Retail &amp; leisure

KG develops Kraków outlet centre

POLAND The Cracovia Outlet centre is being developed in Kraków by KG Group.

Lidl opens 20th Poznań store

POLAND The opening of a 900 sqm Lidl store in Poznań took place on the 29th of June on ul. Piątkowska.

Smyk in Quick in Oława

POLAND A 432 sqm Smyk store is to be opened in the Quick Park shopping centre in Oława.

ETC Swarzędz better inside

POLAND Work has begun on transforming the interiors of the ETC Swarzędz shopping centre, on the eastern outskirts of Poznań.

POLAND Pizzas can now be ordered from Pizza Hut Polska by talking with a chatbot AI on a Facebook Messenger app. Pizza Hut is the first restaurant chain in Poland to introduce such an online ordering app.

Smyk and Pepco to open in Vivo! Krosno

POLAND Smyk and Pepco are to lease stores in the Vivo! Krosno shopping centre, both of which will have an area of around 500 sqm.

Capitol Park Rakovica to open in October

Alex Hayes
journalist

SERBIA The largest retail park in Belgrade, Capitol Park Rakovica is to open in October and is already fully leased.

MK Bowling in Libero

POLAND MK Bowling is to open a bowling alley in the Galeria Libero mall in Katowice.

Retail trade still growing

Europe According to a report on 32 European countries by the Gfk institute retail trade is growing in the CEE.

Fashion Outlet Kraków half-leased

POLAND More tenants have signed up for space in Fashion Outlet Kraków, which is still under construction.

Tenants renew in Focus

POLAND A number of tenants have renewed their leases for a total of 4,500 sqm in Focus Park in Rybnik.

New Leroy Merlin in Wrocław

POLAND A new 12,000 sqm Leroy Merlin store has opened on ul. Krakowska in Wrocław.

Savills to recommercialise Karpacka

POLAND Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych (BIK) has appointed Savills to recommercialise the Karpacka retail park on the western bypass of Bielsko-Biała.

Delta Planet arises in Banja Luka

Alex Hayes
journalist

BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA Delta Real Estate has started the construction of the Delta Planet shopping centre in Banja Luka.

Guess who in Galeria Libero

POLAND American fashion chain Guess will take up 300 sqm of space in the Galeria Libero shopping centre.

Falling vacancy on Moscow retail market

POLAND In Q2 2017, the vacancy rate in existing shopping centres in Moscow declined from 7.2 pct to 6.4 pct, according to JLL.

Napollo wants no more CREAM

06 July 2017

POLAND Napollo is to take over the management of its own shopping centres from CREAM, including Galeria Renova in Warsaw’s Targówek district, Galeria Grodova in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and the newly-built Galeria Piastowska in Gniezno.

EU says no to retail tax

06 July 2017

POLAND The European Commission has ruled that the Polish tax levied on retail sales infringes EU rules on state aid.

Russians wooed by US brands

06 July 2017

Anna Pakulniewicz

According to IKEA Centres Russia, US brands are currently winning over the Russian market. The most recent deals in the country have seen established stateside brands such as Armani Exchange expand their number of stores into double figures having entered the market only last year. Starbucks is expanding to new regions. Nike has developed a new concept store, and Yum! Brands, the operators of KFC and Pizza Hut have registered a 27 pct y-o-y increase in revenue for Q1 2017.

Warsaw has Central Retail District, claims Colliers

05 July 2017