New building contracts in Germany and Poland

Having recently won the contract for one of Germany’s biggest urban shopping malls— to be built in Essen—Bilfinger Berger has now succeeded in adding a string of notable building contracts to the order books.

In Passau,the company is carrying out turn-key construction of the “Stadt-Galerie” shopping mall. The contract volume for this development project from ECE Project Management totals € 60 million. The downtown mall will offer 21,000 square meters of retailing space on three levels and is scheduled to open its doors in the fall of 2008.

In Duisburg, Bilfinger Berger is building the “Forum,” another remarkable urban shopping mall.The client is Multi Development Germany and the project volume totals € 85 million. The opening is slated for autumn of 2008. The building will be home to 120 stores spread over 60,000 square meters, adding an attractive retailing highlight to the city center. In close proximity to this project, Bilfinger Berger is currently building the “CityPalais”for LEG, the regional development company in North Rhine-Westphalia. This facility will feature a concert hall, as well as office and retail space. Bilfinger Berger is following its longstanding client MAN on its ventures abroad. In the Polish town of Niepolomice, Bilfinger Berger is building a turnkey assembly plant for commercial vehicles. The facility comprises four production halls with a total floor space of 65,000 square meters plus outbuildings. The project is valued at € 50 million.