Customers on the go

The station trail was blazed by the Warszawa Wileńska shopping centre, which was built next to a PKP (Polish State Railways) station in 2002. This was followed by other retail projects: Galeria Krakowska (2006) in Kraków and Warsaw's Złote Tarasy (2007). The tradition is being continued by Neinver with Galeria Katowicka at Katowice's central station and TriGranit Development with Poznań City Center. Developers have been quick to realise the benefits resulting from such convenient locations and the footfall generated by passengers. However, only the biggest investors are able to afford the complicated and costly investment needed in transport and retail infrastructure. This does not mean that smaller players have not spotted the potential of stations. These developers are mainly involved in developing chains of retail facilities combined with transport functions. Dekada Realty has one such facility which has been operating at the PKS bus station in Myślenice for a year. Two more p