Briefs

Sports and retail centre in Lublin Polish/Norwegian based Lublinianka leased 7 hectares of land for the construction of a mixed-use sports and retail facility, which will include a stadium holding 14,000 people and a 2 storey sports hall, from authorities in Lublin, southeastern Poland. Lublinianka will lease the site, which currently houses the Lublinianka Sports Club, for 50 years. The cost of the planed investment is estimated at over PLN 400 mln. Tenders to choose contractors are to be held later this year. Shareholders of the company are three Norwegian investors: Thormod Sikkeland, Torleit Limseth and Nicolas Nunington (80 percent) and KS Lublinianka (20 percent). (Source: Puls Biznesu) Zara opens third store The Zara clothes chain is set to open its third shop in Poland in Kraków, southern Poland after opening in Warsaw and Wrocław. The new 1,800 sqm store will be in Plaza Centers' Kraków Plaza multi-purpose retai