With new 4,200 sq m lease signings, West Station offices continue to grow in popularity
The first West Station office building has been completed next to the Warszawa Zachodnia railway station in October as part of a joint project by HB Reavis and PKP S.A. The carefully planned offering, combined with the buildings well connected location has attracted tenants including the Coface Group, Panalpina and ATAL S.A., as well as the serviced office network Office Hub. The new customers will occupy ca. 4,200 sq m of office space.
Four companies of the Coface Group, a credit risk and insurance expert, will move into West Station in spring 2017. They will occupy over 2,000 sq m of high-quality office space. Other tenants to move into West Station are the property developer ATAL S.A. (414 sq m) and logistics company Panalpina (630 sq m), giving their employees one of the best connected address in Warsaw by public transportation. Starting from January 2017, West Station will also offer 1,124 sq m of serviced offices and conference rooms for lease via Office Hub. BNP Paribas Real Estate advised on the Leasing transactions with Panalpina and Office Hub.
“West Station is an important point on Warsaw’s business map, and we are happy to contribute to creating a more friendly and functional area in this part of the city. Offering a total of over 68,000 sq m of state-of-the-art office space, our project gives tremendous opportunities to companies from various industries that are looking to grow in the Polish market. It is a carefully planned location, with excellent transport accessibility, connected to the city centre and neighbouring districts, as well as the rest of the country.” says Grzegorz Strutynski, Commercial Director and Board Member, HB Reavis Poland.
As previously reported, this first of two fourteen-storey West Station buildings will also be home to PKP Group companies, and will offer a WARS restaurant, Costa Coffee café and a bakery by Goraco Polecam Nowakowski for tenants and visitors at ground level.
The second West Station building is due to complete in Q3 of 2017. Designed by the Polish studio FS&P ARCUS Sp. z o.o., the entire project has already been awarded the international BREEAM Interim certificate at the “Excellent” level at the construction stage.