First of the four planned GPP Business Park’s buildings is currently being covered by sheets of windows glass little by little. Representatives of the Upper Silesian Industrial Park (GPP), an investor of the office scheme, confirm the building will be delivered in the second quarter of 2012. “The ...

The City of Katowice and local academics joined the Regional Studies Association (RSA) Research Network on Transition and Resilience for Post-industrial Agglomerations in Central Europe. An inaugural seminar took place today in the University of Economics in Katowice. The general aim of the proposed scientific network is searching for the ...

Mentor Graphics, a global technology firm operating in the area of electronic design automation, is expanding its engagement in Katowice. This time, the company is establishing a regional finance and accounting support center in the City. The center will support 30 Mentor Graphics entities located in Western Europe, Russia, Armenia ...

The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL), which manages Katowice International Airport, is going to issue a tender for leasing a parcel of land within the airport’s area. The plot is destined for a hotel building. „GTL prepares currently tender documents, the company will call for a bid by the end ...

Katowice is among eight metropolitan areas listed as topping commodities growth among 200 global cities surveyed by the Brookings Institution in its newest report. The Brookings Institution, recognized as the world’s number one think tank, revealed the newest edition of its report on the 200 largest metropolitan economies in the world ...

111 days left to inaugurate the European Economic Congress 2012. Today, organizers of this year’s fourth edition of the most important economic event in Central Europe released a draft agenda of the EEC 2012. As the proposed scope of topics has always been prepared in co-operation with panelists, guests and ...

Next week, authorities of Katowice International Airport are going to issue a tender for conducting a contruction work on a new 3,2 kilometers long runway. The undertaking worth approximately PLN 200 million will be finished in the second half of 2014. The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL), which manages the ...

After almost eight years since the „Kleofas” coal mine was closed, its area is put up on sale. The brownfield divided into six parcels is worth more than PLN 10 million according to initial prices. All the sites cover approximately 34 500 sq. meters. The brownfields are located in the “Załęże” ...

The City Hall of Katowice and the Polish-Spanish consortium represented by NDI SA, signed on Wednesday an agreement to conduct the first stage of the City Center redevelopment. The works total PLN 28 million and are divided into four phases. The consortium of NDI and Construcciones Y Promociones Balzola ...

Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate consulting company, summarized the office market trends in main Polish cities including Katowice. The report provides a comprehensive review of the office market situation in the City in 2011 and shows predictions for the next twelve months. “Construction activity in the Katowice conurbation ...