Metro land, kiosks to be leased
The Ursynow district, which has already sold two plots of land (WBJ March 10-16) above the Metro, is planning to offer several more within the coming months.
The district will accept bids until July 25 on a piece of land located at the intersection of ul. Indiry Gandhi and Al. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (KEN) near the Imielin station. Four more tenders will be opened this month, three on ul. Herbsta and a fourth on ul. Wawozowa. Several supermarket chains, including Globi and Hit, have expressed interest in this last site.
Mokotow, however, is taking somewhat longer in putting land around the Metro up for sale. Jolanta Pryjgonska of the district said that this is due in part to unclear title on the land plots that must be regulated before a sale takes place. Tenders for these plots, perhaps more attractive to investors because of their location nearer the city center, will most likely occur at the end of this year or beginning of 1996.
Residents in the Centrum district will finally have the opportunity to buy out their flats from the district following last week's vote by council members.
Over 10,000 people in the Centrum district's 11 sub-districts have applied to buy out their flats, but the process of selling communal housing units was brought to a halt by last summer's Warsaw Act, which required that the newly formed Centrum district work out the terms for the sale of their housing stock.
Tenants who choose to buy their flats in installments will pay 40% of the unit's market value, with a down-payment no less than 20% of the final cost. Installments may be paid over a period no longer than five years, and interest will be charged according to GUS's consumer price index.
Tenants buying outright will pay only 20% of the unit's market value. Once paid off, the new owner will also receive a long-term lease on a portion of the land on which the building stands.
Residents living in apartment houses built before 1945 will have to wait until the end of the year before being able to purchase their dwellings.
Support beams for the new ice skating rink Torwar II are now going up, and district officials say that skates should be sliding around before Christmas.
The rink, which can accommodate up to 200 skaters at a time, is being built by Centralny Ocrodek Sportu, with z*. 3 million ($1.28 million) coming from the Srodmieccie district and z*. 1.5 million ($640,000) from the Urzad Kultury Fizycznej.
The old Torwar rink will now be used exclusively for sporting events (basketball and volleyball games) and rock concerts.
In other entertainment news, the district, with financial help from the Urzad Kultury Fizycznej and the Wojewoda (Warsaw province government), is planning to renovate the 40-year-old swimming pool on ul. Rozbrat - to the tune of z*. 275,000 ($117,000). The city has six weeks to complete work on the pool.
The Bia*o*eka council has voted to spend z*. 400,000 ($170,000) this year on upgrading roads in the district, two-thirds of which are unpaved. Among those to undergo work are ul. Mehoffera, Obrazkowa, Mochtynska and Ostrodzka. One of the most important tasks, said Vice Mayor Tadeusz Semetkowski, is ul. Swiatowida, the main entrance to the Tarchomin housing development, which the district expects to cost around z*. 300,000 ($128,000).
The Rembertow district council has followed in the footsteps of its big brother, the Centrum district, in forbidding public drinking of alcohol.
The district has also set times when shops should be open. Grocery stores should be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays, and from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Sweets shops and florists, among others, should be open on Sundays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stores that would like to maintain shorter working hours require district approval.
The district will accept bids until July 25 on a piece of land located at the intersection of ul. Indiry Gandhi and Al. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (KEN) near the Imielin station. Four more tenders will be opened this month, three on ul. Herbsta and a fourth on ul. Wawozowa. Several supermarket chains, including Globi and Hit, have expressed interest in this last site.
Mokotow, however, is taking somewhat longer in putting land around the Metro up for sale. Jolanta Pryjgonska of the district said that this is due in part to unclear title on the land plots that must be regulated before a sale takes place. Tenders for these plots, perhaps more attractive to investors because of their location nearer the city center, will most likely occur at the end of this year or beginning of 1996.
Residents in the Centrum district will finally have the opportunity to buy out their flats from the district following last week's vote by council members.
Over 10,000 people in the Centrum district's 11 sub-districts have applied to buy out their flats, but the process of selling communal housing units was brought to a halt by last summer's Warsaw Act, which required that the newly formed Centrum district work out the terms for the sale of their housing stock.
Tenants who choose to buy their flats in installments will pay 40% of the unit's market value, with a down-payment no less than 20% of the final cost. Installments may be paid over a period no longer than five years, and interest will be charged according to GUS's consumer price index.
Tenants buying outright will pay only 20% of the unit's market value. Once paid off, the new owner will also receive a long-term lease on a portion of the land on which the building stands.
Residents living in apartment houses built before 1945 will have to wait until the end of the year before being able to purchase their dwellings.
Support beams for the new ice skating rink Torwar II are now going up, and district officials say that skates should be sliding around before Christmas.
The rink, which can accommodate up to 200 skaters at a time, is being built by Centralny Ocrodek Sportu, with z*. 3 million ($1.28 million) coming from the Srodmieccie district and z*. 1.5 million ($640,000) from the Urzad Kultury Fizycznej.
The old Torwar rink will now be used exclusively for sporting events (basketball and volleyball games) and rock concerts.
In other entertainment news, the district, with financial help from the Urzad Kultury Fizycznej and the Wojewoda (Warsaw province government), is planning to renovate the 40-year-old swimming pool on ul. Rozbrat - to the tune of z*. 275,000 ($117,000). The city has six weeks to complete work on the pool.
The Bia*o*eka council has voted to spend z*. 400,000 ($170,000) this year on upgrading roads in the district, two-thirds of which are unpaved. Among those to undergo work are ul. Mehoffera, Obrazkowa, Mochtynska and Ostrodzka. One of the most important tasks, said Vice Mayor Tadeusz Semetkowski, is ul. Swiatowida, the main entrance to the Tarchomin housing development, which the district expects to cost around z*. 300,000 ($128,000).
The Rembertow district council has followed in the footsteps of its big brother, the Centrum district, in forbidding public drinking of alcohol.
The district has also set times when shops should be open. Grocery stores should be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays, and from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Sweets shops and florists, among others, should be open on Sundays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stores that would like to maintain shorter working hours require district approval.
