Marine Harvest Central Europe opens office at ARGON

05 July 2018

Marine Harvest, a global leader in salmon farming and processing, has officially opened its office in the ALCHEMA centre in Gdańsk. The ARGON building now hosts the company’s 2000 sq. m European headquarters and its growing operations centre. The lease transaction was mediated by the JLL consulting company.

Marine Harvest Central Europe is a division of the Norwegian company Marine Harvest, located in Bergen, Norway. The company specialises in the farming and processing of Atlantic salmon and is an unquestionable global leader in this field. It also offers a wide range of fish and seafood products. The company sells its products on 70 different markets, making it one of the largest marine harvest suppliers in the world. The decision to invest in the new office in Gdańsk is an effort to consolidate company operations and to increase quality standards.

Due to our dynamic growth and new business challenges we needed a new headquarters that will underline the increasing significance of our Polish team at Marine Harvest. A single location for our main business activity and service support centre will foster team integration and augment our administration and decision-making processes.

EMILIA SCHOMBURG, SPOKESPERSOn FOR MARINE HARVEST CENTRAL EUROPE

The Marine Harvest team at ARGON is currently comprised of about 150 people. Its main role is to manage the markets in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and in Poland. The company is also developing its internal operations centre, which provides accounting and IT services for business entities within the Marine Harvest ASA corporate group. The company seeks to employ over 100 new people in the centre.

We are very pleased that such renowned and industry-leading company has decided to open its office in ALCHEMIA in Gdańsk. We are convinced that the new location and business environment will allow the company to grow on the Polish and foreign markets, while the high-quality standard of the office will serve as a benchmark for numerous projects in the future.

MARCIN PIĄTKOWSKI, LEASING DIRECTOR, TORUS

The lease agreement was signed for a period of five years. The Torus design department took an active role in the office’s interior design. The team’s task was to create an interesting, cosy and homely open space, that elegantly touches on Scandinavian overtones and uses the latest technological innovations.

An example of this is the company’s conference room, where you can control the translucency of its glass walls via a simple touch on a tablet. The office has been divided into four distinct zones: reception, offices and a common room with a large conference room in the middle and hot desks, and two open spaces. Between these zones there is some space to relax, a kitchen and a forest-like area with swings.

JOANNA OLEJNICZAK-SUCHECKA, DESIGN DIRECTOR, TORUS

Helping Marine Harvest choose its office location, prepare a long-term lease strategy and negotiate lease agreement conditions was a team of experts from the JLL consulting company.

Marine Harvest is an example of another Scandinavian investor that has chosen to do business in Tricity. The local market entices international businesses mainly with its talented workforce, but for Scandinavian investors, other factors - including geographical and cultural proximity, and excellent reputation – are important as well. Another advantage of our market is the wide availability of modern office buildings like ALCHEMIA in Gdańsk.

MARCIN FALEŃCZYK, MANAGER, JLL TRICITY OFFICE