Skanska invests EUR 33 M, about SEK 294 M, in the Green Day office project in Wroclaw, Poland

Skanska invests about EUR 33 M, about SEK 294 M, in the Green Day office project located in Wrocław, Poland.

The total leasable area of the building will be about 16,000 square meters, with seven stories above ground level and two stories underground. Construction is starting in the second quarter of 2012 and completion of the project is scheduled for the first quarter of 2014.

Green Day is aiming for LEED Gold certification, featuring sustainable solutions to minimize the building’s impact on natural environment and significantly reduce its operating costs.

Green Day will be located in the city center of Wroclaw, where Skanska built the Grunwaldzki Center. Two ongoing LEED pre-certified office projects in Poland, Green Towers in Wroclaw, as well as Green Corner in Warsaw recently reached 95 percent occupancy level. Green Towers has a total leasable area of 24,300 square meters and Green Corner has a total of 27,000 square meters.

Skanska Commercial Development Europe initiates and develops property projects in office, logistics and commercial buildings. The company’s operations are concentrated in metropolitan areas in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland and are conducted in three local units: Skanska Property Czech Republic, Skanska Property Hungary and Skanska Property Poland.

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Edvard Lind, Group Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 10 448 88 08
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