Skanska takes care of business in Wrocław

The Grunwaldzki Center, the largest office building in the city, will be located on the triangular plot of some 8,000 sqm between ul. Skłodowskiej-Curie, ul. Norwida and pl. Grunwaldzki. The company will begin construction works in September, after receiving the building permit.

The 30,000 sqm building, designed by Roman Woźniak, a Polish architect living in Sweden, will be divided into three parts, one thirteen-storey building and two of five storeys. Inside, the developer intends to place restaurants and underground parking lots. The construction works on the two smaller buildings should be completed in September 2007. Thereafter construction on the largest of the three buildings will begin.
When asked why Skanska decided to build its project in Wrocław, Jerzy Kamiński, project developer at Skanska Property Poland, answered that the economic situation in Wrocław is extremely beneficial. "Apart from Warsaw, there are at least two other cities that attract a lot of investments, Wrocław and Kraków. However, in Wrocław there are practically no office buildings now," he adds.

The fact that Skanska is not the only developer currently providing new office space in Wrocław only proves the attractiveness of the city. Ghelamco, a Belgian developer, will erect a 35,000 office and residential complex on pl. Bema. Apart from the 25,000 sqm of office space, the building will also host apartments, stores and restaurants.