The stuff of leadership

The Polish retail market is among the most developed  in Central and Eastern Europe. To whom do we owe this success?Mladen PetrovIt no longer causes a big sensation anymore when a Polish shopping centre wins another prestigious award. They have been consistently lauded as among the best facilities of their type in Europe. The prizes are appreciated, but few remember that the local modern retail market, considered to be a model in the CEE region, is only ten years old if we take its birth to be the opening of Galeria Mokotów in 2000. Shopping centres for everyoneWhat have been the most important events on the market within the last ten years? Who would the sector in its broadest sense choose to be the developer of the decade on this basis? The major developers named by our interviewees – including ECE Projektmanagement, Echo Investment, Globe Trade Centre, Plaza Centers, Neinver, ING Real Estate Development, TriGranit and Metro Group?  Or should the smaller ones with more uniqu