The National Heritage Institute has commenced operations at its new headquarters at the HOP office building in Warsaw. The new tenant has taken up nearly 3,800 sqm of space and is the latest – following the Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection – state institution to choose HOP as its headquarters. Following the finalisation of the transaction, the occupancy rate of the complex owned by Syrena Real Estate stands at 98%.
The National Heritage Institute is a state cultural institution whose mission is to lay the foundations for the sustainable protection of cultural heritage. The Institute sets and promotes standards for the protection and conservation of historic monuments, raises public awareness of the value and preservation of heritage, and collects and disseminates knowledge on the subject. The National Heritage Institute has taken up nearly 3,800 sqm of space across five floors of the building. The consultancy firm Colliers represented the Institute during the letting process. Reesco is responsible for the interior fit-out of the Institute’s new headquarters.
“The values represented by the National Heritage Institute are particularly close to our hearts, as our approach to property is also founded on respect for what already exists. At Syrena Real Estate, we specialise in giving buildings a new lease of life – unlocking their potential, returning them to the city and adapting them to new needs, rather than starting from a blank page. This is the path taken by HOP: a distinctive postmodernist building from the 1990s which, following modernisation, has become a contemporary workplace whilst also serving as a space open to culture, the arts and the city,” says Ewa Lubańska, leasing director at Syrena Real Estate.
“The new headquarters provides us with the conditions to further develop the Institute and fulfil its mission. HOP offers a space that meets the needs of our team, whilst its location in the centre of Warsaw makes it easily accessible to both staff and those collaborating with the NID. It is also important to us that we are based in a building with distinctive architecture, which has been given a contemporary reinterpretation,” emphasises Michał Krasucki, acting director of the National Heritage Institute.
