Agora to dish out over zl. 150 mln for new headquarters

Agora, the publisher of the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, signed a deal worth zl. 150 million with Porr Polska on July 7 for the construction of their new headquarters. Construction will occur in two phases and be concluded Aug. 12, 2002. The building will have an area of over 36,000 square meters and will be constructed where the current 600 square meter editor's office stands. "We want the whole staff to work under the same roof, said Agora representative Dorota Nowak. The new investment will in the long run help to cut down the costs, which company incurs at the moment by renting eight buildings around Warsaw. However, the investment exceeded the costs presented in the prospectus by zl. 22 million. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 14, Puls Biznesu, page 10) P.S.