Office parks built by Globe Trade Centre S.A. (GTC) in Łódź and Katowice received 2nd prizes in the category of buildings for public use in the Building of the Year 2010 competition, organized by the Polish Union of Civil Engineers and Technicians, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the General Office of Building Control.

The purpose of the Building of the Year competition is to recognise structures that are distinguished in terms of the quality, organisation and timeliness of the work, the technological solutions used, and the impact on the economy of the region. The detailed review of the projects is divided into three phases, in which a panel of independent judges evaluates the buildings on the basis of documents submitted as well as an on-site visit.

University Business Park is located in Łódź between al. Kościuszki and ul. Wólczańska. The complex includes 37,500 sq m of Class A office space. The design for the project was prepared by the Łódź studio NOW Biuro Architektoniczne. The general contractor was Strabag. University Business Park is home to such companies as Intergraph, Kredyt Bank, Aegon, Warta Life Insurance, Hermann Kirchner, Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Tax Care and Pharmena.

Francuska Office Centre was built in the centre of Katowice, at ul. Francuska 34. The complex includes 21,700 sq m of modern office space and was designed by the prominent studio APA Wojciechowski. The general contractor was Hochtief Polska. Tenants include such companies as Ruch, Bank Millennium, Nordea Bank, Philips Lighting and Berlitz.

Both of the award-winning projects were completed in 2010. In additional to state-of-the-art technical solutions, they provide tenants the opportunity for flexible arrangement and efficient management of the space, for example for back-office operations or for R&D or laboratories. They also offer the opportunity to grow within the same office park, which is still hard to find in either of the cities.

GLOBE TRADE CENTRE S.A. (GTC) is one of the leading developers in the New Europe. GTC was established in 1994 in Warsaw and currently operates in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Russia and Ukraine.

GTC develops projects and manages completed properties in three key sectors of real estate: office buildings and parks, retail and entertainment centres, and residential.

GTC has developed 800,000 sq m of net space and currently is the owner of completed commercial property with a combined net area of 544,000 sq m. GTC also holds an impressive portfolio of new investments at various stages of development which will facilitate the construction of 1.7 million sq m of commercial and residential space. GTC’s total assets exceed EUR 2.7 billion.

GTC’s shares are listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in the prestigious WIG20 index. The company’s shares are also included in the international MSCI index and Dow Jones STOXX Eastern Europe 300 index, as well as the GPR250 index, which comprises the 250 biggest and most liquid real estate companies in the world, and the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Emerging Index. GTC shares have recently been listed as well in the CECE index at the Vienna Stock Exchange. Among GTC’s shareholders are many of the biggest Polish and international institutional investors.

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Małgorzata Czaplicka

Globe Trade Centre S.A.
tel.: +48 22 606 07 10
e-mail: [email protected]