The heart of the city is beating stronger and stronger…
Restoring to life, what can be yet restored, is making new investments at Piotrkowska Street
The neglected Piotrkowska Street needed a refreshment and companies decided to come with help. Verity Development, the Wroclaw-based company, is going to redevelop and revitalize a historic building at 96 Piotrkowska Street. Will other companies follow their example? Let’s hope so.
The Piotrkowska 96 project is a multifunctional building of highest standard, combining classic and modernity. Apart from luxurious apartments, there will be office and retail spaces.
In order to regain past glamour of the building, which dates back to the turn of the 20th century, the most recent architectural trends will be employed. Much attention will be devoted to retain the sand-like façade and elegant ornaments, says Ewa Skrzypczak, manager from Verity Development. Thanks to high quality materials such as natural stone, fine steel, glass, the building will gain more splendour than ever before.
The construction of this 6-level-building hasn’t yet started. But soon the company will enter into negotiations with potential contractors. The building works are expected to commence at the beginning of next year and will last until the 1st quarter of 2011.
The modern building will offer 17 luxurious apartments with areas from 40 to 140 sqm. The top floors have been dedicated for duplex penthouses, to which residents can be brought by a panoramic lift that stops at their individual terrace on the penultimate floor. Terraces are of imposing sizes 40, 60 sqm; in the duplex apartments they can even exceed 95 sqm. The only drawback of the investment is a lack of garages; however the investor has come with a solution making ca 50 parking places to lease on the adjacent plot right behind the building.
The ground floor of the building has been designed for an exclusive retail space creating a passage with boutiques and cafes open for everyone (the atrium will be covered by a glass roof protecting against bad weather). On offer there are one- and two-level retail spaces ranging from 56 to 277 sqm.
On the upper levels there will be offices carefully designed to meet the requirements of future tenants. The building offers open-space offices with areas from 128 to 316 sqm. The office spaces will be air-conditioned and finished to the highest standards.
Likewise the common parts will be finished. The original marble steps and landings at the staircases will be renovated, the internal banisters made of steel will be stylized to the historic design. The existing external walls are made of ceramic brick, the new ones will be constructed of masonry ceramic blocks. The elevation will have a cladding of sand-stone, mineral plaster, and partly of polished granite.
All necessary installations will be provided in the building; each apartment will have an individual water and heat meter. Additionally residents could benefit from air-conditioning, gravity ventilation, and videophones.
The building located at the Lodz promenade, which is especially lively at weekends, will be guarded 24h a day. The ground floor, however, will be accessible for everyone. At the entrance a reception room was planned for a guard to operate monitoring and control the site.
Source: Dziennik Łódzki