbd. I think once the train station nears completion other development will follow very quickly....the potential is huge.
 
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