Retail &amp; leisure

POLAND The French Go Sport chain is entering the Rzeszów market. It will open an outlet with an area of 1,800 sqm in Galeria Graffica.

Retroville to be opened in 2015

16 May 2014

UKRAINE Ukrainian developer Stolitsa Group, together with its partner BT-Invest, are planning to open the 116,000 sqm Retroville mixed-use project in Kyiv’s Podil district in Q3 2015.

Petition against Rank Progress is “groundless”

16 May 2014

POLAND Rank Progress has commented on a bankruptcy petition by PPHU Fabimex, which was filed in a Legnica court regarding a subsidiary of Rank Progress – Progress XXI.

LPP to grow and expand intensively onto new markets

15 May 2014

POLAND Clothing retail group LPP, the owner of the Reserved, Cropp, House, Mohito and Sinsay fashion brands, is planning to increase the combined area of its chains by app. 25 pct (at the end of Q1 the company had 1,334 outlets with an area of 606,000 sqm).

Black Rock Arena mall to be built in Świdnica

12 May 2014

POLAND The Black Rock Arena mall is to be built in Świdnica, at the junction of ul. Różana and ul. Łukowa.

Varsovians spend PLN 1,350 annually on clothing and shoes

12 May 2014

POLAND In 2013 the purchasing power of the average Warsaw citizen on clothing and footwear amounted to app. PLN 1,350. Residents of greater Warsaw spend around PLN 100 less.

Mila Park to debut in Płońsk

12 May 2014

POLAND Mila Park, a new chain of retail parks, is to be developed by City Star in Poland.

Stoleshnikov Lane among the most expensive

09 May 2014

RUSSIA/EUROPE Moscow’s Stoleshnikov Lane has been named one of the five priciest shopping streets in Europe in Colliers International’s Retail Snapshot report.

First few shops in Karuzela

09 May 2014

POLAND The first few tenants have been secured for Galeria Karuzela, which is being developed near ul. Kolejowa and ul. Miłosławska in Września.

Go Sport Płock moves premises

POLAND A Go Sport outlet is to open in Galeria Mazovia in Plock before the start of the summer holidays after moving from its current location near the town’s Auchan centre.

TK Maxx enters Rzeszów

POLAND A store of UK chain TK Maxx is to be opened in the Millenium Hall shopping centre in Rzeszów.

Intermarché into Inter IKEA Lublin centre

POLAND The Intermarché supermarket chain has signed a lease contract for space in a retail project being developed by Inter IKEA Centre Group Poland in Lublin.

CityFit has appetite for large and smaller cities

POLAND The CityFit chain of fitness clubs, which has recently entered the Polish market, is currently negotiating the terms for new locations.

CBRE to manage Zgorzelec retail park

POLAND CBRE has been appointed as the property manager and exclusive leasing agent for Eden Retail Park in Zgorzelec.

Vesna opens in Moscow

05 May 2014

RUSSIA The Vesna shopping centre in Moscow’s Altufyevsky district has opened.

Olimp Live & Fight opens first Polish boutique

30 April 2014

POLAND The Olimp Live & Fight brand is entering the Polish market with the opening of a shop in the Millenium Hall shopping centre in Rzeszów, which is to take place on May 5th.

15 new Empiks by the end of the year

30 April 2014

POLAND The Empik retail chain is to be expanded up to a minimum of 215 stores by the end of 2014.

Political crisis cuts retail supply by half

28 April 2014

UKRAINE This year’s retail supply in Kyiv is likely to amount to 205,000 sqm instead of 415,000 sqm as previously estimated, according to JLL.

NAM to open mall in Zhukovsky in Q2 2015

24 April 2014

RUSSIA Norman Asset Management is planning to open the Torgoviy Park N1 shopping centre in Zhukovsky, 20 km southeast of the MKAD ring road in Moscow oblast.

Neonet to enter Szperk

24 April 2014