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Why Warsaw?
Warsaw, as the capital city of Poland, remains the main economic and business centre of the country. Having enormous investment potential it is also one of the most important and largest metropolitan centres in the Central-Eastern Europe.
Warsaw is a friendly city - both for investors and inhabitants. Green areas cover more than 25% of this largest city in Poland - as large as 517 km2, while housing development covers more or less the same area. The remaining areas are devoted to services, technical facilities, production and service facilities as well as agricultural land. Therefore, Warsaw features exceptionally good prospects for shaping the desired functional and spatial structure of the city as the only European capital, since there are venues here that may be transformed or extended, along with areas which have not been occupied yet and have great building potential. New territories - beyond the urbanised zone - cover as much as 100 km2.
Warsaw is a reliable and stable partner for long-term investments, as numerous ratings confirm. Moody’s Investors Services put Warsaw at A2 level in an international rating with a stable perspective, while Fitch Polska S.A. awarded Warsaw a long-term national rating at the AAA level with a stable perspective as well.
Warsaw inhabitants remain one of its greatest advantages. They are mostly people of working age, with high qualifications and command of foreign languages. Many young, talented people come to the capital city to study and stay here permanently. Moreover, graduates from universities of other major Polish cities find more attractive jobs here. What is more, the costs of employing highly qualified personnel in Poland are still lower than in the Western Europe.
Destination: Warsaw
Warsaw is exactly the city which can expect the greatest inflow of foreign company investments in the coming five years. In 2009 Cushman & Wakefield announced that promising fact in its 20th report "European Cities Monitor". Warsaw displaced Moscow, which fell in the popularity ranking to the second position. In the ranking category related to the office area, Warsaw is among the first three cities in terms of value for money of office space.
Every fourth new company in Poland is established in Warsaw and 30% of all companies with foreign capital in Poland have chosen Warsaw as their central location. This shows the potential of the city.
