Trigranit and Europa open new Polish train station

CEE developer Trigranit and real estate fund manager Europa Capital have announced the opening of Poznañ G³ówny train station - the first phase of a major mixed-use development in the Polish city of Poznañ.

The official opening was carried out by Polish president Bronis³aw Komorowski who became the first passenger to use the new train facilities.

Poznañ G³ówny, one of the few new train station developments to be opened on time for the Euro 2012 Championships, was developed by joint venture partners Europa Fund III and Trigranit and was officially handed over to Polish National Railways (PKP) on 24 May 2012. The estimated total development cost of the train station is EUR 7 mln.

TriGranit was chosen by PKP to revitalize and renew Poznañ's main railway station in 2007 following a competitive tender process with several other real estate development companies. Europa Capital became Trigranit’s joint venture partner for this Public Private Partnership project in February 2012.

The full transport hub and shopping centre scheme will comprise the train station, 250 retail units, a PKS coach terminal with 19 bus platforms as well as a park & ride car park facility over 164,000 m² of gross built area.