The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Construction Construction Of Buildings And Infrastructure Engineering Civil Engineering 42 - Civil engineering
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 July 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Opal Property Developments, the Australian developer specialising in the renovation and revitalisation of old buildings, plans to hire 200 Romanian employees to build 400 loft apartments in Łódź. The lofts will be built in a historical yarn factory, part of the unique production and residential complex built in the 19th century by the industrial potentate Karol Scheibler. Opal’s renovation work will be completed in late 2008.
Sources
19 July 2007: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Opal Property Developments, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 65620, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65620.
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