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The Westin Hotel in Warsaw has been awarded an LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance certificate. It is the first hotel in Poland to comply with the high requirements for environmental certification for existing buildings. The Westin Hotel received a 'Silver' grade.
Skanska commenced the construction works on the first phase of Spark office project. Spark will be developed on the so-called Serek Wolski area at the cross section of Okopowa and Towarowa Streets and will comprise office space distinguished by a publicly available square, open fresh-air working areas and an amphitheater. It will be the first office complex developed by Skanska in Poland to have beehives located on the roof of its first building. Furthermore, Spark will be the first office project to be recognized with “Object with no boundaries” certificate approved for buildings adjusted to the needs of disabled people.
Entering the Tri-City market and further development in Warsaw in locations outside the city center – these are the two directions for Skanska Property Poland in the upcoming years.
2015 marked another strong annual performance by Skanska Commercial Development Europe. The company signed final sale agreements for eleven office buildings located in three CEE countries.
Skanska Property Poland is launching the development of the first phase of its new office project located at Daszynskiego Roundabout in Warsaw. The Generation Park complex will become an important element of the development in Wola.
Katarzyna Zawodna will be appointed as the new Business Unit President of Skanska Commercial Development Europe, Arkadiusz Rudzki will be promoted to Managing Director. The changes will come into effect on 1st January 2016.
Skanska Property Poland is about to launch the development of its second office investment in Wielkopolska region's capital city. Maraton, located in the business and cultural heart of Poznan, will offer its tenants 25,000 sqm of modern space. Construction works of its first phase will start in January 2015 and the scheme’s completion is scheduled for Q4 of 2016.
Construction is advancing quickly on the Dominikański office complex, situated in a prestigious location at the junction of Piotra Skargi and Kazimierza Wielkiego streets in Wrocław.
Having closed the best year for its CEE office business, Skanska Commercial Development Europe received as many as seven CEE Real Estate Quality Awards and draws ambitious plans for the year ahead.
On 20 March 2014 the Green Day office building situated at Szczytnicka Street in Wrocław was oficially opened.
On 1 March 2014, Skanska Property Poland announced organizational changes at the Regional Director level, resulting from the appointment of Katarzyna Zawodna for President of the company.
Katarzyna Zawodna will become President of Skanska Property Poland as of March 1, 2014. She succeeds Waldemar Olbryk, who joins Skanska Infrastructure Development as Senior Vice President Business Development in Poland.
Skanska Property Poland signed four new lease contracts for its Malta House building in Poznań.
Silesia Business Park in Katowice already has its first tenant. Skanska Property Poland, the developer of the complex, has signed a lease agreement with the global consultancy PwC. With this contract the first office building, to be put into use in Q4 2014, is already 55% leased.
Skanska Property Poland has signed the first agreements for the lease of office and retail space in Kapelanka 42 in Kraków.
Skanska Property Poland had the best 12 months in its history. The company sold 4 office complexes with a combined leasing area of almost 85 thousand sqm for approximately EUR 300 million, over PLN 1.2 billion. In 2014 the developer intends to buy land plots for 4 new projects.
Silesia Business Park will be a complex of four office buildings with a combined office GLA of 46,000 square meters, making it the largest development by Skanska Property Poland to date.
On 29 October 2013, the cornerstone ceremony was held for the Kapelanka 42 office complex, currently under construction at the intersection of Kapelanka and KobierzyĹ„ska streets in Kraków. This is the first office project by Skanska Property Poland in the capital of MaĹ‚opolska region.
Skanska Property Poland has sold Green Day, its third Wrocław project.