Howard's beginnings in Central Europe

Howard Holdings, an English-Irish company that specializes in creating mixed developments, has opened its first two offices in Kraków and Poznań. The new offices are the company's first in Central Europe.

The company works in partnerships and joint-venture agreements that are conducted with public and private bodies. "These are very exciting times for our company, as we have been looking at working in Eastern Europe and Poland for a few years now," said Greg Coughlan, the chief executive of Howard Holdings. "It is definitely the right time to open local offices to help take advantage of the exciting opportunities we have in place and those in the pipeline."

The Kraków office will be led by Neil Baggott of Howard Property Polska. According to Baggott, the company has already been working on three separate projects located in Kraków and Poznań. Together, the projects should be valued at over EUR 130 (zł.517) million and will be conducted on a total area of 73,000 sqm.

"The three active mixed-use projects - two in Poznań and one in Kraków - will incorporate hotels, cinemas, leisure space, residential space, offices, retail space and parking," said Baggott.

Howard Holdings has in excess of EUR 2 (zł.4) billion worth of property under development throughout the UK, Ireland, Central Europe and South Africa.