Apart from Nowa Fabryczna - the first office building in Nowe Centrum Łodzi – Skanska will also develop its newest project, Brama Miasta in the city of Łódź. The two office buildings, with leasable office space totalling 40,000 sqm, will be able to accommodate up to 4,000 employees. Construction is to be launched in H1 2017.
Łódź is currently experiencing its momentum. This is the place where Nowe Centrum Łodzi (NCŁ) is being developed. The NCŁ investment, covering an area of up to 100 ha, will be a multifunctional project and will include the revitalization of the city centre. Apart from the Dworzec Fabryczny railway station, it will also include offices, services and residential facilities. Thanks to this enterprise, Łódź is one of the favorites to host Expo 2022, the world's most important fair event. The city’s growing importance for investors is further confirmed by a record-breaking level of office space lease deals and low vacancy rates. Up to half of the overall stock currently under development, approx. 125,000 sqm of modern office space, has already been secured with pre-lease agreements. Łódź is the location for services centres of companies such as Fujitsu, Xerox, Accenture, Cybercom, Whirlpool and Infosys. The sector itself currently employs around 15,600 specialists.
Apart from Nowa Fabryczna - the first office building in NCŁ – which is already nearly 100% leased, Skanska will also develop its newest project - Brama Miasta. The investment will be located opposite the biggest underground railway station in Poland – Łódź Fabryczna. It is 70 minutes from Warsaw by train, approx. 20 minutes from Łódź Airport and in close proximity to the A1 and A2 highway intersection.
Łódź has its own architectural style which is perfectly complemented by initiatives such as woonerfs and large wall murals. Furthermore, Łódź was the first city in Poland to establish a traffic-free street (today, there are three woonerfs in the city and more are scheduled for the future). In addition, the city is often called “the capital city of murals” – as there are approx. 70 wall murals in Łódź. This new Skanska project perfectly dovetails with its surroundings. The face of Brama Miasta are Łódź’s inhabitants themselves, who can now be seen at on display on the grounds of the investment. This is a publicly available location created by people for people.
