Wroclaw Industrial Park

Localisation

State Poland
Regional (NUTS III) hierarchical level Lower Silesian
District level (LAU1) Silesian county
Municipality (LAU2) Wroclaw
Connection to traffic network Connection with the airport (6 km), the Odra river port (4 km), a highway (8 km) and the city center (3 km).
It is close to Wroclaw belt highway, the inner city beltway as well as the railway infrastructure, to which the site is connected by its own railway siding

Main factors of successful redevelopment process

  • General localization - located in city Wroclaw
  • Specific localization – in proximity of the city centre (3 km)
  • Transport links – in proximity to highway (8 km) and to the airport (6 km)
  • Public attitudes, adoption of innovations and new developments - WPP was established with a view to: (a) Revitalization and redevelopment of industrial buildings, facilities and assuring their effective use, (b) Improvement and expanding of existing industrial facilities with use of modern technologies, (c) Ensuring of environmental protection and work safety, (d) Adapting of old industrial areas to meet the present and future needs in respect of the city’s spatial development, (e) Creating new job opportunities, (f) Attracting new foreign investors

Brief description of site and current use

History of WPP area is very long - factories like Linke-Hofmann Werke and Fahrzeug und Motoren Werke, , whose manufacturing traditions date back to the 19th century – these factories produces locomotives and large electrical machines. After WWII there were factories like Archimedes, Dolmel and Pafawag.

Wroclaw Industrial Park (WPP) was established on 14 May 2005 pursuant to an agreement signed between the Municipality of Wroclaw and DOZAMEL Sp. z o.o., Archimedes SA, and  Wrocławski Park Technologiczny SA.

Original use – basic description

Original use former factories of Archimedes, Dolmel and Pafawag, Linke-Hofmann Werke and Fahrzeug und Motoren Werke
Area 5,9 ha
Type of site industrial

Current state – basic description

Current use Industrial development zone
% of built-up area about 20 %
State of Environment partially decontaminated
New use from 2005
Total costs 62,669,630.00 PLN (13,958,433.65 EUR)
Owner of site Municipality of Wroclaw
DOZAMEL Sp. z o.o.
Archimedes SA
Wrocławski Park Technologiczny SA

Contact to stakeholders

Owner of site

1.Municipality of Wroclaw:
Telephone: +48 71 777 91 50
Fax: +48 71 777 91 52
usc@um.wroc.pl
http://wgow.wroclaw.pl

2.DOZAMEL Sp. z o.o.:
Paweł Kowalczewski
President of Executive Board
Telephone: +48 71 35 65 701
Fax: +48 71 35 51 218
sekretariat@dozamel.pl
www.dozamel.pl

3.Wrocławski Park Technologiczny SA:
Telephone: +48 71 798 58 00
Fax: +48 71 780 40 34
wpt@technologpark.pl
http://www.technologpark.pl

4. ARCHIMEDES sp. z o.o.
info@archimedes.pl
www.archimedes.pl
tel. + 48 (56) 657 73 00
fax + 48 (56) 653 94 55
Local public administration Paweł Kowalczewski
President of Executive Board
Telephone: +48 71 35 65 701
Fax: +48 71 35 51 218
sekretariat@dozamel.pl
www.dozamel.pl
Investors participating at redevelopment Bombardier Transportation Polska Sp. z o.o.
Wojdyla Inwestycje Sp. z o.o.
NGOs not participating