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Hines, the international
real estate firm, announced today the start of construction on
Centrum Biurowe Neptun, a 19-story office building located at
107/109 Grunwaldzka Avenue in the Wrzeszcz district in Gdansk,
Poland. Budimex S.A. the general contractor, is in the process
of demolishing a shopping center currently on the site.
Construction on the new Class A building will begin in early
2012 with completion expected in the first quarter of 2014. The
project is being funded by the Hines International Real Estate
Fund (HIREF).
Centrum Biurowe Neptun was designed
by the leading international design firm, Aedas CE, which was
chosen by Hines through an architectural competition. The
building will contain 170,650 square feet of office and retail
space as well as three levels of underground parking for 159
vehicles. The ground floor and podium level will contain a
restaurant, a newsstand and tenant conference rooms.
The building's exterior will be
clad in glass, aluminum and steel. Full-height windows will
provide not only breathtaking views for those looking out, but
also excellent access of daylight that will penetrate the
building's interior spaces. Floor plates will range in size from
8,500 square feet to 11,000 square feet. Raised floors and
suspended ceilings will allow for undisturbed distribution of
the building's systems and structural cabling, which will make
future changes in the configuration of office spaces easier.
'We are delighted to bring this
high caliber office building to this quickly developing
commercial area in Gdansk's Wrzeszcz district,' said Mieczyslaw
Godzisz, managing director for Hines Poland. 'On the heels of
our nearby Quattro Towers, we are delighted to continue our
track record of delivering technically sophisticated,
architecturally significant buildings.'
Hines has also started the
building's certification process for BREEAM, a voluntary
measurement rating for green buildings that was established in
the UK by the Building Research Establishment (BRE). It sets the
standards for best practices in sustainable design and has
become the measure to describe a building's environmental
performance.Obtaining the BREEAM certificate involves the need
to meet several requirements for energy efficiency as well as
the entire management process, from the design phase through
construction phase and the control during the building's
operation.
Hines entered the Poland real
estate market in 1997 with the development of Metropolitan, a
Class A office building at Pilsudskiego Square in Warsaw. Hines
also developed the Impresja apartments in Wilanow, and the
Sterlinga Business Center (awarded BREEAM certification) in
lodz, where the firm is also developing the Arboretum
residential complex. In Gdansk, Hines developed Quattro Towers,
a nearby 16-story luxury residential complex.
Hines is a privately owned real
estate firm involved in real estate investment, development and
property management worldwide. The firm's historical and current
portfolio of projects that are underway, completed, acquired and
managed for third parties includes 1,147 properties representing
more than 462 million square feet of office, residential,
mixed-use, industrial, hotel, medical and sports facilities, as
well as large, master-planned communities and land
developments. With offices in 108 cities in 18 countries,
and controlled assets valued at approximately $23.4 billion,
Hines is one of the largest real estate organizations in the
world. Hines is also a world leader in sustainable real estate
strategies, with extensive experience in LEED(R), ENERGY
STAR(R), BREEAM, Haute Qualite Environnementale and DGNB green
building rating systems.
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Centrum Biurowe
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