Gemini Park Tychy is to be the third shopping centre developed by Gemini Holding, the first two being Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała and Gemini Park Tarnów. The shopping centre is being constructed on ul. Towarowa in the town, a location surrounded by residential estates and close to the A4 motorway as well as a number of expressways and dual carriageways. Tesco, Obi and Saturn stores also neighbour the site. These stores and the new shopping centre will together create a new retail destination in the region – a so-called ‘power centre’. The company estimates that the shopping centre will have a catchment area of 1.5 mln people – more than half the 2.7 mln population of the Silesian city, where the purchasing power of each resident is 22 pct higher than the Polish average.
Retail mix as a response to consumer trends
Gemini Park Tychy is to comprise a retail area of 36,600 sqm and over 130 stores. The shopping centre will include innovative formats, with brands re