London, 12.12.2018
Lodz’s Textorial Park II is the only Polish project in the prestigious international BREEAM Christmas 2018 list.
Lodz’s Textorial Park II project, to be built on Tymienieckiego Street, has been selected by the UK’s BRE Global (owner of BREEAM certification) as one of the 10 most interesting projects promoted as part of BREEAM Christmas 2018. As part of the annual campaign, BRE recognizes the world’s most interesting projects that have received a BREEAM certificate in a given year and set new standards in people- and environment-friendly construction.
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Textorial Park II is a complex of three buildings with office and retail functions and a total leasable area of about 26,000 sqm, to be built on the site of the famous Księży Młyn in Lodz.
The investment involves the revitalization of two historic buildings of former cotton warehouses adapted for retail and service functions, complemented by a modern office building. The historic fabric, which is listed in the Register of Historical Monuments, was not only a design challenge, but also an impediment to achieving such a high level of environmental certification (at the time Textorial Park II was certified, it was the highest rated office complex in Poland in BREEAM NC 2016).
The revitalization of the over 2-hectare site associated with the planned development will be an interesting offer not only for the employees of the new buildings, but also for the residents of the Księży Młyn neighborhood. On the first floor of the designed buildings there will be mainly commercial and service premises, even a branch of the city library is planned, while around the buildings an attractive, multifunctional urban space with small architecture has been designed, encouraging residents to spend time together. The comprehensive project also takes into account the idea of sustainable transportation, Textorial Park II will feature, among other things, a bicycle service station, and the parking lot will include charging outlets for electric cars and preferential parking spaces for car-sharing.
The investor is St. Pauls Developments Polska, a British developer focusing its business on challenging brownfield revitalization projects. The architectural firm Horizone Studio from Krakow is responsible for the project. The certification body was Sweco Consulting. The investment is an interesting example of a growing trend in Poland’s development market of revitalizing former industrial plants and giving them new functions. In this case, the modernized facilities will be accompanied by remarkable new architecture. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2019.
