Gdansk - a realty fact sheet

Facts and figures on the real estate scene in Poland's major port city.

   Basic Data

   Population: 458,000

   Unemployment rate: 5.6%

   Average monthly salary: zl. 1,926

   Airport: Gdansk-Rebiechowo

   connections to: Warsaw (eight daily), Copenhagen, Hamburg, London

   Train connections to Warsaw: 16 daily (three-to-four hour trip)

   Pomorskie province(Wojewodztwo Pomorskie)

   Total area: 18,293 square meters(5.9% of national total)

   Population: 2,185,700(5.7% of national total)

   Unemployment: 11%

   National companies headquartered in Gdansk:Stocznia Gdanska – Gdansk Shipyard (owned by Stocznia Gdynia), Gdanska Stocznia Remontowa, Energa, Rafineria Gdanska, Mostostal Gdansk, BG Leasing, Pharmag, Polnord, Fazer

   Multinationals with manufacturing sites in Gdansk:Dr. Oetker

   Major retail centers: King Cross (Geant), Auchan – Leroy Merlin, Media Markt, Nomi, Obi, Office Depot, Ikea, Galeria Centrum, ETC, City Forum, M3

   Major hotels operated by national chains: Orbis, Global Hotels Development

   City authorities

   City hallul. Nowe Ogrody 8/12, 80-803 GdanskTel. (058) 302-3041/Fax (058) 302-3941www.gdansk.gda.pl

   MayorPawel AdamowiczTel. (058) 302-3853/Fax (058) 302-0134prezydent@gdansk.gda.pl

   Deputy mayor of developmentJerzy GwizdalaTel. (058) 302-0323/Fax (058) 302-0134

   Architecture and urban planning departmentWieslaw BielawskiTel. (058) 302-2400/Fax (058) 302-3941

   Department of (investment) coordination and development:Janusz BonieckiTel. (58) 302-1522/Fax (058) 302-3941

   Property and construction market

   Total modern office space:None; two buildings under construction

   Total modern retail space:157,300 square meters

   Total modern warehouse space:N/A

   Number of new apartments built in:1998: 1,2901999: 1,065

   Number of construction permits issued:1996: 2,0181997: 2,3271998: 2,6161999: 3,555