Baltic rejuvenation

Szczecin-based developer Koncepta is conducting preparatory work on a new business center project. The Baltic Business Park development will be located on a three-ha plot near the center of Szczecin, on ul. 1 Maja, which Koncepta bought from the receiver of the bankrupt Szczecin Shipyard. The 10-building project will deliver around 40,000 sqm of class-B+ office space.

According to Koncepta, construction will begin in H2 2008 and is expected to finish in 2010. The investment will be realized in two phases, with the four buildings of the first stage to be delivered in Q1 2010. The project will create some 1,000 work places. 

The development's six-storey buildings will fill the industrial space around shipyard and their design will complement the existing architecture of Szczecin Shipyard. Baltic Business Park is designed so that vehicular traffic will flow around the complex. Within the complex, public space and greenery will dominate.

"Szczecin has great development potential and complies with the city authorities' policy [to develop the city] into a large center of new technologies and business," said Witold Jakubiec, the president of Koncepta.

According to Szczecin's authorities, the city lacks around 135,000 sqm of office space. "Office and business centers are key investments for Szczecin, because they will help to create new work places," said Arkadiusz Pawlak, head of the promotions department at Szczecin's City Council.

Anna Kalembasiak