The „Silesia” Metropolis.

Full of life.

The Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia

Metropolis are the light of the world
- Investments processes

Powierzchnia: 1 218 km2

Liczba ludności: 1 978,6 tys.
Metropolis are the light of the world

Powierzchnia: 1 218 km2

Liczba ludności: 1 978,6 tys.
Zasięg populacji
Location and transport
Large market at favourable
location

Area: 1218 sqm.

Powierzchnia: 1 218 km2
Liczba ludności:
Population: 1 9781 978,6
600 tys.
Metropolitan Association
of Upper Silesia
 The Silesia Metropolis

The framework of Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia cities cooperation is

determined by provisions of the statute.
 Promotion

• Promotion strategy: Full of life, full of culture, full of

investments
• Media promotion: local, country and international press
• Media campaign: billboards, radio and tv
• Trade fairs, conferences
 Projects

Owing to cities cooperation it turned out possible to initiate projects aimed at improvement of
public transport quality and the environment; indirectly contributing to region’s economy growth.

Unification of electronic enrolment system for upper-

secondary schools in the area of Metropolis (in the area of
the whole province)

Silesian Public Services Card

(project implemented among others by KZK GOP and GZM)

project value – PLN 112.6 million,

financial assistance – PLN 78.5 million
Silesian Public Services Card
 Public transport project

Modernisation of tramway and trolleybus

infrastructure including accompanying infrastructure

project value – PLN 705.04 million,

financial assistance – PLN 336.71 million

Project implemented within key projects of

„Infrastructure and Environment” Operational
Programme, measure 7.3 „Urban transport in
metropolitan areas”.

Implementation period: 2008 - 2011

 Waste management

The waste management system for GZM cities including

construction of waste incinerators (project implemented by
GZM). Project co-financed from Infrastructure and
Environment Operational Programme.
Project value – PLN 1 300 million
EU financial assistance – PLN 900 million

PROJECT SCOPE:
The target system will comprise, among others:
 Metropolitan projects

Projects under preparation and evaluation:

 Large market with substantial spending power

Population (metropolis vs. province)

 Great potential

Population under age of 35

.
 Great potential

67% Of Region GDP

8,7 % Of Country GDP

Registered companies
195 000
 Municipal investments

Municipal investments in 2009 (in million PLN)

 Investment attractiveness

7 indicators:
labor market and costs
location accessibility
/market potential
economic infrastructure
social infrastructure
public safety
pro investments activity

0,87
0,69
0,6
0,43
0,32
0,07
śląskie dolnośląskie mazowieckie wielkopolskie małopolskie zach-pomorskie

Gdansk Institute for Market Research 2009

 Health and Science

HEALTH
Best hospitals, employing highly regarded
specialists, are situated in Metropolis cities. In
particular, cardiologic, casualty, oncological and
burns treatment departments gained
international recognition. There are nearly 14,000
hospital beds in the Metropolis. A large number of
concentrated nearby professional medical
facilities guarantees comprehensive medical care
on a European level.

SCIENCE Nearly 30 universities operate in the

Metropolis, educating 11% of national
students (150.000)
Every year universities and secondary
schools provide well educated
personnel. 33% of residents have
completed secondary and higher
education.
 Culture and recreation

CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT

There are more than 20 theatres, an opera,
and 2 philharmonic halls. Numerous international and
international events take place in the member cities all
year round.

There are many industrial premises of historical value

(several of them belong to Industrial Heritage Route)
and other interrsting examples of architecture.

SPORT AND RECREATION

There are many opportunities to spend your leisure
time in an active way. Residents are provided with a
number of recreational indoor and outdoor facilities.
There are also many sports objects such as stadiums,
swimming pools, etc.

„Silesia” Metropolis is a very green area – 25% of its

the territory is covered by forests and other green
areas.
Selected investments in
member
municipalities
 Katowice

KATOWICE CITY CENTER

TRANSFORMATION
- one of the biggest transformation of city center in
this part of Europe
- cubature objects and public spaces at the highest
international level

REDEVELOPMENT OF AREA RONDO-

MARKET AGENDA
begining of 2011 – ending of design works
2011 – choosing the investor
Ending of 2011 – beginning of construction works
Katowice
 GLIWICE

EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND/COHESION FUND

Entertainment and sports hall PODIUM
Total area of the facilities: 69 272.04 m2, useful area: 56 269.75 m2, total capacity: 531 345.08 m3. Area of fair
and exhibition facilities: 37 668 m2. Project site: 104 807 m2.
The PODIUM hall will operate as a sports centre. In addition, the PODIUM hall will be adjusted to organise various mass
events, thus it will also perform the functions of:
• an entertainment performance hall: the organisation of any national and international artistic and stage, social and political events;
• a sports and recreational centre: shows and other sports, entertainment and recreational events;
• an exhibition and fair centre;
• a publicly accessible recreational and commercial centre: outside sports functions.
 GLIWICE

Vacant plots located only 2 km from the

biggest motorway hub in Poland A4/A1,
adjacent to commercial properties, next
to Education and Business Centre, Nowe
Gliwice.

Location: Bojkowska / Kopalniana street

Area: 10 plots of between 4900 m2 and

7900m2. The plots are separated by
internal roads.
Additional 8 ha of investment plots will
be on offer in the near future. Technical infrastructure:
- water supply
- sewage system
- electricity supply
- telecommunication system

Purpose:
New technology: IT, telecommunications,
biotechnology, micro - and electromechanical
systems, material engineering,

Details: ARL, tel: (32) 33 93 110

e-mail: arlinfo@arl.pl
 The Modernization
of The Municipal Stadium
LOCATION: Olimpijska St. (Municipal Stadium with adjacent plots – Plot
1, 2, 3)

AREA: 147 472 sq.m

OWNER:
Plots 1 and 2 – Municipality of Bytom as managers of Ośrodek Sportu i
Rekreacji in Bytom.
Plot 3 – Municipality of Bytom

DESCRIPTION:
Plot 1 – Comprises an oval-shaped stadium with a typical embankment
construction and a heated field. There are 4000 seats in the stand – 3000 in the
main sector, 500 in the family sector and 500 for the visitors. The stadium is
equipped with a modern 1840 lx lighting system.
Plot 2 – comprises a 100m x 55m football pitch with artificial grass and full-size
goals surrounded with a 250 m concrete fence and two100 m x 60 m gravel
covered pitches with full size goals.
Plot 3 – Currently a dumping ground for mining waste. Access to the plot from
Piłkarska Street.

PURPOSE:
Plot 1 – Public utility with its basic function as a sports facility with additional
functions as an administration building or a media centre.
Plots 2 and 3 – No local spatial development plan for the areas so
a separate decision on the conditions of site development must be
obtained. There is a possibility of commercial investment location.

Form of property transfer:

Partnership between Public and Private Entities.
BYTOM
 The development of
Kościuszki Square
LOCATION: Kościuszki Square

INVESTOR: Braaten+Pedersen Plus Partners

CONCEPT
 The main concept behind AGORA is to establish a roof-covered
cityscape including several new buildings on Kościuszki Square.
AGORA will restore the historic role of the square and at the same
time pave the way for future development and growth.
 The streets of the area are integrated in the ground-plan of AGORA to
allow a seamless flow of customers and inhabitants. There will be
continuous passage from the existing part of the city to the newly
created public spaces to ensure involvement.
 The aim of the investment is to regenerate the central quarter of
Bytom. It will play the role of catalyst attracting further investments to
the neighboring areas. It will also encourage inhabitants to return to the
city centre.

DESCRIPTION:
 AGORA Bytom is a complex, multi-functional investment originating
in the centre of Bytom, consisting of a modern commercial and
entertainment gallery and an office building with a car park.

 The estimated value of the investment is 90 milion Euros

 The opening of the facility is planned at the end of 2010

BYTOM
 Krystyna Mineshaft

LOCATION: Zabrzańska St.

Hotel
AREA: 100 ha

INVESTOR: Armada Development S.A.

CONCEPT:
The whole investment project in Bytom was divided into three phases:
Residential area 1. Commercial – 4 commercial project and adaptation of the historic
Krystyna Mineshaft,
2. Residential, multifamily development;
3. Construction of a full-size, 18-hole golf course along with apartment
development.

The investment is still in progress.

Retail park Full-sized golf course

BYTOM
 Bytom Ring Road

INVESTOR: City Bytom/ EU resources

DESCRIPTION:
The Project realization was divided into 3 stages:

 1st and 2nd stages were realized. The was 3,6 km of ring
road constructed in total. Investment expenditures of 133,7
mln PLN.

 The planned 3rd stage construction – investment

expenditures of 120 mln PLN including EU resources in
the amount of 65,7 mln PLN
It has been planned to build 2,2 km od roads, collective
roads for farmers, a tunnel under the junction and to
rebuild the drainage system and other basic infrastructure
facilities.

The investment is planned to be finished in 2011.

 Arrangement of water and sewage management in
Dąbrowa Górnicza

The largest investment in the hundred years' history of the

city.

Total costs of the project will amount to 710 million PLN, over
282 million PLN for the first stage was acquired from the
Cohesion Fund of the European Union.

By 2015, the city will have performed 121 km of sanitary

sewage system, 65 km of drainage system and 62 km of water
supply system.

More than 16 thousand residents will be connected to the new

sanitary sewage system, over 200 streets of the city will be
renewed.

As a result of the investment 92 percent of local residents will

be connected directly to this new sanitary sewage and
wastewater treatment system.

Dąbrowa Górnicza is the third city in Poland, after the

Poznan and Warsaw, that realizes such a large investment
project, which also received significant EU funding.
DĄBROWA GÓRNICZA
 Expansion of the POGORIA Summer and Water
Sport Center

With 4 beautiful, clear lakes of total area 860 ha, 4100 ha of

woodland and 180 ha of parkland, the city is a recreational
base for the Silesia Metropolis .

By September 2011 within the frame of this investment

project, the Pogoria lake and Zielona Park will have been
completely renewed.

Thanks to new sports facilities i.e. complex of sports courts, a

climbing wall, a skate park, children's playground, the pier
and the promenade on the bank of the lake, these beautiful
places in Dąbrowa will gain a new image.

The system of bike paths and lanes will connect Dąbrowa

with neighboring cities: Będzin, Siewierz and Sławków, being
partners in the project.
Cyclists will profit from the most attractive viewpoints.

Total costs of the project will amount to 24 million PLN, 5

million PLN was also acquired from the European Union
Fund.

DĄBROWA GÓRNICZA
 RUDA ŚLĄSKA

THE INVESTMENT PROJECT OF THE CITY:

The reconstruction of the Jan Paweł II Square
for the municipal market in the city of Ruda
Śląska. The project embraces 3-stage-
reconstruction of the centre of the Nowy
Bytom district.

LOCATION:
the land is situated in Nowy Bytom district
on the Jan Paweł II Square.

PURPOSE:
The project includes creating the space of
the central area in the town, to perform new
service, commercial and recreational
functions.
 ŚWIĘTOCHŁOWICE

• LOCATION: Uroczysko Str.

• Two properties are located in the middle part of the city,
in a district close to Uroczysko street. These post-
industrial areas are adjacent to Siliesian Diametral
Highway DTŚ

• AREA 20,2 HA

• PURPOSE: commercial services, sport and recreation

services

• OWNERSHIP : city of Świetochłowice, Exchequer

• more details: City Hall Świetochłowice ,

tel. +48 32 3491-930, e-mail:gn@swietochlowice.pl
 ŚWIĘTOCHŁOWICE

• LOCATION: Wojska Polskiego Str.

• Three properties are located in the southern part of the
city, in a district close to Wojska Polskiego street.
These post-industrial areas are adjacent to railway side-
track.

• AREA:1,1 HA
• PURPOSE: commercial services, sport and recreation
services

• OWNERSHIP : city of Świetochłowice, Exchequer

• more details: City Hall Świetochłowice ,

tel. +48 32 3491-930, e-mail:gn@swietochlowice.pl
 PIEKARY ŚLĄSKIE

Location:
Piekary Slaskie areas for investments covered by the
intended EkoPark Technology Industrial Park are located
in proximity to existing interchanges national and
provincial roads – including A1. In addition, the areas of
Park are located just 8 km from the existing A4
motorway and nerby (about 18 km) the International
Airport in Pyrzowice.

Area:
25 898 m2

Purpose:
Sites are offered for the local spatial development plan

for industry and service - commercial. The offered plot

has good shape with no significant differences in altitude.
All the sites have the ability to connect to the basic
technical infrastructure.

Contact:
Iwona Fabiszak – Real Estates Department , Town Hal l
of Piekary Śląskie
Phone: +48 32 39 39 343
E-mail: gn@piekary.pl
 PIEKARY ŚLĄSKIE

Location:
Business Activity Zone is located in a very favorable for
investors place on the border of two cities, Piekary Śląskie and
Bytom.
The zone is very well located in terms of communication, lies in
the immediate vicinity of national road 911 and the planned A1
motorway junction.

Ownership:
Piekary Śląskie Municipality

Purpose:
This investment area (20 plots) was
prepared for small and medium
entrepreneurs.

Contact:
Iwona Fabiszak – Real Estates
Department , Town Hal l of Piekary
Śląskie
PIEKARYŚLĄSKIE Phone: +48 32 39 39 343
E-mail: gn@piekary.pl
 Thank you

Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia

ul. Barbary 21a,
40-053 Katowice
tel: +48 (32) 253-0425
fax: +48(32) 253-0435
e-mail: biuro@gzm.org.pl
www.gzm.org.pl