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“We yet have a breakthrough — an agreement with the governor. Warsaw Capital City takes over this building. After these fewer years, we yet have all the documents. The building was devastated, there were no papers and we had to prepare analyses for what was next. The building will be completely renovated and will service Warsawians and Warsawers – Rafal Trzaskowski reported today.
There'll be 40 housing units for cops.
— This agreement implies the transfer of the building from the Treasury to the city of Warsaw. In exchange, we'll have 40 housing units available to the police. It's very important, due to the fact that we have vacancyes in the police department, and I was looking for a solution. We will effort to get any money, due to the fact that this investment is PLN 100 million – the president of Warsaw added.
– I am very pleased that alternatively of the criminal government Putin, this building will yet be able to service the Warsawians and the Warsawians, due to the fact that it is simply a kind of symbol. I thank you very much, Mr Voivode, and all those who worked to look at this building a metre after subway and to make detailed documentation, due to course the Russians took all the documents. Thanks to this, we will be able to take care of the work," said Trzaskowski.
The complex of buildings at Sobieski St. 100 in Warsaw, where russian diplomats lived years ago, was taken over from the Russian Federation on 11 April 2022. It is colloquially called "Spy", due to circulating legends that there were besides spies and KGB officers. This closed property was very comfortable. Its residents had at their disposal, among others, cinema, library, hair salon, gym and even nightclub.
Soviet officials moved out officially in 1989. However, Poland's properties did not go away. For many years the efforts of the government and authorities of Warsaw to take over this property continued. The case went to court. In 2016, a conviction was passed ordering Russia to surrender "Spying" as the facility is not utilized as intended for diplomatic purposes. For uncontractual usage of the property The court ordered Russia to pay about PLN 7 million. However, the authorities of this country did not make much of it and did not respond to further calls.
"No documentation, bad method condition". Spy Problems
Consequently, the property was taken over by a bailiff acting on behalf of the city of Warsaw. In April 2022 it was decided that it should be utilized to aid refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. They're expected to live here temporarily. Andrij Deszczyca, then Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland, besides proposed to host a cultural centre, kindergarten or school. erstwhile the services entered the complex, however, it turned out that it was so completely devastated that it could not be commissioned so quickly.
Lack of building documentation, mediocre method condition, besides narrow, not gathering any standards of stairways, deficiency of sewerage, electricity, and heating — these are only any of the problems encountered by the teams working to reconstruct the usage of the Spy. However, we were able to find 1 of the designers of the complex to aid recreate the documentation of the facility so that it could later be renovated.
Last year we wrote in Oneta that the city's plans for "Spying" had changed. The Vice president of Warsaw Tomasz Bratek then informed that representatives of the professions needed in Warsaw, specified as police officers, local guards or teachers, would live here. The capital authorities besides considered that a completely fresh building with municipal dwellings could be built on Sobieski Street, after the demolition of the club-speaker buildings, which are located in the immediate vicinity of the street.
The “Spy” was managed by the Warsaw authorities for almost the last 3 years. Technically, however, it is the property of the State Treasury. Thus, for any time now, the capital town hall had been talking to the Mazovia state to transfer the property as a donation to non-commercial purposes. Now it's been finalized. This will let to be utilized for renovation, the cost of which is estimated at PLN 70 million, money from the Fund for Subsidies from Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. This will finance most of the renovation costs.
