ARTICLES LABELLED WITH TAG Syrena Real Estate

Syrena Real Estate, a Polish commercial real estate investment company, has acquired the Zaułek Piękna office building located in the heart of Warsaw's Śródmieście district from Manova Partners. The purchase was co-financed by mBank. The price has not been disclosed.

Syrena Real Estate has sold its first PRS project at 171 Wolska Street in Warsaw. The new owner is the Belgian company Xior Student Housing NV. The transaction value was €12 million, making it the second successful sale of a stabilised PRS project in Poland.

Syrena Real Estate, owner of properties in Warsaw and Wrocław, has signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA) with Polenergia Sprzedaż, for the supply of green energy in the next four years.  

Witold Zatoński, Founder of Syrena Real Estate, talked to Property Forum about the profitability of revitalizing older office buildings, the challenges related to such projects and the development of the PRS market in Poland.

The HOP office project in Warsaw has been awarded the WELL Health – Safety Rating by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) following a complex review that covered a range of health-related factors including air and water quality.

The metamorphosis of the Marynarska Business Park office complex implemented in Warsaw’s Służewiec district by PineBridge Benson Elliot and Syrena Real Estate is nearing completion. Work has been finalised on the outdoor area, replacing a 6,000 sqm concrete car park with a green park open to the city, covered with green hills. The project is changing its name to Diuna.

The company’s new business line operates under the Habitu brand and the first property from the PRS sector in the company’s portfolio located in Warsaw was fully leased in two months. The company has announced intensive development of Habitu mainly in the capital city but also in other Polish cities. Syrena plans to offer three thousand units on its PRS platform within five years.

HOP, a post-modern office building from the 1990s has undergone a thorough upgrade thanks to Syrena Real Estate. The process lasted nearly a year and reached completion with the opening of the Lupo Pasta Fresca restaurant by  Warsaw restaurateur Justyna Kosmala, owner of Charlotte and the Wozownia Bar. The office building has also recently obtained the BREEAM in Use certificate at the EXCELLENT level and Barrier-Free Facility awarded by the Integration Foundation. The HOP is the first of two development projects in Syrena RE’s portfolio with PineBridge Benson Elliott to undergo such transformation. Work on the other project, the Marynarska Business Park, is underway.