Silesia cornerstone ceremony
A 90,000 sqm Hungarian TriGranit Development Corporation investment, to be completed in 2009 on the site of the former Gottwald mine, SCC will be a multifunctional complex served by a total of 3,000 parking places.
"We are not building yet another shopping center," emphasises Janusz Olesiński, president of Nowe Centrum, Katowice-based daughter company of TriGranit Development Corporation. "This will be a place where people can meet, a place with apartments, offices, a hotel, cultural and recreational facilities. We want to promote local artists."
The first e200-million phase of the e600-million project, to be finished in 2005-2006 is already underway and will consist of a single-floor building with 65,000 sqm designed to host a Tesco hypermarket, 240 shops, services, bars and restaurants as well as a multi-screen cinema (10 to 12 screens, Nowe Centrum is negotiating with Multikino) and leisure facilities. Much of the commercial space has already found its tenants. The western part of the roof will have a 3,000 sqm roof garden.
"Contrary to common belief, Silesia is a very green area, and we want to keep this up," says Olesiński. "We are planning to plant some 700 to 1000 new trees altogether, and there will be real trees inside the building as well."
The second phase of the development, to begin at the end of 2005, will comprise a medium-standard residential estate of approx. 900 built-to-suit apartments and 40,000 sqm of usable space. "It will be a modern, 'closed' estate with parking lots and abundant greenery. But we want it to be affordable for local people too."
The last phase will include two 100-metre high buildings whose exact function has not been decided upon yet, plus a 50-metre building in the Chorzowska street, altogether approx. 40-50 thousand sqm for lease. "They may include a hotel, apartments, offices and service establishments," says Olesiński
(K.R)
"We are not building yet another shopping center," emphasises Janusz Olesiński, president of Nowe Centrum, Katowice-based daughter company of TriGranit Development Corporation. "This will be a place where people can meet, a place with apartments, offices, a hotel, cultural and recreational facilities. We want to promote local artists."
The first e200-million phase of the e600-million project, to be finished in 2005-2006 is already underway and will consist of a single-floor building with 65,000 sqm designed to host a Tesco hypermarket, 240 shops, services, bars and restaurants as well as a multi-screen cinema (10 to 12 screens, Nowe Centrum is negotiating with Multikino) and leisure facilities. Much of the commercial space has already found its tenants. The western part of the roof will have a 3,000 sqm roof garden.
"Contrary to common belief, Silesia is a very green area, and we want to keep this up," says Olesiński. "We are planning to plant some 700 to 1000 new trees altogether, and there will be real trees inside the building as well."
The second phase of the development, to begin at the end of 2005, will comprise a medium-standard residential estate of approx. 900 built-to-suit apartments and 40,000 sqm of usable space. "It will be a modern, 'closed' estate with parking lots and abundant greenery. But we want it to be affordable for local people too."
The last phase will include two 100-metre high buildings whose exact function has not been decided upon yet, plus a 50-metre building in the Chorzowska street, altogether approx. 40-50 thousand sqm for lease. "They may include a hotel, apartments, offices and service establishments," says Olesiński
(K.R)
