Retail &amp; leisure

Anna Pakulniewicz

ESTONIA/LATVIA/LITHUANIA Vacancy rates in shopping centres in the Baltic states varied from 0.9 pct in Tallinn, to 1.6 pct in Vilnius and 2.7 pct. In Riga, according to the “Q1 2017 Property Snapshot” report by Colliers International. Rents in prime shopping centres stood at EUR 23-48 per sqm per month in Tallinn, EUR 30-55 in Riga and EUR 25-48 in Vilnius. Rents are higher on the high streets with Riga again being the most expensive at EUR 30-55 per sqm per month. In Tallinn it is EUR 23 – 48 and in Vilnius they stand at EUR 25-48 per sqm per month.

EBRD to take stake in Żabka

POLAND The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to Invest up to EUR 25 mln in Żabka, one of Poland’s leading food retailers.

Tastier in Swarzędz

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND An Olimp restaurant is to open in the soon to be renovated ETC Swarzędz and KFC has extended its contract to run a 550 sqm standalone restaurant within the retail complex.

Profit down for Sierra Sonae

Alex Hayes
journalist

WORLD Sonae Sierra has registered a net profit of EUR 15.9 mln in the first quarter of 2017.

Empik comes to Libero

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Newsagent, music and book store Empik is to open a store in the Galeria Libero shopping centre in Katowice.

NEPI ready to start on Promenada

16 May 2017

Alex Hayes
journalist

SERBIA A building permit for a 47,000 sqm gla mall in Novi Sad has been granted.

KappAhl to open twice in Białołęka

16 May 2017

POLAND Swedish clothing brand KappAhl is to open two stores in Galeria Północna in Warsaw’s Białołęka district.

Mauboussin returns to Moscow

15 May 2017

RUSSIA French jewellery store Mauboussin is to open its first outlet in Russia in the centre of Moscow.

Neonet grows in Sky Tower

15 May 2017

POLAND Electronics retailer Neonet has relocated its outlet within the Sky Tower shopping centre in Wrocław and is now to occupy a larger 630 sqm store on the first floor of the centre.

Grupa Warszawa in Koneser

15 May 2017

POLAND Grupa Warszawa is to open a 580 sqm multi-level restaurant with a club and bar in the revitalised G building of Centrum Praskie Koneser in Warsaw’s Praga-Północ district.

First purchase of FIZAN Propertum

12 May 2017

POLAND The FIZAN Propertum fund, established by Upside Property and Profitum Wealth Management, has bought Terespol Retail Park as its first purchase.

Saller builds Gryfino retail park

12 May 2017

POLAND The Saller group has started the construction of the first stage of a retail park in Gryfino on ul. Łużycka, next to a Lidl store.

Carrefour signs up KiK

11 May 2017

POLAND Kik has been added to the tenant mix of Galeria Lubelska.

CCC steaming ahead

11 May 2017

POLAND CCC’s consolidated sales revenue for April 2017 came to app. PLN 345 mln up by 11 pct y-o-y.

Capital Park takes control of Galeria Zaspa

POLAND The Capital Park group has signed a contract to purchase 47 pct staked in the SPV company that owns Galeria Zaspa from Akron, making the Warsaw-based investor the sole owner of the oldest shopping centre in the TriCity.

More stores enter Galeria Katowicka

POLAND Galeria Katowicka has announced the results of its operations in Q1.

Saller builds in Rawicz

POLAND The Saller group of Wrocław has started the construction of a retail park in Rawicz with a leasable area of 3,700 sqm.

Fewer new malls on the cards

WORLD A total of 33.5 mln sqm of shopping centre space is currently under construction across the world’s major cities, according to a new research report by CBRE. The figures suggest a slowdown in the pipeline from 41.9 mln sqm at the same time last year.

Convenient window for Napollo

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Napollo is to develop the Galeria Piastova shopping centre (formerly called Galeria Piastowska) at the junction of ul. Witkowska and ul. Składowa in Gniezno, on the site of the demolished Polokna window factory.

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