Recipe for a pleasure zone

‘We are spending ever more on eating out and, according to ‘The Global Food & Beverage Market, July 2017’ report by Cushman & Wakefield, we will probably be spending even more in the future. This is good news for managers and owners – some of this money could end up in shopping centres. The two most noticeable trends on the current Polish food & drinks market have been the growing popularity of food trucks (which shopping centres have also allowed onto their premises as an additional way of drawing in customers), and the emergence of higher quality food halls, which bring together many restaurants and food stores under one roof. One of these is Hala Koszyki, which opened in Warsaw last year. ‘Three or four similar projects are being developed in the capital city already,’ says Michał Malicki of Colliers International’s retail department. One is the revitalisation project for the historic buildings of the Powiśle heat and power sta