Marginalen AB becomes the fourth anchor tenant of Elemental Business Centre
GelvoraSergel and Aizdevums.lv, two companies of the Swedish financial holding company Marginalen AB, have signed an office lease agreement with the upcoming office building complex Elemental Business Centre in Skanste, becoming the fourth anchor tenant of the project.
According to the agreement, GelvoraSergel and Aizdevums.lv will rent office premises in one Elemental Business Centre building. The total area of the office premises rented by the Marginalen AB group companies will be 1250 m2, and most of them will be located on the 5th floor.
“We are excited to greet the companies of the Marginalen AB group with the decision to join Elemental Business Centre. This partnership demonstrates our commitment to providing premium facilities that meet the needs of businesses in the financial services industry. This is also an excellent example of how several group companies can be located under one roof. Marginalen AB group companies’ pursuit of financial excellence is in line with our values, and we are sure that the modern and sustainable premises of Elemental Business Centre will provide an excellent environment for the growth and success of companies in the coming years,” says Imants Krēsliņš, sales manager of Elemental Business Centre.
Marginalen AB group companies have included the best Scandinavian traditions in their values. The long-term experience of the shareholders in the financial and credit management market makes them one of the most competitive companies in Latvia in their respective sectors.
GelvoraSergel is one of the leading out-of-court debt recovery companies and the largest executors of cession transactions in the Latvian market, while the main activity of Aizdevums.lv is the issuance of consumer loans to individuals and legal entities with the goal to promote opportunities for good changes for a wide range of people.
“While taking care of customers on a daily basis, it is important not to forget about the well-being and productivity of the company’s employees, besides, nowadays it is important to think about sustainable development. New, modern office premises of Aizdevums.lv in one of the most sustainable office complexes in Riga will allow to promote synergy and growth, the open-type office will positively diversify the everyday life of employees with the opportunity to adapt to the needs of work and mood. I am sure that the new conditions will be a great change for our employees,” says Artūrs Ilziņš, chairman of the board of Aizdevums.lv.
Irina Namavīra, the chairman of the board of GelvoraSergel, also emphasizes that the decision to rent the new office premises in Elemental Business Centre was significantly facilitated by its sustainability.
“In addition to the advantages of the existing working environment, the new office premises were chosen in order to promote the well-being of GelvoraSergel employees on a daily basis – in a modern and thought-through working environment. GelvoraSergel office will not be just a new work space, but it will be an open environment in which to create new development opportunities, positively promoting the future growth and competitiveness of the company – both in its industry and in the labor market,” says I. Namavīra.
The opening of the office premises of the Marginalen AB group companies is planned simultaneously with the commissioning of Elemental Business Centre in the fall of this year.
Currently, Elemental Business Centre has leased 50% of the total leasable area of the project.
Among already announced anchor tenants of Elemental Business Centre are the group of information technology companies Dyninno Group, the hybrid co-working space brand Spaces of the international holding IWG, and the international IT services company Arvato Systems.
The Elemental Business Centre office buildings (https://www.elemental.lv/en/ ) will be built in the Skanste area of Riga’s business district, near Arēna Rīga and Luminor’s Latvian head office. The two interconnected buildings have 21,300 sq m of class A rental space, a co-working area, a bicycle parking station for 400 bicycles with washing and changing rooms and various catering and service areas. The construction of the buildings includes around 500 parking spaces, including 200 spaces in the car parks under the buildings. The architect of the buildings is Indrek Allmann from PLUSS Architects, the main construction contractor is Merks, part of Merko Ehitus group.
The project is characterised by outstanding architecture, modern technical solutions, and a first-class indoor climate. The net height of the ceilings is at least three metres, and the raised floors in the rental premises provide the flexibility to change the spatial plan and layout of the workplaces. After construction, the project will apply for a BREEAM certificate rating of Outstanding, which would make the business centre the first building with such a high rating in Latvia. The energy piles used in the construction cover more than 70% of the heating and cooling needs of the building thereby significantly reducing the ancillary costs for the tenants.