Polus Center

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The project involves the planning, construction and operation of the Polus Center, a 57,300 sq m shopping, entertainment, office and parking facility located in the Nove Mesto district of Bratislava. The project will provide international-standard office, retail and leisure space for the city of Bratislava. As a mixed-use facility, it has the potential to simultaneously promote several areas of the local property sector. The project will help to create an efficient, consumer-oriented operational environment in the property sectors. The Polus Center represents a significant investment in Bratislava and will encourage follow-on foreign investment, both directly in the property sector and indirectly through foreign businesses operating in the Center. Furthermore, the project will create significant employment opportunities for the local population during its construction and operational phases. The client is Polus Inv. s.r.o., a limited liability company established in the Slovak Republic. The client is 100% per cent owned by TriGranit (Bratislava) B.V., a joint venture company owned by TrizecHahn Corp. and Polus Investment Company. The financing consists of a 14-year senior loan of EUR 51.68 million composed of: The project was screened B/0, requiring an environmental analysis of the environmental impacts associated with this development. The analysis took the form of an environmental questionnaire, which was completed by the sponsor and, along with geological reports, sent to the Bank for review. The answers to the questionnaire and the geological reports confirmed the following: The Sponsor will report to the Bank, on an annual basis, on environment, health and safety issues associated with the operation of the centre. None