Thursday, April 7, 2016

Silent war of the capital Downtown. Local government may lose millions – Dziennik.pl

This kind of Holy Grail for the part of the developers. Speech about the document under an ordinary name: “The draft resolution City Council Warsaw on the local zoning plan City Centre South in the area of ​​ul. Poznań “. Today will be discussed at committee spatial Council Warsaw. If all goes according to plan, the project can be adopted at one of the forthcoming sessions of the city council (the nearest is 21 April).

It’s several quarters in the center of the capital . At stake, among others, construction of a new high-rise PKO BP on the corner of ul. Marszałkowska and Nowogrodzka, two office towers on the site links, 170-meter building Roma Tower areas of the Archdiocese of Warsaw, reconstruction of several high-rise buildings, such as Intraco 2, Marriott or Orange. All investments are expected to bring approx. 250 thousand. sqm. new commercial space. Representatives of real estate developers estimate the value of the investment at the height of 3-4 billion zł. Added to this is the reconstruction of at least 30 houses, which gives another 600 million zł. So talking about the cake even worth 4-5 billion zł and 8 million zł year revenues to the municipal money from real estate tax calculated from the new office space.

However, these areas can not wait for the adoption of the local plan almost six years. The consequences of this situation shows a plot of 11 thousand. sqm., next to the Marriott Hotel and Oxford Tower, which until 2013. worked with high school traditions to them. Hoffmanowej. The city wanted to sell the property last year for min. 200 million zł, promoting it among at the fair in Cannes and Munich . In the sphere of marketing the plots had to be the biggest deal last year. For this purpose hall high school moved to another location (at ul. Hoza). Unfortunately, no bidder came forward. This was probably because the parcel, although attractive, is not covered by the local plan, but only zoning (WZ). – wuzetka a very risky instrument that easily and then invalidate. Investor lecturing hundreds of millions to purchase real estate, can not simultaneously bear such risks – explains to us representative of the real estate industry.

Why plot in the center of the biggest Polish city of old are not local plan? By the conflict is, how to develop Warsaw Downtown. – Under the terms of functionality Downtown begins to be moved to the Warsaw Wola, where companies such as Ghelamco , Skanska , Golub GetHouse and Echo investment , have planned a number of commercial projects, eg. the newly erected tower Warsaw Spire, much of it already leased. The wrist is further blocking the local plan for part of downtown, because the limit in this way supply in the city and maintain price levels – says one of our interlocutors.

Developers investing in Wola repel accusations. – Business and we are not interested in this area, but we are pleased that an increasing area of ​​Warsaw will be covered by the plans, which introduce clear rules for investors and show the development strategy of the city – provides Krzysztof Wilczek, regional director Skanska Property Poland .

The authorities also deny the capital. – The procedures are complicated and time consuming, but they were not blocking – says Bartosz Milczarczyk from the Warsaw City Hall.

On the theory of blocking the local plan for part of downtown agrees the John Singer, activist City from the association is Our Town and Non-attached councilor Downtown district. – At the roundabout Daszyńskiego (in Wola – ed.) is expected to create more office buildings than in the whole of Lodz. No wonder that investors tremble at the thought of a gigantic competition in the commercial real estate market – cheating.

Activists municipal, moreover another piece of the puzzle. – This plan is made speculatively. City Hall does not hide that it is a draw as the biggest money of the plots. If the plan is adopted at least in the form similar to that of the current project, it certainly sue – says John Singer . He says that the residents want to preserve the maximum amount of green, because it is one of the most polluted places in Warsaw. – The introduction of such volume will further intensify the traffic. Besides this it is a fragment of the City Centre South, a few quarters downtown development from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century., Which resembles the old Warsaw. Building such a large volume rises simply does not fit into this place – says Singer.

Add to this the city authorities and the Downtown district. Unofficially it is said about the divergent interests of both (28 January. District authorities negatively zaopiniowały draft plan). – City wants to sell the land and for them to earn. But the district authorities are afraid that after the adoption of the plan will be deprived of decision-making, the investments will move – says one of our interlocutors. The point is that investments with a total area of ​​over 15 thousand. sqm. Proceeded are not at the level of districts. When the plan, the district will no longer issue any wuzetek, because everything will be specified in advance in the local plan.

Bartosz Milczarczyk of the Town Hall ensures that the conflict between the municipality and the district no, though he admits that the situation is difficult. – On the one hand, for example. District has its own vision and shows, for example. That the development projects in this plan should be less. On the other hand, we have the interest of investors – he admits. I will ensure that their task is to prepare such a plan, which will be the best for the residents and consistent with the development plan of the city.

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