Strabag's new SC

Construction works on Galeria Zielona have just started in the area where ul. Piłsudskiego and ul. Zielona meet in Puławy and are scheduled for completion in November 2006. The total area of the center will reach almost 16,000 sqm out of which 14,600 sqm  will be usable area. From the street side the building will be three storeys, whereas the remaining part of the structure will have two floors. The first two storeys will house shops and service points while the administration offices, food courts and a leisure part with an ice rink will be located on the third floor.

The project was designed by Pracownia Architektoniczna Marka from Puławy. The investor is Raiffeisen Evolution Project Development.

Since it first started its operations in the Lublin region in 2002, the local branch of Strabag has completed projects such as Centrum Zana, Tesco, Bami Center, and a spa in Nałęczów. Apart from Galeria Zielona, the company is also working on the 16,800-sqm Galeria Orkana in Lublin and 65,700-sqm Lublin Plaza.

"More and more investors are interested in our market and we have the potential to develop contracts here. That is why we care so much about permanent and good cooperation with the best companies from the region," says the director of Strabag's local branch, Sławomir Iwan. "We employ about 100 firms on a contract basis, out of which 50 percent is local. We hire many sub-contractors and suppliers such as Faelbud, Perfektbau, Amar Lublin, Konsbud Lublin, Termochem Puławy and many others."

Strabag is a daughter company of the Austrian Bauholding Strabag Socjetas Europaea. With 1,600 employees in Poland, the company generates a turnover locally of zł.1.5 billion annually. In Poland, the firm is also developing Pasaż Grunwaldzki in Wrocław, Plaza Centers in Lublin and Wrocław, and Galeria Krakowska.