The Symetris Business Park office building has a new tenant. Nordea has leased an area of nearly 3,000 sqm in the project which is carried out by Echo Investment in Łódź. The tenant was represented by the Collier International consulting agency in the transaction.

“It is double good news. The first positive aspect are new jobs  which will be created by Nordea and the second good news is the fact that quite a large area has been leased in the office building, which is still under construction. We believe that the positive news will contribute to a decision to launch of the second stage of the Symetris building. Everything points to the fact that a good time has come for office space developers in Łódź,” says Hanna Zdanowska, mayor of Łódź. “The contract concluded by Echo Investment and Nordea Operations Centre starts the commercialization process of Symetris Business Park. We conduct advanced negotiations with companies interested in leasing an area in our project in Łódź,” comments Paweł Milcarz, senior leasing manager in Echo Investment"s Office and Hotel Department. “More and more office space in Łódź is leased by companies from the sector of modern business services. It confirms a revival on the Łódź real estate market, which could be observed in entire 2015. Leading international outsourcing players consider Łódź to be a very good place for the development of their organizations and services,” says Marcin Włodarczyk, regional director at Colliers International in Łódź. Symetris Business Park is being developed on Piłsudskiego Avenue – the main traffic route in the city which connects the city centre with two largest districts in Łódź – Widzew and Retkinia. The original name of the project was Aurus but it was redesigned and it is currently being developed in accordance with a new concept created by architects from Pracownia Architektury, Urbanistyki i Wnętrz B"ART. The two office buildings which are part of the complex will offer a combined area of 19,000 sqm. Nordea Operations is an operations centre which is part of the Nordea group and provides services to Scandinavian branches of the bank. Colliers International Group Inc. (Nasdaq:CIGI) (TSX:CIG) is a global leader in commercial real estate services with more than 16,300 professionals operating from 502 offices in 67 countries. With an enterprising culture and significant insider ownership, Colliers International delivers a full range of services to real estate users, owners and investors worldwide, including global corporate solutions, brokerage, property and asset management, valuation, building consultancy, appraisal services and insightful research. Colliers International has been recognized and ranked by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals" Global Outsourcing 100 for 10 consecutive years, more than any other real estate services firm. Colliers International has been active in the Polish market since 1997 and operates through offices in Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk Katowice and Łódź with over 200 employees in total. The company has been often honored for its achievements by industry organizations such as Eurobuild, CIJ Journal, CEE Quality Awards and the International Property Awards. Colliers" most recent distinction in Poland include the “Outsourcing Star”, given in recognition of its status as one of the most active real estate advisors in the outsourcing sector; and the “Gazele Biznesu” for being one of the most dynamically developing companies in Poland. More about us on 
www.colliers.pl Echo Investment SA is among the largest investment and development companies in Poland. It carries out investments in four main sectors of the real estate market: residential buildings, shopping as well as shopping and entertainment centres, office buildings, and hotel properties. Since 1996, it has been listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange. The company has completed 120 projects in several dozens of Polish cities, with a total area exceeding 1,100,000 sq. m. In 2015, Echo Investment SA joined the dynamically developing capital group of Griffin Real Estate – Oaktree – PIMCO. The portfolio of Griffin Real Estate includes many commercial properties and investment plots located in all major Polish cities. Moreover, the company owns and manages the largest portfolio of student houses in Poland. In addition, it supports several social initiatives, including Jan Karski Educational Foundation. Griffin"s properties are often used as scenes for the artistic projects initiated by Griffin Art Space, an institution formed to support and promote art. www.echo.com.pl