Name of company
Knight Frank
Managing Director or senior representative in Poland
Monika A. Dębska - Pastakia, Partner & Chairman of the Board/ Magdalena Oksańska, Head of Property Management/ Małgorzata Szychułda, Head of Retail Asset Management
Key current clients
Azora Europe;
Bergold Group;
CTP Group;
Deka Immobilien;
GNT Ventures;
Immofinanz;
Octava;
Polski Holding Nieruchomości;
Qatar Holding;
Raiffeisen Capital Management;
Reinhold Polska;
REINO Partners;
Savills Fund Management;
UBM Riviera;
UK & European Investments;
Valad Europe;
Wielkopolskie Centrum Wspierana Inwestycji;
Wisher Enterprise
Key projects your company worked on between October 2015 and September 2016
• New PM mandate for Empark Mokotów Business Park in Warsaw - the largest office complex in Poland with a total area of 170,000 sq m.
• Strengthening our position in regional cities by winning new PM mandates in several buildings - Pegaz and Nicolas Business Center in Wrocław, CH2M Center in Kraków and Za Bramką in Poznań.
• Prolongation of the PM mandates for 5 buildings with Immofinanz, totalling nearly 170,000 sq m.
• Establishing a new PM mandate with the new owner of Wisniowy Business Park, Valad Europe.
• Securing PM mandate from Wisher Enterprise to manage its second building in Poland, namely Grzybowska 43 in Warsaw.
• We have initiated and processed the certification of selected buildings within our portfolio. We received new BREEAM-In-Use certificates for 13 office buildings and renewed the certificates for 9 office buildings.
Number, size and type of retail projects under management between October 2015 and September 2016
• We consolidated our position in the retail segment. Knight Frank won the PM mandate for Supersam shopping centre in Katowice. The Retail Asset Management team was awarded the 2016 ICSC Gold Solal Marketing Award for Supersam Come Back campaign, a sole Solal winner for Poland.
• Introduced new service that is equity warehousing. As a property manager of Galeria Zgorzelec we are responsible for equity warehousing, management of the SPV company, asset management, letting and remodelling.
Number, size and type of office projects under management between October 2015 and September 2016
Our portfolio in the above period included 68 typical office buildings with an area of approximately 1,100,000 sq m and 17 mixed-use buildings including offices, retail, cinema, hotels and warehouse space with a total area of approximately 350,000 sq m. We are also the property manager of two hotels with a total area of 68,000 sq m.
Number, size and type of warehouse projects under management between October 2015 and September 2016
Property management warehouse/logistics portfolio in the above mentioned period included 11 industrial and logistics buildings with a total area of approximately 340,000 sq m.
Please say why you should be considered for the award
• Unrivalled leader in Poland in property management of offices and mixed–use properties with an enviable client list.
• Won new PM mandates in the above period, adding 16 properties with a total space of nearly 290,000 sq m. Additionally, prolongation of PM mandates for 12 buildings (210,000 sq m).
• Strengthening position in regional cities thanks to new mandates with a total volume of space in excess of 100,000 sq m.
• 1/3 of the entire portfolio under management is LEED or BREEAM certified.
• Use of advanced IT property management systems to meet our clients’ and the end-users’ requirements.
• Proactive approach in all property management assignments with emphasis on tenants liaison and enhancement of services provided.
• In line with the RICS Property Management guidance and first real estate firm in Poland regulated by RICS since April 2011.
• Concept founded on professionalism, integrity, accountability and quality service for maximum return from clients’ investments.
