Xella Group is the world’s largest manufacturer of cellular concrete and silicate building materials, and owns the Ytong, Silka and Multipor brands. Xella Group employs more than 5,200 people and is also one of the leaders in the digitalization of construction. The Polish subsidiary’s headquarters has occupied more than 1,400 square meters in the GreenWings building since September 2015.
“Sustainability is written into the DNA of our energy-efficient building materials. That’s why, when selecting our Warsaw headquarters, we took into account green-certified work spaces that have a low carbon footprint. We remain in the GreenWings office building because it meets such conditions, and we appreciate the flexibility of our office space, which has already undergone quite a few changes in the last 8 years, in parallel with the transformation of our company. We also appreciate the openness of the facility’s manager and owner, who meet our changing needs every time. With the extension of our lease, we are preparing for a major upgrade of the entire office space. A peculiarity of Xella is that despite the possibility of hybrid work, our team wants to work stationary and meet as often as possible in the office. The planned renovation is expected to increase the share of space for meetings or conferences.” –
says Tomasz Malkowski, Communications and PR Specialist at Xella Polska.
Savills, an international consulting firm, represented the tenant in the lease extension transaction.
“At a more challenging time in the office space market in Warsaw, existing buildings are in high demand among tenants. Xella in Poland bases its business strategy on the idea of sustainable development and environmentally friendly construction. Not surprisingly, guided by this principle, it decided to stay in a well-designed office space in a building that uses modern and environmentally friendly materials. I had the pleasure of representing the tenant in the process of extending the existing lease.” –
Karol Grejbus, director in tenant representation, Savills, says.
“This is Xella Polska’s third lease extension in the Greenwings building, which is the best confirmation that the office building provides an optimal working environment that supports users’ comfort. Importantly, the tenant decided to stay with the previously occupied space. This is one example showing that despite the high popularity of remote work, the office is still an integral part of our daily work. The difficult macroeconomic environment means that we need innovation and teamwork like never before, and the favorable conditions for this are offered primarily by offices.”
comments Katarzyna Evans, Leasing Manager, Cushman & Wakefield.
GreenWings is a modern office building, designed by the renowned JEMS Architekci studio, offering nearly 11,000 sqm of leasable space. The building also provides 270 parking spaces and bicycle parking spaces with infrastructure for cyclists. An important element of GreenWings is greenery, both outside and inside in the building, where an optimal, comfort-enhancing amount of plants is provided by green, biodiverse walls in the office building’s common areas. The property also has a BREEAM certificate of “very good,” which confirms, among other things, the use of eco-friendly materials in the building and the implementation of innovative solutions to minimize operating costs.
The building is located on Komitet Obrony Robotników street in Warsaw’s Włochy district, in close proximity to Chopin Airport. The advantage of the location is the possibility of efficient access to other parts of the city, including the center, thanks to, among other things, wide access to public transportation. The exclusive agent responsible for the commercialization of Greenwings is the international consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield.
