Living the high life

LD, a Polish firm set up by Dom Investment, and Lech Daniłowicz, the president of the Missland agency, which is responsible for organizing beauty contests such as Miss Poland, have just started construction on Belvedere Residence on ul. Sułkowicka, which is in the neighbourhood of the Belvedere Palace.

The luxurious eight-storey block will house 62 apartments of 50-132 sqm. The apartments on the highest floors command the highest prices, and one sqm will cost around zł.21,000, which is the most expensive residential price to date. Some 128 underground parking lots are available, for the princely some of zł.50,000 each and balconies clock in at zł.4,750 per sqm.

The developer expects Belvedere Residence to become a social and cultural center in the city. The enormous main hall will host fashion shows and other forms of entertainment and the building will have a TV studio and internet studio.

The ground floor will house a fitness club, sauna, health spa, Jacuzzi, and a swimming pool, which will be modeled on the pool in the Ritz Hotel in Paris. The roof of the building will be a winter garden and the lobby will house a bar and restaurants. In style the building will resemble Secessionist architecture with massive columns, richly decorated and full of unusual colors. The walls will be decorated with bas-reliefs and frescoes. Apar Projekt drew up the designs and the building is scheduled for completion in August 2007. The developer claims that almost half of the apartments are already sold and no flats are available on the top floor.