Is half a million a thing of the past? This is the cost of the most expensive square meter in Poland

Almost 90 thousand PLN was the cost of a square meter of an apartment in the Ordynacka tenement house in the center of Warsaw; the buyer paid PLN 21 million for a penthouse with an area of ​​234 sq m – informed the Partners International real estate agency. This is the highest price per square meter of an apartment in Poland.

Thus, this apartment broke the price per square meter record. In 2025, an apartment in Warsaw's Wola district with an area of ​​600 sq m was sold for a record amount of PLN 30 million, i.e. approx. PLN 50,000. PLN per square meter A year earlier, a record was broken in Gdańsk – an apartment with an area of ​​435 sq m (approximately PLN 57,000 per sq m) was sold on Granary Island for PLN 24.8 million.

The most expensive apartment is located in the historic Ordynacka tenement house from the early 20th century at 11 Okólnik Street. According to the real estate agency, the premises include a roof terrace with a panoramic view of Warsaw and the Vistula River.

There are only five apartments in the building, three of which have already found buyers.

Residence of Princess Czartoryska. The turbulent history of the tenement house

Kamienica Ordynacka is a neoclassical tenement house located at 11 and 11A Okólnik Street. Completed in 1912, it was one of the largest and most elegant Warsaw tenement houses of its era.

In the years 1911–1912, the owner of the property at ul. Okólnik – Princess Maria Ludwika Czartoryska – financed the construction of twin buildings, initially marked with numbers 13 and 15, and today 11 and 11A, respectively.

The tenement house together with the Krasiński Family Library and Lubomirska's house between Szczygla and Okólnik constituted one whole.

Back to its former glory. Revitalization and mansard roof

During World War II, especially the Warsaw Uprising, the buildings at 11/11A Okólnik Street were seriously damaged. The tenement house itself survived both the bombing of Warsaw in September 1939 and the destruction of the Warsaw Uprising. The main destruction consisted in the destruction of the south-east corner of number 11 by an air bomb, and then the burning of the entire wooden attic on the side of Okólnik Street and the internal annexes.

After the war, the destroyed south-east corner was not rebuilt, and the mansard roof was not restored. In 2011, the revitalization of the tenement house began by the new owner; the mansard roof was rebuilt, which partially restored its original appearance, and the corner of the tenement house was rebuilt, thus reconstructing the frontage of Okólnik Street.

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