Developers rush to house the Town Hall
Developers have been forming a queue of late to the Warsaw city authorities' door bearing leases and promises, in a bid to lure a significant slice of the civil service into their office buildings.
Its little surprise that the Town Hall's decision to relocate got Warsaw's real-estate agents chomping at the bit. The city authority is looking for a massive 15,000 sqm to rent, and is prepared to stump up about zł.500,000 per month in rent.
Some eight offers have been left for dust by two main contenders. Apollo Rida Poland appears to be in pole position at the moment. It is offering the city a serious slab in the Warsaw Trade Tower on ul. Chłodna, and should the city choose to locate here, it would fill up more than a third of the Tower's total space.
Oxford Polska is close on its heels, however, and wants the new Town Hall to be slightly nearer the city center on ul. Chałubińskiego in its Intraco 2 building, formerly known as Elektrim, near the Marriott Hotel. Officials have refused to reveal the rental rates of either offer, but the president of Warsaw, Lech Kaczyński, has said that he will make a decision after he has the full details of the final offers.
Currently, the Town Hall's offices are spread throughout Warsaw and this is proving very costly. The president hopes that centralizing a number of offices will cut down on costs and make the Town Hall more efficient. The new location will house the offices of the chief architect, the geodesy department, real estate management, the conservator's office and the environmental protection office.
Its little surprise that the Town Hall's decision to relocate got Warsaw's real-estate agents chomping at the bit. The city authority is looking for a massive 15,000 sqm to rent, and is prepared to stump up about zł.500,000 per month in rent.
Some eight offers have been left for dust by two main contenders. Apollo Rida Poland appears to be in pole position at the moment. It is offering the city a serious slab in the Warsaw Trade Tower on ul. Chłodna, and should the city choose to locate here, it would fill up more than a third of the Tower's total space.
Oxford Polska is close on its heels, however, and wants the new Town Hall to be slightly nearer the city center on ul. Chałubińskiego in its Intraco 2 building, formerly known as Elektrim, near the Marriott Hotel. Officials have refused to reveal the rental rates of either offer, but the president of Warsaw, Lech Kaczyński, has said that he will make a decision after he has the full details of the final offers.
Currently, the Town Hall's offices are spread throughout Warsaw and this is proving very costly. The president hopes that centralizing a number of offices will cut down on costs and make the Town Hall more efficient. The new location will house the offices of the chief architect, the geodesy department, real estate management, the conservator's office and the environmental protection office.
