WARSAW | Projects & Construction

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That's an old project. The final design will be much more different.

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Balmoral Business Centre
Investor: Balmoral Properties
Construction: 2013-2014
Design: Epstein
Function: Office
Map: http://maps.google.pl/maps?q=52.2573...num=1&t=h&z=15

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Warsaw to get another skyscraper

Management at the Mint of Poland expect that within the next few months the company will begin development work on a skyscraper on ul. Pereca in the center of Warsaw, Parkiet reported.

The producer of coins and gold bars wants to build a 130-meter-high skyscraper, an investment from which it hopes for a return of €50 million.

“The investment will cost zł.240 to 250 million (€56 to 58 million). The project is being delayed by certain formal aspects, but I hope all problems will be solved smoothly in the next couple of months,” Zbigniew Jakubas, the Mint of Poland's largest shareholder and the chairman of its supervisory board, said at a shareholders' meeting on Thursday.

http://www.wbj.pl/article-59497-wars...r.html?typ=pam

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Warsaw Business Journal

Construction on Liberty Tower set for August launch

Along with the new Warsaw skyscraper, Liberty Development plans to revitalize a key historical area



Liberty Development hopes to begin construction on its Liberty Tower in August this year after receiving a series of building permits.

Located adjacent to ul. Grzybowska and ul. Żelazna within Warsaw’s Central Business District, the project includes a 26-floor, 140-meter-tall office skyscraper, two low-rise office buildings and the additional reconstruction of pre-war historical monuments in the surrounding area.

“These historical buildings constitute a priceless monument documenting the history of Warsaw and its Jewish community,” said Max Ebenstein, CEO of Liberty Development Poland.
The area is known as one of the 19 former gates to the Warsaw ghetto and has been listed as a historical monument by the Mazowieckie voivodship.

“In collaboration with a local architectural studio specializing in reconstruction and revitalization of historical monuments, we have developed a conceptual design for the full revitalization of the Żelazna buildings,” Mr Ebenstein said.

The design of the Liberty Tower was made by the Kuryłowicz and Associates studio. Earlier plans to build a residential building designed by New York-based firm Costas Kondylis were dropped.
The company hopes to start underground construction this August with the completion of the entire complex expected in August 2014.

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Nowy Sezam
Investor: BBI Development
Design: Juvenes
Function: Office, retail, metro station entrance
Construction start: Autumn 2013
Homepage: http://www.bbidevelopment.pl/nowy-sezam-en
Location: https://maps.google.pl/maps?q=52.234...t=h&gl=pl&z=18

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new buildings by Warsaw University :

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New office building for Slovakian developer HB Reavis in Sluzewiec business district near the Chopin Airport.


Check the old school tram in the render

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Nowy Sezam gets green light

The developer has secured a final planning decision for the office-retail scheme

Warsaw Stock Exchange-listed developer BBI Development NFI can now apply for a building permit for its planned Nowy Sezam mixed-use project in the Polish capital, having secured a final planning decision for the 12,500- to 13,000-sqm scheme.
A local appeals court in Warsaw has issued its decision on the matter, having considered a complaint regarding the original planning decision for Nowy Sezam granted by Warsaw City Hall. According to BBI Development NFI, the final decision is in line with its vision for the investment.
The Nowy Sezam development will be built at the intersection of central Warsaw’s ul. Marszałkowska and ul. Świętokrzyska, on a site that currently houses the capital’s Sezam retail facility.
The project, which BBI Development NFI will realize in cooperation with the “Społem” Śródmieście cooperative, will deliver usable office and retail space.
“We will apply for a building permit once all the elements of the architectural design have been refined in accordance with the planning decision,” said Michał Skotnicki, president of the management board of BBI Development NFI.
He added that the company plans to start demolition of the existing structure and construction on the new building in the third quarter of 2013. By that time, BBI Development NFI hopes to secure debt financing for the scheme.
“There are already a number of banks which are interested in granting a loan for the realization of the investment so we do not expect any problems in this regard,” Mr Skotnicki said.
Even though the leasing process has not started yet, there is ample tenant interest in the Nowy Sezam project, he stressed. Mr Skotnicki pointed to the attractive location of the scheme which will be developed near the intersection of Warsaw’s two subway lines, one of which is still under construction.
BBI Development NFI is currently also involved in projects in Warsaw including the under-construction Plac Unii mixed-use high-rise building.

http://www.wbj.pl/article-59632-nowy....html?type=wbj

Konstruktorska Business Center topped out



On June 21 developer HB Reavis held a topping-out ceremony at the construction site of its Konstruktorska Business Center project in Warsaw, the company’s first office investment in the Polish market.

Construction on the six-storey scheme has been underway since April 2011 and is scheduled to finish in the first quarter of next year.

The class-A facility, which is now in the process of being BREEAM pre-certified, will deliver more than 48,000 sqm of leasable space. HB Reavis has already secured OTIS and Carrier as tenants for the development.

http://www.wbj.pl/article-59634-kons....html?type=wbj

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New renders of planned office building on Inflacka St. by HB Reavis.

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Powiśle Park (office & apartment complex - U/C)
Construction finish: 2014
Design: Kuryłowicz & Associates
Location: Google Maps

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The one above reminds me of Metropolitan.

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New Projects
(Update)


Rogowski Development
Apartments



Proposed square revitalization on Chmielna St. crossing





J.S. Invest Complex
Office Park



New Warsaw Riverside
(Conception)





Warsaw Spire - new model picture by szakalaka
Int. thread - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=596467



Kamion Cross
Apartments



ROBYG Business Center (Phase I)
New office complex in Wilanow district

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Cosmopolitan











Warsaw Spire





Plac Unii













Muranów

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part of Wola District from above



Wola Center





Unidevelopment





Concept Tower



Green Corner





Oxygen





Feniks







Senator



Atrium One





Museum of History of Polish Jews





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Warsaw West Train station and some office buildings around - proposed :









Metro (second line) construction:

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I love my capital

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warsaw rulez!

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Thanks DocentX

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DocentX, great copilation, but You forgot about Złota 44 tower. ;]

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Nice job compiling LoveAgent and DocentX. Cheers

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Awesome

Spent a week in Warsaw during the Euro and loved the vibe of this city and especially the beautiful girls everywhere

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News in brief

Construction on Gdański Business Center in Warsaw underway



Developer HB Reavis Poland has launched construction on the first phase of its Gdański Business Center office project in Warsaw. The development is located on ul. Inflancka in the capital’s central district, on land that the company acquired from Spanish firm Lubasa earlier this year.

“The investment on ul. Inflancka joins the Konstruktorska BC office building as the second project that we are now building in Warsaw,” Stanislav Frnka, country CEO, HB Reavis Poland, said in a statement. He added that the company was hoping to launch other schemes soon.

Designed by the E&L Architects studio, the 95,000-sqm Gdański Business Center investment will be developed in two phases, the first of which will comprise a 17-storey building A and a nine-storey building B with almost 32,000 sqm and 17,000 sqm of space, respectively.

The buildings are scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2014. The date of the start of construction on phase two has not yet been set and will depend on the pace of commercialization of the first phase of the development.

“Gdański Business Center will be a unique facility in our Polish office buildings portfolio,” Mr Frnka said. He added that the project’s convenient location at the intersection of major Warsaw roads would be an attractive offer for potential tenants.

Currently active in five European countries, HB Reavis has to date developed a total of more than 550,000 sqm of office, retail and logistics space. In the Polish capital, the company’s plans include the delivery of an office complex near the Warsaw West railway station.

Karolkowa Business Park commercialization



Developer Ablon Group has selected Colliers International as the exclusive leasing agent for office space in its Karolkowa Business Park project in Warsaw. The scheme is scheduled to open in October 2013. The investment, which is located on ul. Karolkowa in the capital’s Wola district, will deliver a total of more than 17,500 sqm of space, including over 3,000 sqm of retail areas. It is expected to obtain BREEAM certification of energy efficiency and environmental performance.

Warsaw's Praga to benefit from Euro 2012: report

New infrastructure projects should attract developers to the hitherto neglected part of the city
Warsaw’s eastern districts of Praga Północ and Praga Południe stand a good chance of attracting new commercial property investments in the next few years following the development of the area’s infrastructure in the run-up to the Euro 2012 soccer championship, according to a recent report by CBRE.

To date, that part of the Polish capital – on the east bank of the Vistula River – has not attracted many commercial space developers, the study noted. The existing office supply in the area, for instance, currently amounts to 171,000 sqm, compared to almost 3.5 million sqm in left-bank Warsaw.

The retail market is seen as more mature, with the Praga districts featuring over 360,000 sqm of shopping center space in facilities including Promenada, Warszawa Wileńska, CH Gocław and King Cross Praga. By comparison, the supply of retail space in left-bank Warsaw totals 963,000 sqm.
According to CBRE analysts, there has been a positive shift in the perception of Praga in recent years and the construction of the National Stadium and the modernization of two of the area’s railway stations have already largely contributed to further improving its image.
Several planned transport infrastructure projects, including the Trasa Tysiąclecia and Trasa Świętokrzyska roads, as well as a new ring road, are expected to be crucial in the development of new commercial investments in Praga.

“It is the second subway line that will be a breakthrough,” Joanna Mroczek, director, research and consultancy at CBRE Poland, said in a statement. Two subway stations are scheduled to be completed in Praga in 2014.

The CBRE report pointed out that a number of new major commercial projects in Praga have already been announced. Those include the redevelopment of the Port Praski area and the former Koneser vodka distillery in the Praga Północ district.

Office Park Łopuszańska to be ready in 2013



Erbud is to build the Office Park Łopuszańska project on ul. Równoległa in Warsaw. The net value of the contract comes to PLN 46.8 mln and was commissioned by the investor, Bolero Investment, a company affiliated to Capital Park. Under the terms of the contract, Erbud is to construct an office building as well as develop the surrounding area together with the external infrastructure. Construction work on the project is planned to start in August, with its completion scheduled for November 2013.

Poczta Polska leases offices from PHN



Poczta Polska (the Polish post office) has signed a preliminary contract with Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) to lease app. 7,000 sqm office space in the Intraco building on ul Gen. Andersa in Warsaw. It is to stay in these premises until its future headquarters are completed by PHN on ul. Domaniewska in the city’s Służewiec district. Poczta Polska is to stay in the Intraco building until the building on ul. Domaniewska in Warsaw has been completed, which is planned for 2015.

Source: Warsaw Business Journal/Eurobuild