INVESTMENTS NEWS 15TH KIDS&CO. KINDERGARTEN FOR 15TH ANNIVERSARY
In September 2020, KIDS&Co. – a nationwide operator of bilingual kindergartens and nurseries and company kindergartens is opening a new facility in The Park Warsaw office complex at Krakowiaków Street, developed by White Star Real Estate developer. It is the 5th KIDS&Co. facility in Warsaw, and the 15th in Poland, opened for the 15 th anniversary of the company. The kindergarten and nursery in The Park Warsaw is created mostly for the employees of the complex, but it is also open for enrolment of parents from outside. It provides seats for 75 children also at the nursery age, and the developer took care of the space for a large and green playground. The choice of location was not accidental. The Park Warsaw complex is located near Łopuszańska Street, and it is a well-known traffic route in Warsaw. Large corporations and well-known brands have their headquarters in the complex. These include IBM, Carlsberg, AkzoNobel, BAT or Velux. As always, KIDS&Co. is likely to cooperate with employers who would like to support their employees by co-financing their tuition fees from the social fund.
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CITY HUB – THE FIRST SHARED MOBILITY HUB IN THE TRI-CITY IS NOW OPEN On August 26, at the Wave office building built by Skanska, the City Hub was officially launched – it’s a special space where everyone can rent electric scooters from Hop.City, scooters through the Bolt application or Traficar cars. A station by Si.City for charging electric skateboards and scooters was launched on site, which, in addition to providing charging services, protects the equipment against theft.
The concept includes a taxi stand and a place for deliveries, as well as infrastructure for cyclists. Already during the first phase of the Wave complex, more than 230 bicycle spaces, changing rooms, showers and a special elevator to the garage for cyclists were created. A repair station available to everyone will be useful for fixing any equipment problems.
SAVILLS TO ASSIST IN OFFICE LEASING IN RETAIL SCHEMES OF ATRIUM EUROPEAN REAL ESTATE Real estate advisory firm Savills has been appointed by Atrium European Real Estate as sole letting agent for office space in all the buildings owned by the fund in Poland. The agreement between Savills and Atrium European Real Estate covers the retail properties of the fund’s Polish portfolio with an office component. These include three schemes in Warsaw: Atrium Promenada (10,000 sq m of office space), Wars Sawa Junior (8,800 sq m of office space), Atrium Reduta (3,000 sq m of office space), and Atrium Copernicus in Toruń (670 sq m of office space). To assist Atrium European Real Estate, Savills will draw on its experience in leasing Blue Office, an office section of the Blue City complex in Warsaw. For the new client, the real estate adviser is planning to carry out marketing acti vities to support the commercialisation process. Savills will use modern proptech tools, among other things, for day-to-day communication with the client and presentation of office space to prospective tenants.
City Hub will also be connected to the Connected by Skanska building app. Thanks to it, tenants of the Wave office building can move around using a smartphone instead of an access card, enter the garage based on license plate numbers, or check the availability of vehicles in the City Hub. The application also allows employees to arrange shared rides, i.e. carpooling.
Outsourcing&More | September–October 2020
