Digital development

Hochtief Polska and LHI Leasing Polska have signed a contract with Canal+ Cyfrowy for the construction and leasing of a new office building in Warsaw, which will become the Polish broadcaster and TV operator's new head office.

The five-storey office building will have a total area of 14,100 sqm, which will include around 7,600 sqm of leasable space as well as an underground car park with capacity for 148 vehicles. The building will be located in the district of Stegny at ul. Pory 4.

Designed by the Kazimierski and Ryba architectural studio, the building will not only include office space but also a television studio with the necessary technical facilities, a broadcasting center and a customer-service center. The stand-alone building will be used exclusively by Canal+ Cyfrowy and is designed to have a simple, modern form and light structure, with a faćade cast predominantly in glass, steel and concrete. According to the investors, the project will take 13 months to complete, meaning it should be finished and ready for use in Q1 2008.

"For the last 12 years, our head office has not changed from its location at ul. Kawalerii 5. Over that period we have developed our company so much that it has become a must for us to find new space for our daily business. We would like the new headquarters to be a source of pride as well a place friendly to both the staff working there and to customers invited to the customer-service center located on the ground floor," said Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil, Managing Director of Canal+ Cyfrowy.

Andrzej Redo, head of client solutions at Hochtief Polska, said the project is an important stage of his company's business development. "Our company has been known as a general building contractor and is now following the guidelines of the Hochtief Group and entering the development business," Redo said.