Andersia Business Centre completed!

Construction works of Andersia Business Centre (ABC), a joint venture between Von der Heyden Group and the City of Poznan have finished on time. In October 2012, the General Contractor, Porr (Polska) S.A. handed over to the investor the construction site with completed high A class complex combining office and retail functions.

With Andersia Business Centre, Andersia Tower and Poznan Financial Centre, the Anders Square has become the heart of business in Poznan attracting renowned Tenants like e.g.: Bank Zachodni WBK, Polkomtel, Franklin Templeton, Ernst & Young, IKB Leasing and many others.

Now, we are pleased to announce that Andersia Business Centre is in the process of negotiating a few significant leases and has just signed a long-term lease agreement for app. 800 sqm  with PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the “Big Four” leading global consultancy firms.  Knight Frank Sp. z o.o. acted as an advisor in this transaction.

On this occasion, Sven von der Heyden, Chairman of Von der Heyden Group, said: “I’m particularly pleased that we have repeated the enormous success of PFC and Andersia Tower and seem to be the third time lucky with Andersia Business Centre, though in a much more demanding business environment. I would like to thank PricewaterhouseCoopers for their continuous trust they put into us. We wish them that they feel like at home at their new office at ABC as they felt in VDHG’s first office development project in Warsaw in 1997. Taking the opportunity, I would like to truly thank all our Partners engaged in this project: the Architects – Mrs Ewa and Stanisław Sipińscy, our General Contractor – Porr (Polska), our Project Manager – Probuild, Bank Zachodni WBK, advisors of Knight Frank and our whole team who have contributed to make this effort and dream come true for us. We are convinced that this project is not our last word at the Anders Square in Poznan, given that we are going to develop one more project on that very location”.

Adam Trybusz, Managing Director of Andersia Business Centre Sp. z o.o. and Von der Heyden Group in Poznan, said: “Every five years more or less, a new building is constructed at the Anders Square. Each one is different and a code of its times. Each project is a challenge, a difficult risk to be taken. However, knocking down all adversity and discontent gives an incredible satisfaction at the end. It’s a great joy to many people. It’s also a great example of mutual trust. We believe that thanks to trustful co-operation with the City of Poznan as confirmed by the new ABC project, as well as thanks to the trust of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., a leader in real estate financing, in a few years we will be able to hand over to the city another building that will contribute and cultivate the brand of the city. “Poznan – the city of know-how” is not an ISO certificate of the city office but it’s our ID. The ID of the city inhabitants, our business, our knowledge and our obligation as well. We should be glad with what we have achieved but not go asleep because what Poznan need is to wake up from the historical state of well-being.”

ABC PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Andersia Business Centre (ABC) is a joint venture between Von der Heyden Group and the City of Poznan located in the very centre of Poznan. It constitutes the third phase of Anders Square development. For the realization of the ABC development project, a special purpose company, Andersia Business Centre Sp. z o.o. was established.

The first phase of Anders Square development, Poznan Financial Centre (“Intelligent Building 2001 Award”), and the second phase, Andersia Tower (“Building of the Year 2007), were also developed by Von der Heyden Group. PFC was sold to AIB Polonia Property Fund S.a.r.l. in December 2004 and Andersia Tower was sold to DEKA Immobilien in January 2008.

Construction works of Andersia Business Centre finished in October 2012. The building combines modern office and retail functions. It is a high class, 5 storey above ground, office complex located in front of the PFC and Andersia Tower Buildings, in the neighborhood of the Old Town, Stary Browar and Poznan International Fairs. ABC comprises of app. 14.000 sqm net usable area and two underground levels with 140 parking places. The investment value is app. Euro 33 million.

The ABC building was designed by the Architectural Studio of Ewa and Stanislaw Sipińscy who had also designed the previous two phases. Project management has been entrusted to Probuild Sp. z o.o.   Porr (Polska) S.A. acted as a General Contractor. Knight Frank is an exclusive agent and a financial advisor.

Currently Andersia Business Centre is in the process of obtaining LEED green building certificate for sustainable buildings. Tenants will benefit from high performance technologies, energy and water saving solutions as well as healthy finishing materials.

ABC LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY:

The ABC building harmonically completes the right hand side of Andres Square development, still to be followed in future by two more buildings to be located on the left hand side, closing the gap between the Novotel Hotel and aforementioned new developments. ABC provides a representative frontage for Krolowa Jadwigi Street. Additionally, between PFC and Andersia Tower, a modern illuminated pedestrian passage has been created leading to an internal patio between Andersia Tower and ABC. Together with a neighboring Stary Browar, it will add even more life to this office, hotel and retail centre in Poznan.

Andersia Business Centre has a very convenient communication access being surrounded by public roads. The building located close to Królowej Jadwigi Street is 7 kilometers away from the new A2 highway. It takes about 20 minutes (quick and convenient access) to get to the local Ławica airport, and it is a 15 minute walk to reach the train station. About 600.000 people live within 20 minute-drive radius from the building.

Anders Square closes the cultural, entertainment and commercial route which runs from the Old Town and Półwiejska Street. As a commercial building together with the surrounding buildings it makes an attractive business-oriented area.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT:

The Public private partnership at hand has paved the way to promote the city, its culture and history. The investor participates in city life and except for getting involved in sponsoring cultural and art events, taking part in social activities, it also makes own initiatives, for example “Time Gate” monument designed by prof. Andrzej Bednarczyk and erected in front of the IBB Andersia Hotel, or modern mirrors composition installed lately by Tomasz Wojtkowiak closing the newly created passage between ABC and IBB Andersia Hotel.

The previous undertakings included, for example the construction of the “Cyryl Ratajski Monument” – the famous first President of the City of Poznan, and active support in the construction of the “Polish Cryptographers Monument” – those who decoded the German coding device Enigma. Another and recent example refers to a monument of Roman Wilhelmi, a famous Polish actor born in Poznan, the monument was unveiled in Poznan on November 3, 2012.

For a few years, VDHG have been actively supporting also horse competitions – Memorial of Mr Andrzej Frankiewicz, former vice-president of Poznan and a great sportsman.

Besides the above mentioned activities, Von der Heyden Group via its subsidiaries supports various cultural and educational events. During its presence in Poznan, the Group has been the patron of e.g.: Garrick Ohlsson concert, Concert of Academic Choir of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Malta Theatre Festival, concerts of the Boys’ and Men’s Choir of the Poznan Philharmonic, the main sponsor of series of concerts preceding “Before the Carnegie Hall Debut” of Łukasz Kuropaczewski who as the first Polish guitarist performed in the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York.

Just recently in October 2012, Von der Heyden Group sponsored an outdoor photo exhibition “La Défence à Poznan” together with a conference on Poznan space planning and architecture that took place at the newly created pedestrian passage between ABC and IBB Andersia Hotel, under the patronage of the French Ambassador in Poland and the President of Poznan.

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VDHG press release – ABC end of construction and PWC-16.11.2012

A new investment partner for a prestigious Grandhotel Roemerbad

The present owner of Grandhotel Roemerbad, Von der Heyden Group, and a current hotel operator, IBB Hotel Collection, are pleased to establish cooperation with a group of private investors from Thailand. Owing to their financial contribution to a traditional business venture in the Black Forest, the necessary renovations of the hotel will be conducted.

Neuer Investitionspartner fur die Hotelikone Grandhotel Roemerbad
Press release Grandhotel Roemerbad new Investor

IBB Hotel Collection expands in Poland with 5 star Dwór Oliwski Hotel & Spa in Gdańsk!

Belonging to Von der Heyden Group, IBB Hotel Collection expands in Poland and takes a five-star XVIIth century Dwór Oliwski City Hotel & SPA in Gdańsk under its umbrella. This historical building is IBB Hotel Collection’s first operating hotel in the vibrant and very important city in the north of Poland. Not our last word in Gdańsk…!

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IBB HOTEL COLLECTION EXPANDS IN POLAND with 5 star Dwor Oliwski Hotel & Spa in Gdansk

Von der Heyden Group expands and welcomes Mr Radosław Popko as a new team member

Mr Radoslaw Popko is joining the Von der Heyden Group in Poland as of the 1sth of  December 2013. Mr. Popko will be co-responsible for the Group’s development services arm Von der Heyden Development, and will furthermore occupy other responsible positions in the Von der Heyden Group dealing with Real Estate Financing.

Radoslaw Popko has gained 20 years’ experience in the banking world, and worked during this time at Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, DZ Bank as was very successfully heading BerlinHyp’s operations in Poland during the last 6 years.

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Our IBB Hotel Collection expands in Spain and welcomes IBB Recoletos Coco!

VDHG is a majority shareholder in IBB Hotel Collection (www.ibbhotels.com), a relatively young but at the same time dynamic hotel Group. IBBHC currently manages three four star hotels in Poland: in Lublin, Poznan and Gdansk, enjoying the best results in terms of REVPAR and occupancy in the cities of Poznan and Lublin, two four star hotels in Germany and three hotels in Spain (one four star and 2 three stars).

IBB Recoletos Coco Salamanca is an exclusive 4 star hotel located close to Plaza de Toros in Salamanca. The property offers 74 elegant, fully equipped double rooms, 6 single rooms and 2 superior rooms with En-Suite hydro-massage shower room. The hotel dispose of a bar terrace on the ground floor, an external swimming pool and a private car park.

The venue belongs to the top hotels in Salamanca with comfortable and modern equipped conference-rooms. It is a perfect place to organize and celebrate various events, both business and private, such as conferences, banquets, weddings, dinner and cocktail parties.

The beautiful city of Salamanca is situated west of the Spanish capital Madrid. The University of Salamanca, which was founded in 1134, is the oldest university in Spain and the fourth oldest western university. This old city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. Salamanca attracts thousands of international students, generating a diverse environment.

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VDHG Press Release – IBB Recoletos Coco joins our IBBHC – ENG

From “Liberty Corner” to “Free Word Memorial”…

Once, on the ruins of the Censorship Headquarters, in joint venture with Polish Press Agency (PAP), Von der Heyden Group built the ‘Liberty Corner’ building, the symbol of freedom, the symbol of free market economy and co-operation between companies and people of diverse nationalities. We feel very honoured that on June 5, 2014 under the Patronage of the President of Poland, Mr Bronisław Komorowski, the idea of freedom spread into ‘Free Word Memorial’ at the ‘Free Word Square’.

Sven von der Heyden, Chairman of Von der Heyden Group, said:

‘When thinking about our nearly 25 years of positive experience in Poland I tend to get sentimental at times. When we invented at the time the name ‘Liberty Corner’ for our flagship-development as an exclamation mark behind the destruction of the former communistic censorship office, we could have not paid enough tribute to this brave country. It is nice to see that the Mysia square has received the biggest distinction being called ‘Free Word Square’ and now also received the ‘Free Word Memorial’. May Poland and the Von der Heyden Group prosper for the next quarter of the century’.

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VDHG Press Release – From Liberty Corner to Free Word Memorial – ENG

Żabka Polska comes to Andersia

Convenience store chain operator Żabka Polska has leased nearly 4,500 sqm of office space in the Andersia Business Centre in Poznań.
The new office in Poznań will be the company’s headquarters and Żabka will be the largest tenant of the Andersia complex, which has 11,000 sqm gla of office space. The building opened in 2012 is owned by Von der Heyden Group. Knight Frank represented the landlord, while the tenant was represented by Colliers International.

Andersia Business Centre leased in 95% and new plans in Poznan!

Andersia Business Centre – the heart of business in Poznan is filling up! We have recently signed a few new long-term leases and next to PricewaterhouseCoopers that we welcomed in October last year, we now give a warm welcome to:

Żabka Polska Sp. z o.o. – lease agreement signed for app. 4.500m2

Mars Polska Sp. z o.o. – lease agreement signed for app. 1.700 m2

Newell Poland Services Sp. z o.o. – lease agreement signed for app. 1.900m2

Probuild Sp. z o.o. – lease agreement signed for app.270 m2

Andersia Centre Sp. z o.o. – lease agreement signed for app. 1.200 m2

We are also now in the process of negotiations with another big Tenant that will lead to leasing ABC up to 95% at the end of June. We thank our advisor Knight Frank and also Colliers who actively participated in this success.

With Von der Heyden Group’s developed buildings in joint venture with the City of Poznan: Andersia Business Centre, Andersia Tower and Poznan Financial Centre, the Anders Square has become the heart of business in Poznan attracting renowned Tenants like e.g.: Bank Zachodni WBK, Polkomtel, Franklin Templeton, Ernst & Young, IKB Leasing and many others.

New plans at Anders Square in Poznan:

Von der Heyden Group’s purpose company, Andersia Retail Sp. z o.o. together with Orbis S.A., the Owner of the neighbouring plot, have started to build a connection road between Tadeusz Kościuszko Street and Królowa Jadwigi Street. The General Contractor is Strabag and the construction works will last 3 months. The road proceeds the next stage of development of the Anders Square. At the end of 2013, VDHG received the WZZiT permit (conditions of building and land development) for two buildings with office, retail and residential function with a total usable area of app. 67.000 m2. Design works for the first of two buildings have started now.

Adam Trybusz, Managing Director of Von der Heyden Group for Poznan, said: ‘The future of Poznan is being built now, Andersia Silver is coming soon.’

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VDHG Press Release – ABC almost fully leased and new plans for Poznan – ENG (.pdf) [1.81 MB]

Im Rahmen der Quartiersentwicklung BOGENHAUSENER TOR in München kommt es zur ersten Großvermietung über 15.000 m2.

Bavaria Towers, Munich

Die mit der Projektentwicklung beauftragte Bayern Projekt GmbH gibt bekannt, dass eine Tochtergesellschaft der Hospitality Alliance AG einen langfristigen Pachtvertrag für einen der beiden geplanten Türme der Bogenhausener Tor Immobilien GmbH, Investmentgesellschaft der Investorengruppe um die Von der Heyen Group, abgeschlossen hat.

Damit sind bereits ca. 40% der im Teilprojekt der Bogenhausener Tor Immobilien GmbH geplanten Flächen vermietet.

Der Pachtvertrag mit einer Festlaufzeit von 20 Jahren wurde für ein geplantes Ramada Hotel der Vier-Sterne Kategorie abgeschlossen.

Betrieben wird das Hotel von dem europaweit größten Franchisenehmer für Ramada Hotels, der erfahrenen Hospitality Alliance AG, aus Bad Arolsen. Konkret sind in dem künftigen Vier-Sterne-Hotel auf rd. 15.000 m2 ca. 344 Zimmer und Panoramasuiten sowie eine insgesamt ca. 700 m2 umfassende Konferenzebene geplant. Zur besonderen Attraktivität werden im obersten der insgesamt 15-geschossigen Hotelimmobilie ein großzügiger Wellnessbereich sowie eine Skybar und Executive Lounge angeordnet. Von hier wird man dann auf ca. 45 m Höhe einen Panoramablick über München, dem Voralpenland, der Messe sowie der Innenstadt genießen können.

Das Hotel-Hochhaus wird in hochwertiger Bauqualität ausgeführt und ist für eine LEED Gold Zertifizierung angemeldet.

Die Inbetriebnahme ist Mitte 2017 geplant.

Das Hotel entsteht als Teil eines neuen städtebaulichen Ensembles aus insgesamt vier markanten Hochhaustürmen unterschiedlicher Höhe, die ein neues Stadtportal im Münchner Osten zur Innenstadt, zur Messe und internationalen Kongresscenter formen werden. Eingefasst wird das Ensemble über eine zusammenhängende Landschaftsplanung, die in Anlehnung an das Voralpengebiet eine hügelige Gräser- und Baumlandschaft vorsieht, verbunden mit einem zentralen Platz mit Aufenthaltsqualität im Inneren des Quartiers. Abgerundet wird das Projekt von einer rd. 450 Stellplätzen umfassende Tiefgarage.

Als verantwortliche Architekten zeichnen das renommierte spanische Architekturbüro Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Sieger des in 2008 ausgeschriebenen internationalen landschaftsplanerischen und städtebaulichen Ideenwettbewerbs, sowie das erfahrene Münchner Architekturbüro Lauber + Zottmann für die Planung des 15-geschossigen Hotels im Rahmen des Gesamtprojektes BOGENHAUSENER TOR verantwortlich.

Nachdem vor wenigen Wochen nach einem mehrjährigen Bauleitplanverfahren der Bebauungsplan durch den Stadtrat der Stadt München beschlossen wurde und der Bauantrag in Kürze bei den Behörden eingereicht wird, ist dies bereits die zweite bedeutende Erfolgsmeldung für das Ausnahmeprojekt am Stadteingang vom Münchner Osten in die Innenstadt.

Die verantwortlichen Unternehmen:

Die Unternehmensgruppe Von der Heyden wurde im Jahr 1989 gegründet und versteht sich als pan-europäischer Investor und Entwickler. Seit 1989 haben die Unternehmen, die Teil der Von der Heyden Group sind, ein Investitionsprogramm im Immobilienbereich mit einem Wert von mehr als 275 Millionen Euro realisiert. Gegenwärtig laufen Investitionsvorhaben und/oder Ankäufe für weitere rund 75 Millionen Euro in Polen und Deutschland welches das realisierte Gesamtvolumen inklusive der Entwicklung des BOGENHAUSENER TORS auf bis Ende 2016 auf rund 500 Millionen Euro ansteigen lassen wird.

Sven von der Heyden, Chairman der Von der Heyden Group: “Ich freue mich, dass die langjährige Phase der Baurechtschaffung vor kurzem endlich erfolgreich abgeschlossen wurde und wir bereits zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt einen ersten großen Vermarktungserfolg erzielen konnten. Das Projekt BOGENHAUSENER TOR ist eines der wenigen neuen Leuchtturmprojekte in München, einem der stabilsten und gefragtesten Anlagehäfen für Immobilieninvestitionen weltweit. In unserem Projekt vereinen sich erfolgreiche, internationale Architektur bestmöglich mit den Erwartungen und Bedürfnissen der künftigen Nutzer und Eigentümer, Panoramablick über die Stadt und Fernblick in die Berge inklusive.”

Die BAYERN PROJEKT GmbH ist ein inhabergeführtes Unternehmen, das bereits 1982 gegründet wurde. Seit über 15 Jahren liegt sein Tätigkeitsschwerpunkt auf der professionellen Entwicklung, Durchführung und dem Management von ausgewählten Immobilieninvestitionen. Als Investor und Entwickler sowie Asset-Manager liegt der regionale Fokus der Bayern Projekt GmbH auf dem Bundesland Bayern mit Schwerpunkt München.

Das kontinuierliche Wachstum, die überdurchschnittliche Leistungsbilanz bei der Abwicklung verschiedener Projekte wie auch die Durchführung der Entwicklung des Großprojektes “Stadtportal München-Ost/Bogenhausener Tor” haben die Bayern Projekt GmbH während der letzten Jahre zu einem führenden Marktteilnehmer in München werden lassen.

Sven Renz, geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der Bayern Projekt GmbH und Geschäftsführer der Bogenhausener Tor Immobilien GmbH: “Der Abschluss dieses bedeutenden Pachtvertrages ist ein erster wichtiger Meilenstein in der Vermarktung des gesamten neuen Stadtquartiers. Wir freuen uns mit der inhabergeführten Hospitality Alliance AG und den dahinterstehenden Personen einen so starken und erfahrenen Partner für diesen Standort gefunden zu haben, da uns dies in unseren Visionen entsprechend
bestätigt.

Durch diesen Abschluss erhält das Quartier eine Aufwertung bezüglich der Infrastruktur, beispielsweise durch Gastronomie- und Konferenzflächen, die in Verbindung mit den geplanten Bürotürmen hohe Synergieeffekte für die künftigen Nutzer des Areals nach sich ziehen werden.”

Die Hospitality Alliance AG mit Sitz im hessischen Bad Arolsen und Standorten in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz zählt zu den größten Hotelbetreibern Deutschlands. Zu der familiengeführten Unternehmensgruppe mit rund 2.800 Mitarbeitern und mehr als 9.600 Zimmern gehören Hotels der Marken RAMADA sowie der Eigenmarke TREFF HOTELS und des eigenen Budgetbrands H2 Hotels. Mit eigenen Servicegesellschaften – einer zentralen Buchhaltung und Controlling, einer Werbe- und Marketingagentur, einer Objektausstattung und einem Einkaufssystem sowie eigener Softwareentwicklung – werden bestehende und neue Hotels komplett aus qualifizierten Fachleuten seit über 50 Jahren gesteuert und verwaltet.

Alexander Fitz
Hospitality Alliance AG

“Wir freuen uns außerordentlich, dass an so einem bedeutenden städtebaulichen und architektonisch eindrucksvollen Projekt wie dem neuen Bogenhausener Tor maßgeblich beteiligt sind und hier ein weiteres bedeutendes 4-Sterne-Haus realisieren können. München ist für uns eine Herzenssache mit hervorragender Zukunftsperspektive, und das zeigen wir gern mit dem dann bereits vierten Objekt in der bayrischen Metropole”.

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PHN kupuje Andersia Business Centre

Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) poprzez nabycie całości udziałów w spółce Andersia Business Centre kupił poznański budynek biurowy pod tą samą nazwą.

Przejęty podmiot to jedna z 12 spółek celowych firmy Von der Heyden Group, która dotychczas była właścicielem obiektu. – Transakcja polega na nabyciu 100 proc. udziałów właściciela budynku – spółki Andersia Business Centre. Przejęliśmy również kredyt zaciągnięty w Banku Zachodnim WBK. Transakcja jest elementem strategii PHN zakładającej zwiększanie zasobów nowoczesnej powierzchni najmu. Biurowiec Andersia Business Centre będzie bez wątpienia cennym aktywem w naszym portfelu – powiedział Włodzimierz Stasiak, członek zarządu PHN. Nie ujawniono wartości umowy ani innych jej szczegółów. – Przebyliśmy długą drogę do zamknięcia tej transakcji, gdyż list intencyjny podpisany był pół roku temu. Cieszymy się, że w nowym właścicielu – PHN znaleźliśmy stabilnego, doświadczonego i uznanego na rynku inwestora i życzymy PHN powodzenia z ABC – trzecim budynkiem wzniesionym przez Von der Heyden Group przy Placu Andersa – dodał Sven von der Heyden, właściciel Von der Heyden Group. W transakcji sprzedającego reprezentowała firma Knight Frank, a kupującego – JLL.

Andersia Business Centre mieści się przy ulicy Królowej Jadwigi. To wspólne przedsięwzięcie Von der Heyden Group i Miasta Poznań stanowiące trzeci etap zagospodarowania Placu Andersa i zrealizowane w 2012 roku. ABC to kompleks biurowo-handlowy z pięcioma kondygnacjami naziemnymi i dwoma podziemnymi (144 miejsca parkingowe) o powierzchni użytkowej około 14 tys. mkw. Budynek jest w całości wynajęty.

Źródło: Eurobuild CEE

‘Długi Targ’ Hotel development project in the heart of Gdańsk Old Town!

  • Debt financing closed!
  • Start of construction works:  September 2015!
  • Opening of IBB Długi Targ Hotel Gdańsk: Spring 2017!

With history of over 1000 years, Gdańsk is one of the oldest, one of the most dynamic and one of the most popular tourist destination in Poland. Together with Gdynia and Sopot, Gdańsk forms a conurbation of over 1.2 mln inhabitants. Gdańsk, as the capital of the Pomerania Province is also an important academic and business centre in the country.

‘Długi Targ’ Hotel Project – a unique property acquired by Von der Heyden Group in a complex tender from Millenium Bank back in 2006, it is located in the most attractive part in the heart of Gdańsk, at the corner of historical Długi Targ Boulevard and Mieszczanska Street, almost opposite to the Neptun’s Statute and the Dwór Artusa Building.

In the middle of February 2015, ‘Długi Targ’ Hotel Project has obtained bank financing. From among all banks invited to co-operation, the best offer was made by Alior Bank S.A.

On closing, Sven von der Heyden, Von der Heyden Group’s Chairman said: ‘It has taken us an unusually long time to move ahead with this beautiful project. First our dreams got shattered by the financial crisis and the consequential loss of financing for Hotel developments in Europe and in particular in Poland. Then we had other projects going in the Von der Heyden Group such as Munich and Poznan, which needed 100 % of our attention. The suffered delays are really not a problem as we own 3 properties in a marvellous location and once the location is great, time is not that important. We are now full of enthusiasm for the project ‘Długi Targ’ and are convinced that the new IBB Długi Targ Hotel Gdansk will be financially very succcessful’.

The Investor is currently in the process to close the design works with a local architect Michał Skwarło and Tomasz Wojtkowiak – interior designer, prepare technical documentation and organise a tender for the General Contractor. Construction works are planned to start in September 2015 and finish in spring 2017.

Adam Trybusz, the President of the Management Board of Długi Targ Sp. z o.o., a special purpose vehicle to implement the project, and finance partner said: ‘There are locations in which you have faith in against any economic calculation, consultants and other IRR enthusiasts. You just believe in it, you stay patient and humble and the time comes when they all change their minds and your project receives the second life. It’s also the right timimg. This is what we experience now, we are awarded for our faith into the ‘Długi Targ’ project.’

The ‘Długi Targ’ development project (estimated investment value: Euro 11 mln) is based on refurbishment and conversion of three historical semidetached city houses into a unique hotel in a unique place.

The initial concept of Von der Heyden Group was to create a top 5* refined boutique hotel, however, due to changing market environment, the initial idea responded the local market needs and an efficient and trendy 3* Superior hotel will be created. The characteristics of the external façade will be carefully preserved, however at the same time, the interiors will be modern and full of innovative solutions.

The Investor is in possesion of all permits to start the construction. At first, the tender for the General Contractor will be organised and closed by the summer 2015. There are also works conducted on the technical design in order to increase the number of hotel rooms and decide on the function of the groundfloor. Construction works will start not earlier than in September 2015 in order not to interfere with unique holiday atmosphere at Długi Targ Boulevard.

The newly opened hotel that is planned for Spring 2017, will be operated by a dynamic hotel group: IBB Hotel Collection (IBBHC). IBBHC in Poland successully operates renowned to 4* hotels like: IBB Grand Hotel Lublinianka in Lublin and IBB Hotel Andersia in Poznań, both enjoying the best results in terms of REVPAR and occupancy. IBBBHC operates as well two 4* hotels in Germany and three 4 and 3* hotels in Spain (more info about IBBHC: www.ibbhotels.com).

In the new hotel in Gdańsk, guests will have 88 rooms and comfortable apartments at their disposal located on four floors. The venue will offer almost 1.000 sqm for retail lease, or hotel additional services, such as e.g. a restaurant, beauty centre and exquisite boutiques. The city of Gdańsk will offer unforgettable memories and numerous events like e.g. St. Dominic’s Fair that is held in Długi Targ Boulevard, it’s the oldest dated from the 13th century, the most famous, and one of the largest open air events in Europe that attracts about 6.5 mln guests to Gdańsk every summer.

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Press Release – DT – 27.02.2015 ENG