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• Colliers interview • Residential market • Warsaw office market • Post-industrial revitalization • Luxury apartments in Warsaw
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 9 • MARCH 11-17, 2013 . z∏.12.50 (VAT 8% included) . ISSN 1233 7889 INDEX-RUCH-332-127
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Building momentum
Surprise cut Poland’s monetary policy makers caught markets unaware with their 50 basis-point 7 interest rate cut
A wave of office projects will come online in Poland in the coming years. Will they find tenants? 11, 18
COURTESY OF THE MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Exclusive interview
Minister of Regional Development El˝bieta Bieƒkowska discusses Poland’s goals for its 24-25 EU funds
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Gowin’s reprieve
Where is the solidarity?
The justice minister keeps his job, but for how long? 4, 27
Solidarity icon Lech Wa∏´sa offends many with homophobic comments – and refuses to apologize
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