Minis still in fashion

In 2011 and 2012, the retail market was dominated by plans for the construction of smaller facilities in towns of less than 100,000 inhabitants. The investment focus shifted from typical shopping malls to retail parks, mixed-use projects and so-called strip malls. But since then these concepts have been adapted and even introduced to cities as an additional offer to fills gaps in the local retail offer. Developers were rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of devising concepts for entering new markets, which could even be towns of less than 10,000 people. While preparing this survey we identified a number of companies that have opted to build their own chains of mini centres. These include large well-known developers, such as Rank Progress, which a while ago announced the development of a chain of small retail facilities. Out of the 81 locations the company looked at, mini mall projects have got off the ground in three: Oleśnica, Miejsce Piastowe and the already opened Grudziąd