Mazury Residence takes off

Located on the shores of Lake Niegocin, six km from the town of Giżycko in Poland's Mazury lake district, Mazury Residence will be the first "airpark and marina" gated community in Europe.

The complex will measure 165 ha in area, including a private four-km beach. It will offer 140 luxury houses, each at least 5,000 sqm, at a cost of zł.4,000 per sqm. Construction of the housing project will begin this spring with no completion date set. Individual homes are custom-designed based on the clients' needs.

"We're going to start building houses this spring and we don't know the finishing date for a simple reason: We do not build houses and then look for a customer, we look for a customer and then build the house for this particular person," said Agnieszka Świder, from Arna, the company investing in the Mazury Residence project. "The attractive thing about this is that you can make changes inside and outside the house," she adds.

Residents of the gated complex will have access to a private airfield, restaurants, tennis courts, a stable, a beach and two marinas. An internal marina will offer full services for the residents of the complex, while the second marina will be open to all. The marinas will be able to serve around 150 yachts. The Mazury Residence complex will also offer many winter-sports facilities, including areas for snowmobiling and zones specifically designed for cross-country skiing. The airfield on the Niegocin Lake shore will provide the opportunity for sightseeing tours in the Mazury area by air.

Residents will also be entitled to 24-hour medical services, including air-ambulance services and water rescue.