Vienna, 01 July 2015 - PORR Suisse has secured a major order in Zurich. The Swiss Federal Railways SBB have awarded PORR Suisse the tender for a project divided into four lots on the Europaallee near the main station in the centre of Zurich. The first phase of the project involves the construction of offices and commercial facilities, an underground public bicycle garage with space for almost 1,800 bikes and a passageway from underneath Zurich central station to the Europaplatz square. The second phase of construction will see another office building erected. The tender is worth around EUR 180m.
The Europaallee passage and the bicycle garage are set for completion in 2017; the office buildings in 2019 and 2020.
PORR Suisse will realise the two office buildings as a design-build contractor to the plans of Stücheli Architekten and Wiel Arets Architects. The properties will blend in with the new city quarter and the im-pressive facade will define the start of the Europaallee. Google has been confirmed as one of the future tenants and will set up its largest research centre outside the USA here in Zurich.
“This tender underlines the esteem which PORR’s building construction expertise enjoys in Switzerland. I am particularly delighted that the Porr Suisse team has succeeded in acquiring one of the largest compa-nies on the Swiss real estate market as a customer with this SBB order”, said Karl-Heinz Strauss, CEO of PORR AG, congratulating his Swiss colleagues on the new tender.
The foundation stone was laid in mid-June.
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