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The Buma Group, the leading Krakow-based developer, has commissioned the Onyx office building located in the southern part of the city. This four-storey B+ facility, 6,000 m2 in area, took 12 months to build. ONYX will have two main tenants: Electrolux (over 5,000 m2) and Skanska S.A. (847 m2).
ONYX is yet another office building completed by the BUMA Group in Krakow, following in the footsteps of Wadowicka 8W, the Buma Square and the Rondo Business Park. This latest building stands in the Powstańców Śląskich Ave. next to the Ford and Renault dealerships. It was designed by the Krakow-based MOFO Architects.
“The advantage of the ONYX office building is its location and good transport - good access to road and air travel infrastructure as well as the vicinity of public transport interchanges” we were told by Piotr Michalski representing the Buma Group. “We have also bet on the architecture. Whoever sees ONYX with their own eyes will notice that its name is no accident" he adds.
The main tenant is Electrolux (Electrolux Poland Sp. z o.o.) which will open its Global Service Centre in the building. In terms of size, its new site will be the third largest Electrolux office in Europe. The company will occupy the ground, 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors for its Global Service Centre providing the corporation with accounting, IT, user guide and real estate services. With this new site, Electrolux will increase its employment from 320 to 550 staff. The company is moving to ONYX from another Krakow office facility - the Buma Square.
The second tenant, Skanska S.A., will use the 4th floor, where it will take 847 m2.
Skanska moved into the ONYX Office Building in November 2008. The lease contracts were signed in the first half of 2008. The building has a cafeteria with the area of 187 m2 on the ground floor. The grounds of the ONYX building also include a car park: 114 ground-level spaces and 42 underground.
The architecture of the ONYX building ensures maximum possible daylight illumination of the interior. The facade is clad in FunderMax facade panels giving it its characteristic gleam and a colour similar to that of onyx, a semi-precious stone. Other trademark features of the building are the terraces on the 3rd and 4th floors as well as its external illumination.
The Buma Group comprises companies cooperating since 1991 on developments. So far, the BUMA Group has completed office developments with the lettable area of over 55,000 m2 (including: the Buma Square Business Park and the Rondo Business Park, both in Krakow). The Buma Group has also built 1,700 apartments and 270 detached houses.
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