The first sections of retail space are being handed over to tenants right now
in the GALAXY Centre in Szczecin
Construction began in October 2001 and today, 14 months later, the building's
first tenants are moving in. Though the project has developed in stages and
individual sections are at different phases of construction, it will be launched
as an entity in a few months.
GALAXY Centre is the largest commercial investment under development in Szczecin
at the moment and ECHO Investment's biggest such project, as previously the firm
has been involved in developing smaller retail centres.
When asked about its reasons for investing in Szczecin, the company's management
replied that the decision was based on thorough market research conducted in
collaboration with Jones Lang LaSalle. Indeed, for geographical reasons,
Szczecin comes high on the firm's investment priorities. Piotr Gromniak, member
of the management board responsible for the the Szczecin project, maintains that