Warsaw Financial Center

Warsaw Financial Center

Warsaw Financial Center (WFC) is one of the most prestigious office buildings in Warsaw. It is located on the corner of Emilii Plater and Świętokrzyska streets in the very heart of the city. Upon opening in 1998 it was the first modern office building in the capital city and marked the beginning of Warsaw’s Central Business District.

Description

Warsaw Financial Center was designed by renowned U.S. architecture firms, A. Epstein & Sons International and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, in cooperation with Polish architects, who were inspired by the 333 Wacker Drive building in Chicago. The 32-storey skyscraper stands at a height of 165 metres, which makes it 6th tallest skyscraper in Warsaw (after the Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw Trade Tower, Złota 44, Rondo 1 and the Marriott Hotel). It’s topped with a 20 m spire which had to be mounted with the use of a Mi-8 helicopter. The concrete structure was embodied with granite, glass and steel façade, whilst aluminium was used to complement the design and give the building a lighter, subtle edge. The ground floor houses a Bank Pekao branch and a Starbucks coffee shop. Levels 1-6 are occupied by the parking lot, while floors 7-31 are dedicated to offices.

Interior

The total leasable space in Warsaw Financial Center amounts to 50,000 sqm. Each floor offers 1,900 mkw. A+ class office space, 2.75 m tall and with virtually unlimited arrangement options. 16 lifts make transport and movement within the 32 storey high skyscraper as time efficient as possible. The building offers tenants and guests 350 parking spots for cars and bicycles. Thanks to its own power generator and water tanks with a capacity of around 600,000 liters located in the basement, Warsaw Financial Center is completely self-sufficient in terms of access to electricity, heating and water. It means that even in case of a serious failure of the city mains, offices in WFC are able to operate in an uninterrupted manner.

Miscellaneous

• Warsaw Financial Center is the first office building in Central and Eastern Europe which has its own mobile application.

• A few years back, a couple of peregrine falcons (named Wars and Sawa) found their home on the rooftop of WFC. The falcons’ nest was placed there by ornithologists, along with cameras allowing to observe the birds.

• Approximately 2500 people work in the building.

• Approximately 600 people visit WFC each day.

Tenants

Warsaw Financial Center houses offices of approximately 60 top-tier Polish and international companies from various sectors such as banking, finance, consulting, FMCG, legal services, including:

• American Chamber of Commerce in Poland

• Bloomberg Poland

• Chadbourne & Parke i Wspólnicy

• CMS Cameron McKenna Dariusz Greszta

• DLA Piper

• Enterprise Investors

• Europejski Bank Odbudowy i Rozwoju

• Google Poland

• JP Morgan Europe

• Kompania Piwowarska (SAB Miller Group)

• MasterCard Europe

• Panattoni Europe

• Regus

• Weil, Gotshal & Manges

• Wyborowa Pernod Ricard

Owners

As of the end of 2012, Warsaw Financial Center is owned by a consortium formed by Allianz Real Estate and Curzon Capital Partners III, an investment fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners .

Bicycle parking

In April 2013 the bicycle parking in Warsaw Financial Center was reopened. The previous owner’s decision to close it in 2011 stirred up a lot of controversy. Currently 72 parking stations on the P1 level await all those who love to commute to work on two wheels.

Links

• http://wfc.pl/

• http://www.tristancap.com/

• http://www.allianz-realestate.com/en/

• https://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=52.233681,21.00152&spn=0.002237,0.005032&om=1

• http://www.alstom.com/poland/pl/

• http://amcham.pl/index.php

• http://www.bain.com/

• http://www.pl.bk.mufg.jp/

• http://topics.bloomberg.com/poland/

• http://www.boeing.com/boeing/

• http://www.chadbourne.com/warsaw/

• http://www.cms-cmck.com/Warsaw-Poland

• http://www.dlapiper.com/

• http://www.ei.com.pl/pl

• http://www.ebrd.com/pages/homepage.shtml#&panel1-3

• http://www.ge.com/pl/pl/

• http://www.google.pl/intl/pl/about/company/

• http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/jpmorgan

• http://www.kp.pl/

• https://www.mastercard.com/eur/en/Europe_English.html

• http://www.panattoni.pl/

• http://www.regus.pl/

• http://www.rothschild.com/

• http://www.ttcw.pl/

• http://www.toshiba.eu/

• http://www.weil.com/

• http://pernod-ricard-polska.com/pl-PL/