Information from the office market

UPC a new tenant in Katowice's Global Office Park complex

UPC Poland will move into the Global Office Park building complex under construction in Katowice. The lease agreement represents one of the largest transactions of the local office market. The leader in digital services in Poland, UPC, will become a new tenant in one of the office towers of the Global Office Park complex. The company will occupy as many as four floors of Building A1 and will have nearly 4,300 sqm of space. UPC will be able to move into the building once the facility is completed in Q2 and Q3 of 2022. Global Office Park is located at Mickiewicza and Dąbrówki streets in Katowice. The building is a combination of two office buildings and one residential building, which are united by a five-story podium with space for food and beverage and retail establishments. The complex will deliver a total of 55,200 sqm of space to the market. Tower A1 is a 25-story building with a total area of about 27,500 sqm. In addition, tenants will also have above- and underground parking spaces and bicycle facilities at their disposal, and the building has been awarded a BREEAM certificate.

We know the contractor for Kraków's Brain Park complex

Fabet Konstrukcje will be responsible for completing the open shell of the Brain Park office complex in Krakow. Meanwhile, the investor of the building is Echo Investment. The contractor for the open shell of the Brain Park office complex in Kraków is known. It is the company Fabet Konstrukcje. The office complex under construction at Aleja Pokoju and Fabryczna Street is an investment by Echo Investment. Brain Park will be a multifunctional building with about 43,000 sqm of leasable office space. The complex will consist of three office buildings reaching ten floors. The facility is planned to provide a number of amenities for future tenants, including underground and above-ground parking spaces, infrastructure for cyclists or charging stations for cars and electric scooters. The project also includes the construction of an expansive courtyard adjacent to the building with places for relaxation and physical activity. Completion of the first phase of the project is scheduled for the third quarter of 2022.

Warsaw office building Danone HQ in hands of Okam company

The Danone HQ office building is changing its owner. Development company Okam has taken possession of the building and is planning a new development near the office building. Okam has become the new owner of Warsaw's Danone HQ office building. It is a 12-story building with more than 5,400 sq m of leasable space, located at 9 Redutowa St. The office building will become part of a larger project by the company, which is planning a new development on a plot of land adjacent to the building, purchased in 2020. Okam plans to build four residential buildings on the land adjacent to the Danone HQ office building. The project will create a development offering more than 700 new apartments right behind the Warsaw office building. In addition, part of the plot will be developed for green spaces for rest and recreation. Completion of the entire project is planned for 2025.

Wrocław's Carbon Tower office building runs out of space for lease

The space of Wroclaw's Carbon Tower office building has been almost fully leased. The building has reached 94 percent commercialization. Carbon Tower is a 12-story office building offering tenants more than 19,000 sqm of workspace. Following recent lease agreements with Frautex, Mitsubishi Electric and Lebek Law Firm, commercialization of the building has already reached 94 percent, meaning that the building's usable space is almost fully occupied. Carbon Tower is one of the most distinctive buildings in Wroclaw. It is located on the corner of Robocza and Fabryczna Streets, perfectly fitting into the triangular shape of the plot on which it stands. This modern Class A office building has already been completed in 2019, and so far companies such as Lux Med, Arcadis, Eneris Group, Tenderhut and Idea Getin Leasing, for example, have used the building's office space.

Warta's logo hangs on the Warsaw UNIT office building. It is the highest-embedded logo in Poland

A logotype with the company name of future tenant Warsaw UNIT was installed at the top of the building. Warta's logo hangs on the 196th meter of the office building, making it the tallest embedded logo in Poland. Warsaw UNIT, located at 1 Daszyńskiego Roundabout in Warsaw, is a building commissioned in the second quarter of this year that offers about 57,000 sqm of office space to its tenants. In addition, the building includes spaces for retail and service establishments. The building also includes a 10-story surface and underground parking garage. Among others, Warta, which is at the forefront of its industry, has signed an office lease in the Warsaw facility. The insurance company has leased more than 20,000 sqm of space for 10 years. It was Warta's logo that hung from the top of the Warsaw office building. Weighing nearly 600 kilograms and measuring 4.5 meters, the logo was placed on the 196th meter of the Warsaw UNIT office building. This is the first such a high-set logo in the country. Its installation time was about 90 hours.

Katowice-based office building .KTW I awarded WELL certificate. It is the first such building in Poland

Poland's first building can boast an unusual distinction. Katowice's .KTW I office building is the first in the country to receive the WELL Health-Safety Rating certificate. The WELL Health-Safety Rating certificate is the International WELL Building Institute's response to the global COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting threats to human life and health. Through it, all solutions aimed at the safety and health of employees using the facility are evaluated. The .KTW I building in Katowice, which is part of a larger office complex, has been awarded such a certificate. The .KTW I building is part of the Katowice office complex, located on Roździeńskiego Street. Together with the .KTW II office building, the building complex will provide the market with more than 62,000 sqm of total space. The tallest building in Katowice, in addition to modern office space, offers its tenants numerous amenities, such as underground parking, a view of the city skyline, as well as many eco-friendly solutions.

Tpay moves its headquarters to Poznan's Andersia Tower office building

Poznan's tallest building has gained a new tenant. Since this spring, the Polish company Tpay has had its headquarters there. Tpay is a company operating as an electronic payment operator. The company decided to move its headquarters to the Andersia Tower office building in spring 2021. Tpay's employees will work on the 17th floor of the Poznan building from now on. The Andersia Tower office building is part of a complex located on Andersa Street, which offers office, hotel and retail space. Andersia Tower provides the market with approximately 10,000 sqm of office space, as well as many amenities for its tenants. The building features a gym, swimming pool, saunas, banquet halls or restaurants. The building is located in the very center of Poznań and is part of the Anders Square development.

Leroy Merlin with new headquarters in Warsaw Forest. One of the biggest deals of 2020 has been signed

Leroy Merlin is setting up its new headquarters in the Forest building complex. The company has signed a lease for office space in one of them, marking one of the most important transactions of the past year in the Warsaw office market. The chain of construction industry stores, Leroy Merlin, has decided to expand its operations with another headquarters for its office staff starting in 2022. The company will occupy more than 12,000 sqm of office space in one of the buildings that make up Warsaw's Forest complex. Leroy Merlin's lease of space on three floors of the office tower represents one of the largest transactions in Warsaw in 2020. The Forest building complex, which is under construction on Burakowska Street in Warsaw, will be completed by the end of this year. The building will deliver some 78,000 sqm of leasable space to the market. Future tenants will have at their disposal, in addition to parking spaces for cars and bicycles, many green areas, such as a patio with a pond, terraces, small greenhouses or boxes for insects and birds. Thanks to these environmentally friendly solutions, the complex has been awarded BREEAM, BREEAM Communities and WELL certificates.

Ekoenergetyka-Polska company a new tenant of .KTW

Katowice's .KTW I office building has gained a new tenant. The company Ekoenergetyka-Polska has decided to locate its office there. Ekoenergetyka-Polska is at the forefront of the electromobility industry and continues to grow, resulting in the company establishing a new office in Katowice. The company moved into the .KTW I office building in May this year, taking up about 380 sqm of space. .KTW I is a building that is part of a complex of two high-rise office and service buildings under construction on Roździeńskiego Street near Katowice's Spodek. The office park, after the .KTW II building is completed in 2022, will deliver a total of about 62,000 sqm of total space to the market. In addition to offices created to a high standard, the complex will also offer its tenants the convenience of underground parking, as well as many environmentally friendly solutions. Due to the height of one of the office towers, which is as high as 133 meters, the building will become one of the most visible and recognizable buildings in Katowice.

The tallest building in the European Union is under construction in Warsaw

Warsaw's Varso Tower skyscraper will become the tallest building in the European Union countries. HB Reavis is responsible for the investment. The Varso Tower office building under construction in the capital boasts the title of the tallest building in the European Union. The building has reached 230 meters in height measured to the roof, while the spire located at the very top will reach as high as 310 meters. The Varso Tower skyscraper belongs to the complex of three Varso Place buildings under construction on Chmielna Street in Warsaw. Foster + Partners studio, whose projects have been realized all over the world, such as HSBC Tower in Hong Kong and 2 World Trade Centre in New York, is responsible for the plan of the office building. In addition to office space, the building also offers space for retail and service establishments, a hotel and an innovation center. In addition, terraces will be located on two floors of the skyscraper, offering an extraordinary panorama of the capital. Tenants will also have underground parking for cars and spaces for bicycles for their use. In addition, due to the application of many environmentally friendly solutions, Varso Tower will be awarded BREEAM certification at the Outstanding level and WELL Core & Shell.