The Green Day development is due to be completed in Q1 2014 Courtesy of Questia

Developer Skanska Property Poland held a cornerstone- laying ceremony at the construction site of its Green Day office project in Wrocław, Lower Silesia, earlier this month. The more than 15,900-sqm scheme is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2014.

The Green Day facility, like other new offices developed by Skanska Property Poland, will be a sustainable development featuring green certification. It will be the company’s third office investment in Wrocław.

In 2009, the developer completed its Grunwaldzki Center project in the city, where it is now also building the Green Towers scheme. “It is not by accident that Skanska is starting another investment in Wrocław,” said Skanska Property Poland president Waldemar Olbryk.

“Once again we bet on the capital of Lower Silesia due to the great potential of the city and its increasing popularity among companies from the business process outsourcing sector,” Mr Olbryk added.

In mid-October, Skanska Property Poland also laid the cornerstone for its Atrium 1 office investment in downtown Warsaw which, the company claims, will be the greenest office facility in Central and Eastern Europe.

The development will feature innovative energy efficient systems, decreasing energy consumption by at least 50 percent compared to standard buildings, and will employ solutions including geothermal cooling and heating.

“Atrium 1 is another step towards sustainable construction and a response to the expectations of our clients, both tenants and investors,” Mr Olbryk said. He added that the investment reflects Skanska’s philosophy and the direction in which the company is now heading.

Located at Warsaw’s Rondo ONZ roundabout, the 25-storey Atrium 1 development will comprise 18,000 sqm of leasable space. The investment is scheduled to be completed at the turn of 2013 and 2014.