The Ultimate VerdictCushman & WakefieldRichard Petersen, Managing Partnerwww.cushmanwakefield.comCushman & Wakefield is the world’s largest privatelyheld commercial real estate services firm.Founded in 1917, it has 230 offices in 60 countriesand more than 13,000 employees. Cushman& Wakefield has been actively operating in Polandsince 1991. We provide services for multinationalcorporations, financial institutions, developers, entrepreneurs,government entities as well as smallto medium-size companies. We deliver integratedsolutions by actively advising, implementing andmanaging on behalf of landlords, tenants and investorsthrough every stage of the real estate process.Cushman & Wakefield offers a complete rangeof services within four primary disciplines:Transaction Services, including tenant and landlordrepresentation in office, industrial and retailreal estate; Capital Markets, including propertysales, investment management, valuation services,investment banking, debt and equity financing;Client Solutions, including integrated realestate strategies for large corporations and propertyowners, and Consulting Services, includingbusiness and real estate consulting. A recognizedleader in global real estate research, the firmpublishes a broad array of proprietary reportsavailable on its online Knowledge Center atwww.cushmanwakefield.com.Further information on• industrial space at:www.industrial.pl• office space at:www.cwoffice.pl• investing in commercial real estate at:www.cwinvestment.pl• asset management at:www.cwassetmanagement.pl• project management at:www.cwprojectmanagement.plEurohypoGrzegorz Trawiński,Head of Representative Office, Warsawwww.eurohypo.comA passion for solutionsEurohypo is the professional international bankfor commercial real estate financing. In Germanyand in our nine international core marketsFrance, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain,Turkey, UK and USA we are the leading providerof tailored financing solutions for professionalreal estate investors and developers withlong-term financing requirements. We financeoffices, retail, logistics, residential real estateand business hotels and we are focused on thefinancing of existing properties and developmentsas well as associated derivatives. In orderto ensure the required liquidity at competitiveprices, we pursue an effective refinancing strategyprimarily using Pfandbriefe (Eurohypo isone of world’s largest issuers), one of the safestcapital market instruments.14<strong>Eurobuild</strong> <strong>Awards</strong> 2010
FORUM GliwiceAgnieszka Mielcarz, Directorwww.forumgliwice.home.plFORUM is a shopping and entertainment centerlocated in the very centre of Gliwice (Poland),an important centre of industry and innovation.With its approx. 100,000 sqm GBA, 43,000 sqmGLA and over 140 tenants it’s the second largestcentre in Upper Silesia, which is the most rapidlydeveloping and most populated region in Poland(population of 2.5 million). A great location, excellentroad and public transport links, a high footfalland number of loyal customers: these are key factorsthat have promoted the success of FORUM.The catchment area of FORUM Shopping Centreis approximately 1 million people, around 600,000of whom live within a 30-min drive. In FORUMfashion brands make up 70% of the tenants. Keytenants include Bershka, Cubus, H&M, KappAhl,Pull&Bear, Royal Collection, Zara. Top brandscan also be found amongst other business lines.Entertainment and leisure offer includes: CinemaCity (13 screens) and PURE Health&Fitness. The”Under the Clouds” themed foodcourt is the newestpart of the centre (opening 4Q 2010). 2010has proved successful for FORUM for a variety ofreasons. Firstly, footfall has been increasing year onyear by as much as 20% and sales volume over 7%.The centre has attracted new tenants and in theSpring, “Klik” ,the new customer loyalty system,was launched, attracting around 20,000 registeredusers in a few months. The FORUM ShoppingCentre is a modern, intelligent and environmentally-friendlyfacility. Thanks to the use of energyefficientsolutions, the scheme has earned a reputationas being energy smart and eco friendly. Inorder to reduce tenants’ costs, FORUM SHOP-PING Centre invests in cutting edge technology.GhelamcoJeroen van der Toolen,Ghelamco Managing Director CEEwww.ghelamco.comGhelamco Poland is a part of Ghelamco Group,a leading European real estate investor and developerestablished in Belgium in 1985 by PaulGheysens. The company started on the Polishmarket in 1991 and is now established as one ofthe biggest and most important developers in Poland.Ghelamco is a leading provider of flexiblemodern business space across the most importantPolish cities. Its wide portfolio includes warehouselogistic parks and high standard residentialprojects, constructed under the brand GhelamcoResidential. Ghelamco has delivered in Polandover 356,000 sqm of high standard office spacethat meets the requirements of even the most demandingclients. As a leading business developer,it creates new trends on the local market. It wasone of the first companies to introduce to Polanda unique business park concept and now it is developingthree office projects: Mokotów, Nova,Senator and Warsaw Spire investments, that willsoon become the Warsaw flagship building. Anotherproject under construction is WoroniczaQbik lofts in Warsaw. Despite the economic crisisduring the last two years the company hasn’tsuspended any of its projects and currently hasunder development nearly 100,000 sqm. As forthe future, within the next three years Ghelamcowill continue to deliver high standard investments.The company is looking to expand its activityto another popular BPO location in Krakow.It also plans to begin three other residentialprojects and also start with retail and streetmalls.<strong>Eurobuild</strong> <strong>Awards</strong> 2010 15