Multi-million office building bid closes today

Business Center 2000, a subsidiary of Kredyt Bank, is trying to sell its office building Uni Centrum located in the center of Katowice. The company would not reveal any of the interested parties, despite the fact that bidders only have later today to place their offers. "The calling price is zł. 200 million," said Piotr Gawlikowski from BC2000. The money from the sale would be spent on covering the liabilities towards suppliers and sub-constructors. The construction of Uni Centrum was halted at the b eginning of the year, as the contractor, Mostostal Zabrze, did not pay the sub-constructors on time and they left the site. "At present we are n egotiating with them, but it is unknown when the building would be finished. It is 97% complete and requires only two months more work so it can open," said Gawlikowski. So far, construction has run up bills of zł. 220 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 11) M.M.