Retail &amp; leisure

Ninth Dekada centre opens

01 August 2014

Aneta Cichla

POLAND Dekada’s ninth retail facility has opened in Brodnica in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province).

Developers shift interest to smaller cities

31 July 2014

POLAND In H1 2014 over half of new retail space was completed in cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants, with another 22 pct in cities with populations of between 100,000 and 200,000, according to research by DTZ.

Klépierre builds multibillion retail empire

31 July 2014

EUROPE Paris-listed pan-European shopping centre operator Klépierre is set to acquire the Netherlands-based retail group Corio for EUR 7.2 bln. The move comes as Klépierre, which owns assets worth EUR 14 bln, aims to strengthen its position on the market and become Europe’s “leading pure-play retail property company.”

LC Waikiki expands in Ukraine

30 July 2014

UKRAINE Turkish fashion retailer LC Waikiki has singed a 1,190 sqm lease for space in the Riviera shopping centre in Odessa.

Galardia nearly full

29 July 2014

Ewa Andrzejewska

POLAND Jysk, Altero, Martes Sport, Briju and Textil Market are the latest brands to sign up for space in the Galardia shopping centre in Starachowice.

24/7 fitness operator enters Warsaw market

29 July 2014

POLAND Newly-launched Polish gym chain CityFit has leased 2,800 sqm in a centrally-located Warsaw skyscraper, Spektrum Tower, complementing the refurbishment work that currently takes place in the eleven-year old building.

Bowling in Wzorcownia

29 July 2014

POLAND The Wzorcownia Włocławek shopping centre has secured two new tenants from the sports and recreation sector.

Shopping malls on rise in Poland

25 July 2014

POLAND Retail real estate market in Poland is seeing a healthy growth as smaller cities willingly develop new shopping centres to enhance local offer and catch up with big cities, a study by JLL shows.

Ciechanów shopping mall expands by 3,000 sqm

23 July 2014

Ewa Andrzejewska

POLAND Eight-year old Galeria Mrówka, a Ciechanów shopping centre, has informed that it will undergo an extensive refurbishment and extension by the end of Q3 2015. The construction work, which is scheduled to begin in Q3 2014, will be performed by the mall’s owner, Rolbud.

Fitness club in Kraków Plaza

13 June 2014

POLAND Fitness Platinium has joint the tenant list of the Plaza Kraków shopping centre.

New companies in Warsaw Zaułek Piękna

23 July 2014

POLAND Three new companies are moving into Zaułek Piękna, an office building located at the junction of ul. Piękna and ul. Krucza in central Warsaw.

Carrefour to open in Fabryka Wołomin

22 July 2014

POLAND French supermarket chain Carrefour has leased over 5,500 sqm in Fabryka Wołomin, a shopping centre that is being developed near Warsaw. Nearly 4,000 sqm of the newly-rented space will be dedicated to retail. The mall is scheduled to open in the autumn 2015.

Starbucks debuts in Romanian offices

22 July 2014

ROMANIA Starbucks has leased 200 sqm in Novo Park, an office complex located in the northern part of Bucharest, as the US coffee shop chain is entering Romanian office buildings.

Wola Park begins to grow

22 July 2014

POLAND The preparation has started for Wola Park’s extension, a move that will turn the shopping centre into Warsaw’s second largest shopping mall. By the end of next year, Wola Park is set to be 17,500 sqm larger, offering 77,500 sqm of space in total.

McDonald’s to open new restaurants in Ukraine

21 July 2014

UKRAINE McDonald's plans on opening three to four new restaurants in Ukraine by the end of the year, which would increase the total number of its Ukrainian restaurants to 83 to 84.

Challenging H1 on Ukrainian retail market

17 July 2014

UKRAINE During the first half of 2014, 45,000 sqm of retail space was added to the total stock in the Ukrainian capital, according to research by DTZ.

Nine new tenants in Tarasy Zamkowe

17 July 2014

POLAND Immofinanz, the developer of the Tarasy Zamkowe shopping centre in Lublin, has secured nine new leases.

UK-based investor to open 50 gyms in Poland

16 July 2014

POLAND CityFit, a new 24/7 fitness club chain created specifically for the Polish market by a London-based private equity fund, has launched its first, 1,500 sqm gym. The company plans on opening 50 variously-sized clubs in a total investment of PLN 100 mln over the next three years.

Nathan North
deputy editor

Carrefour and Lukoil open four more

15 July 2014

POLAND Four new Carrefour Express/Lukoil petrol stations have been opened: two in Poznań and the other two in Gdynia and Pruszcz Gdański.