TDJ Estate to develop office compex in Katowice

TDJ Estate is planning to start construction of the KTW office complex in Katowice at the end of Q2 or early Q3 2016, Eurobuild CEE informed. The project is located near Spodek, the site of the demolished DOKP (Silesian railway) skyscraper. The plot was bought from the Polish State Railways (PKP). The complex will consist of two connected buildings. The first of these, KTW I, will be 66 meters in height and will have 14 floors. The other, KTW II, will be 133 meters in height with 31 above-ground floors. The total commercial area of the complex will amount to 61,800 sqm. The buildings will be constructed in separate phases. In the first 12 months, the ground work will be carried out – up to the zero level (the foundations and underground car park) – with the KTW I building, which is to be BREEAM certified at the ‘Very Good’ level, to completed within two years. Construction work on the second building will start depending on the leasing progress of the first building. TDJ Estate bought the 0.7 ha land plot for PLN 29 million in 2013.