Budimex Poznan signs zl.36.5 million deal to build Elblag commercial center

Budimex Poznan has signed a zl.36.5 million deal to build a commercial complex in the northern town of Elblag. The Ogrody commercial center will include a supermarket and shops covering a total area of 20,000 square meters, as well as a parking lot with more than a thousand places. The deal, signed with HDZ Elblag, owned by Dutch supermarket chain Ahold, completes Budimex Poznan's order book for the year, the total value of which is now zl.277 million. Wojciech Wierzbicki, chairman of Budimex Poznan, says that the company plans to participate in tenders to fill its 2002 portfolio within the next few weeks. Work on the Ogrody center is to be completed by the middle of 2002. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) M.T.