Investment Activity
Due to the dynamic growth of the Polish economy, many of its sectors are now much more attractive to potential investors than before. Increased accessibility of capital and a high rate of growth of investments – these are the grounds for Fortress’ entering new areas of its business activity.
The company successfully exploits its “internationality” and its investment skills. Fortress has differentiated its trade activities and initiated projects in new business area. These are:
- purchases of Polish capital companies and direct investments in them,
- organising of processes related to transforming companies into public ones,
- investments in real property market.
Fortress carries out capital investments together with Finess company.
Finess Sp. z o.o. operates in the capital market. It specialises in providing capital for businessmen who cannot be satisfied with conventional banking credits due to their financial potential and, in the first place, due to their development plans. Finess also participates in bridge transactions and mezzanine type transactions (the ones that enable implementation of economic projects through granting loans and obtaining remuneration through benefiting in the company’s future growth and profits in the form of options for shares or stocks).
Finess invests directly in the non-public market, restructures and prepares companies for transformation into public ones or for selling to other funds and industry investors. It usually undertakes to manage projects with some business history in markets with a considerable growth potential.
Fortress, due to its involvement in subsequent projects, has extended its team of investment experts who constantly raise their qualifications. The company makes use of its practical knowledge, basing itself on effective methods of gaining and managing capital. It addresses its cooperation offer to companies that are interested in raising jointly the value of their assets.
The high credibility of the services offered by the company can be proved by the record of Fortress’ cooperation with law firms, brokerage houses and authorised advisors. Fortress is held in high esteem by banking institutions. It has received a very high rating from Bank Millennium S.A. and the Dun & Bradstreet rating agency.
A great asset of the company is a profound knowledge of the developer market gained during construction of housing estates in Silesia. Fortress effectively invests in real properties. Three investment areas can be indicted here:
- land,
- commercial buildings (tenement houses and office buildings),
- post-industrial terrains.
According to the company’s policy regarding the acquisition of real properties, both the current potential and the long-term attractiveness of a particular project is analysed. In consequence, each real property investment of the Company is characterised by a high return on investment.
Through combining two key business areas, i.e. trade and investments, and making use of its many-years’ business experience, Fortress is able to generate for its customers circumstances for unrestricted and fast growth. As an investment partner, Fortress respects the rules of credible and honest cooperation based on mutual trust.